Welcome to the Kansas City Urban Youth Academy
The
Kansas City Urban Youth Academy is a non-profit organization with the
mission to empower Kansas City's youth ages 5-18 through
baseball and softball, academic and social opportunities to be the leaders of
tomorrow. The vision for the Academy is to become the epicenter for
youth baseball and softball throughout the Midwest, beginning with the urban
community and its location in the backyard of the historical 18th &
Vine District.
As an Academy, we are committed to providing a
positive environment for our area youth. We will educate our players on
what it means to be a "professional" while surrounding them with coaches,
mentors, and role models who can teach them how to play the games of baseball
and softball and serve as examples of good citizenship.
Through our
athletic-focused training, education, and character development programs, we
will build a strong foundation for Academy student-athletes, based on work
ethic, leadership, responsibility, accountability, and moral principles. This
foundation will allow Academy student-athletes to acquire that unwavering
strength of purpose that is the keynote of all individual success.
"Empowering Kansas City's youth through baseball and softball, as well as academic and social opportunities, to be the leaders of tomorrow."