State Teams - Baseball Queensland

Kai-Noa Wynyard signs deal with the Texas Rangers

Oct 3, 2020

Queenslander Kai-Noa Wynyard has become the latest young Australian to sign with an MLB organisation after inking a deal with Texas yesterday.

The 18-year-old pitcher is a product of the Redcliffe Padres and has represented both Queensland and Boral Team Australia during his junior years.

Wynyard was part of Australia’s fourth-place finish at last year’s WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup in South Korea.

He pitched in two games, working a scoreless inning and striking out two in a 13-2 win against China.

Wynyard also represented Australia in its Yomiuri Cup debut in 2017.

The right-hander has represented Queensland at four Australian Youth Championships.

In January he tossed 3 2/3 scoreless innings during Queensland’s run to the U18 final.

He struck out four and allowed only two hits in 2 2/3 innings as Queensland secured its spot in the final with a win over Western Australia in its penultimate game of the opening round.

Rangers’ Australian scout Ben Moore had been tracking Wynyard for more than two years after first identifying him at shortstop.

Wynyard made 14 pitching appearances, including six as a starter, with Redcliffe last Greater Brisbane League season.

He went 3-1 with and ERA of 3.24, striking out 50 in 41 2/3 innings.

Wynyard limited opposition hitters to a .222 batting average.

Congratulations Kai-Noa! We will be cheering you as you pursue your journey as a professional baseball player.

U18 Queensland Representative Squad Announcement

Sep 30, 2020

Congratulations to the players listed below. You will receive additional information shortly about the Program. The first session is Wednesday 14th October.

This year, the QLD Program will be delivering a new initiative for this age group called the Pitcher’s Development Program. The players listed below ‘Pitchers Development Program’ have been identified and will be provided an opportunity to work with our QLD Coaches who are accredited in both Driveline and Top Velocity Organisations. These sessions will run at the same time as the QLD Program. More information will be sent out shortly in regards to this program.

If you require further feedback please contact Shayne Watson, [email protected]

U18 Squad
ANDERSON, Ashley	GC
ANTHONY, Josh	BM
ARNOTT, Jaecob	GC
BELL, Miller	BN
BISHOP, Majar	GC
CROTTY, Eddie	BN
DAVIS, Kynan	GC
FAULKNER, Toma	GC
FERGUSON, Jake	BW
FIELD, Joseph	BM
FOX, Jaimie	GC
GROUNDS, Jackson	BM
HAWKINS, Nicolas	BM
HOGAN, Joel	BN
HOLDSWORTH, Dante	BM
LEE, Ian	GC
LEMM, John	BM
MAURER, Lachlan	GC
MCCLELLAND, Cain	BM
OLIVE, Cooper	GC
RASMUSSEN, Aiden	BW
RICHTERS, Billy	BM
ROBERTS, Lachlan	BM
SHAFFER, Campbell	GC
SMITH, Luke	BN
SNELL, Hayden	BM
SUMMERFORD, Declan	GC
VALDEZ, Gabriel	BM
VAN HILST, Caylan	BM
WALMSLEY, Ben	BM
WILSON, Lachlan	BN
YAMAGUCHI, Maito	GC

Shadows
BRANCH, Soren	GC
FOX, Kobe	BS
WHITE, Brendan	BN

Pitchers Development Program
FOX, Kobe	BS
GONZALEZ, Orlando	BM
GOSSNER, Kouper	BW
LEONHARDT, Tyler	BS
MCDOUGALL, Josh	BS
MOYNIHAN, Joseph	BW
ORR, Damon	BM
PETHICK, Kai	BS
SLOANE, Mitch	BW
THATCHER, Robbie	BW
WINLAW, Maverick	BN
WHITE, Brendan	BN

Call made on #AYC2021

Sep 16, 2020

Initial Story from baseball.com.au

The 2021 Australian Youth Championship has been cancelled and will be replaced with a range of localised content to ensure the development of the country’s up-and-coming talent is not negatively impacted.

Baseball Australia and the state and territory bodies have unanimously agreed to the move – which comes in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic – following an extensive review which included consultation of athletes and teams that would likely have featured in the event.

Instead a range of local events will be held in each market to ensure players are afforded the opportunity to continue their development.

Baseball Australia performance pathways and player development general manager Michael Crooks said a number of factors came into the decision, including health implications, logistical challenges presented by quarantine measures and financial risk.

“It’s a bitterly disappointing outcome,” he said.

