Wounded Warrior Umpire Academy

WWUA 10th year anniversary

The Wounded Warrior Umpire Academy (WWUA) is a veteran-run organization which empowers veterans through professional umpire training, fostering camaraderie, personal growth and peer to peer support.

ACADEMY INFORMATION

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Our vision is to empower veterans nationwide, to find a renewed sense of purpose, belonging, and lifelong community, using umpire training as a catalyst for deeper personal growth and enduring support beyond their military service.

OUR GRANDSLAM SPONSORS

If you're a struggling veteran and love baseball, contact us today and join the fraternity of umpires for life!

I was uncertain at first about this, but in the end I grew closer to my SDI teammates. In this type of environment, I think it was a huge help for most of us. - 6/2024

This is more than camp or training. This is a way to give back to someone that has given himself/herself for their country. Once graduation is done they can give back to the community and be in charge of something greater than themselves again after recovering from there injuries that took them out in the first place. Self accomplishment and self pride. 2/25/2019

This program has been proven to save veterans lives, it gives them something to do besides sitting around and just think about all the bad things that happen to them. It gets them out and doing something with their brothers and also gives them that opportunity to make that call just like when they're in the military. 2/28/2019

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Professional Umpire Advisory Group

The Wounded Warrior Umpire Academy is supported by our own Professional Umpire Advisory Group (PUAG). It consists of umpires who have worked at the highest level of Professional Baseball. The PUAG assists the WWUA.

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Service members are disciplined, organized and polished while in the service of a greater organization governed by regulations and orders... it is a very easy transition to the baseball diamond.

We show how their already perfected talents can be applied to the profession of umpiring.

We also provide continued support and development in order for our graduates to gain the experience necessary to advance to higher levels of the game. The most important component of our program is actually the introduction into a new brotherhood which is not unlike that of the military culture. We are the "third team" on the field and have to look out for each other. That bond and camaraderie extends beyond the chalk lines of the diamond.

When one umpire meets another umpire, there is an immediate connection of something special.

Much more so than two people who meet and happen to play the game. Our veterans enjoyed this camaraderie for years on Active or Reserve Duty. In civilian life, this may be hard to find again.

Thank you to the following people for your amazing support...

American Legion Auxiliary Post 26
American Legion Post 26
American Legion Post 421
American Legion Post 421 Auxiliary
American Legion Post 421 Riders
American Legion Post 751
American Legion Riders Post 26
Appalachian Brewing Company
Baseballism
Best Western South - Carlisle, PA
Boston Leather
Convene Communities
Carlisle Club Small Games
CF Chaos Baseball

Joel and Amy Culver
Champro - equipment bags
Diamond Umpire masks
East Alabama Endocrinology, PC
Fischer Financial Services, Inc.
Full Count Training, LLC
Harrisburg Senators
Major League Baseball – Rule Books
Marine Corps League - Leatherneck Square Detachment
MiLB
Military Order of the Purple Heart - Capitol Chapter 11
New Balance - Shoes/Swag Bags

Newville Little League
Powell Family and Friends
Regulators Baseball
Smith's Appliance
Smitty Officials Apparel - Shirts and Pants
Steve's BMS Performance and Auto Repair
UMPLIFE
UmpsCare Charities
VFW Riders 6771
VFW Post 6771
VFW Auxiliary
WWUA Support Battalion Donors