Minnetonka Big Willow Baseball Association
Big Willow Baseball Park, 11984 Minnetonka Boulevard, Minnetonka, MN 55305
About
Minnetonka Big Willow Baseball Association offers youth baseball, including T-ball, recreational T-ball, developmental machine pitch baseball, progressive development from machine to kid pitch baseball, kid-pitch baseball, competitive house league baseball, weekend baseball tournaments, and kid-pitch clinics. The program includes levels such as MITES recreational T-ball, JUNIORS developmental machine pitch, MINORS B progressive development from machine to kid pitch, FARM skills-building kid-pitch, MAJORS competitive house league, and TOURNAMENT TEAMS for older players within the program.
• Ages: 4–12 years old
• Schedule: Spring house ball from the end of April through the end of June, summer programs from early July to early August, and additional fall offerings
• Price: $175 nonrefundable commitment fee due within 5 days of placement announcement ($100 for Pathway participants)
Spring house ball runs from the end of April through the end of June for ages 4 to 12 years, and includes 9U to 12U weekend tournaments. In summer, the program offers a weekday house ball series for 6 to 12 year olds and a Saturday development series for 4 to 8 year olds from early July to early August. Fall programs include T-Ball for 4 to 6 year olds, Juniors for 6 to 9 year olds, and kid-pitch clinics for incoming Farm players ages 8 to 10 years.
Ages are considered based on May 1st of the current season. MITES is recreational T-ball for ages 4 to 6, JUNIORS is developmental machine pitch for ages 7 and 8, MINORS B is progressive development from machine to kid pitch for ages 8 and 9 and 7-year-old Travel Pathway players, FARM is skills-building kid-pitch for ages 9 and 10, MAJORS is a competitive house league for ages 11 and 12, and TOURNAMENT TEAMS are for ages 9 to 12. Spring house ball players receive priority registration for summer ball.
For tournament teams, 9U to 12U tournament team evaluations are conducted in the fall, with make-up evaluations offered again in February or March. Teams are partially formed in the fall, with 2 to 4 spots reserved for players participating in winter evaluations, and tournament team players are required to also register for and participate in spring house ball.
Minnetonka Big Willow Baseball Association is an independent volunteer-run organization. It draws players primarily from the cities of Hopkins and Minnetonka and from the Hopkins and Minnetonka school districts, and also from nearby communities including Edina, St. Louis Park, Golden Valley, Eden Prairie, and Wayzata. The organization states that it has a family-friendly atmosphere and emphasizes player safety, having fun, player development and team competition, in that order.
Big Willow Baseball Association uses TrustedCoaches for all background checks, concussion, and abuse prevention training. All volunteers wishing to coach need to complete coach registration as well as required training. A SportsEngine account is required to register a child to play youth baseball or T-ball, and the website is powered by SportsEngine's Sports Relationship Management (SRM) software.
The leadership team includes Kara Francis as President, and the listed president phone number is 952-999-6037.
Last updated July 26, 2026.
• Ages: 4–12 years old
• Schedule: Spring house ball from the end of April through the end of June, summer programs from early July to early August, and additional fall offerings
• Price: $175 nonrefundable commitment fee due within 5 days of placement announcement ($100 for Pathway participants)
Spring house ball runs from the end of April through the end of June for ages 4 to 12 years, and includes 9U to 12U weekend tournaments. In summer, the program offers a weekday house ball series for 6 to 12 year olds and a Saturday development series for 4 to 8 year olds from early July to early August. Fall programs include T-Ball for 4 to 6 year olds, Juniors for 6 to 9 year olds, and kid-pitch clinics for incoming Farm players ages 8 to 10 years.
Ages are considered based on May 1st of the current season. MITES is recreational T-ball for ages 4 to 6, JUNIORS is developmental machine pitch for ages 7 and 8, MINORS B is progressive development from machine to kid pitch for ages 8 and 9 and 7-year-old Travel Pathway players, FARM is skills-building kid-pitch for ages 9 and 10, MAJORS is a competitive house league for ages 11 and 12, and TOURNAMENT TEAMS are for ages 9 to 12. Spring house ball players receive priority registration for summer ball.
For tournament teams, 9U to 12U tournament team evaluations are conducted in the fall, with make-up evaluations offered again in February or March. Teams are partially formed in the fall, with 2 to 4 spots reserved for players participating in winter evaluations, and tournament team players are required to also register for and participate in spring house ball.
Minnetonka Big Willow Baseball Association is an independent volunteer-run organization. It draws players primarily from the cities of Hopkins and Minnetonka and from the Hopkins and Minnetonka school districts, and also from nearby communities including Edina, St. Louis Park, Golden Valley, Eden Prairie, and Wayzata. The organization states that it has a family-friendly atmosphere and emphasizes player safety, having fun, player development and team competition, in that order.
Big Willow Baseball Association uses TrustedCoaches for all background checks, concussion, and abuse prevention training. All volunteers wishing to coach need to complete coach registration as well as required training. A SportsEngine account is required to register a child to play youth baseball or T-ball, and the website is powered by SportsEngine's Sports Relationship Management (SRM) software.
The leadership team includes Kara Francis as President, and the listed president phone number is 952-999-6037.
Last updated July 26, 2026.
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