Richmond Braves '10 win Cincinnati Flames Tournamemt of Champions:

With a field that is among the Who's Who of the elete 17U teams in the country the Richmond Braves '10 National Team adds another quality Tournament victory to the already well stocked shelf.  The Braves come out of pool play as the # 1 seed and go on to a semi final victory over the Lake Erie Bulldogs 14-1.  This would set up a contest between one of the premier travel programs on the West Coast NorCal Baseball and THE Premier travel team on the East Coast Richmond Braves National '10.  Despite an early lead by NorCal the Braves would battle back to take home another National Trophy 3-2.  

June 6 & 7     Braves Combine      Prince George HS

June 12 -14   VMI Showcase        Lexington, Va  

June 18-21   Tournament of Champions    Cincinnati OH

June 27 & 28  William & Mary Showcase    Williamsburg, Va

June 30 - July 6   18U WWBA    Marietta Ga.

July 7 - 13    17U WWBA    Mariette Ga.

July 23-26  Impact World Series @ UNC     Chapel Hill NC

July 31- Aug 3   Dynamic World Series @ ECU    Greenville NC

Austin Young Commits to play for UVa.

Austin Young (Atlee '10) has committed to play baseball for "The University of Virginia". Austin plays first base and pitches. Austin is one of the original members of the Braves '10 team.  Austin joins Mitchell Shifflett & Tyler Skulina in the '10 class as well Will Roberts and Danny Hultzen from the '08 class. Best of luck to "Sid" and GO! HOOS

Thomas Worley accepts offer to play at Eastern Mennonite University 

Thomas Worley (Prince George '09) has accepted an offer to play his college baseball at Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg.  Thomas is a product of the Braves Scout team.  Thomas played catcher and 3rd base.  Best of luck next year and go Royals!

Tyler Skulina Commits to play for UVa.

Tyler Skulina (Walsh Jesuit '10) has committed to play baseball for "The University of Virginia". Tyler is a right hand pitcher. Tyler is currnetly the 25th ranked '10 player by Perfect Game. Tyler joins Mitchell Shifflett in the '10 class as well Will Roberts and Danny Hultzen from the '08 class. Best of luck to Tyler and GO! HOOS

Andrew Smith Commits to play for UNC

Andrew Smith (Roswell '10) has committed to play baseball for UNC.  Andrew is a right hand pitcher who joined the Braves for the WWBA National Championship in Jupiter this fall.  Andrew is currently the 46th ranked player by Perfect Game.  Best of luck to Andrew and go TarHeels!

Dustin Harris Commits to play for Randolph-Macon

Dustin Harris (Dinwiddie '09) has committed to play his college baseball for Randolph-Macon. Dustin is a left hand pitcher. Dustin plays for the Red Scout Team and also was a memeber of the National Championship team this past summer. Best of luck to Dustin and GO! YellowJackets

William Ward Commits to play for Chowan University

Erickson Keeton Commits to play for VMI

Erickson Keeton (Nansemond River '09) has committed to play his college baseball for VMI. Erickson is know for his numerous "Bombs" and strong arm from the outfield. Erickson was the starting right fielder and hard throwing pitcher for the National Championship '10 team this year at East Cobb. Erickson will join best friend Ombri Rivers in the "Rat Line" this fall. Best of luck to Erickson and go Keydets

Ryan (Monte) Montgomery Commits to play for Norfolk State

Ryan Montgomery (Prince George '09) has committed to play his college baseball for Norfolk State.  Monte has be a mainstay behind the dish for the '09 National Team. Monte will join 3 other Braves (Shane, Jermaine, Sammy) in Norfolk.  Best ot luck to Monte and go Spartins

Shane Hoggard Commits to play for Norfolk State

Shane Hoggard (Bethel '09) has committed to play his college baseball for Norfolk State.  Shane was one on the original members of the Richmond Braves National 14u team.  Shane plays first base and DH. and was a member of the 16U National Championship team.  Shane will join fellow Braves Jermaine Berry and Sammy Serafine at Norfolk State.  Good Luck Shane and go Spartins!!!!

Eric Tucker Commits to play for Patrick Henry Community College

Mitchell Shifflett Commits to play for UVa.

Mitchell Shifflett (Cosby '10) becomes the second '10 to commit as he will travel west on I-64 to play his college baseball in Charlottesville. Mitchell is a "Speedy" outfielder for the National Champion '10 Braves. Mitchell was the MVP of the WWBA 16U National Championship tournament as well being a National Team invitee for the 16U Jr. Olympic team. Best of luck to Mitchell and GO HOOS!!!

Sammy Serafine Commits to play for Norfolk State

Sammy Serafine (Greenbrier Christian '09) has committed to play his college baseball at Norfolk State.  Sammy is a middle infielder for the Braves '09 National team.  He will join fellow Brave Jermaine Berry at Norfolk.  Best of luck to Sammy - go Spartans

Jack McLindon Commits to play for Davidson

Jack McLindon (Langley '09) commits to play for Davidson. Jack is a switch hitting middle infielder for the the Braves '09 National team. Jack is a "Spark Plug" type player that will make an immediate impact on any program. Best of luck to Jack and "GO WILDCATS"

Michael Olivo Commits to play for VMI

Michael Olivo (Greenbrier Christian '09) has committed to play his college baseball for Coach Ikenberry at VMI.  Michael plays first base for the '09 National Team.  Go Keydets

Ombri Rivers Commits to play for VMI

Ombri Rivers (Nansemond River '09) has commited to play for VMI.  Ombri was the starting short- stop and lead off batter during the national championship run by the Richmond Braves '10 team.  Ombri will follow the path well traveled by many other Braves to Lexington.  Ombri is know for his dynamic play at short.  Best of luck to the newest Keydet! 

