AAU Baseball hosted 63 teams during the AAU Grand Nationals on June 21-28 at the ESPN Wide World Complex, and awarded 10 teams as champions.
Dates: June 21-28 Location: ESPN Wide World of Sports in Orlando, Florida Results | Photo Gallery
ORLANDO, Fla. – AAU Baseball successfully tipped its cap to the 2019 AAU Grand Nationals, which ran June 21-28 at ESPN Wide World of Sports in Orlando, Florida. The tournament hosted 63 teams, roughly 1,000, athletes in six different age divisions.
The young athletes, representing 11 different states and Puerto Rico, took to 15 different fields at the Sports Complex, including the Champion Stadium, the former home of the Atlanta Braves Spring Training.
AAU Baseball awarded 10 teams with a personalized glove trophy and AAU baseball. Winners came from both Gold division bracket and Diamond brackets for the 11U – 14U teams.
The 12U Chet Lemon’s Juice became back-to-back champions after ousting the Kangaroo Court Roos in a 9-4 battle during the Diamond title game. The 14U Georgia Lookouts also nabbed a two-time champion title after defeating the Coamo Legends in a 10-7 bout in the Gold division championship game.
2019 Grand National Champions
9U Champion – East Cobb Braves
10U Champion – Crescent City Hooks
11U Diamond Champion – Comanche Baseball
11U Gold Champion – Carolina Bullfrogs
12U Diamond Champion – Chet Lemon’s Juice
12U Gold Champion – Scoutz USA
13U Diamond Champion – Winter Park Diamond Dawgs
13U Gold Champion – South Forsyth Giants Black
14U Diamond Champion – Puerto Rico Elite
14U Gold Champion – Georgia Lookouts
Up next for AAU Baseball is the 2019 National Championship for divisions 14/15U, 16/17U and 18/19U. The tournament will be in Dothan, Alabama on July 18 – 25, 2019. For more information on the Championships click here.
All media interested in covering any future events should contact Keri Burns, AAU Marketing Communications Coordinator at kburns@aausports.org.