Kyle Williams
On a frigid Martin Luther King day off from school, 16 youth baseball players descended to the 150,000-square-foot community center offering education, wellness and sports opportunities for kids in the Austin neighborhood.
Within that complex is the Jason Heyward Baseball Academy. Complete with a baseball field, the complex also has cages and instructors to help players who use the space. So, on this day off from school, the academy hosted a showcase for middle and high school players.
The showcase gave inner-city baseball players the chance to showcase their skills and gather videos that could then be disseminated to college coaches.