{"id":139726,"date":"2023-07-20T09:16:34","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T13:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=139726"},"modified":"2023-07-20T09:16:34","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T13:16:34","slug":"hoop-dreams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2023\/07\/20\/hoop-dreams\/","title":{"rendered":"Hoop dreams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Wright State University <a href=\"https:\/\/wsuraiders.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\">men\u2019s basketball team<\/a> hosted 100 youth basketball players for two weeks of fundamentals and fun at the Wright State Basketball Day Camps.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe camps have steadily grown since we\u2019ve been here,\u201d said Nick Goff, director of operations for men\u2019s basketball. \u201cWhen we started the first camp, we only had 15 participants.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Goff credits the success of the men\u2019s basketball team for the growth in participants at the camps.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of our campers know the players from the games, and it\u2019s a great opportunity for them to get face-to-face with those guys,\u201d Goff said.<\/p>\n<p>The camps, which were held in the Setzer Pavilion and the McLin Gym in the Wright State Nutter Center, were open to students in third through eighth grade.<\/p>\n<p>The camps provided each individual with opportunities to work on skill development and practice what they learned in competitive situations. Each camper received individual instruction for their position, competed in numerous games and drills, and interacted with the men\u2019s basketball players. Each camp concluded with an autograph session and pictures with the men\u2019s basketball team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve obviously been in these kids\u2019 shoes,\u201d said Alex Huibregtse, a redshirt junior guard on the men\u2019s basketball team. \u201cI remember when I was that young and how I felt when I would see a player on the high school level or college level.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Huibregtse attended similar camps growing up and knows the impact that meeting a college athlete can have on a young athlete.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf they work hard and chase their dream, they can also play in college one day,\u201d said Huibregtse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The men\u2019s basketball team hosted 100 grade-school kids for two weeks of fundamentals and fun at the Wright State Basketball Day Camps. <a href=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2023\/07\/20\/hoop-dreams\/\" class=\"morelink\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":139727,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[729,2798,725,727,715,720],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-139726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-around-campus","category-athletics","category-home-news-sidebar","category-homepage-photos-and-video","category-news","category-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139726"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":139790,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139726\/revisions\/139790"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}