ABOUT HCYA Baseball
COMPETITIVE,
CHRIST-CENTERED BASEBALL
HCYA Eagles Baseball Program offers competitive excellence for homeschooled young men in the greater Houston area, rooted in Christian principles and fostering a supportive community dedicated to both athletic achievement and character development.
HCYA VALUES
PRIORITIZING CHARACTER
Our leadership is committed to honoring God in the way we operate the team.
Baseball gives our young men great opportunities to grow their character as well as influence others in how they conduct themselves on the field.
ON-FIELD SUCCESS
Christians can compete successfully. Over the years, we've achieved success against top private, public, and homeschool teams in Houston.
Our coaching staff is committed to nurturing a love for the game and teaching how to play it with integrity.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Our leadership is committed to honoring God in the way we operate the team.
Baseball gives our young men great opportunities to grow their character as well as influence others in how they conduct themselves on the field.
A Brief History of HCYA Baseball
In the 1990’s, HCYA was formed as an organizing force for homeschool activities of all kinds in the Houston area. Soon thereafter, the HCYA Eagles baseball team was formed by C.J. and Debby Coolidge (team directors) and Larry Cochran (head coach) as the first team in the city to provide Houston-area homeschoolers an opportunity to compete against private and public schools’ baseball teams.
As the millennium turned, Coach Cochran teamed up with Coach Jeff Hartline of the Nashville Monarchs to organize the first of what would become an annual tournament of homeschool teams across the nation – the Homeschool World Series.
The Eagles won that inaugural tournament to become the first ever national champions. In honor of his contributions in organizing the event, the championship trophy for the Homeschool World Series has thereafter been known as the “Cochran Cup”.
In the years since, several other homeschool teams have been formed in Houston to serve different sections of town, but HCYA has continued its tradition of high quality baseball with a distinctly Christian approach.
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