Blake Kaplan
Executive Director
Blake Kaplan is the Executive Director of GP Sports Camps and oversees all year-round camp operations, curriculum development, and staff recruitment. Blake has over 10 years experience with summer camps in the DC area. Most recently he served as the Director of Strength and Conditioning and assistant coach at Prep. Blake has been involved with every aspect of Sports medicine including rehabilitation in-patient and out-patient, as well as trains athletes from the professional to adolescent level, certified by NSCA and continues to represent SPARQ, Nike’s elite trainer program. Blake has a strong commitment to the physical and mental development of adolescents, he continues to strive to create the most productive and innovative environment to develop athletes of the future.
Rita Laddbush
Assistant Director
Rita Laddbush is the Assistant Director at GP Sports Camps. She is involved in year round operations and is responsible for camper enrollment, staff recruitment/development, and team training. Rita is a Maryland native from Silver Spring and attended high school at the Academy of the Holy Cross. There she was actively involved in sports specifically soccer, basketball, and softball.
Joe Shea
Director of Operations
Joe Shea is the Director of Operations for GP Sports Camps and is responsible for the day-to-day operations for all camps. From the start of the day until the finish, his operations team ensures that each camp family’s experience is the best possible. Joe is also involved in curriculum development, staff relations, camper/parent interactions, and daily camp needs. Joe grew up in Bowie, MD and is a graduate of Gonzaga College High School. He currently attends the University of Maryland and is achieving a bachelor’s degree in Agriculture and Resource Economics and General Business.
Our Camp Coaches
Rob Begin
Baseball
Originally from Princeton, NJ, Coach Begin graduated from Georgetown University in 2009, where he majored in English and was an outfielder for the Hoyas baseball team. Coach Begin has been coaching at Georgetown Prep since graduation and is the returning camp director. He has held a number of other baseball camp positions, notably at Princeton and Georgetown Universities.
Herb Krusen
Boys Basketball Camp
Girls Basketball Camp
Coach Herb Krusen is in his first year as Georgetown Prep’s Head Varsity Basketball Coach. A former men’s college head coach and long time men’s college assistant. Krusen has been very involved in coaching youth basketball in the Montgomery County area over the last 10 years. He recently served as the head coach of the Maryland Elite girl’s AAU basketball team that was very successful on the national level. In all, 10 of the players that participated on the team ended up receiving scholarships on the Division 1 level. Krusen coached at seven different colleges, including Wake Forest, George Mason, Old Dominion, Loyola, and James Madison. Krusen played at East Carolina University, where he stands as the 14th all time leading scorer with 1115 points. Coach Krusen brings over 30 years of basketball camp experience to Georgetown Prep.
Dave Dugan
Football Camp
College of the Holy Cross–Captain of football team 2002.
All-Patriot League 1st team 2001 & 2002
Honorable mention All-American 2001-2002 Player/Coach for the Dresden Monarchs (GFL) 2003 Linebacker coach, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA Linebacker coach, Georgetown Prep 2009-present
Lisa Tehan
Girls Field Hockey Camp
Girls Lacrosse Camp
Lisa is currently the Physical Education Teacher at St Jane de Chantal in Bethesda, Maryland. Lisa comes from and wealth of experience in the field of girls lacrosse and field hockey. A native of Moorestown, New Jersey, Lisa played her college lacrosse as a four-year varsity lacrosse captain at Glassboro State College. During her career at Glassboro, Lisa earned All-American accolades while capturing the school’s single season and career scoring records with 63 and 163 goals respectively. After graduating from Glassboro, Lisa immediately turned her focus and passion for lacrosse to coaching the sport: first as a Graduate Assistant and then as the Assistant Lacrosse Coach at Glassboro. Since moving to Bethesda, Lisa has coached several elite girls lacrosse teams and attended many US Lacrosse National Youth Festivals. Lisa is entering her third summer of coaching Girl’s Lacrosse Camp at Prep and will lead the great staff of the first-year of Field Hockey Camp as well.
Dan Paro
Golf Camp
Dan Currently serves as the Athletic Director and Head Varsity Football Coach for Georgetown Prep.
Frans Aarts
Boys Soccer Camp
Girls Soccer Camp
With over 40 years of soccer coaching experience, Frans brings a wealth of knowledge not only in soccer, but in youth sports in general to GP Sports Camps. Born in the Netherlands, Frans has held the position of Director of Coaching for FC Etzella, worked on numerous summer camps, and overseen adult programs as well. After moving permanently the United States in 2005, Frans has taken the position of Director of Youth Programs for Toca Juniors – a club out of Potomac Maryland. Frans also serves as the Head Coach of the U18 Bethesda Arsenal – a top ranked team in the United States and is only one of few professional soccer coaches from the Netherlands currently coaching in the states.
Kevin Giblin
Boys Lacrosse Camp
Mike Kubik
Boys Lacrosse Camp
Wrestling Camp
Mike Kubik has been the head wrestling coach at Georgetown Prep since 2002. Coach Kubik has won 6 consecutive IAC Championships and led Prep to a 2nd place finish in the state of Maryland in 2010. A graduate of Duke University and Stanford University, Mike Kubik is a favorite in the classroom as a Latin teacher. Besides teaching, Coach Kubik brings GP Sports Camps a wealth of coaching experience at the youth, high school, and collegiate level. He has been an assistant coach on Prep’s nationally ranked lacrosse team for 17 years. Kubik also coached middle school lacrosse and football and spent time as an assistant lacrosse coach at Penn State University.