Puma Baseball Academy

As the summer heats up we want to congratulate some of our HS athletes and their accomplishments!!

These players have worked tirelessly both on the field and in the classroom!
Building well rounded individuals is always the goal and baseball/softball is the vehicle to help us do so! Way to represent this spring!

Baseball/Softball
All Conference

1st Team
Everett Lucero
Jack Bline

2nd Team
Wyatt Leiting
Josiah Black
Adelle Alexander

Honorable Mention
Hannah Holmes
London Stanley

HS Stars of the Week winners/nominees

Adelle Alexander (Racine County Winner)
Josiah Black (PBR Player of the Week)
Jack Bline (Supernova Nominee)

Post Season All Star/All State Invitees

Dakota Rivera (WFSCA All Star Game)
Everett Lucero (PBR All State Games)
Jack Bline (PBR All State Games)
Brady Schoenfeld (PBR All State Games)
Jarett Fonk (PBR All State Games)

Academic/Team Award Winners

Isabel Weyrauch (Carthage College full tuition recipient)
Ginny Molton (SEC Merit Award winner)
Adelle Alexander (Case HS Team MVP)
Hannah Holmes (Trojan Spirit Award)
Mia Annel (JV Hawk Award, best overall)
Shawn Dzierzynski (Scholar Athlete)

Sunday games, nothing better!!!

13u Black is currently 4-1 and in the Final 4 in Grand Park, Indiana!!
30 teams are in the tournament with only 16 in the championship bracket.

13u Gold is 2-0 in the State Championships in Crowne Pointe, Indiana

16u Black finished their weekend with a big 14-12 win in walk off fashion vs Elite Baseball. The boys were down 12-3 and continued to play hard! Huge grandslam by Josiah Black. Game tying double by JR. Martinez and the walk off single by Olin Leafblad!

16u Gold finishes their sunday with a big 13-2 win! After losing 2 close 1 run games, the bats came alive!

17u finished their first weekend 2-1 at the Cangelosi Sparks Invite Only tournament in the Chicagoland area. A tough tournament with 56 teams from some of the top programs around the Midwest. Unfortunately due to weather no bracket play and we weren’t able to play game 5 but a great weekend nonetheless!

Summer camp registration is open! This 3-day summer camp is for ages 4-9. Parents do not need to participate but are welcome to stay! We are only taking 20 players per age group. Don't miss out! Register at www.pumabaseballacademy.com

WHAT.A.WEEKEND!!

Softball
12u Black 🥇
12u Gold 🥈
14u Gold 🥈

Baseball
13u Black 🥇
13u Gold 🥈
16u Black semis 2-2-1

Puma 12u Black softball goes 4-2 on the weekend and wins 3 strsight on sunday to take home the 🏆! We could not be more proud of how these girls came together after a tough loss game 1 to rally for the rest of the weekend!

Top Performers
T.Hemphill 12-15, 2 2B, 3B, 4rbi, 9runs
A.Spaeth 8-13, 2B, 5rbi, 6runs 12IP, 3er
T.Litkey, 7-15, 2B, 6rbi, 3runs
C.Hanes 6-13, 2B, 5rbi, 3runs
E.Gmeindle 6-16, 2B, 6rbi, 6runs

Puma 13u Black goes 4-1 on the weekend, with 3 straight wins on sunday to take home the 🏆. Championship was an extra inning 1-0 thriller that ended in a double play from 2B
G.Ade to C E.Anderson and then to SS A.Butenhoff!! Huge efforts from all!

Top Performers
M.Konecko 6-13, 2B, 5rbis, 2runs
G.Ade 4-9, 6runs, 2rbis
A.Butenhoff 7-17, 2 2B, 2 3B, 9rbi, 5runs
W. Fonk 5-13, 6rbi, 3 runs
N.Losch 5 hits, 3rbi, 7 runs

Puma 13u Gold had another championship run this weekend going 3-1 that unfortunately ended in a tough 7-4 loss. This puts them at 5/6 tournaments in the championship game. These boys continue to battle week in and week out!

Top Performers
S.Kundert 6-10, 2B, 3B, 5rbi, 5runs
T.Pfeffer 7-12, 2B, 5rbi, 5runs
J.Debord 6-11, 3rbi, 4runs
B.Melichar 5-9, 2rbi, 5runs
T.Morton 6rbi, 3runs

Puma 12U Gold had a great weekend at the Muskego Storm into Summer tournament with a 6-1 finish.

Pitchers hurled 31.5 innings striking out 38 and only walking 7 over 7 games. The bats were alive throughout the weekend recording 56 total hits.

