2012 sports camp scholarships awarded
Sammi Willis of Newport Middle School will attend the Kellie Harper Wolfpack Basketball Academy, and Ryan Perry of Broad Creek Middle School will attend the Roy Williams Carolina Basketball Camp, both on Touchstone Energy Sports Camp scholarships from the cooperative.
Sammi, who is the daughter of Angela and Duane Willis of Newport, and Ryan, the son of Julie and Davis Perry of Newport, were selected by a panel of judges based on an application that included academic achievements, extracurricular activities, a creative essay and a short-answer question.
They will each join 25 other students from across the state at their respective camps. The Kellie Harper camp will be held June 24-27 in Raleigh, and the Roy Williams camp will be held June 16-20 in Chapel Hill.
Scholarship recipients will stay on campus at North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina and receive instruction from the schools’ coaching staff and players.
“Carteret-Craven is pleased to give these outstanding students the opportunity to experience life on a college campus and the chance to learn from winning collegiate coaches and student athletes,” said Bill Ward, Director of Community Relations for the co-op. “These camps teach valuable lessons that students can apply in their lives both on and off the court.”
This is the ninth year that Touchstone Energy has awarded young women scholarships to attend an N.C. State women’s basketball camp and the seventh year that the cooperatives have sent young men to the Roy Williams camp. The staff of the Kellie Harper Basketball Academy includes championship-winning head coach Kellie Harper, who joined the Wolfpack Women three years ago from Western Carolina University, and current N.C. State women’s basketball players. The Roy Williams camp is led by two-time NCAA national championship coach Roy Williams and current and past Tar Heel basketball players. Staff at both camps will work closely with each camper to develop fundamental basketball skills and motivate students to set and achieve goals.
The Touchstone Energy Sports Camps program provides a unique educational and athletic opportunity for outstanding students across the state and is yet another way the cooperatives are demonstrating their commitment to North Carolina communities.