Our story · Vacaville, California
Bigger than baseball.
The Admirals were formed with one goal in mind: preparing kids to play in college. Everything else grew out of how they chose to do it.
The mission
“It has to be about building better humans utilizing the game I love, that sculptured me.”
Dyron Rolling, Founder
A level playing field
Same uniform. Same standard.
Admirals Baseball Club is a nonprofit youth baseball and softball organization founded by Dyron Rolling in Vacaville, California, to prepare young players for college baseball and for life.
On the Admirals, everyone is on a level playing field. There are no school rivalries, no socioeconomic differences, and no fear of failure. Every player wears the same uniform to practice, and they all work together.
To wear the A, a player keeps a 3.0 GPA and gives back at two charitable events a year. The club is not just creating ballplayers. It is creating the next generation of leaders in its community.
Traditions
What the Admirals do every year.
October
Trunk or Treat
More than ten years running. Players and families hand out candy and give back to kids in the neighborhood.
December
Alumni Homecoming
Admirals alumni come home from college to train at The ACE and spend time with the younger players.
February
The Crab Feed
The club’s biggest fundraiser, five years running, with crab, tri-tip, live music, auctions and a full house at The ACE.
Coach D’s story
From Richmond to The ACE.
“It was never just about the game. It was about the players, the people, and the families who helped me become the man I am today.”
Dyron Rolling
Admirals founder Dyron Rolling grew up poor in Richmond, California, during the crack epidemic, and held on to baseball. His family borrowed $1,500 to move to Vacaville, where he found the game again at Keating Park, became the first in his family of hundreds to attend college, and built a 30-year career in Silicon Valley. In 2009 he founded the Admirals to give young people the opportunity baseball gave him.
Read Coach D’s full storyHow the Admirals work
Player. Coach. Community.
Three pillars, one mission: helping kids reach their dreams through baseball.
- Player
- Coaching that develops the whole player, on the field and in the classroom. Every Admirals athlete keeps a 3.0 GPA or better.
- Coach
- Better coaches build better players. The Admirals train coaches to teach the game well and to lead by example.
- Community
- The community is part of the process. Every athlete gives back at two charitable events a year.
Inside the club
Meet the Admirals.
The house word
Salute.
In the military, a salute is the highest form of honor. The Admirals use it the same way. Big or small, every rep and every act of service is done with care, because the club represents its players and its community at the highest standard possible. That’s why the word is painted on the wall at The ACE and signs off nearly everything the club says.
And the motto that follows every Admirals athlete out the door: once an Adi, always an Adi.
Alumni & commitments
In the news
Press.
Nonprofit
A 501(c)(3) built on community.
The club operates as Admirals Baseball Academy, a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit based in Vacaville. Fundraisers like the Crab Feed and the Bingo night support players in need and keep The ACE running.
2027 roster tryouts
Tryouts are Nov 21 and Dec 6.
Open tryouts for 2027 rosters at The ACE in Vacaville, 8U through high school. Registration is required, so save your spot.
Register for tryouts