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Did you know? The Jim Evans Academy of Professional Umpiring is proud of its long running school licensure with the Florida Department of Education, Commission for Independent Education. Not all programs stay in compliance with the school license application process and fees.
The Academy has great working relationships with the majority of Independent Leagues, College, High School, and other local associations. We place our graduates everywhere!
We are proud to announce for a second year in a row that 100% of the Honor Graduates have been placed from PBUC and all of our reserve list students were called for placement.
Since inception, the Academy has continually received higher and the most placements in all of professional, independent and amateur baseball than any other training school!
Message from Jim Evans
Dear fellow Umpire:
Thank you for checking out our website and for your interest in the Academy training program. Our training is reaching students worldwide as we help launch professional careers and take amateur umpiring to new levels. If you are serious about your umpiring, I hope that you will study your training options carefully and contact me personally if you have any questions. Without bragging or manipulating numbers, you can rest assured that just as many, if not more, umpires affiliated with this program are working in the Major Leagues and in the minor league system as those from any other umpire training program in the world.
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Since its inception in 1989, the Academy has the highest percentage of actual placements in professional baseball of any umpire training program, not including umpires placed in independent leagues and college division I, II, and III. Academy students are sought after and we have working relationships with the independent leagues.