Houston Miracles Baseball Academy

Our Mission Statement
"Creating Miracles in life through character development in baseball / softball."

Our Motto
"Developing you better to become your best...
On & off the field, in & out of the classroom, & in & out of the home!"

Miracles Baseball Academy is the invention of Mike Harris, a former professional baseball player, coach & scout for the St. Louis Cardinals & Chicago White Sox, and former coach at a Christian University. He graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in Pastoral Counseling & Sports Psychology with a minor in Biblical Studies.  For over 25 years, he has been a pioneer in the baseball community by performing various camps, coaches clinics, and private & group instruction in the Houston area & nationally.  He also acts as a liaison & consultant for various schools & universities, armature & professional ball clubs, religious organizations, and others.

The creation of Miracles Baseball was centered on the "Total Player" concept, an innovative idea involving more than teaching and improving baseball skills. This concept instead uses baseball and softball as a platform to construct young men and women who are well rounded in life's skills, the skills that our youth are desperately lacking.  This is done by providing camps & clinics, various life skills sessions, private & group lessons, travel teams, and an annual college conference/showcase.  See our "Contact Us" link for staff credentials.

Mr. Harris and Miracles Baseball began their endeavor to strengthen our future in the fall of 1999 with the inaugural team consisting of sixteen year olds and under. Following their first season it was evident that the team needed a training facility to meet their baseball needs. As a result, the Miracles Baseball Academy of northwest Houston opened its doors in February of 2000. The new indoor training facility paid immediate dividends as the team worked hard in the off-season and finished their first summer season sixth in the country at the Amateur Athletic Union National Invitational Tournament.

Buoyed by their success on and off the field, expansion followed. In the fall of 2000 the program added one team to accommodate the increased interest in the community. The program was beginning to take shape; the summer of 2001 saw the addition of two more teams bringing the total to four teams, two sixteen and under and two eighteen and under. The increase in teams did not dilute the talent pool, however, as both sixteen and under teams advanced to the AAU National Invitational Tournament and placed sixth and third respectively. The eighteen and under combined to send one representative to the AAU National Tournament, winning the Classic Tournament. The fall of 2001 continued the development of our two sixteen and two eighteen year old teams and the addition of a ten and under team.

The summer of 2002 was shaping up to be our best ever and it did not disappoint. Our newly added ten and under finished second at the Triple Crown World Series in their inaugural season as Miracles. Our sixteen and under advanced to the AAU Junior Olympics for the first time ever and our eighteen and under advanced to the Champion Tournament of the AAU National Tournament. We are excited about consistent success from 2003 to the present.  We now are able to boast 10 Select Baseball Teams ranging from 10-18U.

All of these accomplishments on the field mirrored these young men's growth off of it. The implementation of the "Total Player" concept was beginning to pay dividends as these young men began to acquire a degree of social responsibility by participating in various community service projects such as the Houston Astros inner city clinics and area youth league instructional clinics. Along the way, we have placed in numerous local, area, state, and national tournaments, but these victories are not our most prominent accomplishments. The 200+ young men  who have gone on to college and 9 drafted by the Pros and 2 are Houston Astros (J.R. Towles and Jared Ball) are our most significant achievements.

Our goal is to also extend this concept into Girls' Softball. We already offer girls' camps, clinics and private lessons and we have had 18+ girls go on to play college softball.  We are seeking a credible woman instructor with college experience who could team up with our present credible pitching instructor to better expand our mission. 

As of January 2008, Miracles is carving out our next chapter of success.  We have formed a generous partnership with Champions Community Center and others.  These partnerships have yielded the donation of a plot of land for the construction of a first class field.  This field will be used to continue the expansion of our pioneer developmental program.  It will also benefit the inner city kids in our neighboring areas as we reach out to bring baseball to them.  Helping to provide a hope and opportunity for those who normally are passed by as we help them to shake hands with their futures.