Valerius wins gold glove
Golden High School graduate Luke Valerius won the 2009 National Junior College Athletic Association Division II Rawlings Baseball Gold Glove Award at third base. Valerius helped lead Scottsdale Community College to a second-place finish at the NJCAA D-II World Series. He had a .957 fielding percentage at third base this spring.
Ward wins qualifier
Westminster’s Amber Ward shot a 5-over-par 77 June 2 at Fossil Trace Golf Club in Golden to win the medalist qualifier for the 2009 U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links Championship. Denver’s Becca Huffer will also be qualifying for the championship June 22 to 27 at Red Tail Golf Club in Devens, Mass.
Mines football camp
The 2009 Colorado School of Mines Youth Football Camp will run from June 22 to 24. For more information go online at www.athletics.mines.edu or call 303-384-2428.
CSM basketball camp
Pryor Orser’s 2009 Basketball Camps at the Colorado School of Mines are scheduled for June and July. A competition camp will be June 15 to 19 and July 6 to 9. An elite shooting camp will be June 30 to July 2. For more information, call 303-273-3364 or go online at www.athletics.mines.edu.
CSM golf tournament
Colorado School of Mines will have its annual scholarship golf tournament July 13 at Rolling Hills Country Club in Golden. All proceeds from the tournament aid Mines student-athletes in their pursuit of excellence in athletics and academics. Registration deadline is June 29. For more information call Brandon Leimbach at 303-273-3588 or go online at www.athletics.mines.edu.
Americas Baseball Camp
Long Lake Park in Arvada will be the site of an Americas Baseball Camp from July 6 to 9. The camp is for ages 8 to 16 and will run daily from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Cost is $375. For more information, go online at www.baseballcamps.com.