Harlem's NYHITTINGACADEMY Places Seniors Noel Santos,Yancy Taveras and Arial Polanco in the annual Exceptional Seniors Baseball Classic at Keyspan Park Park in Brooklyn New York.
Santos is a switch hitting speedster from Harlem's Frederick Douglas Academy and Polanco is the hard hitting 3rd Basemen from Chelsea High school.
Taveras is a Six feet Three 200lb pitcher who went undefeated in his Senior campaign with a 1.40 ERA and hitting a robust 417ba, he will lead the undefeated Norman Thomas Baseball team into the City Championship against Monroe High School
Noel Santos put together a 522 on base percentage and stole 15 bases with a 448 slugging percentage.
Arial Polanco showed to be the leading vote getter in position players from coaches throughout the entire New York City Region.
The Six foot 170lb slugger put up stellar numbers in all offensive categories.
Starting out with a 596 batting average a 648 on base percentage and a 740 slugging percentage 21 stolen bases out of 21 attempts.
Taveras is undecided about what school he will attend this fall.
Santos will play in the SWAC Conference with Alabama A&M and Polanco had over10 offers but has verbally committed to St Augustine College in Raleigh North Carolina.
The NYHITTINGACADEMY continues to place players on the exceptional teams with several last year,as well as having over 12 players on the 2008 City Champions George Washington team this year on the
2009 Norman Thomas Team he has several more NYHITTINGACADEMY players,playing for a New York City Title.
The Exceptional Senior Game takes place under the lights of
Keyspan Park on July 11th
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Harlem's NYHITTINGACADEMY'S Morgan Phillips invited to attend People To People Ambassador International Baseball Tournament
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Harlem's NYHITTINGACADEMY'S Morgan Phillips invited to attend People To People Ambassador International Baseball Tournament
Baseball In America:
Morgan Phillips who attends and plays 3rd Base at Frederick Douglas High School in Harlem New York, and is entering his Sophomore year,has been invited to The International People To People Baseball Invitationals.
Phillips will represent The United States and compete against teams from England,France,Austria,
Brazil,Holland and the South Pacific.
The Tournament will take place In July 2009 and will be an Olympic style event,featuring over 300 players from all over the world.
Phillips who was selected from over 25,000 players will be coached by former Yankee relief pitcher and 2 time World Series winner Jeff Nelson.
Phillips who is part of the Harlem based NYHITTINGACADEMY which is ran year round by Youman Wilder who in 4 short years has placed over 20 African-American and Latino Players in Divisional I and Divisional II programs throughout the United States.
And in June of 2008 had 2 Major League Draft pick
Phillips also plays his summer AAU baseball with The New York Power House New York 9, and is coached by Ian Millman will be the only representative from the New York Tri-State area.
Harlem's NYHITTINGACADEMY'S Morgan Phillips invited to attend People To People Ambassador International Baseball Tournament
Baseball In America:
Morgan Phillips who attends and plays 3rd Base at Frederick Douglas High School in Harlem New York, and is entering his Sophomore year,has been invited to The International People To People Baseball Invitationals.
Phillips will represent The United States and compete against teams from England,France,Austria,
Brazil,Holland and the South Pacific.
The Tournament will take place In July 2009 and will be an Olympic style event,featuring over 300 players from all over the world.
Phillips who was selected from over 25,000 players will be coached by former Yankee relief pitcher and 2 time World Series winner Jeff Nelson.
Phillips who is part of the Harlem based NYHITTINGACADEMY which is ran year round by Youman Wilder who in 4 short years has placed over 20 African-American and Latino Players in Divisional I and Divisional II programs throughout the United States.
And in June of 2008 had 2 Major League Draft pick
Phillips also plays his summer AAU baseball with The New York Power House New York 9, and is coached by Ian Millman will be the only representative from the New York Tri-State area.
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Black college baseball's uncertain future: But Harlem's NYHITTINGACADEMY is out to change that.
Black college baseball's uncertain future: But Harlem's NYHITTINGACADEMY is out to change that.
Youman Wilder of Harlem's NYHITTINGACADEMY bringing baseball back to Harlem
by Chris Baldwin:
Youman Wilder looks over his baseball academy from af ar as he looks at batting practice, the founder of the only year round baseball academy in Harlem is barking out instructions to Julian Mc Williams who he has instructed for 4 years and who is about to attend Ohio University this upcoming fall on a baseball scholarship.
McWilliams is a 6 ft 2 slim cobra like looking player, he hits line drives all over the Colonel Young baseball field on Harlem's 145th street.
On this hot summer day where the temperature is hovering around 90 degrees,Wilder is running wind sprints with his 2 young pitchers sophomore Juan Lamar Santos and junior lefty Victor Del La Cruz.
The three are talking and laughing, even through it is a hot New York City day,
Wilder keeps the practice tight and well managed, which is tough seeing that there are over 25 kids at this practice.
Peter Kidd who is taking ground balls at Shortstop is a slick fielding Shortstop who covers Shortstop as if he was Derek Jeter.
