Travel and College Placement
Florida Spring Training:
Each year, our Royals teams travel to Florida during March Break to take part in our Ontario Royals Spring Training trip. For the past two years, the program has travelled to Sanford, FL, and based our training out of the BOOMBAH Sports Complex - a 16-diamond complex which boasts beautiful turf fields and 16 outdoor batting cage tunnels.
Our Royals players spend the week fully-immersed in baseball - practicing and playing every day. Our players earn valuable on-field reps during March that many programs located in cold climates simply cannot get.
The focus of the week is overall player development through intensive and specific practices, and playing high-level competition. We also want to make sure we keep the game fun for our players - and while we put in a lot of hard work during this trip, we also make sure it's a memorable experience off the field.
As part of the Royals Spring Training trip our players attend an MLB Spring Training game, as well as a NCAA Baseball game, and a NJCAA Baseball game. This offers players not only the opportunity to see the levels at which they aspire to play, but also an opportunity to have some fun off the diamond with their teammates and friends.
Lastly, our Florida Spring Training trip can offer valuable exposure to our Royals players who are interested in pursuing US College opportunities. During our March trip each year, hundreds of US College/University programs play alongside us, which provides our players and coaches with direct access to recruitment opportunities.
While we're uncertain of what our Spring 2021 Trip will look like due to the ongoing health crisis, we look forward to continuing to offer fantastic travel experience for our Royals players.
Summer U.S. Tournaments
Each age-level team participates in multiple US Tournaments each year - many of which are based out of major universities and provide top-level competition and exposure opportunities for our Royals players.
Recent Tournament Sites:
Vanderbilt University
Notre Dame University
Michigan University
University of Louisville
University of Maryland
Rutgers University
University of Indiana
University of Pittsburgh
Butler University
College Placement
The Ontario Royals program provides College Placement services to all of our players and families - helping to guide them through the process of choosing a post-secondary option that suits both their academic and athletic aspirations.
To date, we have assisted in the placement of over 160 Royals at the NCAA, NAIA, NJCAA, OUA, and OCAA levels.
Our college placement process begins for our players at our younger age levels (15U and 16U). Ontario Royals staff meet with parents and players to explain the placement process and what they can do to best prepare themselves on the field and in the classroom.
As players progress through our program, the focus becomes tracking their academic and athletic development. As athletes are developing their skills, showcase opportunities are presented to give our players exposure to a range of college and university programs across the United States and Canada. Our teams select high-level US tournaments in the summer to maximize our exposure south of the border, and our college placement team facilitates on-going communication with college coaches and recruiters.
As players reach their Grade 11 and 12 academic years, the Royals adopt a direct and personalized approach to college placement, meeting with each athlete and their family individually to develop a short-list of collegiate options for that individual player. Players are then assisted in creating their recruitment video that will be sent directly to collegiate coaches, and arranging official visits to colleges and universities.
We take a great deal of pride in our track record of success in assisting players in the College Placement process, and we look forward to providing the best post-secondary academic and baseball opportunities for our players for years to come.