Summer Academy

2012 Summer Academy: Saturday, July 7 - Sunday, July 15
Celebrating our 15^th Summer Academy!

The Summer Academy is an intense 9-day combination of sports specific training, leadership classes and workshops, sports psychology sessions and college counseling.  A selective program, our Summer Academy matches extraordinary mentors, 100% former college athletes and team captains, with select student-athletes from all different backgrounds. Each year 120 high school student-athletes from across the country and abroad are admitted to attend the transformational residential program.

The Summer Academy is intentionally designed as an instructional program where student-athletes have an opportunity to improve sport specific skills in basketball, soccer and girls lacrosse that they can later showcase. Refined over 15 years, the dynamic nine-day program is so powerful that lives are transformed in immeasurable ways and for indefinite times. Our student-athletes have an opportunity to see the best version of themselves and receive support throughout their experience as they learn and grow. SportsChallenge Summer Academy is the nation's premier leadership training ground for high school athletes. A comparable program does not exist anywhere.

By the Numbers:

• 35 schools and youth-serving non-profits have partnered with SportsChallenge.
• Our curriculum includes 10 research-based classes in leadership development and sports psychology.
• We offer 5 college counseling seminars to student-athletes.
• Our program boasts an unparalleled 4:1 student-athlete to coach ratio.
• We offer over 30 skill-specific electives in each program for student-athletes to choose from.
• 100% of our staff played or are currently playing collegiate athletics.
• 100% of our staff captained their high school and/or their college teams.
• Our 2011 staff included 14 SportsChallenge alumni working on our coaching faculty—over 40% of our staff.
• 95% of our staff returned last year.
• 16 members of our coaching staff have played professionally.
• 80+ hours of sport and leadership programming over the course of the 9 days.