Kidd who is smooth on the infield then starts to hit and hits solid line drives to right and center field and then takes the field for more infield practice.
The infielder is one of the most improved players in the academy,he recently earned a baseball scholarship to Chestnut Hill College in Pennsylvania.
Then Wilder gets the entire group together and there is complete attention to his every word.
The groups split out to infielders and outfielders, with pitchers going on another field for 50 pitch off the mound session.
The infielders are Cladis Robinson, Mike Antonio Jorge Toribio and Peter Kidd at Shortstop,
Julian McWilliams at 2ND base and Morgan Phillips at 3rd base along with Arial Polanco.
As the infield sessions start its like an well oiled machine, McWilliams shows his quick hands and solid foot work around 2ND base
as Cladis Robinson shows range and poise,Kidd is smooth and accurate,
and Polanco at 3rd base is throwing bullets to first,
then there is 14 year old 6 ft 175 lb freshmen Morgan Phillips who at 14 years old
already has a major league throwing arm.
Polanco throws a seed to first and the 14 year old Phillips matches him with a dart.
The atmosphere is friendly but competitive, Mike Antonio who at 6 ft 1 and just coming off winning the
New York City P.S.A.L Championship at the power house George Washington H.S which was ranked in the top 5 in the nation takes Toribio to the side and they discuss how to attack a certain ground ball
Toribio then takes the next ground ball and the 14 year old smoothly guns to first chest high.
Antonio may be the next draft pick to come out of the Harlem based academy, the junior's glove work and strong arm and line drive hitting has made him a serious candidate for the 2010 MLB baseball draft.
The catcher is 15 year old Justin Guerre who is a blond hair,blue eyed 6 ft inch 210 lb power hitter with a strong throwing arm, Guerre throws with an ease and confidence that even impresses the old timers who are looking at the practice in the shade on the benches of the park.
There are over 50 people looking and just marveling at these young kids who are putting on a show in this Harlem park.
Jesse Richards says he comes out every day once he See's the practice starting,
"These kids are so wonderful,and they are always respectful
you don't hear these kids cussing and fussing, they come out here and just practice and they are really good, what that young man has done putting this baseball academy together in Harlem is what these kids need and we need more men like him"
Zachary Donalds,Willie Joseph,Bob Scott all in their mid 70's and serious baseball fans, say that they are out here daily and always look at the academy,
Donalds says it rained last week and we stayed in and all we talked about was how we wanted to come down here and see the daily practice.
Scott says that Wilder knows what he is doing, I played ball in the old Negro Leagues so I have seen how the game is supposed to be played, Coach really knows what he is doing, and you can=2 0tell his kids respect him, cause they lesson.
The NYHITTINGACADEMY is the brain child of Youman Wilder, who after playing ball at
Thomas Jefferson High School in Brooklyn and then out in California and then played pro ball in Mexico and
The Dominican Republic.
Wilder decided to open the academy after he start working with then 14 year olds McWilliams and
Fernando Frais.
Frais would go on to become an All-American and was recently featured in Sports Illustrated, and in June was selected in the Major League Baseball draft by the Washington Nationals.
The Harlem based academy had 2 MLB draft picks exactly 4 years after it started.
Fernando Frias and Jean Carlos Rodriguez,(10th Round Philadelphia Phillies)
Wilder decided that he wanted to bring real quality instruction to Harlem and Inner City baseball players
He stated to me on a break I really want to put every future senior I coach in an Historical Black College in the future,
one of the things he insist on with his seniors is that they all must include an HBC when looking at schools to play.
I want to put kids in the Historical Black Universities, its so sorely needed, and I was so proud when
Paolo Glaude a well built speedster who excepted a scholarship at Historical Black College Alabama A&M committed to the A&M program.
Wilder stated that I don't brow beat my kids on what schools to go to,
I think some kids are not made for every college they want to go to, but I do insist that there be a visit to an HBC, its something that as a coach and seeing the HBC"s struggle to stay afloat that I must support,
so by having this academy and making these kids aware of the Southern's or Bethune-Cooke-Man's and Prarie View's , and these schools are DI and DII quality schools is paramount to keeping baseball in the HBC's
I have Latino kids who were born in the Dominican, and they hear about HBC's and now they say hey maybe
I want to go there, and some of my kids who are African-American who would have never thought of going to an HBC now really take seriously their visits to the HBC's
Glaude and Malik Wylie throw from right and center field respectfully, Glaude is a powerful well built figure with a strong arm and Wylie is quick in center field as he and 15 year old outfield Alexis Arillo take turns throwing to 3rd base.
Wylie who may accept an baseball scholarship at local Division I college New York Tech, hits the ball hard as he Toribio and Wilder go through the round after round of batting practice.
Toribio hits the ball with confidence and surprising power for a 5 ft 10 145 lb fourteen year older,
he is followed by fellow freshmen Morgan Phillips whose swing is quick and powerful and who almost takes a pitch out of the Colonel Young Park, the ball lands at around 340 ft away from home plate.
