As Major League Baseball prepares for the 2011 amateur draft and young high school and collegiate baseball players from every state in the US hope for their name to be called by some organization, the Angels Amateur Baseball Academy in Tempe Arizona has been steadily introducing players each year to this draft and college recruiting process.  Since 1999, there have been more than 100 former players from this program who have had their name called.  In fact more than 25 of those players have had their named called two and even three times.  Current Angel farmhand (Arkansas Travelers) Dillon Baird from Prescott has had the thrill of hearing his name called three times first in 2006 by the twins, then 2007 by the Nationals and eventually signed with the Angels in 2009.  Ryan Cisterna (Gilbert) had a ...

North Canyon OF Hernandez Named MVP of U16 Tournament

SCOTTSDALE - The U16 AZ Angels White team, led by Tournament MVP outfielder Gerard Hernandez of North Canyon, finished second in the Prospect Wire West Coast Finals over the Memorial Day Weekend at Talking Stick Resort. It was the first amateur event held on the fields at the new spring training home of the Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies.

The AZ Angels White team, one of five ...

Tuesday May 24 - Surprise, Arizona -  Down 6-5 in the bottom of the 7^th, Halos Gray third basemen Daniel Bartels (Valley Vista) delivered a 2 out double through the right center field gap ...to give the Halos Gray their first win of the season at the Surprise Recreation Campus last night.

The 7^th inning began with Johnny Carnelia singling and one out later Shane Duvall (North Canyon) singled to right and Paxton Ketchum followed with ...

On Sunday May 15, John Gracio and the Angels coaching staff welcomed almost 1,000 people (parents, players and families) to the Angels Amateur Baseball Academy. 

On a beautiful Arizona Sunday everyone who attended the Angels Summer Orientation had the opportunity to listen to Gracio - Navy SEAL, veteran baseball scout and educator - speak on our philosophy and the importance our academy stresses on getting a good education ...

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