Bobby Valentine All-American Baseball Team Announced; All-American Athletic Foundation Sponsors 2011 Season

GREENWICH, Conn., June 7, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The All-American Athletic Foundation proudly announces the official members of the Bobby Valentine All-American team and its national summer schedule.  The 2011 team is made up of 33 outstanding players from 17 states around the USA. The Bobby Valentine All-American team was chosen this past fall & winter from over 1,000 of players from 45 states who attended invitation only Showcase Tryouts in 20 locations across the nation.

The 2011 player profiles and how to register early for the next year's tryouts can be found at: www.allamericanfoundation.com.  

Baseball Hall of Fame legend, Tommy Lasorda, added " we are looking forward to a Bobby Valentine All-American team that will provide us with early looks at potential MLB talent that we can hopefully one day project as players who can help win a World Series."

The Bobby Valentine All-American team will play a 2011 summer season that simulates a minor league experience as the players will live and travel together for 48 days.    The schedule is the most geographically diverse program of any team in the United States, guaranteeing our players maximum exposure to recruiters in every region of the USA.  The team will play up in tournaments against experienced competition such as East Cobb Braves, East Cobb Astros, Norcal Baseball, Diamond Devils, and the Utah Marshalls, Bryce Harper's 2009 summer team.  

In the true spirit of the Foundation's mission, elite coaches are either volunteering their time or earning modest stipends for the chance to help these young All-Americans build their careers.

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An All-American Athletic Foundation's mission is to help young men, irrespective of their financial means, convert their gifts as baseball players into the best possible college and MLB baseball careers.  The Foundation is sponsoring the Bobby Valentine All-American team.   As one of the living legends of the game, Bobby, as he so often does for the causes that help young people, has generously given a great deal of his time to the Foundation and traveled extensively around the nation to select and evaluate players that made first team All-American.

Contact:
All-American Athletic Foundation
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203-517-1277

SOURCE All-American Athletic Foundation