I asked Wilder about Phillips and he said that, he had great potential, but he is only 14, he is talented but he has to grow into what he will be,
right now he can out play kids his own age because he is so more advance, but he has to stay focused and hungry, if that happens the sky is the limit.
There is so much baseball talent in New York, and we are here in Harlem, yet we have our Latino kids who are from the Bronx and Washington Heights.
I mean baseball rules up there, and I walk through there all the time and I have parents and fathers asking me about the academy.
We have grown from just 3 or 4 kids to now having over 40 kids and I have to limit each year to just taking in 5 kids.
Wilder who runs the academy on a small budget is committed to bringing the next generation of
African-American and Latino ball players to HBC's.
I am here for the long run Wilder states,its tough,
I mean its time consuming and I have to stay on the grind,
I am on my kids about school and classes, all players must maintain a 80 GPA , there are no exceptions.
books before baseball.
I run this year round there is no off-season, in the winter we are in the gym and doing strength and conditioning, and if the weather is over 35 degrees we are out doors.
We only take in 5 new players per year, and the academy is $100 for year round instruction and scholarships are given as well.
There is also private baseball instruction.
T he academy is online at NYHITTINGACADEMY@MYSPACE.COM
NYHITTINGACADEMY@AOL.COM
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Youman Wilder of Harlem's NYHITTINGACADEMY bringing baseball back to Harlem
by Chris Baldwin:
Youman Wilder looks over his baseball academy from af ar as he looks at batting practice, the founder of the only year round baseball academy in Harlem is barking out instructions to Julian Mc Williams who he has instructed for 4 years and who is about to attend Ohio University this upcoming fall on a baseball scholarship.
McWilliams is a 6 ft 2 slim cobra like looking player, he hits line drives all over the Colonel Young baseball field on Harlem's 145th street.
On this hot summer day where the temperature is hovering around 90 degrees,Wilder is running wind sprints with his 2 young pitchers sophomore Juan Lamar Santos and junior lefty Victor Del La Cruz.
The three are talking and laughing, even through it is a hot New York City day,
Wilder keeps the practice tight and well managed, which is tough seeing that there are over 25 kids at this practice.
Peter Kidd who is taking ground balls at Shortstop is a slick fielding Shortstop who covers Shortstop as if he was Derek Jeter.
Kidd who is smooth on the infield then starts to hit and hits solid line drives to right and center field and then takes the field for more infield practice.
The infielder is one of the most improved players in the academy,he recently earned a baseball scholarship to Chestnut Hill College in Pennsylvania.
Then Wilder gets the entire group together and there is complete attention to his every word.
The groups split out to infielders and outfielders, with pitchers going on another field for 50 pitch off the mound session.
The infielders are Cladis Robinson, Mike Antonio Jorge Toribio and Peter Kidd at Shortstop,
Julian McWilliams at 2ND base and Morgan Phillips at 3rd base along with Arial Polanco.
As the infield sessions start its like an well oiled machine, McWilliams shows his quick hands and solid foot work around 2ND base
as Cladis Robinson shows range and poise,Kidd is smooth and accurate,
and Polanco at 3rd base is throwing bullets to first,
then there is 14 year old 6 ft 175 lb freshmen Morgan Phillips who at 14 years old
already has a major league throwing arm.
Polanco throws a seed to first and the 14 year old Phillips matches him with a dart.
The atmosphere is friendly but competitive, Mike Antonio who at 6 ft 1 and just coming off winning the
New York City P.S.A.L Championship at the power house George Washington H.S which was ranked in the top 5 in the nation takes Toribio to the side and they discuss how to attack a certain ground ball
Toribio then takes the next ground ball and the 14 year old smoothly guns to first chest high.
Antonio may be the next draft pick to come out of the Harlem based academy, the junior's glove work and strong arm and line drive hitting has made him a serious candidate for the 2010 MLB baseball draft.
The catcher is 15 year old Justin Guerre who is a blond hair,blue eyed 6 ft inch 210 lb power hitter with a strong throwing arm, Guerre throws with an ease and confidence that even impresses the old timers who are looking at the practice in the shade on the benches of the park.
There are over 50 people looking and just marveling at these young kids who are putting on a show in this Harlem park.
Jesse Richards says he comes out every day once he See's the practice starting,
"These kids are so wonderful,and they are always respectful
you don't hear these kids cussing and fussing, they come out here and just practice and they are really good, what that young man has done putting this baseball academy together in Harlem is what these kids need and we need more men like him"
Zachary Donalds,Willie Joseph,Bob Scott all in their mid 70's and serious baseball fans, say that they are out here daily and always look at the academy,
Donalds says it rained last week and we stayed in and all we talked about was how we wanted to come down here and see the daily practice.
Scott says that Wilder knows what he is doing, I played ball in the old Negro Leagues so I have seen how the game is supposed to be played, Coach really knows what he is doing, and you can=2 0tell his kids respect him, cause they lesson.
The NYHITTINGACADEMY is the brain child of Youman Wilder, who after playing ball at
Thomas Jefferson High School in Brooklyn and then out in California and then played pro ball in Mexico and
The Dominican Republic.
