2022 USA Baseball National Team Championships

TC 16U Black

The month of June for Team California is the USA Baseball National Team Championships which is considered the kickoff tournament for the Summer Travel Ball Season. The USA Baseball National Team Championships was created in 1996, and was held in Tucson, AZ. The USA Baseball event was originally known as the USA Baseball Junior Olympics or simply the JO’s. The inaugural Champions back in 1996 were the ABD Bulldogs out of Riverside, CA, spearheaded by Mike Spiers who would be instrumental in creating Travel Baseball in the early 1990’s as well bringing USA Baseball to the West Coast. The USA Baseball National Team Championships is the benchmark for the College Recruiting Calendar on the West Coast. The USA Baseball National Team Championships consists of 4 Divisions: 17U, 16U, 15U and 14U. Team California Baseball as always has high expectations in this event, and in 2021 it was no different. The 17U and 16U Team California Black Squads did well while the 17U and 16U Team California Squads had opportunities to advance to Bracket play, but just narrowly missed the Playoffs. Unfortunately, neither of the 15U Squads would advance to Bracket Play this year.

Team California Squads that made Bracket Play

  • Team California Black 17U: Sweet 16 out of 102 Teams
  • Team California Black 16U: Sweet 16 out of 100 Teams