WAA's goal is to provide supervised recreational and competitive baseball programs for the youth of our communities. WAA aspires to provide a safe, healthy, and positive atmosphere for all participants while instilling the principles of sportsmanship, honesty, loyalty, courage, and respect.
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Waconia Developmental Fall Baseball:
3rd-5th Grade (2024-2025 School Year)
Waconia Area Athletics is offering Fall baseball for 3rd through 5th grades. The focus of this league will be developmental and gaining experience. Fall baseball will start Sunday August 18th. Games and practices will be held on Sundays and Tuesdays from August 18th through September 29th.
Practices will be held the First Sunday (August 18th) and Tuesdays.
Games will be held on Sunday afternoons.
Tuesdays will be between 5:30pm and 8:30pm
Sundays will be between 2pm and 6pm
Location: Brook Peterson Fields 5-8
Register by: July 17th, 2024
Day(s): Tuesday Nights/Sunday Afternoons
Cost: $150.00 * If registered by 7/19/2024
Instructional League Baseball - Grades 1 & 2
Instructional league is a coach pitch league. Players will get an informational email from their coach after the coaches meeting has been held. Volunteer coaches needed: 2-3 per team. If you sign up to coach and pass a background check please plan on attending the coaches meeting. Registration deadline is Wednesday, March 13 / late Fee: $10 after if there is space available. All dates and locations are subject to change based on registration numbers. Kindergartners may play in Instructional League if a parent is the coach. Sorry, we cannot offer a refund after the coaches meeting.
#940: Boys Instructional League Baseball
Coach Pitch League
Ages: Grades 1 & 2 / 2023-2024 school year
Nights: Each Tuesday and every other Thursday night
Dates: May 30, June 4, 11, 13, 18, 25, 27, July 9, 16, & 18
Rain Dates: July 23
Photo Date: May 30 or June 4
# of Dates: 10 / Each night is both a game and a practice lasting 1hr
Game Time: 6:00 pm or 7:15 pm
Sites: Waconia & St. Boni
Fee: $65 (Includes team T-shirt & hat)
Coaches Meeting: Monday, May 13, 7:00 pm-7:45 pm in the Laketown Gym
Pee Wee League - 3rd & 4th Grade Baseball
Pee Wee is a machine pitch-to-player pitch progression league. We’ll start the season using the pitching machine and end with a few player pitch games. Players will be called by their coach for their first practice day. Coaches needed: 2-3 per team, if you sign up to coach and pass a background check please plan on attending the coaches meeting. Registration deadline is Wednesday, March 13 / Late Fee: $10 after March 13 if there is space available. All dates and locations are subject to change based on registration numbers. Sorry, we cannot offer a refund after the coaches meeting. 2nd Graders may play up in this league if a parent coaches.
#960 Boys Pee Wee Baseball
Ages: Grades 3 & 4 / 2023-2024 school year
Nights: Tuesday & Thursday nights
Practice Dates: May 14, 16, 21,23, July 9, &11
Photo Day: TBD with one of the practice dates
Pitching Machine Game Dates: May 28, 30, June 4, 6, 11, 13, 18, 20, 25
Pitching Machine Rain Date: June 27
Transition to Player Pitch Team Practices: July 9 & 11
**Learn to Pitch Clinic June 3 & 5 - Separate fee/registration
Player Pitch/Umpired Game Dates: July 16, 18, 23, & 25
Player Pitch Rain Date: July 30
Game Time: Between 6:00 pm - 9:45 pm
Sites: Waconia / St. Boni / Watertown / Carver / Winsted / NYA / Lester Prairie / Silver Lake + others.
Fee: $95 (Includes T-shirt, hat, balls, game & field supplies, administration, and umpires for player pitch games.)
Coaches Meeting: Monday, April 22 @ 6 pm in CE Office in Conference Room A
Intro to Baseball Pitching Clinic - For Pee Wee Baseball
Are you read to pitch in a real game? Join us at this Intro to Pitching Clinic to prepare for the player pitch portion of your season. Rain site is the Waconia MS Gym. Participants should wear athletic clothing, cleats, bring a glove and provide their own adult/older sibling catcher.
W-186: June 3 and June 5
6:30 pm-8:00 pm
3rd & 4th Grade (2023-2024)
Instructors TBD
Waconia Field Brook Peterson #8
Fee: $20
Register By: May 21
Min: 10 / Max: 20
Local League Baseball 5th & 6th
In the 5th & 6th Local League, there are no cuts. Coaches needed: 2-3 per team, if you sign up to coach and pass a background check please plan on attending the coaches meeting and player review. Players will be called by their coach for their first practice date. Registration Deadline is Wednesday, March / Late Fee: $10 after March 13 if there is space available. All dates and locations are subject to change based on registration numbers. Sorry, we cannot offer a refund after the coaches meeting. 4th Graders may play up in this league if a parent coaches.
#980 Boys 5th & 6th Grade Baseball
Ages: Gr. 5 & 6 / 2023-2024 school year
# of Dates: 11 game dates plus local tournament.
Game Nights: Tuesday & Thursday nights (Coaches may hold practice on other dates)
All dates and locations are subject to change based on registration numbers.
Photo day TBD
Dates: May 28, 30, June 4, 6, 11, 13, 18, 20, 25, 27, & July 9
Rain Dates: July 11 & 16
Waconia Tournament: July 18 & 20
Times: 6:00 pm-9:45 pm
Sites: St. Boni / Waconia / Watertown / NYA / Hamburg / Lester Prairie / Mayer / Carver / Belle Plaine / Jordan, etc.
Fee: $105 (Includes T-shirt, hat, balls, umpires game & field supplies & administration.)
Player Review: Players and coaches attend the player review on Monday, April 29, 6 pm-7:30 pm at the Waconia High School East Diamonds 3 & 4 (near the tennis courts.) Bring your gloves and cleats. If inclement weather the player review will move into the Middle School gym, bring gym shoes.
Coaches Meetings: Monday, April 29, 6 pm-7:30 pm @ WHS Fields 3 & 4
7th/8th/9th Grade Southwest Community League Baseball (SWCL):
The SWCL has been added to offering to have recreation baseball teams for 7th, 8th and 9th grade kids that are not on a Metro traveling baseball team. 2 to 3 coaches will be needed for each team, if you sign up to coach and pass a background check please plan on attending the coaches meeting. The registration deadline will be Wednesday, February 21st. All dates adn locations are subject to change based on registration numbers. Practices will start mid to late April (pending fields/weather) and the season will end around or before mid July.
7th/8th/9th Grade SWCL
Ages: 7th/8th/9th Grade / 2023-2024 School year
# of Dates: 12 games dates plus league tournament
Practices: 1, 2, or 3 nights a week Monday-Thursday @ coaches/team discretion
Game Nights: Games will be scheduled any night Monday-Thursday Starting May 6th
League Scheduling Meeting: Thursday April 11th (Date is subject to Change pending league approval) 1 coach from each team must attend.
Key Dates: League Schedule will be decided the night of league scheduling meeting. In May 1 game a week will be played. In June 2 games a week will be played.
League Tournament: TBD 1st or 2nd weekend of July.
Times: Practice and Game times will be between 5:30pm and 9pm.
Communities: Edina, Eden Prairie, Chaska, Shakopee, and Carver.
Fee: $150 (Includes Jersey w/ name/number, hat, balls, umpires, game and field supplies, & administration)
Coaches Meeting: Monday, March 25th 7:00pm to 7:30pm Laketown Gymnasium