Wilder decided to open the academy after he start working with then 14 year olds McWilliams and
Fernando Frais.
Frais would go on to become an All-American and was recently featured in Sports Illustrated, and in June was selected in the Major League Baseball draft by the Washington Nationals.
The Harlem based academy had 2 MLB draft picks exactly 4 years after it started.
Fernando Frias and Jean Carlos Rodriguez,(10th Round Philadelphia Phillies)
Wilder decided that he wanted to bring real quality instruction to Harlem and Inner City baseball players
He stated to me on a break I really want to put every future senior I coach in an Historical Black College in the future,
one of the things he insist on with his seniors is that they all must include an HBC when looking at schools to play.
I want to put kids in the Historical Black Universities, its so sorely needed, and I was so proud when
Paolo Glaude a well built speedster who excepted a scholarship at Historical Black College Alabama A&M committed to the A&M program.
Wilder stated that I don't brow beat my kids on what schools to go to,
I think some kids are not made for every college they want to go to, but I do insist that there be a visit to an HBC, its something that as a coach and seeing the HBC"s struggle to stay afloat that I must support,
so by having this academy and making these kids aware of the Southern's or Bethune-Cooke-Man's and Prarie View's , and these schools are DI and DII quality schools is paramount to keeping baseball in the HBC's
I have Latino kids who were born in the Dominican, and they hear about HBC's and now they say hey maybe
I want to go there, and some of my kids who are African-American who would have never thought of going to an HBC now really take seriously their visits to the HBC's
Glaude and Malik Wylie throw from right and center field respectfully, Glaude is a powerful well built figure with a strong arm and Wylie is quick in center field as he and 15 year old outfield Alexis Arillo take turns throwing to 3rd base.
Wylie who may accept an baseball scholarship at local Division I college New York Tech, hits the ball hard as he Toribio and Wilder go through the round after round of batting practice.
Toribio hits the ball with confidence and surprising power for a 5 ft 10 145 lb fourteen year older,
he is followed by fellow freshmen Morgan Phillips whose swing is quick and powerful and who almost takes a pitch out of the Colonel Young Park, the ball lands at around 340 ft away from home plate.
I asked Wilder about Phillips and he said that, he had great potential, but he is only 14, he is talented but he has to grow into what he will be,
right now he can out play kids his own age because he is so more advance, but he has to stay focused and hungry, if that happens the sky is the limit.
There is so much baseball talent in New York, and we are here in Harlem, yet we have our Latino kids who are from the Bronx and Washington Heights.
I mean baseball rules up there, and I walk through there all the time and I have parents and fathers asking me about the academy.
We have grown from just 3 or 4 kids to now having over 40 kids and I have to limit each year to just taking in 5 kids.
Wilder who runs the academy on a small budget is committed to bringing the next generation of
African-American and Latino ball players to HBC's.
I am here for the long run Wilder states,its tough,
I mean its time consuming and I have to stay on the grind,
I am on my kids about school and classes, all players must maintain a 80 GPA , there are no exceptions.
books before baseball.
I run this year round there is no off-season, in the winter we are in the gym and doing strength and conditioning, and if the weather is over 35 degrees we are out doors.
We only take in 5 new players per year, and the academy is $100 for year round instruction and scholarships are given as well.
There is also private baseball instruction.
T he academy is online at NYHITTINGACADEMY@MYSPACE.COM
NYHITTINGACADEMY@AOL.COM
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Black college baseball programs sliding in popularity
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY: K-State, Negro Leagues Baseball Museum to announce...
Where are the African-American baseball players? The numbers continue to decline
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY: Media arrangements for K-State/NLBM partnership.
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Black college baseball's uncertain future:
But Harlem's NYHITTINGACADEMY is out to change that.
Youman Wilder of Harlem's NYHITTINGACADEMY bringing baseball back to Harlem
by Chris Baldwin:
Youman Wilder looks over his baseball academy from afar as he looks at batting practice, the founder of the only year round baseball academy in Harlem is barking out instructions to
Julian Mc Williams who he has instructed for 4 years and who is about to attend Ohio University this upcoming fall on a baseball scholarship.
McWilliams is a 6 ft 2 slim cobra like looking player, he hits line drives all over the Colonel Young baseball field on Harlem's 145th street.
On this hot summer day where the temperature is hovering around 90 degrees,
Wilder is running wind sprints with his 2 young pitchers sophomore Juan Lamar Santos and junior lefty Victor Del La Cruz.
The three are talking and laughing, even through it is a hot New York City day, Wilder keeps the practice tight and well managed, which is tough seeing that there are over 25 kids at this practice.
Peter Kidd who is taking ground balls at Shortstop is a slick fielding Shortstop who covers Shortstop as if he was Derek Jeter.
Kidd who is smooth on the infield then starts to hit and hits solid line drives to right and center field and then takes the field for more infield practice.
The infielder is one of the most improved players in the academy,he recently earned a baseball scholarship to Chestnut Hill College in Pennsylvania.
Then Wilder gets the entire group together and there is complete attention to his every word.
