Bolivar A's

• Location: Bolivar, NY
• League: New York Collegiate Baseball League
• Stadium: Bolivar-Richburg Central School

Team Bio

Originally calling Alfred, NY home, the Bolivar A's maintain a long-standing tradition of Athletes in Action teams in the New York Collegiate Baseball League. AIA teams functioned as traveling and barnstorming teams within the NYCBL during the 1998 and 2000 seasons. The Bolivar A's began regular season play with the NYCBL during the 2006 season.

The Bolivar A's are a Major League Baseball-sanctioned team which is designed and dedicated to provide the nation's collegiate players the opportunity to compete at a higher level and prepare for entering the MLB Draft. The A's operate in a similar manner to a Minor League team: playing nightly in stadiums before fans, using wood bats and minor league specification equipment, and experiencing road trips between games. Like all other summer collegiate players, they are unpaid in order to maintain their NCAA eligibility, and live with host families in the same manner as Single A and Independent League players.

The A's are affiliated with the Athletes in Action network, a Christian ministry which operates Summer Collegiate Baseball teams in five leagues. Athletes in Action is dedicated to nurture physical, spiritual and personal devolopment, discipline and growth within their players. AIA athletes are expected to live to a moral standard while affiliated with the team, and participate in team Bible studies. The Bolivar A's, like other Athletes in Action teams employ a team chaplain to aide in developing the faiths of the players.

2007 On Field Staff

• Head Coach:
• Assistant Coach: Peter Thompson
• Pitching Coach:
• Team Chaplain: Eric Knodel

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• Orlando Hammers- Florida Collegiate Summer League
• Xenia Athletes in Action- Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League

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