Tarran Senay Commits to play for N C State

Tarran Senay (South Park PA. '09) has committed to play baseball for N C State.  Terran the 3rd rank player in PA by Perfect Game will join former Brave '08 Zac Sinclair in Raleigh.  Terran also had offers from UNC, UVa., Penn State, Michigan, & Louisville.  Best of luck next year & go 'PACK

Jackson Shaver Commits to play for William & Mary

Jackson Shaver (Jamestown '09) has committed to play baseball for William & Mary.  Jackson has been a middle infielder for the Braves '09 team.  Best of luck to Jackson and go Tribe 

Miles McQuaig commits to play at VMI 

  Miles McQuaig (Midolothian '09) follows the path of many other Braves to Lexington.  Miles a starting pitcher for the '09 Braves will play his college baseball for Coach Ikenberry and the VMI Keydets. 

Our very own (number 45) Josh Richardson (Greenbrier Christian Academy ’09)- has verbally committed to play for the Flames. After being heavily recruited and receiving offers around the state and as far South as Geriorga, to play, Liberty won the battle. Josh also has two 2007 and 2008 VISBA state championships, A 2008 WWBA 16U championship, and a Blue/Grey Battle of the States championship rings under his belt and to add to his collection Josh was selected as the 2008 #3 top prospect in the Under Armour Team One South held in Atlanta, GA this summer. Josh a hard throwing right-handed pitcher coupled with his versatility on the field will make him a outstand asset to the Liberty team. Along with Jake Matthews, the Flames will be the big talk for the Big South Conference.

Jake Matthews commits to play at Liberty University 

Jacob Mayers (Hanover '09) has committed to play at the University of Richmond. Mayers was one of the two remaining original members of the Braves '08 team that started in play in 1999 and played in every contest(over 400 games). A fearless competitor, Mayers was a central figure in the team's greatest triumphs. Mayers is expected to play both ways at UR. Congratulations to Jacob and go Spiders!                                                              

Eric Mayers commits to play at University of Richmond

After forming the Braves ’10 team in the fall of 2005 it was obvious they would be a national contender.  Having finish in the top 5 in all national tournaments within their age group, the Braves ’10 put it all together at the WWBA 16U National Championship.  The Braves ’10 defeated the Jack Cust Diamond Jacks 4-3 in a come from behind victory in the bottom of the 7^th inning.  The Braves ’10 had a perfect 10-0 record for the week.  In the course of the 10 games all Braves contributed in this effort.  This is the second national championship for the Braves organization and is the first for the ’10 team.  The Braves ’10 had quite the following as many of the college coaches attended our games throughout the week.  Great Job Braves ‘10  

Mitchell Shifflett was named tournament MVP

The Richmond Braves '10 posted two extra inning victories and two mercy rule victories in pool play along their way to the # 1 seed (no small feat) for championship play.  They opened up championship play with a 10-0 victory over the South Fla. Bandits.  Thier next game was split over two days due to weather.  They posted a 6-1 victory over a very strong Columbus Explorers team from Miami.  This victory would put the Braves in the round of 8.  Next the Braves squared off against the Orlando Reds.  After both teams had a 3 run first inning they both settled down.  The Braves would have a 4-3 lead but the Reds came back to take a 6-4 lead midway through the contest.  The Braves were able to cut the lead to 6-5 in the fifth and put runners in scoring position in both the sixth and seventh innings but were unable to get the game even.  

The Braves went 7-1 while scoring 64 runs and only allowing 16.  Pitching and defense were stellar all weekend as well as timely hitting.  Special thanks to the players from the '11 Braves who all had major contributions to the effort.

Congratulations to Mitchell Shifflett who was invited to the USA Baseball Youth 16U Team Trials.  This is a huge feat considering the large number of players being considered.  Best of luck to Mitchell at the trials.   

Matt Houston   "All District Pitcher & All Academic" 2008  Battlefield District

Braves participate in the 2008 Conventry Commonwealth All-Star Baseball Games

1st Place Central Team (Andrew Hacker)

2nd Place East Team (Erickson Keeton, Jackson Shaver, Shane Hoggard)

3rd Place North Team (Ryan McBroom)

4th Place West Team (Trent Cundiff)

Hello Braves,

I am excited to announce that we are looking to expand The Braves Teams by forming The Braves Scout Teams; ages 17U, 18U & 15U, 16U.  These will be "in-house teams" that will be coached by members of The Braves organization and will play, practice and showcase locally this summer.  We are working on the schedule now.  Some of the events may include the CABA States, Braves Combine, VMI Showcase, USSSA and Impact Baseball events.

If you know of any players that may be interested, have the 17U & 18U contact Coach Mayers at tommy@richmondsteelinc.com or 15U & 16U contact Coach Jones at www.ejvcu@aol.com .

Coach Mayers

The Braves organization 15U-18U had one of the best summers any organization can have.  The teams combined for a 44-8-1 record (32-1-1 in pool play) at the largest national events and threatened for the titles of each with two 2nd, two 3rd and two 9th place finishes.  Over the summer we battled against some 570 other teams from across the country and we always made it near or to the end.