CSN Student to Play in the Youth Baseball Network National Championship![]()
During our summer break in June, Jay Beshears (8th grade) participated with his travel baseball team, the Naples Collier Tigers, in the 2015 Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) Grand National Championship Baseball tournament for the 12U division - and won! The week-long Championship tournament was held at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, FL, and included 20 teams from across the country.
The Tigers played 10 challenging games before making it to the Championship Game, where they defeated a team from Southern California 7-3 to win the AAU Championship and earn a berth in the Youth Baseball Network (YBN) Inaugural National Championship. The YBN Championship will be held August 19-22 in Branson, MO, and will include National champions from multiple major youth baseball organizations such as AABC, AAU, CABA, Dizzy Dean and NABF. The inaugural YBN Championship will be played at the Branson RecPlex, with future Championships played annually at the new Ballparks of America in Branson.