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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Camp, Sports Camp |
| Founded | 1980 |
| Headquarters | Shepherdsville, Kentucky |
Key people | Rick Bolus, Founder of High Potential Blue Chip, Scout |
| Website | http://www.basketball-camp.net |
Rick Bolus High Potential "Blue-Chip" Basketball Camp is a youth basketball camp organization that holds camps annually during the summer months. The camp was created by basketball scout Rick Bolus who is based out of Kentucky.
The "Blue-Chip" Basketball Camp began in 1980 for the purpose of providing exposure and evaluation for middle and high school level basketball players during the summer offseason. Bolus has served as a basketball scout since 1973 when he started the High Potential recruiting service. [1] The camp was created particularly to help provide awareness for talented "sleepers" that could otherwise go unnoticed by college recruiters and coaches. "Blue-Chip" camps have been held primarily at colleges and universities in the state of Kentucky which include Northern Kentucky University, Bellarmine University, Campbellsville University, and Georgetown College.
"Blue-Chip" camps have been featured in USA Today and the Louisville Courier-Journal . [2] [3] [4] [5]
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