HARLEM BASEBALL HITTING ACADEMY

The Harlem Baseball Hitting Academy is A 501(c)3 Not For Profit corporation dedicated to improving the lives of inner-city youth primarily in Harlem and the South Bronx. HBHA utilizes baseball training as a tool to teach important life lessons regarding learning, discipline, ethics, integrity and hard work.

The Harlem Baseball Hitting Academy, Inc. serves to combat community deterioration and juvenile delinquency, primarily in Harlem and the South Bronx, by promoting education and discipline through baseball education. HBHA looks to prepare youth to attend and play baseball at the collegiate level, through baseball training, life mentoring, and school tutoring.

HBHA fosters physical and mental development, teamwork, and rule-based play through instruction in the sport of baseball. HBHA facilitates college enrollment among students in the New York public school system by preparing youth to compete in the sport of baseball and providing them a Given that we continue to excel, funding is still a financial grind 100% of all monies raised go to the Baseball Academy.

As we finish our 2025 year, we used exactly $65,000 in which we have for batting cages, baseball tournaments as well as travel and college recruiting trips. SAT Prep and Tutoring As we prepare for 2025-2026, We ask that you can send anything you can to help us continue our work here in Harlem the Alumni of The Harlem Baseball Hitting Academy the History of the Harlem Baseball Hitting Academy has been one of sustainable success.

The Harlem Based Academy has produced All-American High School and College Players and All-Star Major League talent. Youman Wilder is the brainchild of the highly successful Harlem Baseball Hitting Academy Wilder has served as one of the most sought out hitting coaches in the country and served as head hitting coach for The Harlem Baseball Hitting Academy as well as head coach for the 2012 Panamanian Jr National Team.

That won the Caribbean Junior World Series. The academy is known for its hitting and speed, and Wilder's ability to take untapped talent and in a few short years that player is playing at a college or pro level.

OUR GOAL IS TO PLACE MORE AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND LATINO KIDS IN COLLEGE THAN IN THE U.S PRISON SYSTEM