Academy Notebook: Rosters for 2025 All-Star Commissioner’s Cup and Jennie Finch Classic
The Texas Rangers Youth Academy today announced its rosters for the 2025 All-Star Commissioner’s Cup and Jennie Finch Classic.
The pair of annual tournaments feature baseball and softball teams comprised of Major League Youth Academy athletes from all over the continental United States and Puerto Rico. Both contests will be hosted this summer in Atlanta in conjunction with the 2025 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Truist Park on July 15.
The Rangers’ 17U Baseball squad will be seeking to defend its title after securing its first-ever Commissioner’s Cup championship last summer as part of the 2024 All-Star Week festivities held in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex.
“Capturing the Academy’s first Commissioner’s Cup championship here at home last year was a massive step for our baseball program,” said Rangers Senior Director of Youth Academy & Baseball Development Juan Garciga. “We’ve established ourselves as a championship-caliber operation, and I’m confident in our baseball and softball teams’ ability to compete at the highest level again this year.”
The Academy’s rosters for the 2025 All-Star Commissioner’s Cup and Jennie Finch Classic can be found below:
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Applications for Nike RBI National Scholarships Officially Open
- What it is: Nike Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities (Nike RBI) began accepting applications for its 2025 national scholarship recipients last week. The program will select 12 prospective college students to be awarded annual payments of up to $5,000, which will be renewable for up to three additional years. Scholarships will be applied to tuition, fees, books and supplies required for coursework at accredited institutions in the United States and Puerto Rico.
- The Criteria: An independent selection committee will evaluate the applications and select recipients considering financial need, academic achievements and records, community involvement, volunteerism, essay content and recommendations.
- Ranger Winners: Several former Texas Rangers Youth Academy athletes have benefited from the NIKE RBI National Scholarship program, including Jayla Hunter (2024, North Carolina A&T State Univ.), Najashia Abdullah (2024, Univ of Oklahoma), Nicholas Garcia (2023, Philander Smith University), Kobe Villa (2023, Dallas Baptist Univ.) Kaila Torres (2022, Bethel College), Ian Williams (2022, Cedar Valley College), Charity Vernon (2021, Austin College) and Erin Ledesma (Univ. of Texas Dallas).
Education & Buckner International Programming
The Texas Rangers MLB Youth Academy goes beyond baseball and softball programming to benefit our community. With help from our partner Bucker International, the Academy hosts free education and enrichment courses for athletes and their families throughout the year. Register here for all Youth Academy classes.