Covering all your bases

It is with great pleasure in presenting to you the program “COVERING ALL YOUR BASES.” A skill level development clinic and edu¬cational speaking seminar that is a class act in all aspects of the program, but also what is believed to be the first of its kind in its design, that will greatly benefit baseball players at the High School age level and their parents. This program is designed with its guest speakers who will be conducting the skill level development clinic and speaking in the evening portion of the educational speaking seminar passing onto the partici¬pants, their individual baseball knowledge, experiences and expertise of levels they have achieved to help these players and their parents make better informed decisions in leading to a better outcome of tomorrow in pursuing their college and professional baseball goals.

As a player and parent of a player, you should know what to expect and what will be expected of you well in advance to better prepare yourself for that journey in life when that time comes. In better preparing yourself in the choices you make today in all aspects of your athletic and academic abilities and how you approach that will greatly improve your chances of securing for yourself a top quality college baseball program. Once in that quality of program and along with their caliber of coaching skills, professional baseball could become a reality for you with your continued hard work, determination and desire to become a player at that level. In speaking to the players and their parents we will be giving great valuable insight in to that type of setting and providing all of the important information necessary and at the same time after the conclusion of each speakers speech, they will be more than happy to answer questions you may have, so please come prepared.

“DID YOU KNOW”

Saskatchewan Baseball player “CHRISTIAN KOWALCHUK” plays at the highest college baseball level you can play at with one of the top teams in the NCAA Div.1 University of Arkansas Razorbacks. NCAA Div.1 has 302 programs across the US of which only eight teams qualify to the College World Series each year. In 2009 the Razorbacks were one of the eight teams in the College World Series, finishing tied for 3rd and as a result “CHRISTIAN KOWALCHUK” was the first Saskatchewan baseball player in Saskatchewan’s history to ever play in a College World Series and the only Canadian playing in the 2009 College World Series. He also plays in the Southeastern Conference (SEC), which is one of the premier conferences in the nation, that has 12 quality teams. In the SEC he is one of two Canadian Baseball players on active rosters and the only Cana¬dian pitcher in the league.

Christian’s first two years of college baseball was with one of US’s top NJCAA D-1 programs that is considered one of the top 25 pro¬grams across the US. Seward County Community College Saints baseball program located in Liberal, KS is under the direction of Head Baseball Coach and Director of Athletics, Galen McSpadden. Christian was the first baseball player in SCCC’s history to sign with the Razorbacks. While attending Seward County, Christian was the recipient of the team’s Wade Johnstone Award, selected to the first NJCAA Freshman All-Star team, played two summers of semi-pro baseball with the Liberal (KS) Bee Jays, and played two years in the National Baseball Congress World Series with one of those years under Major League Baseball player and manager, Mike Hargrove.

HEAR HOW CHRISTIAN DID THIS AND WHO HELPED HIM ALONG THE WAY

If you are a high school baseball player or parent of a baseball player that has the desire to play college baseball to professional baseball, together this is an event you won’t want to miss. Along with this college baseball player, this college baseball head coach, director of athletics and this former Major League Baseball player and manager and all of their combined perspectives in their individual levels of experi¬ence, this will be one of the most beneficial programs you could attend in support of you achieving those goals.

*** Special Note: Head Coach Galen McSpadden will be taking the opportunity during this event to scout and identify players to become participants for his NJCAA Seward County Community College baseball program.

The Skills Level Development Clinic will be at the SASKATOON FIELD HOUSE, starting at 9:00 A.M. and the evening Educational Speak¬ing Seminar will begin at 7:30 P.M. at the CASTLE THEATER, ADEN BOWMAN COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL. The Educational Speaking Seminar will be open to the general public at a door entry of $10.00 per person. Preference will be given to parents of baseball players participating in this event, based on availability of seating. Each baseball player attending the Skills Level Development Clinic will receive free entry into the Edu¬cational Speaking Seminar if you are registered to take the clinic. To enquire about receiving a registration form or any other information, you can contact Wayne @ (306)955-7055. The entry form you receive will be accompanied by a full program outline with costs, times and structure. Lunch will be provided for those players attending the Skills Level Development Clinic. Space will be limited to participate in the Skills Level Development Clinic, so you need to confirm your participation early.

Hope to see you there “COVERING ALL YOUR BASES.”