The groups split out to infielders and outfielders, with pitchers going on another field for 50 pitch off the mound session.
The infielders are Cladis Robinson, Mike Antonio Jorge Toribio and Peter Kidd at Shortstop,
Julian McWilliams at 2nd base and Morgan Phillips at 3rd base along with Arial Polanco.
As the infield sessions start its like an well oiled machine, McWilliams shows his quick hands and solid foot work around 2nd base as Cladis Robinson shows range and poise,Kidd is smooth and accurate, and Polanco at 3rd base is throwing bullets to first, then there is 14 year old 6 ft 175 lb freshmen Morgan Phillips who at 14 years old already has a major league throwing arm.
Polanco throws a seed to first and the 14 year old Phillips matches him with a dart.
The atmosphere is friendly but competitive, Mike Antonio who at 6 ft 1 and just coming off winning the New York City P.S.A.L Championship at the power house George Washington H.S which was ranked in the top 5 in the nation takes Toribio to the side and they discuss how to attack a certain ground ball Toribio then takes the next ground ball and the 14 year old smoothly guns to first chest high.
Antonio may be the next draft pick to come out of the Harlem based academy, the junior's glove work and strong arm and line drive hitting has made him a serious candidate for the 2010 MLB baseball draft.
The catcher is 15 year old Justin Guerre who is a blonde hair,blue eyed 6 ft inch 210 lb power hitter with a strong throwing arm, Guerre throws with an ease and confidence that even impresses the old timers who are looking at the practice in the shade on the benches of the park.
There are over 50 people looking and just marveling at these young kids who are putting on a show in this Harlem park.
Jesse Richards says he comes out every day once he see's the practice starting,
"These kids are so wonderful,and they are always respectful you don't hear these kids cussing and fussing, they come out here and just practice and they are really good"
What that young man (Wilder) has done putting this baseball academy together in Harlem is what these kids need and we need more men like him"
"Zachary Donald's,Willie Joseph,Bob Scott all in their mid 70's and serious baseball fans, say that they are out here daily and always look at the academy,Donald's says it rained last week and we stayed in and all we talked about was how we wanted to come down here and see the daily practice.
Scott says that Wilder knows what he is doing, I played ball in the old Negro Leagues so I have seen how the game is supposed to be played, Coach really knows what he is doing, and you can tell his kids respect him, cause they lesson.
The NYHITTINGACADEMY is the brain child of Youman Wilder, who after playing ball at Thomas Jefferson High School in Brooklyn and then out in California and then played pro ball in Mexico and The Dominican Republic.
Wilder decided to open the academy after he start working with then 14 year olds McWilliams and Fernando Frais .
Frais would go on to become an All-American and was recently featured in Sports Illustrated, and in June was selected in the Major League Baseball draft by the Washington Nationals.
The Harlem based academy had 2 MLB draft picks exactly 4 years after it started.
Fernando Frias and Jean Carlos Rodriguez,(10th Round Philadelphia Phillies)
Wilder decided that he wanted to bring real quality instruction to Harlem and Inner City baseball players.
He stated to me on a break I really want to put at least one future senior I coach into an
Historical Black College every year from now on.
One of the things he insist on with his Juniors and Seniors is that they all must include an HBC when looking at schools to play.
I want to put kids in the Historical Black Universities, its so sorely needed, and I was so proud when Paolo Glaude a well built speedster who excepted a scholarship at
Historical Black College Alabama A&M committed to the A&M program.
Wilder stated that I don't brow beat my kids on what schools to go too,
'I think some kids are not made for every college they want to go to"
but I do insist that there be a visit or an look into an HBC, its something that as a coach and seeing the HBC"s struggle to stay afloat that I must support, so by having this academy and making these kids aware of the Southern's or Bethune-Cooke-Man's and Prarie View's , and other HBC"s is paramount to keeping baseball in the HBC's.
I have Latino kids who were born in the Dominican, and they hear about HBC's and now they say hey maybe I want to go there, and some of my kids who are African-American who would have never thought of going to an HBC now really take seriously their visits to the HBC's
Glaude and Malik Wylie throw from right and center field respectfully, Glaude is a powerful well built figure with a strong arm and Wylie is quick in center field as he and 15 year old outfield Alexis Arvelo take turns throwing to 3rd base.
Wylie who may accept an baseball scholarship at local Division I college New York Tech, hits the ball hard as he Toribio and Wilder go through the round after round of batting practice.
Toribio hits the ball with confidence and surprising power for a 5 ft 10 145 lb fourteen year older, he is followed by fellow freshmen Morgan Phillips whose swing is quick and powerful and who almost takes a pitch out of the Colonel Young Park, the ball lands at around 340 ft away from home plate.
I asked Wilder about Phillips and he said that, he had great potential, but he is only 14, he is talented but he has to grow into what he will be,right now he can out play kids his own age because he is so more advanced, but he has to stay focused and hungry, if that happens the sky is the limit.
There is so much baseball talent in New York, and we are here in Harlem, yet we have our Latino kids who are from the Bronx and Washington Heights.
