OCC Winter Skills Camp Scheduled Jan. 14

The Olney Central College baseball program will be holding a winter skills camp on January 14.  Anyone aged 6-18 is encouraged to sign up to learn from the OCC coaches, players, and former players on how to improve their skill set as a baseball player.  

The 6-14 age group will start their session at 9 a.m. and will go until noon while the older group of players aged 15-18 will start at 1 p.m. and will go until 4 p.m.

All players will need to bring their bats, gloves, helmets, and shoes.

All defensive and pitching instructions will take place in the OCC gymnasium and the hitting instruction will be held at Britton's Bullpen which is only a short five minute drive away from the school.  Transportation too and from Britton's Bullpen will be provided.

OCC is very excited to bring back the following players and coaches to help work this year's camp:

Phil Britton: Native of Olney, IL.  2X NJCAA All-American, played minor league baseball for 7 seasons and is current owner of Britton's Bullpen

Jerad Eickhoff: Completed first full season in MLB with the Philadelphia Phillies.  Led team in both innings pitched and strikeouts while posting a 3.65 ERA

Andy Haines: Current Minor League Hitting Coordinator for Chicago Cubs.  Also spent 2 seasons as manager for New Orleans Zephyrs (AAA Marlins)

Kyle Haines: Salem-Keizer Volcanoes Manager (Short Season A San Francisco Giants) the past 2 years

Brady Shoemaker: 2X NJCAA All American, just finished his 7th season in minor leagues, holds many hitting records at OCC

Shawn Garrett: 6 time Minor League All Star, played with 9 different professional organizations 

To Pre Register for the camp online please click on the "More" tab on the top right hand side of our website and scroll down to "Camp Registration"  

Or contact Dennis Conley at 618-843-0333 or by email at conleyd@iecc.edu