Hopkins Baseball Association (HBA) is a community-based baseball program for players ages 13-19. Players must reside or attend schools located in the Hopkins School District #270 geography.

For those not familiar with HBA, it provides three different levels of non-school affiliated competitive baseball options for players age 13 to 15 (generally grades 7 through 9, respectively).  April 30 is the date used to determine a player’s age.  Players may play with their age group or their grade (i.e an 8th grader whose birth date is May 5th can play with 13 year olds or 14 year olds). 

The number of teams and levels they play at varies from year to year, depending upon the number and skills of the players who sign up, but there are usually 7-9 teams total.

In 2024, HBA is likely to field teams that compete in the MBL/MBT classifications of 15AA, 15/14A, 14AAA, 14AA, 13AAA, `13AA and 13A.

These teams all participate in the Metro Baseball League which play about 12 games, all on weeknights in May and June. MBL has its own weekday-only lose-once-you're-out tournament at the end of the season.

These teams also participate in weekend tournaments (typically 3, plus a state tournament if they qualify) from May-July. Those are sanctioned by Metro Baseball Tournaments (MBT) or Gopher State, but put on by other baseball programs similar to HBA. They can be held anywhere in the metro area and occasionally include one or two weekends of travel to out-of-town tourneys. All of the tournament location and weekends will be announced and finalized before the season begins, but specific schedules for games don't get announced until the week before games begin. 

There may also be a 13U team that competes in the Northstar league with house-level teams from other programs, primarily in the western Twin Cities suburbs. That 13U team often also participates in A-level tournaments sanctioned by MBT or Gopher State Baseball.   

All of this information - and a lot more, including a breakdown of costs, equipment, volunteer opportunities, and rules, was explained in the annual Parent Meeting, held January 10, 2024. Information from that meeting is on the HBA home page.

HBA has five primary feeder programs for players 12 and under. Please see their websites for more information:

1. Big Willow Baseball Assoc. - http://www.bigwillow.org
2. Glen Lake Mighty Mites (GLMM) - http://glenlakebaseball.com  
3. Golden Valley Little League (GVLL) - http://www.goldenvalleylittleleague.org 
4. Hopkins Area Little League (HALL)- http://www.hopkinslittleleague.com
5. Hopkins Youth Baseball Association (HYBA): http://hopkinsyouthbaseball.org 

Hopkins Baseball Association
Box 837
Hopkins, MN  55343