DCC HOSTING BASKETBALL OFFICIATING CAMP
The Dawson Basketball Officiating Camp will be held on the campus of Dawson Community College June 18-20, 2021. The basketball officiating camp is for current youth league, high school, and college officials and for those looking to get starting in officiating high school and college basketball games across Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming.
The Dawson Basketball Officiating Camp combines both practical experience and hands-on instruction with classroom learning. Participants will officiate high school games and receive valuable evaluation from certified referees in addition to excellent education on officiating topics during daily classroom educational sessions.
Instructors include Mike Fischer, who has officiated at the high school level for 32 years and college level for 12 years. Fischer has officiated in the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Tournament and spent 11 years as a Big Sky Conference Men’s Basketball Observer. For the past 12 years he has been the supervisor of officials for the Frontier Conference and is on staff at several high level officiating teaching camps across the country. Bo Scott brings with him over five years of experience in the NAIA and NCAA Division II as well as three years in the NCAA Division I ranks. Ray Ames currently works within the Western Officiating Consortium which covers games within the Big Sky, Big West, Pac 12, Mountain West, WAC and WCC conferences. He also officiates at the NCAA D2 and D3 levels as well as the NAIA.
Dawson Basketball Officiating Camp is approved through the MHSA to count as 2 study club credits. Montana educators will be able to receive renewal units. Cost to attend the camp is $75 if registered before May 1 and $100 if after May 1. Registration must be received by June 1. Registration fees include housing and meals for the weekend, as well as a Dawson Basketball Officiating Camp shirt.
For more information about the Dawson Basketball Officiating Camp, contact Joe Peterson, DCC Athletic Director, at 406-377-9459 or jpeterson@dawson.edu or visit dawsonbucs.com. To register, contact Sara Engle, DCC Workforce Development and Continuing Education, at 406-377-9441 or sengle@dawson.edu.
