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297 Baseball Academy’s College

Summer Prospect League

297 Baseball Academy was started in Brandon Vero Hoftijzer
2019 with the goal of developing and Cayuga Community College. A NJCAA
training local baseball players to help a two-year community college in Au-
get them recruited to colleges in the burn, New York. A member of the Mid-
United States. state Atlantic Conference. Brandon
home field is the Falcon Park a minor
The international recruiting process can league baseball stadium. Their mascot is
be very challenging and overwhelming. the Spartans.
297 Baseball Academy works with both
the players and their families to find the Dyrenson Wouters
“best fit” both athletically and academi- Southern New Hampshire University,
cally. Over the past two years, the acad- Penway-Manchester, New Hampshire.
emy has helped ten players realize their A NCAA Division II, four-year university. A
dream of playing college baseball and member of the Eastern College Athletic
helped one player get recruited to a pri- Conference and the Northeast-10 Con-
vate collegiate preparatory high school. ference. There have been 12 MLB draft
picks from the school with one making
297 Baseball Academy is currently run- it to the major leagues. There mascot is
ning a College Summer Prospect League the Penmen.
which allows college coaches and
scouts to watch live streamed games. Keith Hooker
Many of the players recruitment success Central Maine Community College- Au-
was due to their participation in last sum- burn, Maine.) NJCAA-National Junior
mers league as well as owner, Brodie College Athletic Association. Member
Carey’s history as Division One Baseball of the North New England Small College
and his connection to colleges coaches Conference. Their mascot is the Mus-
and MLB scouts. The current league runs tang.
from July 6th to July 29th.
Djouhadson St. Germain
From August 1st to 8th, 297 Baseball Central Maine Community College.
Academy will be hosting 106 baseball NJCAA-National Junior College Athletic
players and their families from Westbrook, Association. Member of the North New
Maine. The 297 Baseball Experience al- England Small College Conference.
lows teams from the United States to visit Their mascot is the Mustang.
Aruba and play local talent, while expe-
riencing the culture of island. The Super- ShammyThayne Maximiliana
Nova team will be playing several local University of Lynchburg in Virginia. NCAA
teams at Joe Laveist Stadium and par- Division III. They are a member of the Old
ticipating in a community service event. Dominion Athletic Conference. There
have been 17 players drafter to the MLB
On July 10th, 297 Baseball Academy and two Major Leaguers. Their mascot is
hosted their annual Collegiate Signing the Hornets.
Night at 5:00 pm at the Paseo Heren-
cia Ballroom. Six local student athletes Jayden Pietersz
signed their College Letter of Intent to Winchendon Academy (Private Col-
attend school and play baseball in the legiate Prep High School) in Massachu-
United States. The players will be attend- setts. Several graduates have attended
ing schools in Maine, Massachusetts, D1 Baseball including Dayton University,
New Hampshire, New York and Virginia. Northeastern University, Holy Cross, Uni-
The following student athletes are: versity of Massachusetts, Gardner Webb,
and Quinnipiac.q