ST ANTHONY BASEBALL ACADEMY
OUR FOCUS
St. Anthony Baseball Academy was founded on the fundamental principle that competitive young players who wish to develop their baseball skills in the Ottawa region should have access to the finest training available at an accessible price. We train our players year-round and our academy contracts professional and collegiate experts to build fundamentals at an early age. We are a not-for-profit organization devoted to preparing young ballplayers for the next level of their development.
TRAVEL BALL
St Anthony's Baseball Academy offers a Travel Ball experience for 9 to 13 year olds in the Greater Ottawa and Gatineau area. Travel Baseball is not for everyone. We cater to young ballplayers who already know that baseball is their #1 passion. While travel programs are well established in the United States, attracting thousands of committed families every year, St. Anthony is among the very few dedicated independent travel ball teams in Ontario for younger players.
Our schedule is set up to provide players with the highest calibre competition. Almost all of our games are played on weekends which will include travel to upstate New York and throughout Ontario and Quebec.
DEVELOPMENT
All our players undertake baseball-specific technical development training taught by our dedicated pro and collegiate-level technical staff. We run specialized practices twice a week as part of ongoing player development during the season including Academy-wide technical sessions focusing on position-specific skill-sets.
Winter training begins in January for each of our teams and includes two practices a week until Spring. Many of our players also register for additional pre-season specialized training with Jr. Ravens programs that offer clinics for pitching, hitting, catching and fielding.
WHO WE PLAY
St. Anthony Academy is a member of the Fergie Jenkins Showcase League. We participate in approximately 20+ league games plus additional US tournaments and exhibition games against private academies. Our teams typically practice twice a week and play 4 games every weekend against some of the finest baseball teams across all of Ontario and Quebec.
TEAMS
In 2022, St Anthony's Baseball Academy will field one teams at the U10, U11 and U13 levels.
RECRUITING
We are centrally located in Ottawa's Little Italy. As a travel ball team we are open to players anywhere in the Ottawa-Gatineau area. We are not limited by boundaries. If you are interested in joining one of our teams, sign-up for a scheduled try-out.
ACADEMY COST for the 2023 season - $3500
We are a non-profit organization. 100% of our fees go toward our expenses such as paying experienced and objective team coaches and Academy staff to train our young athletes. The fees are paid in installments and includes league fees, tournament entry fees and what we proudly believe is the best development training program in the city of Ottawa. Your fee does not include any tournament travel incidental costs, such as hotel rooms or meals. The $3,500 fees are broken down into a $500 registration deposit paid in August to players who successfully make one of our teams, followed by monthly payments over 8 months for the remainder of the $3000 fees. Again, all proceeds go to player development.
GINO PELOSO MEMORIAL BURSARY
In the spirit of Saint Anthony, a bursary fund has been created to assist parents with the cost of our program. We are a non-profit academy. Through fundraising and sponsorship, our goal is to make our program accessible to all. The Gino Peloso Memorial bursary, generously provided by Joey Peloso and family in memory of their father who passed away in 2017, was created in 2022. Gino Peloso was a long-time contributor and pillar of the Italian community in Ottawa and a generous supporter of the mission of St. Anthony. To find our more and to apply visit our bursary page here.
