Congratulations to grade 11 Academy Players, Dale Anderson (short-stop) of Strathmore Alberta and Lionel Morrill (outfielder) of Taber Alberta on being selected to try out for the Canadian Junior National Team.
Between May 23 and June 1, both Academy athletes will fly out to the Dominican Republic and will play a series of games against the Dominican Republic’s professional teams.
For more information on game schedules and scores, please visit Baseball Canada website.
The Vauxhall Academy of Baseball is proud to announce a National Partnership with Easton Canada and Sports Connection (Source for Sports) in Medicine Hat, Alberta. Easton Canada – through Sports Connection in Medicine Hat will outfit the Academy in most apparel and product. Over 100 MBL players use Easton gloves and bats currently. Easton Canada will be the official uniform, baseball glove, spikes, equipment, turf and apparel supplier of the Vauxhall Academy of Baseball.
Les McTavish, Head Coach of the Academy had this to say about the Easton partnership,
“The Coaching Staff and Board of Directors are extremely excited to partner with Easton and Sports Connection for the 2nd year of the Academy. Easton has proven time and time again why they have one of the best baseball products on the market today. Again in September the student-athletes at the Academy will be extremely excited with the professional equipment and gear that they will wear.â€
Brian Bauman, the owner of Sports Connection in Medicine Hat, Alberta had this to say about the Partnership,
“Sports Connection Source For Sports is thrilled to enter into this partnership with the Vauxhall Academy of Baseball. We are excited to play a part in developing young baseball talent in Southern Alberta and ultimately Western Canada.â€
Jon Konigsberg, Director of Canadian & International Baseball/Softball Sales, had this to say about partnership with Easton Canada.
“We at Easton Sports are very excited about our continuing partnership as the “Official Equipment Supplier†to the Vauxhall Baseball Academy. Fighting dwindling participation rates in our sport in Canada has been a challenge over the years and this academy is a terrific initiative that will encourage kids to continue to play the game they love while furthering their academic interests. We are proud to have the Easton name associated with this program and will strive to help make it a great success for many years to come.â€
Saturday August 25th, 2007.
$75.00/golfer includes: 9 holes of golf, cart, lunch, dinner, prizes & gift bag.
72 golfers maximum.
11:00 am registration, 12:00 noon lunch, 1:00 pm shotgun & dinner/program following.
To register please contact Arlene Parkinson @ [email protected] or (403) 654-9214.
Thank you to the many volunteers, students, school staff, Board of Directors, and Academy players for making the evening a huge success.
Overall, over 300 people attended the event. Keynote speakers of Jeff Zimmerman and Stubby Clapp illustrated to the sell out crowd why they are truly inspirational professional athletes. The evening raised just over $20,000.00 and we thank everyone who supported the evening as well as all who donated items for auction. A special thanks as well to Marty Baceda from Global Sports for providing the entertainment as our Master of Ceremonies!
See you this spring!
The Vauxhall Academy of Baseball is proud to announce their 4th student-athlete to commit to a college baseball program.
Scott Hornstra, from Rocky Mountain House, AB has committed to play at NJCAA Division 1 Junior College – Colby Community College Trojans in Colby, Kansas. Scott received an athletic scholarship to play at Colby. Congratulations to Scott!
Vauxhall Academy of Baseball is proud to announce the 3rd student-athlete who has committed to a college baseball program.
Curtis Smith from Calgary, Alberta has committed to playing at Southwest Minnesota State University. The Mustangs are a very respectful Division 2 program in Marshall, Minnesota. Curtis received an athletic and academic scholarship.
Alex Tufts; from Nova Scotia, Canada; has committed to attend school and play baseball for Iowa Western Community College next year. Tufts currently attends school at Vauxhall Academy in Alberta, Canada. In 2005 and 2006 he competed for the Novia Scotia Youth Select team in the Canada Cup. Alex also attended the Mizuno Junior Elite Camp in 2005. Tuft’s currently throws in the mid-upper 80’s and has improved greatly since enrolling at Vauxhall Academy and concentrating on his development in baseball. In the Fall season he had a record of 2-0; throwing 30 innings accumulating 35 strikeouts with only 16 walks.
Coach Rardin had this to say, “Alex will come to Iowa Western Community College as a real sleeper. Novia Scotia is one of the smallest provinces in Canada; and it’s hard for players from that area to get good looks from American colleges. He’s a low ¾ guy with a lot of late life on his fastball and the ability to locate his off-speed pitches. He’s pretty good right now; but his best days are certainly ahead of him as he continues to get more repetitions and plays more baseball. I’m excited about the things he will be able to do for us and himself in the future”.
The Iowa Western Community College baseball staff would like to welcome Alex and all of our recruits to the program for next year.
For more information, visit Iowa Western Community College’s official website
The Vauxhall Academy of Baseball will be holding their 2nd annual information sessions February 9th and 10th, 2007. The coaching staff will be attendance to present specific information about the Academy as well as answers questions from players, parents and associations.
The interest has been tremendous to date so please attend an information session if you are interested in enrolling in the Academy this coming fall.
February 9th, 2007
Edmonton, Alberta
Percy Page Centre
5:00 pm to 6:30 pm
Room 8 on the 2nd floor
February 10th, 2007
Red Deer, Alberta
Collicut Center
9:30 am to 11:00 am
Room B
February 10th, 2007
Calgary, Alberta
Mount Royal College
3:30 pm to 5:00 pm
Room EC 1065 (New Building)
Interested student-athletes and/or parents are encouraged to fill out the recruiting information form and email/fax it to Coach McTavish at [email protected] or 403-654-4296 (fax). An information form is also available.
The interest has been tremendous to date and with the continued successes of our inaugural season we expect to again to field a very competitive roster of academic and athlete athletes.
Please check back to the website for upcoming information sessions.We are encouraging athletes and their families to visit Vauxhall and see the program in full action. We feel this is more beneficial than information sessions as it gives athletes a chance to see first hand our athletes in a classroom, baseball development, agility, and lifting program.
We continue to add additional staff, development tools, approaches and ideas to this ongoing process.
We expect the 2008/2009 roster to be complete towards the end of the spring so contact soon if you are interested.
