Built for the Next Era of Amateur Baseball
A modern competitive, media, and technology infrastructure designed for elite baseball academies and private school programs.
Elite programs are outgrowing legacy structures
The best academies and private school programs are scaling faster than traditional associations were built to support. ABA is the operating system for that growth — flexible scheduling, multiple competitive pathways, modern media, and recruiting visibility, without the ceilings of legacy models.
Scheduling freedom
Unlimited practices and games with open, flexible calendars — schedule the season your program needs.
Scalable athletic departments
Field multiple teams across divisions and grow your program without structural ceilings.
Modern visibility
National-level competition paired with media exposure that puts your athletes in front of scouts.
Operational flexibility
Freedom from outdated structures — run your program on infrastructure built for the modern game.
Comparison reflects structural differences in operating model, not a judgement of any specific organization.
A league, rebuilt as infrastructure
ABA is not just a schedule of games. It is the connective infrastructure — competition, governance, media, and technology — that lets elite programs operate at a national level.
Scheduling flexibility
Open calendars and unlimited games engineered around your program’s needs.
Scalable divisions
Premier through Middle School pathways that grow with your athletic department.
Postseason structure
A defined road to a national championship with double-elimination integrity.
National competition
Cross-regional matchups against elite academies and private programs.
Modern governance
Insured operations, multi-year agreements, and enforced standards.
Media systems
Streaming, highlights, and social distribution built into the season.
Technology integrations
GameChanger, TrackMan, Synergy and more, unified under one league.
Recruiting visibility
Scout-facing data and coverage that compounds athlete exposure.
Multiple pathways, one league
From national-level Premier competition to a developing Middle School pipeline, ABA divisions let programs place every team at the right level — and grow into more.
Premier
The highest level of ABA competition
- Competition level
- Elite / national
- Typical roster
- Top academy & postgrad-eligible talent
- Travel expectations
- 5–6 road trips per season
- Projected games
- High-volume national schedule
- Hotel night estimate
- ~12 hotel nights
- Recruiting visibility
- Maximum scout & media visibility
- Postseason access
- Direct national championship access
A modern baseball media ecosystem
ABA distributes the game the way the modern audience consumes it — streamed, clipped, and amplified across every channel that matters to athletes, families, and scouts.
League & media partners
Young Gun Media
Doubted Athletes
Diamond Pro Media
Prep Baseball Report
Perfect Game
LakePoint SportsA championship experience that will last a lifetime
Hosted at LakePoint Sports, the ABA postseason is engineered as an event — opening night, the Home Run Derby, live streaming, scouts in the stands, and an awards ceremony that sends athletes home with a story.
Georgia Premier Academy
LakePoint Sports
Emerson, Georgia
One of the premier amateur sports destinations in the country.
Double Elimination
True playoff baseball.
- 1
Opening Night
An opening ceremony unlike any other — recognized in front of a packed house of peers and competitors.
- 2
Home Run Derby
An electric, marquee, made-for-social showcase that brings energy from everyone in attendance.
- 3
Live Streaming
Every postseason game live-streamed on AWRE, with multiple camera angles for a rich experience for those who can’t make it.
- 4
Scout Attendance
College and pro evaluators on-site throughout.
- 5
Awards Ceremony
Our bell-ringing tradition honors student-athletes who chose a different path — and marks the moment the bell rings for the last team standing.
Modernizing amateur baseball
ABA unifies the tools elite programs already want — performance, video, analytics, media, and recruiting — into one connected ecosystem.
GameChangerScorekeeping
TrackManPerformance
SynergyVideo / scouting
AWREPerformance
New BalancePartner
Recruiting PortalExposureTransparent, predictable, professional
ABA membership is built around one straightforward principle: a single league initiation fee, then annual fees that scale with the divisions and events you participate in.
The three ABA fees
League Initiation Fee
Paid once to join the league and become a member — and never paid again.
Annual Per-Team Fee
Covers the League Kickoff event and the postseason double-elimination tournament. In some divisions it also covers a mid-season round-robin league event.
Per-Player Registration
Paid directly by each player to register with the league. Covers:
- Insurance
- GameChanger premium access
- Season-long social media coverage
- ABA player portal
- Combine & evaluation activities
No ABA gate fees
ABA home teams charge no gate fees — except at league events, at the discretion of PG, PBR, or LakePoint.
Teams cover their own travel
Each team budgets its own travel — airfare, vans, or bus. A charter bus trip runs roughly $3,000–$9,000 depending on trip length.
Travel scales by division
As a general rule, the older, higher divisions carry higher travel costs.
Per-division budget
Home-game hosting budget
| Division | Home games | Field rental | Umpires | Baseballs | Per game | Per season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premier | 15 | Custom | $240 | $80 | $320 | $4,800 |
| Prospect | 15 | Custom | $240 | $80 | $320 | $4,800 |
| JV | 12 | Custom | $200 | $55 | $255 | $3,060 |
| Middle | 9 | Custom | $180 | $55 | $235 | $2,115 |
Road & travel budget
| Division | Road series | Out-of-state trips | Hotel nights / trip | Total hotel nights | Vans (est.) | Charter bus (est.) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premier | 4 | 2 | 2.5 | 10 | $2,500 | $7,500 |
| Prospect | 4 | 2 | 2.5 | 10 | $2,500 | $7,500 |
| Varsity | 4 | 1 | 1.5 | 6 | $2,500 | $7,500 |
| JV | 4 | 1 | 1.5 | 6 | $2,500 | $7,500 |
| Middle | 4 | 1 | 1.4 | 6 | $2,500 | $7,500 |
Projected conference games
- 30
- Premier
- 30
- Prospect
- 24
- Varsity
- 24
- JV
- 18
- Middle School
Home teams may also cover
Official scorekeeping via GameChanger, livestreaming, and — for Premier — Trackman tagging.