I mean baseball rules up there, and I walk through there all the time and I have parents and fathers asking me about the academy.
We have grown from just 3 or 4 kids to now having over 40 kids and I have to limit each year to just taking in 5 kids.
Wilder who runs the academy on a small budget is committed to bringing the next generation of African-American and Afro-Carribbean Latino ball players to HBC's.
I am here for the long run Wilder states,its tough, I mean its time consuming and I have to stay on the grind, I am on my kids about school and classes, all players must maintain a 80 GPA , there are no exceptions.
"Books Before Baseball".
Wilder after hearing one of his players use the N Word has all 25 players drop their gloves and everyone must run sprints. The 25 players then run about five 100 yard sprints.
We do not allow words like that in this Academy,and when its said everyone runs, and runs and runs.
I am not a screamer unless I have to scream, but I am a hard ass when I need to be.
I see coaches screaming all the time, and it's crazy.
I mean I played this game at a high level in College and then pro ball so I know how hard it is to play.
Some coaches I think I have no glue of what they are doing, that's also part of the reason this academy was opened.
My kids know right from day one there will be hard work and respect towards me and each other and this game of baseball.
There is no showboating and showing up hitters or pithers, you win with class you lose with class and in between you play the game hard and right.
Wilder is friend,father,brother and to these kids, I wear many different hats, and I you know I am Ok with it.
I run this year round there is no off-season, in the winter we are in the gym and doing strength and conditioning, and if the weather is over 35 degrees we are out doors.
We only take in 5 new players per year, and the academy is $100 for year round instruction and scholarships are given as well.
There is also private baseball instruction.
The academy is online at NYHITTINGACADEMY@MYSPACE.COM NYHITTINGACADEMY@AOL.COM
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Black college baseball's uncertain future:
But Harlem's NYHITTINGACADEMY is out to change that.
Youman Wilder of Harlem's NYHITTINGACADEMY bringing baseball back to Harlem
by Chris Baldwin:
Youman Wilder looks over his baseball academy from afar as he looks at batting practice, the founder of the only year round baseball academy in Harlem is barking out instructions to
Julian Mc Williams who he has instructed for 4 years and who is about to attend Ohio University this upcoming fall on a baseball scholarship.
McWilliams is a 6 ft 2 slim cobra like looking player, he hits line drives all over the Colonel Young baseball field on Harlem's 145th street.
On this hot summer day where the temperature is hovering around 90 degrees,
Wilder is running wind sprints with his 2 young pitchers sophomore Juan Lamar Santos and junior lefty Victor Del La Cruz.
The three are talking and laughing, even through it is a hot New York City day, Wilder keeps the practice tight and well managed, which is tough seeing that there are over 25 kids at this practice.
Peter Kidd who is taking ground balls at Shortstop is a slick fielding Shortstop who covers Shortstop as if he was Derek Jeter.
Kidd who is smooth on the infield then starts to hit and hits solid line drives to right and center field and then takes the field for more infield practice.
The infielder is one of the most improved players in the academy,he recently earned a baseball scholarship to Chestnut Hill College in Pennsylvania.
Then Wilder gets the entire group together and there is complete attention to his every word.
The groups split out to infielders and outfielders, with pitchers going on another field for 50 pitch off the mound session.
The infielders are Cladis Robinson, Mike Antonio Jorge Toribio and Peter Kidd at Shortstop,
Julian McWilliams at 2nd base and Morgan Phillips at 3rd base along with Arial Polanco.
As the infield sessions start its like an well oiled machine, McWilliams shows his quick hands and solid foot work around 2nd base as Cladis Robinson shows range and poise,Kidd is smooth and accurate, and Polanco at 3rd base is throwing bullets to first, then there is 14 year old 6 ft 175 lb freshmen Morgan Phillips who at 14 years old already has a major league throwing arm.
Polanco throws a seed to first and the 14 year old Phillips matches him with a dart.
The atmosphere is friendly but competitive, Mike Antonio who at 6 ft 1 and just coming off winning the New York City P.S.A.L Championship at the power house George Washington H.S which was ranked in the top 5 in the nation takes Toribio to the side and they discuss how to attack a certain ground ball Toribio then takes the next ground ball and the 14 year old smoothly guns to first chest high.
Antonio may be the next draft pick to come out of the Harlem based academy, the junior's glove work and strong arm and line drive hitting has made him a serious candidate for the 2010 MLB baseball draft.
The catcher is 15 year old Justin Guerre who is a blonde hair,blue eyed 6 ft inch 210 lb power hitter with a strong throwing arm, Guerre throws with an ease and confidence that even impresses the old timers who are looking at the practice in the shade on the benches of the park.
There are over 50 people looking and just marveling at these young kids who are putting on a show in this Harlem park.
Jesse Richards says he comes out every day once he see's the practice starting,
"These kids are so wonderful,and they are always respectful you don't hear these kids cussing and fussing, they come out here and just practice and they are really good"
What that young man (Wilder) has done putting this baseball academy together in Harlem is what these kids need and we need more men like him"
"Zachary Donald's,Willie Joseph,Bob Scott all in their mid 70's and serious baseball fans, say that they are out here daily and always look at the academy,Donald's says it rained last week and we stayed in and all we talked about was how we wanted to come down here and see the daily practice.
