BOWIE, MD -- In partnership with the Grand Bahama Volleyball Association and Ministry of Youth Sports and Culture, head women's volleyball coach Edric Poitier and members of the Bulldogs volleyball team concluded a successful week of camp in Freeport, Bahamas on June 24-28.

The first-ever camp was a fundamental camp led by Poitier, but included BSU student-athletes from the women's volleyball team as well as boys and girls around the nearby area of varying ages.

"It has been an immense pleasure giving back to the sport and the community where I actually began my coaching journey 43 years ago," said Poitier. "I'm so grateful for the opportunity and I am excited about the level of interest in the sport on the islands of Grand Bahama and Abaco. The associations are doing an excellent job in teh development of both girls and boys volleyball, and I pledge to help them continue the journey. I wish to express my sincere gratitude to the BSU players who volunteered their time as well as give back to the community in need, who are trying to rebuild mentally after so many devastating hurricanes over the last few years. Looking forward to working together with them again next summer!"

The camp was designed by Coach Poitier as an opportunity for the participating boys and girls to learn and develop fundamental volleyball skills through fun, fast-paced drills and games run by experienced local coaches and BSU student-athletes. As such, though Coach Poitier led most of the daily camps, there were guest coaches invited to bring in their own take on how the game should be played. On the last day of camp, each of the BSU student-athletes along with Coach Poitier had the opportunity to talk about what the camp attendees needed to do in order to compete at the collegiate level and provided examples of what life was like as student-athlete at Bowie State and overall being a student-athlete.

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