High school baseball players spent Monday working out at Guilford in front of college coaches and professional baseball scouts.
North Carolina's largest amateur state games compeition is underway and Guilford College is playing a key role in hosting events.
“We’re going to be pretty packed from June until July. There’s something going on almost every weekend.”
The BODYARMOUR State Games, North Carolina’s largest amateur athletic competition, is underway in Greensboro, and Guilford College’s sporting venues will be busy and bringing in much-needed summer revenue.
Hundreds of high school athletes in the sports of baseball, softball and soccer will be at Guilford over the next two weeks.
Baseball teams are working out at Edgar H. McBane ’14 Field today ahead of team competitions at other sites locally later this week. More than 70 college and professional scouts are at today’s workouts.
Softball teams will hold gold, bronze and silver medal contests at Haworth Field Wednesday, June 25, and boys’ and girls’ soccer teams will participate in a showcase at Armfield Athletic Center June 28-29.
The games give some students and their parents a chance to see the College who don’t know much about Guilford. Just as important, the College benefits from the week-long field rentals.
“We’re certainly staying busy, which is great,” says Mike Boyd, Guilford’s Assistant Athletics Director for Facilities, Operations and Intramurals.
Mike says McBane Field has been used the past three weekends for travel baseball tournaments. At the same time, Ragan-Brown Field House has been home to basketball camps.
He says the College is doing a good job of using its resources to generate income. “We’re going to be pretty packed from June until July,” Mike says. "There’s something going on almost every weekend.”