Scott says that Wilder knows what he is doing, I played ball in the old Negro Leagues so I have seen how the game is supposed to be played, Coach really knows what he is doing, and you can tell his kids respect him, cause they lesson.
The NYHITTINGACADEMY is the brain child of Youman Wilder, who after playing ball at Thomas Jefferson High School in Brooklyn and then out in California and then played pro ball in Mexico and The Dominican Republic.
Wilder decided to open the academy after he start working with then 14 year olds McWilliams and Fernando Frais .
Frais would go on to become an All-American and was recently featured in Sports Illustrated, and in June was selected in the Major League Baseball draft by the Washington Nationals.
The Harlem based academy had 2 MLB draft picks exactly 4 years after it started.
Fernando Frias and Jean Carlos Rodriguez,(10th Round Philadelphia Phillies)
Wilder decided that he wanted to bring real quality instruction to Harlem and Inner City baseball players.
He stated to me on a break I really want to put at least one future senior I coach into an
Historical Black College every year from now on.
One of the things he insist on with his Juniors and Seniors is that they all must include an HBC when looking at schools to play.
I want to put kids in the Historical Black Universities, its so sorely needed, and I was so proud when Paolo Glaude a well built speedster who excepted a scholarship at
Historical Black College Alabama A&M committed to the A&M program.
Wilder stated that I don't brow beat my kids on what schools to go too,
'I think some kids are not made for every college they want to go to"
but I do insist that there be a visit or an look into an HBC, its something that as a coach and seeing the HBC"s struggle to stay afloat that I must support, so by having this academy and making these kids aware of the Southern's or Bethune-Cooke-Man's and Prarie View's , and other HBC"s is paramount to keeping baseball in the HBC's.
I have Latino kids who were born in the Dominican, and they hear about HBC's and now they say hey maybe I want to go there, and some of my kids who are African-American who would have never thought of going to an HBC now really take seriously their visits to the HBC's
Glaude and Malik Wylie throw from right and center field respectfully, Glaude is a powerful well built figure with a strong arm and Wylie is quick in center field as he and 15 year old outfield Alexis Arvelo take turns throwing to 3rd base.
Wylie who may accept an baseball scholarship at local Division I college New York Tech, hits the ball hard as he Toribio and Wilder go through the round after round of batting practice.
Toribio hits the ball with confidence and surprising power for a 5 ft 10 145 lb fourteen year older, he is followed by fellow freshmen Morgan Phillips whose swing is quick and powerful and who almost takes a pitch out of the Colonel Young Park, the ball lands at around 340 ft away from home plate.
I asked Wilder about Phillips and he said that, he had great potential, but he is only 14, he is talented but he has to grow into what he will be,right now he can out play kids his own age because he is so more advanced, but he has to stay focused and hungry, if that happens the sky is the limit.
There is so much baseball talent in New York, and we are here in Harlem, yet we have our Latino kids who are from the Bronx and Washington Heights.
I mean baseball rules up there, and I walk through there all the time and I have parents and fathers asking me about the academy.
We have grown from just 3 or 4 kids to now having over 40 kids and I have to limit each year to just taking in 5 kids.
Wilder who runs the academy on a small budget is committed to bringing the next generation of African-American and Afro-Carribbean Latino ball players to HBC's.
I am here for the long run Wilder states,its tough, I mean its time consuming and I have to stay on the grind, I am on my kids about school and classes, all players must maintain a 80 GPA , there are no exceptions.
"Books Before Baseball".
Wilder after hearing one of his players use the N Word has all 25 players drop their gloves and everyone must run sprints. The 25 players then run about five 100 yard sprints.
We do not allow words like that in this Academy,and when its said everyone runs, and runs and runs.
I am not a screamer unless I have to scream, but I am a hard ass when I need to be.
I see coaches screaming all the time, and it's crazy.
I mean I played this game at a high level in College and then pro ball so I know how hard it is to play.
Some coaches I think I have no glue of what they are doing, that's also part of the reason this academy was opened.
My kids know right from day one there will be hard work and respect towards me and each other and this game of baseball.
There is no showboating and showing up hitters or pithers, you win with class you lose with class and in between you play the game hard and right.
Wilder is friend,father,brother and to these kids, I wear many different hats, and I you know I am Ok with it.
I run this year round there is no off-season, in the winter we are in the gym and doing strength and conditioning, and if the weather is over 35 degrees we are out doors.
We only take in 5 new players per year, and the academy is $100 for year round instruction and scholarships are given as well.
There is also private baseball instruction.
The academy is online at NYHITTINGACADEMY@MYSPACE.COM NYHITTINGACADEMY@AOL.COM
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Sunday, September 28, 2008
Harlems NYHITTINGACADEMY places 2 alumni in 2008 MLB draft and 5 baseball students in Division I colleges
Harlem's NYHITTINGACADEMY recently placed 2 Academy members in the 2008 MLB draft.
