Friday, February 10, 2012

Major free agent camp coming up April 1

Merit Management, Inc. is hosting it's 15th annual Free Agent Camp on April 1 in Denver, Colo. - the site of this year's NCAA Final Four. This year's event will be at Denver East High School. An application is available here. Those selected are invited to camp, and often drafted by WNBA teams the following week.

Merit Management President Stephanie Stanley said the camp should be competitive, as usual.

"This year our goal remains the same, which is to provide a platform for top players to be evaluated and signed to professional contracts," Stanley said. "This is an invite-only event, so the camp is extremely competitive and loaded with talent.

"To date, 36 players have signed WNBA contracts for full season or training camp as a result of their participation in our camp. We've even had two players get drafted (Martina Weber and Emily Fox)."

Players who were signed after participating in the camp include Breanna Salley, Rashidat Juniad, Jennifer Lacy, Kelley Gibson, Octavia Blue, Kisha Ford, Leigh Aziz, Juana Brown, Ta'Shia Philips and Vivian Frieson.

More information about Merit Management is here.

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