Norm Hewitt Sets Camps to Share Baseball Skills

Among New Jersey's high school baseball coaches, Hillsborough High School's Head Varsity Baseball Coach Norm Hewitt is a legend. With more than 600 career wins, he's in rare company, and a member of the New Jersey Coaches Hall of Fame and the Hall of Fame of his alma mater, Watchung Hills Regional High School.

But to Coach Hewitt, none of that really matters—what matters is what players he's working with now are doing, and as another class of Hillsborough ball players prepares to move on to college, where he'll boast 23 proteges playing collegiate baseball, he'll be looking to continue helping young players develop the skills needed to play varsity and college-level baseball with his "Touching All the Bases" baseball camps.

Players from seven years old to 17 will gain valuable insights and training in hitting, catching and pitching at the camps, which start June 24. The attached PDFs provide registration information, or email Coach Hewitt for more details.

"Our youth groups and high school programs are thriving and we're making every attempt to promote skill improvement," he said.

Hewitt's skill at promoting skill development has been a key to the success of his players. This year, several of his former players earned recognition for thier playing at college, including:

• Evan Edelman, freshman at TCNJ, named to All Rookie Team;
• Paul Mammino, freshman at Wagner, lead team in wins 6-1 and was named Pitcher of the Week three times, and ;
• Matt Calamoneri, sophomore at Scranton University, was invited to play in the New England Cape Cod League;
• Ryan Luckach, sophomore at Hartford, lead his team in batting average and is being scouted by MLB scouts.

And the following players are committed to play at the following colleges:

• Rob Foti TCNJ;
• Matt Tackach Eastern Kentucky;
• Mike Occhi Kean (just returned from the CWS);
• Brian Bloom Penn. Institute of Tech;
• Elmer Chang will walk on at Rutgers;
• Cory P'Donahue will walk on at William and Mary