Top offensive performers
Savannah 9-16, 5 BB, 7 RBI, 12 runs
Gabby 5-10, 2 BB, 5 RBI, 5 runs
Isla 6-12, 2 BB, 4 RBI, 8 runs
Payton 4-8, 4 BB, 4 RBI, 3 runs
Ryleigh 8-17, 2 BB, 13 RBI, 4 runs
Ellen 7-15, 5 BB, 4 RBI, 4

Puma 14u softball had a huge weekend going 5-1 that ended in a tough 7-3 loss in the championship. Each game a different player stepped up and they continue their hot summer start going 12-3 up until this point.

Top Performers
C.Bezotte 7-11, 2B, 6rbi,6runs
A.Durr 10-16, 2B, 4rbi, 7runs
5.2 IP, 2 W, 4er
E.Weinholzt 7-12, 2 2B, HR, 10rbi, 8runs
A.Alexander 6-12, 6runs
9 IP, 19ks, 4BB
E.Fuchs 5-12, 3B, 8rbi, 7runs
E.Lebron 9IP, 2 W, 5er, 13ks, 4BB

Championship and wins are part of the process but are not the only focus of it. Our teams continue to be taught tough lessons of adversity and resilience. So proud of all our players on how hard they battle each and every weekend!

Huge congratulations to 16u Black C/Utility Josiah Black with this honor! Getting hot at the right time!!!

We have several other HS athletes with accolades we will be sharing soon!!

𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐩 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐖𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤: 𝐉𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐡 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤⭐

Black finished the week 8-for-10 with fixe XBH and six RBIs, earning this week’s Player of the Week honors.

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What a great weekend of baseball!!

11u Baseball went 3-1 and made it to semis
*They won 2 of their 3 games in comeback and walk off fashion!

Top Performers
-J.Kalinowski 8-11, 2 2B, 2rbi, 5runs
-D.DeFilippis 6-9, 3B, 5runs
-C.Losch 4-8 3rbi, 5runs
-M.Fuchs 5-10 4rbi
-O.Trautmen and I.Raspado with walk off hit/rbis!

13u White went 4-1 and lost in the championship
*This is Whites 3rd championship appearance in 5 tournaments!

Top Performers
-W.Smith 7-10, 5rbi, 4runs
-J.Lagos 10-15, 2 2B, 9rbi, 5runs
-J.Colon 6-9, 7runs
-G.Helt 4-7, 7runs
-J.Harris 4-8 10runs
-R.Wlahovich 5IP, Oer

13u Gold went 4-1 and took home 🥇🏆
*This is Golds 1st championship win with making it to the championship game 4/5 tournaments played!

Top Performers
-B.Seckman 8-13, 5rbi, 6runs
-B.Melichar 6-11, 2 2B, 8rbi, 6runs
-L.Kenesie 6-12, 5rbi, 6runs
6IP, ER
-T.Pfeffer 7runs, 6runs
-T.Morton 5IP, 0 ER

The challenge to all our teams is to try and be better each and every week. We don’t battle our opponents, we battle trying to be the best version of ourselves.
HS teams starting up this week for baseball and softball and we are excited to get summer ball in full swing!!

We not only have 2 players on the Kingfish roster we also have an alumni working on their operations team!
Congratulations Brayden! We know you’ll continue to do great things as a part of the Kingfish organization this summer!

We are officially announcing tryouts for the upcoming season.

Our academy is built for athletes who are serious about development, competition, and reaching the next level. Our focus is on traing each athlete to reach their full potential. Every athlete develops at their own pace and we are here to provide an envrionment where tht growth can continue. One of our core values is teaching accountability in a competitive environment designed to help players succeed.

If you are looking for a program that emphasizes hard work, commitment, and long-term player development, we invite you to attend our tryouts. With us, your player is not just a number. We take the time to know every one of our athletes.

Please see the flyer below for all tryout dates, times, and registration information.

We look forward to evaluating the next group of athletes ready to compete and grow within our program.

Baseball ages go by May 1st.
Softball ages go by September 1st.
The age you will be before these dates is the age you should tryout for. Softball teams typically go in 2's starting with 10U. Our softball program doesn't start any younger than 10U and baseball 9U.

2 Puma Alumni on Opening Day roster!
P Max Strash and OF Owen Nowak!!

Your 2026 Opening Day Roster🔥

Coach Mike will be doing a summer program to help retain all of the work from the off season and restore the body after long tournament weekends! All of the information can be found on the flyer below. Coach Mike has put a lot of thought into this program and looks forward to helping athletes this summer. Head to our website www.pumabaseballacademy.com to register!