Baseball Australia’s national participation plan results in increased numbers

Two years ago Basketball Australia co-designed a national participation plan with states and stakeholders which is now starting to deliver results with an increase in participation of the sport confirmed for the 2024-25 financial year.

Registrations of the sport increased by 6.06% year-on-year and has increased by 10.55% in the last two seasons (since 1st July, 2023).

There are now approximately 34,000 registered baseball players across clubs from around Australia. New South Wales represents the largest state with nearly 14,000 players.

Participation has increased by over 4,700 since pre-pandemic. 14.29% of the playing base is female.

Other key figures include school participation in 2024 – including nearly an 8% increase in programming and 19.4% increase in participation to just over 42,000.

Baseball Australia Chief Executive Glenn Williams notes “these numbers are reflective of a lot of great work done by people at all levels of the game.Two years ago we co-designed a national participation plan with states & stakeholders. Now, we are starting to see results. This increase is representative of strong collaboration between Baseball Australia, state members and clubs.”

The numbers wrap up a financial year (July – June in Australia) filled with milestones for Australian baseball.

Significant achievements include an Australian being selected #1 in the MLB draft, a record number of Australians in NCAA Division I college programs, over 40 Australians playing full-time professional baseball around the world, and a seventh place finish in the Premier12 competition.

Baseball Australia was also a recipient of a Play Well Grant which goes towards implementing ‘Little League T-Ball Program’ to increase interest in the sport.

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