17U
Our top level: competitive, role-based baseball with recruiting support for the next level.
Team at a Glance
One individualized session every week, August–July
How team training works2–4 overnight · including 2 Perfect Game or PBR events
Sunday practices indoors at Strike. High school season comes first in the spring.
Every player gets a college recruiting profile and recruiting mentorship
Roster
Fall roster. Everyone competes together this fall, and Royal and Gold rosters are set later this fall. College coaches: tap a player for his Recruiting Hub profile.
Carson Upward
Hunter Jones
Recruiting ProfileCaiden Moore
Recruiting ProfileAlex Fitzenreider
Recruiting ProfileJake Varney
Recruiting ProfileKylan Cather
Recruiting ProfileJake Carlson
Recruiting ProfileSilas Ramos
Recruiting ProfileCasey Bowe
Recruiting ProfileDrew Cater
Recruiting ProfileNathan Ciaccio
Recruiting ProfileEdwin Cervantes
Recruiting ProfileHenry Loehmann
Recruiting ProfileKane Powers
Recruiting ProfileBradley Butenhoff
Recruiting ProfileBryson Rumage
Recruiting ProfileJasper Macklin
Clayton Maahs
Recruiting ProfileLandon Zitzke
Recruiting ProfileWilson Coryell
Brayden While
Recruiting ProfileLandon Lott
Recruiting ProfileKane Lower
Recruiting ProfileEli Vogt
Season Schedule
Performance Training Begins
One individualized session every week is included with the team, all the way through July.
Optional Fall Team
An add-on fall team for league, tournament and showcase play, at additional cost.
Indoor Practices
2-hour Sunday practices indoors at Strike Academy begin in November. Royal and Gold practice separately starting in January.
Tournament Schedule Announced
The 17U tournament schedule will be posted here in December.
Uniform Fitting
Uniforms are fitted and ordered in early to mid January and paid for separately through Marucci.
High School Season
No Strike team practices during the IHSA season, but weekly Performance Training continues.
Summer Training Hours
Performance Training moves to Mon–Thu, 10 AM–3 PM for the summer, through July 24.
Summer Season
Summer practices and tournaments, including Perfect Game or PBR events.
What 17U Looks Like
Compete & Get Seen. Competing at a real level, preparing for high school and beyond, and being evaluated honestly.
Hitting
Never beaten by a fastball. Each hitter builds an approach per pitcher, count and situation.
Defense
Roles are earned and everything is evaluated, including the pitches where nothing happens.
Baserunning
Running to score: scout the battery and know when not to run.
Pitching
Full arsenal, but the basics never change: get ahead, win 1-1, three pitches or less, read the swing.
- Training Focus
- Refine: explosiveness, advanced skills and preparing for the next level
- Field
- Full dimensions
- Positions
- Roles are specialized and earned, and a credible second position keeps getting reps
- Arm Care
- Full arsenal and sequencing with command first, 95 pitches a day max at 15–16 and 105 at 17–18
- Playing Time
- Every player plays in every event, in a role communicated in advance, with multiple at-bats and defensive innings
What College Coaches Watch
- How he runs to first on a routine ground ball
- What his body language does after an error
- Whether he backs up a base late in a game his team is losing
- What his at-bat looks like, whether or not it produces a hit
What’s Included
- A college recruiting profile on the Strike Recruiting Hub
- Recruiting mentorship
- A paid team coach
- A weekly individualized Performance Training session, August through July
- Weekly team practices, November through February plus summer
- A 6-week defensive clinic
- 24-hour facility access
- Practice shirt, shorts and game hat
- Discounts on additional training
- Exclusive Marucci discounts
Optional add-on fall team (August–October) for league, tournament and showcase play, at additional cost. Uniforms are an extra cost and can be reused year to year.
Interested in 17U?
Roster space is limited. Reach out and we’ll set up a private tryout.