Let’s be honest. When most parents hear “Yale baseball,” they picture a kid in a blazer tossing a ball around between lectures on constitutional law.

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‍Here’s what’s actually happening in New Haven right now:

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‍16-9 overall. 7-2 in the Ivy League. Six straight conference wins. Sweeps over Penn and Princeton back to back. A preseason All-American on the mound striking out nearly 14 batters every nine innings. A coaching staff that was just named Ivy League Coaching Staff of the Year.And a 2027 and 2028 recruiting class that is not done.  That is an open door. Most families won’t walk through it because they never thought to look.

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The ones who do get to play winning Division I baseball AND graduate from one of the three best universities on the planet. That’s not a tradeoff. That’s the whole deal in one package.If you’re a parent looking for help getting your athlete to the next level, Alex and Premier Athletes can help.

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‍WHO’S ALREADY IN THE DOOR‍‍

2027 COMMITS

‍The 2027 class is moving. Four players have already locked in their spots:

• Justin Kirchner, RHP — Harvard-Westlake, CA
• Jackson Allen, 3B — North Atlanta, GA
• James Wasson, RHP — Nazareth Academy, IL
• Devin Constantino, SS — The Rivers School, MA

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THE 2028 CLASS:

‍When the right player shows up on their radar, they move.The question is whether your athlete is on that radar before someone else gets there first.

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‍Schedule a Call w/ Alex

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THE BASICS WORTH KNOWING

• Location: New Haven, Connecticut
• Enrollment: About 6,500 undergraduates — one of the smallest and most selective in the country
• Conference: Ivy League, NCAA Division I — no athletic scholarships, but Yale covers 100% of demonstrated financial need. Families under $75K typically pay nothing.
• Home Field: George H.W. Bush '48 Field — named after a guy who played first base here before becoming the 41st President of the United States
• Academics: Top three university in the world, take your pick of ranking

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THE LEGACY

Yale has been playing baseball since 1865. That is not a typo.

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Eight Ivy League Championships. More than 41 players drafted into professional baseball. Twenty-four alumni who reached the Major Leagues. A program that took a U.S. President to the first two College World Series ever played in 1947 and 1948.

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Last season the Bulldogs went 31-14 and won the Ivy League regular season title outright, the first time they'd done it since 2018 and just the third time in program history they've hit 30 wins in a season.

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THE COACH

Brian Hamm arrived at Yale in 2022 and immediately got to work.

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Before New Haven he took Eastern Connecticut State to a Division III National Championship going 49-3, a run that earned him National Coach of the Year honors from three different organizations. He was also the youngest coach ever to receive the MLB Julio Puente Envoy Coach Award for player development. Before that, nine years at Amherst College where he posted the highest conference winning percentage in NESCAC history and developed more MLB draftees than any other Division III head coach in the country.

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The results at Yale have followed the same pattern. Ivy League regular season title in year three. Coaching Staff of the Year. And right now in year four, his team is 7-2 in the Ivy League with a six-game winning streak.

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His players talk about staying pitch by pitch, day by day. That is not a cliche when your team keeps walking it off in the ninth inning.

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WHAT 2026 LOOKS LIKE RIGHT NOW

16-9 overall. 7-2 Ivy League. Three-game winning streak.

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Sophomore Jack Ohman is a preseason All-American striking out 13.9 batters per nine innings. He was the best pitcher in the entire NCAA by ERA last season at 1.34, going 8-1. Jack Dauer leads the team with 27 RBIs and three home runs. Garrett Larsen has 11 multi-hit games and 17 stolen bases. First-year Bryce Miller has reached base in 19 straight games.

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They swept Penn. Then they turned around and swept Princeton three games. They come back when they're down. They win the close ones. They're playing like a team that knows what it's doing and why.

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THE STADIUM

George H.W. Bush '48 Field sits right on the Yale campus in New Haven. It's intimate, it's on-campus, and it carries the kind of history that most programs would put on a banner. The 41st President of the United States played first base here in the late 1940s and helped take this program to the inaugural College World Series. That story doesn't get old.

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THE PIPELINE

Yale is not going to produce first-round picks every year. But look at what this program has actually done.

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Craig Breslow pitched for seven MLB teams over a 12-year career. He majored in molecular biophysics and biochemistry. National reporters literally called him the smartest man in baseball. He's now a front office executive.

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Ryan Lavarnway led the entire NCAA in batting average and slugging percentage in 2007, hit his way to eight MLB teams, and played in the Olympics representing Team Israel.

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Ron Darling pitched 13 seasons in the majors and won a World Series ring with the 1986 Mets.

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Twenty-four Yale alumni have reached the Major Leagues. Forty-one players drafted into pro ball. And every single one of them left with a Yale degree on top of whatever baseball gave them.

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That is the pipeline.

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WHY YALE, WHY NOW

• The 2027 and 2028 class still have availability.
• Small roster means real reps and real development, not two years sitting behind someone else
• Coach Hamm builds winners everywhere he goes and year four is proving it again
• A Yale degree is a career asset for the rest of your athlete's life, not just four years
• The Ivy League gets scout attention, especially when a program is winning like this
• 7-2 in conference and climbing with a loaded schedule still ahead

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WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR

Yale wants athletes who can handle one of the hardest academic environments in the world and compete on a Division I field on the same day. Coachable, driven, and serious about both.

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WHAT IT MEANS

A Yale baseball player is building two careers simultaneously. One ends when the cleats come off. The other one is just getting started.

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HOW WE HELP

Most families guess their way through recruiting, hoping the right email, showcase, or video gets noticed. We replace that guesswork with a clear, proven plan: the right timeline, targeted outreach, strategic exposure, and polished videos that stand out. Your athlete won't just be seen. They'll be pursued.

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LET'S BUILD THE PLAN

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Book an assessment call with me today. No pressure, just clarity.

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To your son's success.

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