Xavier Turner returns home to host baseball camp

NORWALK — Opportunities like this don't come around often.On Saturday, 40 area kids were given the chance to workout with and learn from a rising star in the game of baseball: Sandusky's own Xavier Turner.Turner, a 2012 Sandusky graduate, who went on to star at Vanderbilt University before beginning his professional baseball career this past summer in the Texas Rangers' system, is hosting his Xavier Baseball Academy winter baseball camp — which runs four days — in Norwalk. The camp includes seven sessions — one morning, one evening, where campers have been given the chance to receive advice from Turner, along with a number of area college coaches and players.Sandusky High School graduate Xavier Turner, right, gives a group of young players a tip on proper throwing techniques during the warm-up of Saturday's Xavier University Baseball Camp. The three-day long clinic gave 40 area kids the chance to learn from Turner as well as a host of locals now playing and coaching for various colleges and universities. Sandusky High School grad Xavier Turner gives some ball-handling tips to Gage Hemmer of Sandusky, left and Torre Weatherspoon of Amherst on Saturday morning during the Xavier University Baseball Camp in Norwalk. The three-day long clinic gave 40 area kids the chance to learn from Turner as well as a host of locals now playing and coaching for various colleges and universities. Ty Weatherspoon, center, of Amherst, gets advice on playing outfield by Sandusky High School graduate Xavier Turner on Saturday afternoon as he and other young players take part in the Xavier University Baseball Camp. The three-day long clinic gave 40 area kids the chance to learn from Turner as well as a host of locals now playing and coaching for various colleges and universities. Landon Kim of Sandusky winds up to toss the ball during warmups on Saturday morning at the Xavier University Baseball Camp as one of the coaches of the camp, Eliseo Contreras, watches from a distance. The three-day long clinic gave 40 area kids the chance to learn from Sandusky graduate Xavier Turner as well as a host of locals now playing and coaching for various colleges and universities. Huron local Zach Souter, now playing for Owens Community College, watches a young player's catchers stance as he helps coach the Xavier University Baseball Camp in Norwalk on Saturday morning. St. Mary Central Catholic graduate Brett St. Clair talks with a group of young ball players while helping to coach the Xavier University Baseball Camp on Saturday in Norwalk. The three-day long clinic gave 40 area kids the chance to learn from Turner as well as a host of locals now playing and coaching for various colleges and universities. Eliseo Contreras of Sinclair Community College helps Ben Millis of Sandusky work on perfecting his catcher's throwing stance on Saturday morning at the Xavier University Baseball Camp in Norwalk. The three-day long clinic gave 40 area kids the chance to learn from Turner as well as a host of locals now playing and coaching for various colleges and universities. A group of 40 area kids got the chance to learn from Sandusky High School graduate Xavier Turner as well as a host of locals now playing and coaching for various colleges and universities during a three-day clinic in Norwalk.