July 7-8, 2025
Registration for this camp is closed.
Email sportscamps@mtu.edu to be added to our list for future announcements, notifications, and reminders.
Camp Overview
This camp is open to boys and girls entering grades 1 - 5 as of Fall 2025. Michigan Tech’s Little Huskies Camp is the perfect way to explore the basics of volleyball for budding players. Students learn the fundamentals of the game—serving, passing, setting, and more— in the SDC Varsity Gym. Our top coaches and student-athletes modify the game and equipment (such as lowering the net) for young players to ensure a successful and confidence-building experience.
What to Expect
Camp is 2 hours each day and includes plenty of activity at the beginner level.
Schedule
| Monday and Tuesday |
3:00 - 5:00p |
| Check-In |
Monday 2:30 - 3:00p at the SDC front counter |
| Pick-Up: 5:00p |
We will finish camp each day in the Varsity Gym, so you can pick up campers by the main doors of the SDC. |
Location
Michigan Tech Student Development Complex
500 MacInnes Dr, Houghton MI, 49931
SDC Varsity Gym
What to Bring
Please bring individual water bottles, snacks, and athletic apparel/shoes for each participant.
Registration
$60/person
Registration opens: March 3, 2025, 8:00 am EST
Deadline to register: June 30, 2025, 11:59pm EST
Register online, in person at the Ticket Office, or by calling 906-487-2073. Payment in full is due at the time of registration.
Helpful registration instructions can be found here (coming soon!).
A confirmation packet of required camp forms will be made available to participants/parents via email once their application is processed. The confirmation packet must be submitted within two weeks of registration.
Cancellation Policy
For all MTU Recreation programs and events, a 100% refund will be issued if the program or event, in its entirety, is cancelled by MTU Recreation. If an individual session of a program is cancelled by MTU Recreation, a partial refund may be granted.
Refunds requested before a program’s registration deadline will be granted less any convenience fees.
No full or partial refunds will be granted for programs, activities, or sessions within a program past the registration deadline.
Extenuating circumstance refunds may be granted after the registration deadline due to illness, injury, or other special circumstances. All requests for an extenuating circumstance refund need to be requested in writing and will be granted on a case-by-case basis by MTU Recreation. Documentation (i.e. doctor’s note) may be required.
Parking
Parents and commuter campers will receive a parking permit when you check in for camp. The permit will allow you to park in SDC Lot 22 (at the main entrance to the SDC). You must display the permit on the driver-side dashboard while parked in Lot 22. The permit is valid for only the dates listed on the permit. Parking tickets will be issued to violating vehicles and will not be the responsibility of Michigan Tech Sports Camps.
Questions?
Michigan Tech Recreation: 906-487-2975, sportscamps@mtu.edu
Camp Coordinator: Mallory Nickelson, 906-487-2595, mnickels@mtu.edu
Meet the Coaches
Cindy Pindral was named the eighth Head Coach of Michigan Tech Women's Volleyball in December 2024. Pindral returns to the Huskies after being an Assistant Head Coach, Assistant Coach, and Volunteer Coach with the Huskies for seven seasons from 2016 to 2022.
During her seven years with the Huskies, the team held a 139-62 overall record. Tech went to four straight NCAA Tournaments from 2017-21 and won a pair of regular-season GLIAC championships in the spring of 2021 and then repeated in the fall of 2021. The 2017 Huskies earned a bid to the NCAA Tournament for the first time for the program since 2009. The 2019 squad swept Missouri-St. Louis in the first round of the tournament for the first NCAA win since 1995. The 2021 team also advanced to the NCAA Midwest Regional Semifinal after a five-set victory over Wayne State.
Pindral was involved with nearly all phases of the program, including skill development, recruiting, scouting, practice planning, film breakdown, and team travel. She also served as the lead coach for the Huskies' youth programs, including the Little Huskies Volleyball Club, All-Skills Camps, and position-specific clinics.
As a student, Pindral was the starting setter at the University of Florida during the 2008-09 season, leading the team in assists and the Gators to the NCAA Sweet 16 appearance, an SEC championship, and a No. 10 national ranking. Pindral then transferred to the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs and was a three-year starter. She was named the Student-Athlete of the Year for the 2009-10 season and a CoSIDA Academic All-American in 2011. Pindral was also named to the 2011 Capital One Division II Academic All-District VII Volleyball Team, leading the Mountain Lions' offense with an average of 9.76 assists per set. She graduated with the sixth-highest assist total (2,151) in school history and the second-highest since the advent of rally scoring and the 25-point set. Her 976 assists in 2011 and 943 assists in 2009 are the two highest assist totals in the 25-point era. She earned a third-team all-RMAC selection in 2011, a second-team selection in 2009, and was named RMAC Setter of the Week twice during her career.
Pindral played the 2012 winter season professionally in the Italian Serie C League as the starting setter for Gio Volley in Aprilia, Italy. She was named to the All-Tournament Team and earned the "Best Setter" award at the Gio Volley Tournament that season.
Pindral holds a Bachelor of Arts in Geography and Environmental Studies from UCCS and a Master of Science in Energy and Environmental Policy with a Graduate Certificate in Sustainability from Michigan Tech. She has been employed as the Department Administrator for Social Sciences at Tech and was also the Manager of Sustainability Projects and Outreach.
Pindral began her coaching career with Colorado Juniors Volleyball Club where she was a head coach, assistant coach, and the club's lead setting coach over three seasons. Most recently, she has also been involved with Keweenaw Volleyball Club as an administrator and coach. She has also worked camps at the University of Texas, the United States Air Force Academy, and UCCS. She is an active member of USA Volleyball, American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA), and is IMPACT Certified.
Mallory Nickelson was named an Assistant Coach with the Michigan Tech volleyball team in February 2023. She was a four-year starting libero and setter at future GLIAC member Roosevelt University and was recently an assistant coach for two seasons at UW-Stevens Point.
Nickelson was an assistant coach at UW-Stevens Point under Lyndsay Kooi. The Pointers were 52-16 overall and went to the NCAA Tournament both seasons, advancing in 2022 while also being WIAC Tournament runners-up earlier that season.
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