Champions Sports Academy Foundation of Excellence Program
Belleville Parks and Recreation – Campus Turf Room, 2300 West Main Street, Belleville, IL 62220
About
Champions Sports Academy Foundation of Excellence Program includes personal development sessions, an Individual Excellence Plan, goal setting fundamentals, and a Community Service Project. The program offers sport specific training, sports specific camps, sports specific skills evaluation, speed and agility assessment, baseball training, baseball camps, and a Developmental Girls Flag Football League. It also includes an after school structured play, leadership, and character education program, as well as 20 structured camps for youth in the Dallas Metroplex during the summer of 2023.
• Ages: 11–18 years old
• Price: $960.00; $1440.00; $1920.00
The program includes college exposure events, a college tour, college and career assessment, college recruiting process seminars, and guidance on attending college camps. Staff assist students with researching and identifying colleges that are a good fit, the college application process, college scholarship counseling and negotiation, official college visit coordination, and NCAA/NAIA Eligibility Center registration. The program develops a Student-Athlete Profile, creates a personalized highlight video for recruiting purposes, provides ongoing consultation, and maintains ongoing direct contact with college coaches and recruiting coordinators.
All Champions Sports Academy programs are anchored by professionals with years of experience. The leadership team includes Andre Collins, Director of Excellence, Champions Sports Academy. The program uses the Official Champions Sports Academy Leadership Playbook and provides items such as the Official Champions Sports Academy Player Tee, Player Training Shorts, Player Hoodie, Player Sweat Pants, Backpack, and Wristband, along with discounts on Champions Sports Academy training and camps and on services offered by partners of Champions Sports Academy. The program is built around The Five Pillars of Excellence: A Commitment to Academic Excellence, A Commitment to Athletic Excellence, A Commitment to Personal Excellence, A Commitment to Career Excellence, and A Commitment to Community Excellence.
The mission of the Foundation of Excellence Program is to promote student-athletes’ building of their academic, athletic, career, family, and community foundations, and it is designed to focus on the comprehensive excellence of the student-athlete and to prepare student-athletes for the challenges of life beyond the playing field. The Academy is designed to give youth and teens an opportunity to flourish, and it states a belief that sports, when used properly by compassionate professionals, can transform a person’s life for the good. The mission of the Champions Sports Academy is to create a youth sports culture that prioritizes the health and well being of young athletes, enhancing their enjoyment, participation, and development in sports.
The Champions Sports Academy has partnered with Ligue Martiniquaise Volley-Ball, Fort-de-France Martinique to offer volleyball players sport specific training, information about the college recruiting process, and an experience of American culture. It has partnered with the Arlington-Mansfield, TX YMCA and YMCA Dallas, TX to conduct sports specific camps and 20 structured camps for youth in the Dallas Metroplex during the summer of 2023, and with the YMCA Dallas-SAS for the 2022–2023 school year to offer an after school structured play, leadership, and character education program. Additional partnerships include Elite Speed 7 on 7 Football for team management, season rostering, scheduling, and parent-coach communication, and Mansfield Baseball Academy for baseball training, baseball camps, and the C.H.A.M.P.I.O.N. Program (Personal Excellence). The Champions Sports Academy has also partnered with multiple RedLine Athletics locations and Fieldhouse USA Mansfield to offer sport specific training, sport specific camps, and the C.H.A.M.P.I.O.N. Program (Personal Excellence).
Last updated May 25, 2026.
• Ages: 11–18 years old
• Price: $960.00; $1440.00; $1920.00
The program includes college exposure events, a college tour, college and career assessment, college recruiting process seminars, and guidance on attending college camps. Staff assist students with researching and identifying colleges that are a good fit, the college application process, college scholarship counseling and negotiation, official college visit coordination, and NCAA/NAIA Eligibility Center registration. The program develops a Student-Athlete Profile, creates a personalized highlight video for recruiting purposes, provides ongoing consultation, and maintains ongoing direct contact with college coaches and recruiting coordinators.
All Champions Sports Academy programs are anchored by professionals with years of experience. The leadership team includes Andre Collins, Director of Excellence, Champions Sports Academy. The program uses the Official Champions Sports Academy Leadership Playbook and provides items such as the Official Champions Sports Academy Player Tee, Player Training Shorts, Player Hoodie, Player Sweat Pants, Backpack, and Wristband, along with discounts on Champions Sports Academy training and camps and on services offered by partners of Champions Sports Academy. The program is built around The Five Pillars of Excellence: A Commitment to Academic Excellence, A Commitment to Athletic Excellence, A Commitment to Personal Excellence, A Commitment to Career Excellence, and A Commitment to Community Excellence.
The mission of the Foundation of Excellence Program is to promote student-athletes’ building of their academic, athletic, career, family, and community foundations, and it is designed to focus on the comprehensive excellence of the student-athlete and to prepare student-athletes for the challenges of life beyond the playing field. The Academy is designed to give youth and teens an opportunity to flourish, and it states a belief that sports, when used properly by compassionate professionals, can transform a person’s life for the good. The mission of the Champions Sports Academy is to create a youth sports culture that prioritizes the health and well being of young athletes, enhancing their enjoyment, participation, and development in sports.
The Champions Sports Academy has partnered with Ligue Martiniquaise Volley-Ball, Fort-de-France Martinique to offer volleyball players sport specific training, information about the college recruiting process, and an experience of American culture. It has partnered with the Arlington-Mansfield, TX YMCA and YMCA Dallas, TX to conduct sports specific camps and 20 structured camps for youth in the Dallas Metroplex during the summer of 2023, and with the YMCA Dallas-SAS for the 2022–2023 school year to offer an after school structured play, leadership, and character education program. Additional partnerships include Elite Speed 7 on 7 Football for team management, season rostering, scheduling, and parent-coach communication, and Mansfield Baseball Academy for baseball training, baseball camps, and the C.H.A.M.P.I.O.N. Program (Personal Excellence). The Champions Sports Academy has also partnered with multiple RedLine Athletics locations and Fieldhouse USA Mansfield to offer sport specific training, sport specific camps, and the C.H.A.M.P.I.O.N. Program (Personal Excellence).
Last updated May 25, 2026.
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