Playing host to youth basketball camps is a rite of summer for many professional coaches, and Whitman College men's basketball coach Skip Molitor is no exception. This summer, however, Molitor has added a new twist to his camp offerings.
All participants receive a free t-shirt and basketball.
Molitor, who describes himself as moderately conversational in Spanish, will run the camp with considerable help from two instructors who have a much stronger grasp of the language. They are Jay McLaughlin, a former Whitman basketball player who recently returned from a two-year Peace Corps mission in Panama, and Carla Lobos, a native of Chile who teaches at a Walla Walla elementary school. Evan Jones, a former Whitman player who graduated to become Molitor's assistant coach, will also help teach the camp. It will essentially force the two of us to get out there and habla espanol as best we can. We're looking forward to it.