Lowgators Host Open Tryouts
ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW...
Your NBA Dream Starts Here: Do you have what it takes to make it to the NBA? The Lowgators are giving you the opportunity to do just that. The North Charleston Lowgators will hold open tryouts for the upcoming NBDL season Saturday, October 19, 2002 at 9 a.m. at Sterett Hall Gymnasium (Old Charleston Naval Base) in North Charleston, SC. Take your best shot at making your NBA Dream a reality – and register today!
The Process: The 2002-03 North Charleston Player Tryouts in Charleston, SC are open to the first 100 players to pre-register. Several players from Saturday’s tryouts will be invited to a second day of tryouts on Sunday, October 20. Up to three players from Sunday’s tryouts will be offered the opportunity to attend the Lowgators training camp in November – with the distinct possibility of making the team. Tryouts will be held in each of the eight NBDL cities during the last two weeks of October.
The Details: Players must pre-register to participate in the tryouts. A $50 registration fee is also required – money order or cashier’s check only, payable North Charleston Lowgators. Players must be 20 years old prior to the start of their first NBDL season. Tryouts will be conducted by Lowgators head coach Doug Marty and assistant coach Kelvin Upshaw.
Register Now: To register complete the Registration Application, the Waiver and Release Form and the Disclosure Authorization Form. Each form is attached below. Mail your registration forms – along with a cashier’s check or money order for $50 made out to the North Charleston Lowgators – to the Lowgators offices. You will be contacted to confirm your registration.
The deadline for pre-registration is Thursday, October 17, 2002 at 5:00 p.m.
Alternative Ways to Register: Registration packets can also be obtained at the Lowgators offices (North Charleston Coliseum) from 9a.m. - 4p.m., Monday – Friday. Call the Lowgators office at (843) 460-1000 for more information.
Vital Information:
The Lowgators mailing address and office:
The North Charleston Coliseum, Suite B; 5001 Coliseum Drive; North Charleston, SC 29418
Local Tryout Location:
Sterett Hall Gymnasium, Old Charleston Air Force Base
Directions to Sterett Hall – I-26 to Exit #216 Cosgrove Avenue toward Naval Base. Follow Cosgrove to Rivers Avenue, then turn left. Continue on Rivers to McMillan Avenue and turn right at the VA hospital. You will pass through the old Naval Base gates, continue to the first signal light (Hobson) and turn right. Continue on Hobson and enter the 1st gate entrance (fenced area), this will be Sterett Hall (Bldg. 180), a two-story beige building.
2002-03 North Charleston Lowgators Open Player Tryouts Registration Materials:
Please print out and complete the following materials:
2. Waiver and Release Form
3. Disclosure Authorization Form