“But our goal now is to ensure with the support of states and territories we provide enough opportunities to affected athletes to continue their development.

“By doing this we can minimise the long-term disruption on our up-and-coming prospects and keep open the pathway they’ve worked so hard to climb.”

The tournament, which traditionally takes place during the January school holiday period and includes U-16 and U-18 age brackets, will be replaced by local series.

Details for the local series will be released in coming weeks but each event would be preceded by a showcase for college and professional scouts.

The local series will see each market’s top talent given the chance to go head-to-head.

Following the events the U-16 and U-18 National Junior Squads will be selected from the participants.

Both squads would be invited to a camp in Canberra over the Easter period should government restrictions allow it.

The squads, subject to restrictions, would also head to Florida for a Perfect Game event prior to the U-18 World Cup later in the year.

If international border restrictions prevented it, athletes would again attend a National Junior Squad camp in Canberra.

Crooks said Baseball Australia’s strong relationship with technology providers would ensure international exposure for players.

“Through our technology partnerships Rapsodo and Driveline’s TRAQ software will allow player profiling to be produced for all players competing in the local competitions,” Crooks said.

“This information will be collated and distributed to the professional scouting and college network to ensure international exposure for all players.

“This will minimise the medium to long-term impact on the development of our junior talent.”

Baseball Australia is working closely with the performance pathway systems in each state and territory to lock in details of local series.

2021 QLD Coach Application

Aug 12, 2020

Baseball QLD has a very rich and successful history competing at the National Championship level. Following a successful 2020 AYC (U16 – Gold and U18 – Silver) this is your opportunity to lead our teams to another successful National Championships in 2021. We are taking Expressions of Interests for the 2021 AYC and AWYC Coaching Staff. The available voluntary position is listed below. Following our QLD Coach Selection Policy, adopted in 2019, Head Coach appointments are 2-year Terms. Given recent COVID situation and the cancellation of Australian Youth and Women’s Championships, Head Coach position for both teams is extended to 2021.

2021 will be the last Term for all our Head Coaches (Youth Women, U16, U18 and Open Women).

Available positions for each team include:

Assistant Coach
Pitching Coach
Executive Officer

For more information including how to register, roles and responsibilities for all positions click on the document provided. To register your EOI please click on the link provided: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2021QLDCoachApp

Applications close 12pm Friday August 21, 2020.

Click here for Coach selection criteria

State Titles Postponed Indefinitely

Mar 24, 2020

Following Baseball Australia’s announcement to postponed the National Little League tournaments, Baseball Queensland would like to share that we have taken the necessary steps to post pone the Little League, Junior League and Senior League State Titles indefinitely.

While Little League International has suspended all play for the foreseeable future there has not yet been a decision made on whether the various Little League World Series events will go ahead this year.

We accept it is becoming increasingly unlikely we will be able to participate in these events in the current climate. Baseball Queensland will continue to work with Baseball Australia and Little League International to ensure that if the situation does improve to the point where we can safely host events and provide teams with an opportunity to play in these pathway events in time to qualify, then we will work towards providing those opportunities.

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HP Manager Acknowledgement: AYC

Jan 24, 2020

I would firstly like to acknowledge both Teams who competed at their best during the Nationals. I was quietly proud of the player’s efforts. It was fantastic to see both U16 and U18 play off for the Gold. Our coaching staff did an awesome job in preparing the teams over the last 12 weeks.

A big thank you to our Head Coach’s, Dan Wilson (U16) and David Badke (U18) who were fantastic in managing playing time whilst balancing each players performance.

Personally, it is positive to see how far all the players have come since early 2019. The off season programs have played a massive part in setting a foundation for their success. Though it was a fantastic result and memories have been created, this year was just a blip on the radar for our young baseballers progressing through the Pathway Programs and beyond. Our aim is for our individual players striving for positive holistic outcomes and I am expecting this year’s result will assist with their progression.

I will be sitting down with the coaching staff shortly to review the program. The outcomes from this meeting will commence the early stages of preparation for our 2020 Off Season Programs.

Before the Off Season commences, we still have our Youth and Open Women Teams preparing for their Nationals. The Youth Team are looking at repeating their results and our Open Team have put together a plan to improve their result from 2019

Lastly I would like to acknowledge all the parents supporting our Pathway Programs. Your support is always greatly appreciated.

Thank you to all who contributed and made it a memorable Australian Youth Championships.

High Performance Manager
Shayne Watson