Puma Baseball Academy

07/29/2026

07/29/2026

Another alumni in the pro ranks!!!

Huge congratulations to TJ Williams as he has signed a free agent contract with Tri-City Valley Cats out of the Frontier League who is an MLB Partner league.

In his senior year at Eastern Michigan TJ was on the Academic All District Team.

At Eastern Michigan TJ lead the team in batting avg (.324), triples (2), OBP (.440), steals (14) and was top 5 in runs, hits, walks.
Defensively he was automatic posting a .970 fielding % while playing shortstop!

*NJCAA Division II All-America Second Team in 2024

Career: .422/.503/.484 (163-for-386), 18 2B, 3 3B, 73 RBI, 145 R, 55 BB, 61 SB in 116 games (91 starts)

2024: .423/.498/.492 (104-for-246), 13 2B, 2 3B, 49 RBI, 84 R, 32 BB, 31 SB in 61 games (all starts)

*Led the team in batting average, hits, runs and stolen bases in 2024
Slashed .421/.512/.471 (59-for-140), with five doubles, 24 RBIs, 61 runs, 23 walks and 30 stolen bases in 55 games (30 starts) as a freshman in 2023

*Helped Heartland win the NJCAA Division II National Championship and Region 24 Championship in 2023

*Played four years of baseball at William Horlick High School in Racine, Wisconsin

*Ranked the No. 15 infielder in the state of Wisconsin by Prep Baseball Report in 2022

*Named all-county first team in 2021 and 2022, all-conference first team in 2022, all-district second team in 2022 and all-conference second team in 2019 and 2021

*Played four years of basketball and ran four years of track & field in addition to baseball
Finished in third place in the Wisconsin State Finals in the 100 meter dash and 200 meter dash in 2022

*Named all-county first team in the 100 meter dash, 200 meter dash and 4×400 relay in 2022 and all-county second team in the 100 meter dash in 2021

TJ your determination, resilience, work ethic and love of the game is inspiring!

07/17/2026

Send us a message if interested! All other rosters are full at this time. We look forward to meeting you!

07/14/2026

This will be a weekend to remember!!

3 our teams took home hardware.
17u Baseball Primetime Championship
14u softball Franklin Flame Champions
13u Black Tournament of Champions

Then for the first time in program history we had not 1, but 2 Alumni have their name called in this years MLB Draft!!

These 2 athletes built the foundation of our program and have taken every opportunity and made the most of it!! This is just the beginning for these 2 amazing human beings!

Nick Williams 10th RD Washington Nationals
Owen Nowak 12th RD Houston Astros

Small program, BIG results!!

07/12/2026

And just like that!!!!

Our 2nd player drafted goes 2 rounds later!!!
Words don’t describe how proud I’am of
Owen came to us at 15u and just got better every single year. Never made excuses and never compromised who he was as a person.

He has ++ character and plays the game how every kid should!! He plays hard, with joy and passion!!!! Sky is the limit!!!!

Small program, big results!!!

07/12/2026

It’s official!!! Got the call from !!!!
Our 1st ever player drafted!!

I’m humbled to be a small piece of the process. Nick came to us at 14u and It is truly amazing what can happen when you put in the work and trust in those around you who truly care.

I’ve always stressed that we are in it for the long run. Delayed gratification is something that is lost in this day and age.
He wasn’t top ranked in HS, was a role player his freshman year in college and just kept getting better!
He was never chasing anything or anyone but being the best version of himself!!

Proud is such an understatement !

In his words “Now it’s time to get to work!!”

Small program and big results!!

07/08/2026

TRYOUT WEEK!!

2 days complete, 4 days left!

Due to conflicts with the softball make-up day, we have added another softball day this Friday! Don't miss out, register today!

www.pumabaseballacademy.com

07/05/2026

Last weekend our 14U softball team took second in the gold bracket! These girls continue to work hard and it’s showing!

07/03/2026

There are fancy videos and then there are facts. Our program over the last 10 years has a proven track record of development. Wins don’t show development, just having “top players” doesn’t show development, and most definitely recruiting players from other programs while in season is NOT development.

We understand loyalty goes both ways for our families and players. We want to BUILD each year and not just replace. Development to us is taking players who have been overlooked and undervalued and helping them be the best version of themselves! We have had players cut from their HS teams play college ball, players who weren’t everyday starters play college ball, and also players who had outstanding HS careers move on to play at the highest levels.

We don’t advertise development, we live it. We dont recruit, we develop. Our track record speaks for itself. In total we have helped over 200 players pursue their athletic ambitions at the next level. We have been able to accomplish this through a proven off season program, a competitive summer schedule, and established relationships with college coaches.

Puma Alumni playing professionally

Reese Dutton
Jersey Shore Blue Claws
A+ (Philadelphia Phillies)

Josh Leslie
Tri City Valley Cats
Frontier League

Harry Orth
Billings Mustangs
Pioneer League (MLB Partner League)

Sawyer Smith
Gateway Grizzlies
Frontier League

Kyle Huckstorf (retired)
Milwaukee Milkmen 24’ 25’

Puma Players in MLB Draft League

Reese Dutton 21’ (Mahoning Valley)
Josh Leslie ‘23 (State College)
Kyle Huckstorf ’23 (State College)
Nick Williams ‘26 (Mahoning Valley)

Puma Kingfish Alum
(Puma Kingfish player for 7 straight years)

Jarrett Ramer ‘20
Josh Leslie ‘21
Josh Leslie ‘22
Maguire Delagrave 23’
Sawyer Smith 23’
Charlie Campbell ‘23
Kaden Pfeffer ‘23
Max Strash ‘24
Tanner Johnson ‘24
Max Strash ‘25
Tanner Johnson ‘25
Nick Williams ‘25
Max Strash ‘26
Owen Nowak ‘26

Puma Juco-All Americans

(6 straight years of having a junior college All American)

Kyle Huckstorf ‘21 (University of Iowa)
1st Team All Conference
1st Team All Region
Former Milkmen player

Reese Dutton ‘22 (Kansas University)
* NJCAA Division II Pitcher of the Year in 2022
* NJCAA First Team All-American in 2022
* NJCAA Region 24/Mid-West Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Year in 2022

Nick Williams ‘23 (Michigan State University)
Named to First-Team NJCAA Division I Baseball All-America Team ... Also named Most Outstanding Hitter Award at the NJCAA D1 World Series and tabbed to the NJCAA World Series All-Tournament Team
All Region

TJ Williams ‘24 (University of Kansas/Eastern Michigan University)
1st Team All Conference
1st Team All Region
National Champion in ‘24

Owen Nowak ‘25 (Middle Tennessee University)
2x All Region
2024 ISCC Player of the Year

Chloe Wamboldt ‘25 (Eastern Illinois University)
Broke RVC single season SB record
2x All Region

Jenna Beaudin ‘26 (Uncommitted)
Broke Bryant & Stratton
single season RBI record
Over 100 career hits
All Region

07/03/2026

Way to go Jack!!