- UMKC Softball vs. New Mexico State (Game begins at 12:05 pm)
- Youth Baseball & Softball Clinic Stations
- Appearances by Sluggerrr and the Easter Bunny
- Family Fun activities, including Face Painters, Balloon Twister, Caricature Artist & More
More info about the location: 1622 E. 17th Terrace, Kansas City, Mo 64108 (next door to the Gregg Klice Community Center/behind the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum)
Kansas City Urban Youth Academy
The purpose of the Kansas City MLB Urban Youth Academy is to provide our communities inner city youth with a dual opportunity: to develop into high character, productive members of society and at the same time learn the skills of baseball and softball.
As an Academy, we are committed to providing a positive environment for our area youth. We will educate our players on what it means to be a professional while surrounding them with coaches, mentors, and role models who can teach them how to play the game of baseball or softball and serve as examples of good citizenship.
Through our baseball and softball focused training, education, and character development programs, we will build a strong foundation for Academy participants, based on work ethic, leadership, responsibility, accountability and moral principles. This foundation will allow Academy participants to acquire that unwavering strength of purpose that is the keynote of all individual success.
