HCYA’s tryouts are open to all eligible players who are skilled enough at baseball to be able to participate in the tryout activities, and ultimately to play safely at the high school level.  Contact us if you’d like to be put on our interest list for the next upcoming season’s tryout dates.

In addition to safety, our philosophy on player selection is based on current ability level, team needs and projected potential of a player.  Our overarching goals every season are to build the best roster for the current and future success of the Varsity team, and to arrive at reasonable roster sizes which will allow each player to have meaningful playing time throughout the course of the season.

Depending on the total number of players who come out for a given season, our tryouts may be handled as an informal assessment of each player’s skills as they practice with the team, or as a more formal organized process working the players through various stations or drills.  Previous membership on the HCYA roster is not a guarantee of making the roster or a particular squad in future years, although participating in the HCYA program does prove very helpful in advancing a player’s abilities.

Many of our practices are combined with both V/JV players practicing together, and we strive very much to think of HCYA Baseball as “one team”.  However, game/league roster limits and playing time considerations do require us to operate two different squads for game situations both in fall and spring, so there will be two squads formed for that purpose once the coaches have had a chance to evaluate the level of each player’s skill and how that fits into the needs of each squad.

Note: even if your son comes into our program having been a Varsity player at the high school level on another team, he will be evaluated in this process and may be slotted to JV, or as a “swing player” participating on both V and JV.  Even if this happens initially, do not be concerned that this is a once-and-done decision.  Evaluations are being made continually at each game and practice, and more years than not, players move up/down to & from Varsity as the season progresses, as their skills and/or team needs change.  New players trying out as a senior will need to make the Varsity squad in order to join the program.