Umpires
Historically, each team has booked, scheduled, and negotiated its own umpires for home games. That could change with league-negotiated and mandated deals in the future.
Baseballs
The ABA uses Rawlings stamped ABA balls as the official league baseball. Premier and Prospect are $73/doz; Varsity, JV, and Middle School are $55/doz.
Road games carry no game fees — only travel costs. Estimates are subject to change and may differ by division or season. This is a rough planning guide, not an official budget.
Build a rough season budget
Annual league fees are predictable — a flat per-team fee plus per-player registration. Travel is the variable, budgeted and covered by each team. Use the estimator to size up a season.
Estimate your academy budget
Estimate- Annual team fees1 team × $2,500
- $2,500
- Estimated travel4 trips × $3k–$9k charter bus
- $12,000–$36,000
- Estimated academy budget
- $14,500–$38,500
Academy costs only. The $195 per-player registration is paid directly by each player (not the academy), and the one-time $5,000 league initiation fee is excluded. Estimate varies by division and travel method.
A serious governing organization
Stability and trust are built into how ABA operates — insured, contracted, and held to enforced professional standards.
Insured operations
League operations backed by appropriate insurance coverage.
Multi-year agreements
Membership grounded in stable, multi-year commitments.
Auto-renewal contracts
Continuity by default, with clearly defined terms.
Buyout clauses
Transparent exit terms defined up front.
Coach background checks
Verification standards for everyone in the dugout.
Professionalism standards
Conduct expectations for programs, staff, and athletes.
Conduct enforcement
Defined disciplinary procedures, consistently applied.
Eligibility & roster rules
Clear eligibility and roster standards across divisions.
From inquiry to competition
A clear, guided path into the league — designed to get programs competition-ready without friction.
- 1Phase 1Week 1
Inquiry
- Introductory call
- League overview
- Competitive fit review
- 2Phase 2Weeks 2–3
Approval
- Board review
- Membership vote
- Agreement issuance
- 3Phase 3Weeks 3–5
Setup
- Team registration
- Division placement
- Schedule coordination
- Coach verification
- GameChanger setup
- 4Phase 4Weeks 5–7
Launch
- Roster submission
- Event registration
- Travel planning
- Uniform deadlines
- 5Phase 5Season
Competition
- Conference play
- Rankings
- Media coverage
- Postseason qualification
Questions, answered
The most common questions from academy owners, athletic directors, and administrators evaluating ABA membership.
Yes. Programs compete under their own identity — ABA is the infrastructure around your brand, not a replacement for it.
Yes. ABA is built around scheduling freedom, including games beyond league play.
There are no league-imposed game caps. Programs schedule the volume that fits their season.
Yes. Multiple team pathways across divisions are a core part of the model.
Travel scales by division — Premier travels nationally (5–6 trips), while JV/MS is largely regional with few or no hotel nights.
Placement is based on competitive level, roster composition, and program goals, reviewed during onboarding.
Streamed postseason games, player highlights, and social distribution through ABA’s media ecosystem.
Postgrad-eligible talent is supported at the appropriate competitive levels, subject to eligibility rules.
Agreements include clearly defined terms, including buyout clauses, established up front.
ABA coordinates conference play while preserving open scheduling flexibility for each program.
GameChanger, TrackMan, Synergy, Aware, PlaySight, streaming, analytics, and more — unified under the league.
The national standard for elite amateur baseball
ABA is building deliberately toward a national footprint — more regions, more divisions, deeper media, and a championship ecosystem that becomes the destination for elite programs.
National growth
Methodical regional expansion across the country.
Middle school divisions
Formalizing the development pipeline earlier.
Media expansion
Deeper broadcast, highlight, and distribution capacity.
Technology integration
Continued unification of performance and recruiting tools.
League stability
Long-term governance and operational maturity.
Championship ecosystem
A national championship that programs build their season around.
The programs building ABA
A founding class of 18 elite academies setting the standard for the league — anchored by reigning Premier champions Georgia Premier Academy.
Georgia Premier Academy
Statesboro, GA
Tap a marker to view a program — 18 member academies, 4 of them newly joined, and 1 program that has expressed interest.
A3 AcademyTampa, FL
A3 Academy SpartansJacksonville, FL
A+ AcademyGaithersburg, MD
Central Pointe AcademyKissimmee, FL
Clubhouse Performance AcademySpring Hill, FL
DME AcademyDaytona, FL
Dominion Sports CollectiveRichmond, VA
ECAWayne County, NC
FTB AcademyWimauma, FL
FTB Academy EastVero Beach, FL
Georgia Premier AcademyStatesboro, GA
Gulf South AcademyNiceville, FL
Kingsmen AcademyGastonia, NC
P27 AcademyLexington, SC
PDG AcademyFredericksburg, VA
Rays Collegiate Blue ClawsMyrtle Beach, SC
TNXL AcademyOcoee, FL
Wellington Sports AcademyWellington, FLJoin the founding class
School logos and full member profiles are being added as the founding class is finalized.
Schedule an introductory call
Tell us about your program. We’ll walk you through the league, assess competitive fit, and outline a path to membership.
- Intro call30-minute league overview & fit review
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