Illinois Hawks Baseball & Fastpitch

One of the premier travel baseball and fastpitch softball organizations in Illinois. Founded in 2014 and based at Sport Zone in Aurora, the Hawks offer a complete competitive travel experience for select players ages 8U–18U. Since 2014, the program has produced 350+ college commitments and 11 professional contracts. Focused on developing the whole athlete through elite coaching and a high-level competitive environment.

“After coming off a very difficult season for my daughter, iam very disturbed at this organization! The coach treated young girls awful, they never had a good game plan and the paid coach did nothing. Very bad organization! Julie the softball president is fake! Be careful! Waste of money! Ask Julie where she finds her coaches and most are parents whose kids can't get on teams!”

“This organization doesn't care about development only money! The owner wants to retain girls and those are the girls he pushes to stay in the organization even if the girls fight and argue with coaches. The other comments are fake praising the organization.”

“I had a very disappointing experience with the Illinois Hawks organization. The coaching staff showed clear favoritism, and it often felt like playing time and opportunities were based on personal relationships rather than effort, improvement, or performance. What was even more frustrating was the lack of leadership from the top. The head of the softball organization and the head of the baseball program seemed uninterested in addressing concerns or supporting the players and families. When issues were brought up, it felt like they simply didn’t care. Youth sports should be about developing athletes, building confidence, and teaching teamwork, but that wasn’t the environment I experienced here. Instead, it felt like certain players were favored while others were overlooked regardless of how hard they worked. Very disappointing and a waste of money.”