Baseball/Softball Families can vacation and have an experience of a lifetime! 10-Day's of complete family fun, entertainment, baseball/softball that makes a lasting impact! Choose this opportunity for your family vacation as all family members will enjoy their experience.
Audy Mesa, former teammate with Kelly Ahrens, is regarded as one of the top baseball professionals in the United States and Dominican Republic. A former professional baseball player with the San Francisco Giants, Audy has carried on his love for baseball by providing many opportunities for aspiring baseball players. Audy owns Dominicana Baseball Academy in Utah , he has many travel teams, provides professional instruction and athlete development. Audy also owns an academy in the Dominican Republic where he trains aspiring dominican players as well as represents them in getting an opportunity to play professional baseball. Audy has been taking players from the United States to the Dominican Republic for over 15 years. The experience he has provided is a once in a lifetime opportunity for committed baseball families wanting to mix a vacation in while playing baseball and learning the culture in Dominican Republic. Audy and Kelly formed a great friendship while being teammates in the Giants organization and have ran parallel paths in player development over the years. They have stayed in touch always discussing opportunities and planning now joining forces in working together to blend each others expertise. Sharing the same values and having similar resumes, Audy looks foward to expanding opportunities with Kelly and Stars and Stripes Sports.
Kelly Ahrens, former teammate of Audy Mesa, is regarded as one of the top athlete development coaches in the United Sates. Like Audy, Kelly is a former professional baseball player with the San Franscisco Giants who were teammates in the Giants Organization. Kelly is the founder of Stars and Stripes Sports and other entities who have been focused on athlete development for many years and who has produced many "Baseball/Softball excursions that have made a lasting impact. Stars and Stripes Sports has provided opportunity to over 25,000 Stars and Stripes players who have participated in special designed trips all over the world. Stars and Stripes Sports has taken players from the United States to Dominican Republic, Cuba, and 40 states within the United States. Stars and Stripes Sports baseball/softball have been to Cooperstown, College World Series, Baseball Heaven, Cal Ripken, Baseball at The Beach, and many other locations all over the United States providing great experiences. Together with Audy Mesa and Dominicana Baseball, Kelly Ahrens and Stars and Stripes Sports are excited to produce a once in a lifetime opportunity for families to experience.
Dates: July 4 to July 14
Reporting Date: July 4 @ 5:00 PM Boca Chica, Dominican Republic
Itinerary:
July 4
5:00 to 7:00- Meet and Greet at All-Inclusive Resort
July 5
Families enjoy All-Inclusive Resort
July 6
7:30 Breakfast at All-Inclusive Resort
8:30 Leave to Melvin Mora Academy
9:00 Arrive at Melvin Mora Academy
9:00 - 12:00 Baseball Testing/Instruction/Workout
12:00 Return to All-Inclusive Resort
July 7
7:30 Breakfast at All-Inclusive Resort
8:30 Leave to Melvin Mora Academy
9:00 Arrive at Melvin Mora Academy
9:00 - 1:00 Games-Double Header
1:00 Return to All-Inclusive Resort
July 8
7:30 Breakfast at All-Inclusive Resort
8:30 Leave to Melvin Mora Academy
9:00 Arrive at Melvin Mora Academy
9:00 - 1:00 Games-Double Header
1:00 Return to All-Inclusive Resort
July 9
7:30 Breakfast at All-Inclusive Resort
8:30 Leave to Melvin Mora Academy
9:00 Arrive at Melvin Mora Academy
9:00 - 1:00 Games-Double Header
1:00 Return to All-Inclusive Resort
July 10
All Day Excursion on Sauna Island
July 11
7:30 Breakfast at All-Inclusive Resort
8:30 Leave to Melvin Mora Academy
9:00 Arrive at Melvin Mora Academy
9:00 - 1:00 Games-Double Header
1:00 Return to All-Inclusive Resort
July 12
Visit the Island and MLB Training Facilities
July 13
7:30 Breakfast at All-Inclusive Resort
8:30 Leave to Melvin Mora Academy
9:00 Arrive at Melvin Mora Academy
9:00 - 1:00 Games-Double Header
1:00 Return to All-Inclusive Resort
5:00 PM Send Off Gathering at All-Inclusive Resort
July 14
Enjoy All-Inclusive Resort
Check Out
Cost:
$5,500 - Family of 4 (2 Minimum)
$500 for additional family member
$500 reduction per family member if 4 members do not come
Family Responsibility For Additional Expenses:
*Families are responsible for flights to Dominican Republic
*Airport-Families are responsible for personal transportation to and from get to All-Inclusive Resort (responsible for additional travel outside of schedule events, i.e. personal outing on your own)
*Additional Entertainment- Families are responsible for any additional entertainment beyond Itinerary
Included in Cost:
*Hotel at All-Inclusive Resort
* 3 Meals a Day at All-Inclusive Resort
*10 Baseball Games (Weather Permitting)
*Trip to Sauna Island
*ACE Capacity Testing, Hitter Handicap
*Professional Instruction
*Visit MLB Academies and cultural experience
*Transportation to and from all events on Itinerary
*Players-2 Uniform Tops, Two Hats, Two T-Shirts
*Special Guests
*Equipment Donation/Handouts to community (Bring old equipment you can leave with community players)