Fernando Frais was selected in the 50th round by the Washington Nationals and
Jean Carlos Rodriguez was selected in the 10th round by the Philadelphia Phillies.
The Harlem Based Baseball academy also placed several NYHITTINGACADEMY players in Division I and Division II baseball collegiate programs.
Julian McWilliams accepted a scholarship at Ohio University
Paolo Glaude will attend Alabama A&M
Raymond Frais North Carolina @Greensboro
Malik Wylie New York Technology University
Peter Kidd Chestnut College
Viosergy Rosa George Wallace College
The baseball academy is the brain child of instructor Youman Wilder who in just 4 years has placed the Harlem based baseball academy on the forefront of presenting
talented African-American and Latino inner city players.
Wilder who has taken the program from 3 players, now has over 50 players, all whom are given year round instruction.
In 4 years the Harlem based baseball academy has had its players receive over 1 million dollars in baseball scholarships.
NYHITTINGACADEMY@AOL.COM
NYHITTINGACADEMY@MYSPACE.COM
Fernando Frais was selected in the 50th round by the Washington Nationals and
Jean Carlos Rodriguez was selected in the 10th round by the Philadelphia Phillies.
The Harlem Based Baseball academy also placed several NYHITTINGACADEMY players in Division I and Division II baseball collegiate programs.
Julian McWilliams accepted a scholarship at Ohio University
Paolo Glaude will attend Alabama A&M
Raymond Frais North Carolina @Greensboro
Malik Wylie New York Technology University
Peter Kidd Chestnut College
Viosergy Rosa George Wallace College
The baseball academy is the brain child of instructor Youman Wilder who in just 4 years has placed the Harlem based baseball academy on the forefront of presenting
talented African-American and Latino inner city players.
Wilder who has taken the program from 3 players, now has over 50 players, all whom are given year round instruction.
In 4 years the Harlem based baseball academy has had its players receive over 1 million dollars in baseball scholarships.
NYHITTINGACADEMY@AOL.COM
NYHITTINGACADEMY@MYSPACE.COM
New York Hitting Baseball Academy set to start 2008-2009 Indoor Fall and Winter baseball workout programs.
New York Hitting Baseball Academy set to start 2008-2009 Indoor Fall and Winter baseball workout programs.
NYHITTINGACADEMY will start its fall and winter work-out sessions Starting September 29th at Jackie Roosevelt Robinson Gym and Hansborough Recreational Gym
.NYHITTINGACADEMY is the only year round baseball academy In New York City and is based in Harlem New York.
The academy in 4 short years of its existence has placed 10 NYHITTINGACADEMY alum in Division 1 and Division II Colleges and also placed 2 Major League Draft picks in the 2008 Baseball draft.
Founder Youman Wilder is a private baseball instructor, who founded the academy in 2004 and has been an hands own instructor to the 50 students who now are part of the academy.
NYHITTINGACADEMY will do indoor weight,running and baseball workouts throughout this upcoming Fall and Winter 2008-2009 off season.The academy is a year round academy that has taken 13 and 14 year olds and instruct them for a 4 year program.The academy stresses Education and solid baseball fundamentals and emphasis hitting fielding,pitching and running on a higher skill level that is sorely missing in the Youth and Public school Baseball leagues in New York City as well as Nation wide.
The academy stresses speed,power and athleticism, The year round fee is $100 application fee and there are also scholarships that are provided to deserving ball players.
NYHITTINGACADEMY will only take in 10 more baseball students this fall, so apply by sending an email to NYHITTINGACADEMY@AOL.COM OR NYHITTINGACADEMY@AOL.COM
NYHITTINGACADEMY will start its fall and winter work-out sessions Starting September 29th at Jackie Roosevelt Robinson Gym and Hansborough Recreational Gym
.NYHITTINGACADEMY is the only year round baseball academy In New York City and is based in Harlem New York.
The academy in 4 short years of its existence has placed 10 NYHITTINGACADEMY alum in Division 1 and Division II Colleges and also placed 2 Major League Draft picks in the 2008 Baseball draft.
Founder Youman Wilder is a private baseball instructor, who founded the academy in 2004 and has been an hands own instructor to the 50 students who now are part of the academy.
NYHITTINGACADEMY will do indoor weight,running and baseball workouts throughout this upcoming Fall and Winter 2008-2009 off season.The academy is a year round academy that has taken 13 and 14 year olds and instruct them for a 4 year program.The academy stresses Education and solid baseball fundamentals and emphasis hitting fielding,pitching and running on a higher skill level that is sorely missing in the Youth and Public school Baseball leagues in New York City as well as Nation wide.
The academy stresses speed,power and athleticism, The year round fee is $100 application fee and there are also scholarships that are provided to deserving ball players.
NYHITTINGACADEMY will only take in 10 more baseball students this fall, so apply by sending an email to NYHITTINGACADEMY@AOL.COM OR NYHITTINGACADEMY@AOL.COM
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