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As for the last one with why the camp is up north, is because the majority of the "upper" college leaders now are from up north including the Big XII supervisor. Next, as for Camps in Texas. All_americanumpires.com has joined with MidWest Baseball Umpire Camps and has been putting on umpire camps in Oklahoma both large and small since 1997. The Large camp has been held in Norman and Moore, Oklahoma since 1999 and has had about 10 umpires go on in the very next year to one of the Professional Schools and get a job on the first attempt. Lots others have gotten opportunities to work the State High School tournaments in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas. The website is partially completed and some under-construction. It looks like there will be several umpire camps and evaluation opportunities in both Texas and Oklahoma with the closest one being Feb 19-21 in Edmond, Oklahoma. I have looked and asked around and appears the owner of this group is Doug McClure who is also the Conference Supervisor of the Lone Star Conference(NCAA D-II) in Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico as well as the Sooner Athletic Conference(NAIA). I think this is going to be a GREAT camp that I plan to attend in both Oklahoma and one of camps either in Abilene or San Antonio.