Four teams · Grades 9–12 + Post-Grad
BASEBALL
Four team levels. A full academic year of training. And a head coach who was drafted by the Atlanta Braves, played for the Puerto Rico national team, and coached at the 2023 World Baseball Classic.
4
Team levels
Varsity National, Varsity Regional, Junior National and Post-Graduate — a level for every stage.
2023
World Baseball Classic
Our head coach was on the Puerto Rico national team staff at the 2023 World Baseball Classic.
MLB
Drafted and signed
Our head coach was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in 1997 and signed with the Minnesota Twins in 2001.
18
Years coaching
From 2006 through 2024, across national team, Puerto Rico and Colombia professional baseball.
The program
PLAY IN FRONT OF THE PEOPLE WHO DECIDE
Our National team competes against top programs and enters elite tournaments where MLB scouts, Division I recruiters and professional evaluators are in the stands. That access is the whole point of the program.
Training is built around individual and team development aligned with preparing professional-level athletes — weight room work, position-specific instruction, and one-on-one coaching sessions in the fall.
Athletes carry a full college-preparatory course load, including dual enrollment, across the academic year. Nobody here chooses between the classroom and the diamond.
Our staff has helped develop D1-committed student-athletes and MLB draft picks over the course of their careers.
Four teams
FIND THE LEVEL. THEN OUTGROW IT.
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Varsity National
Competes against top programs in the nation and enters elite tournaments, with exposure in front of MLB, Division I and professional scouts.
Elite tournament circuit · Scout exposure · Full season schedule
VERIFY GRADE RANGE
Varsity Regional
Our second-level team, focused on the same individual and team development standard, competing against regional and national programs and entering regional tournaments.
Regional tournaments · Same training standard · Promotion pathway
Grades 9–10
Junior National
Aimed at grades 9 and 10, competing against high-level varsity teams locally and regionally. Built to prepare and develop athletes for the varsity and national rosters.
Local and regional varsity opposition · Intense workouts · Full schedule
Post-graduate year
Post-Graduate
A fifth year in front of college and professional scouts, competing against junior colleges, NAIA programs and others.
Participating in our post-graduate program does not affect NCAA eligibility. VERIFY THIS STATEMENT WITH THE NCAA BEFORE PUBLISHING.
Coaching staff
DRAFTED. CAPPED. THEN COACHED ON THE WORLD STAGE.
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves. Signed by the Minnesota Twins. Capped by Puerto Rico. Then eighteen years on the other side of the line — including the national team staff at the 2023 World Baseball Classic. Very few high school programs in the country are coached by someone with this résumé.
Juan “Puchy” Velázquez
Baseball Head Coach
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in 1997, and part of the Puerto Rico national team staff at the 2023 World Baseball Classic.
Playing career
1997 — drafted by the Atlanta Braves
2001 — Minnesota Twins organisation
2006 — Puerto Rico national team
Coaching career, 2006 to 2024
Puerto Rico national team — 2023 World Baseball Classic
Puerto Rico professional league
Colombia professional league
Where they go next
THEY COMMIT
PLACEHOLDER SECTION. The brochure claims the staff has helped develop D1-committed athletes and MLB draft picks, but names none of them. Names turn a claim into proof. Replace both columns below.
COLLEGE COMMITMENTS
ATHLETE NAME — PLACEHOLDER
Position · Class year · University signed with
ATHLETE NAME — PLACEHOLDER
Position · Class year · University signed with
ATHLETE NAME — PLACEHOLDER
Position · Class year · University signed with
DRAFT AND PROFESSIONAL
ATHLETE NAME — PLACEHOLDER
Round, year and organisation
Be precise about attribution here. If a draft pick was developed by our head coach earlier in his career rather than at The Academy, say so plainly. A recruiter will check, and the honest version reads stronger than the vague one.
If baseball has no Academy commitments yet, delete this entire row rather than publish placeholders.
The training week
FOUR DISCIPLINES, EVERY DAY
Team practice. Daily sessions across the full academic year, run by the staff that manages the games.
Position-specific training. Catchers, infielders, outfielders and pitchers work separately, with one-on-one coaching sessions through the fall.
Strength and conditioning. High-intensity weight room work with physical development staff, built around rotational power, arm care and injury prevention.
Film and scouting. Video review and scout reports, with game footage prepared for recruiting distribution.
Travel, hotels and tournament lodging for the out-of-state calendar are included in the boarding program — not billed back to families mid-season.
Recruiting support
Exposure to MLB, Division I and professional scouts
Game footage for recruiting distribution
One-on-one fall coaching sessions
Full fitness center access
Academy gear package
In-house photo, video and social team
Team community service
Campus and housing
WHERE THEY TRAIN. WHERE THEY LIVE.
DESCRIBE THE BASEBALL FACILITY HERE — the brochure never does. Where is the diamond, are there cages and bullpens, is it on campus or leased? Add it, then keep the sentence below.
A full fitness center, classrooms and a computer lab on one Orlando campus — plus supervised residential homes minutes away, with scheduled transport between them.
A HOME, NOT A DORM
Boarding athletes live in supervised residential homes in East Orlando — full kitchens, living space, outdoor space — rather than in institutional dormitories. For a sixteen-year-old arriving from San Juan or Santo Domingo, that difference matters.
Vans run scheduled routes between housing and campus for classes, training and game departures. Meals are chef-catered, three per day, Monday through Friday.
Academics
THE HALF OF THIS THAT DECIDES THEIR LIFE
Every baseball athlete here is enrolled in our full-time college-preparatory high school. Not a partner school. Not an online correspondence program bolted onto a training academy.
The curriculum carries dual enrollment for college credit before graduation, and applied electives in sports management, financial education and social media management — built for athletes who will negotiate, brand and budget for themselves.
NCAA eligibility is tracked from grade nine, and our athletes graduate with the core-course record college coaches need to see. For a sport where the draft and the scholarship are both live options at eighteen, that record is what keeps every door open.
2026–27 tuition — CONFIRM ACADEMIC YEAR
PUBLISHED, NOT QUOTED ON REQUEST
Families comparing academies are comparing numbers. We publish ours.
Boarding · Domestic and international
$63,450
USD, full academic year
Tuition, college-prep academics and dual enrollment
Supervised residential housing
Chef-catered meals, three per day, Monday to Friday
Daily transportation between housing and campus
Full baseball program and gear package
Tournament travel and lodging
Commuter · Central Florida families
$27,450
USD, full academic year
Tuition, college-prep academics and dual enrollment
Full baseball program and gear package
Tournament travel and lodging
Admissions · CONFIRM ACADEMIC YEAR
ROSTERS CLOSE BEFORE THE SEASON DOES
Applications for the baseball program are reviewed on a rolling basis. Game footage and transcripts can be submitted with your application. International enquiries welcome.
Or reach the baseball staff at info@theacademycfl.com · 1865 N Econlockhatchee Trail, Orlando, FL 32817