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Housatonic Third Annual Baseball Camp

The Housatonic Third Annual Baseball Camp is coming up  Sunday, January 19, 2020 at the Housatonic Valley Regional High School gym, 246 Warren Turnpike Road, Falls Village, CT 06031.

Willy Yahn along with current and former Mountaineers and Northwestern’s Zach Risedorf (6th Round MLB Draft pick to SD Padres ‘14) will help prepare future Mountaineer and Berkshire League ballplayers for the upcoming season.

The camp is for kids up to 13-years-old and will have two sessions, one from 9-10:30 and the other from 11-12:30. Each session will be $20 with all proceeds going to the HVRHS Baseball team. You can register a ballplayer for the camp via Email at Willy.yahn@gmail.com or amacneil@hvrhs.org .

Willy played for four years at HVRHS, garnering many honors including two-time CHSCA All-State, three-time Berkshire League All Conference and Litchfield County MVP and two-time winner of the Steve Reich Pitcher of the Year awards. In his junior and senior years, he only struck out once.

During his four year career at UConn, Willy received many more accolades including American Athletic Conference First Team member and the 2017 Hirshhorn Foundation Award. He finished 14th in UConn history with 207 career hits.

In 2017 Willy was drafted in the 25th MLB round by the Baltimore Orioles organization.

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