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Unlock Your Full Potential in College and Professional Baseball

At The Ambassadors Group, we offer a comprehensive range of resources, mentorship, and strategic guidance to help you succeed at the next level—whether you're aiming for a college scholarship or a professional contract.

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Experience Matters

1. The Ambassadors Group Leadership and experience.

The Founder of The Ambassadors Group is Mark Helsel. He has been successfully helping young athletes move on to college and professional baseball since 2006. Over that period of time over 1,000 players have realized their dream of playing at the next level with the assistance of Mark...

1. The Ambassadors Group Leadership and experience.

The Founder of The Ambassadors Group is Mark Helsel. He has been successfully helping young athletes move on to college and professional baseball since 2006. Over that period of time over 1,000 players have realized their dream of playing at the next level with the assistance of Mark. If you’re looking for experience, credibility and connections to help you along your journey, you have found it.

In 2006 Mark formed a travel baseball team with a group of talented 13U players. Three short years later (21) players from his first team earned D1 scholarships, including his son, Christian, who earned a scholarship to Ole Miss.

From that early success Mark began to form more teams, all based on the same theme of helping players on an individual level. Mark’s travel baseball programs evolved over the years. By 2014 Mark’s program was widely recognized as one of the most respected college placement programs in the country.

From 2006-2022 Mark personally helped 1,000+ players achieve their dream of playing college and/or professional baseball.

Mark’s son, Zack, also earned a D1 scholarship at UCF.

With a proven formula for success as documented by so many players moving on to the next level it was a very logical decision for Mark to form his own private consulting agency for young players and their parents. In Mark’s own words he describes the vision behind the service:

“When I was the director of a large national travel program I was only able to help our players. I saw many, many talented players on other teams getting no help whatsoever from their coaches or travel programs. They were just playing baseball and hoping for something good to happen. Unfortunately, that’s an extremely low percentage way to try to get to the next level. Simply put, I wanted to help more kids.”

Today, The Ambassadors Group is a successful faith based Full Service Amateur Sports Agency servicing talented players and their families in all 50 states.

At The Ambassadors Group, our core services revolve around mentoring and guiding young baseball players—and their parents—through the journey of their baseball careers, focusing on both development and the college recruiting process. ...

At The Ambassadors Group, our core services revolve around mentoring and guiding young baseball players—and their parents—through the journey of their baseball careers, focusing on both development and the college recruiting process.

We call this Personalized Career Management (PCM). In many ways, we serve as life coaches, supporting our clients in a vast and complex journey that touches on every area of their lives.

We have identified five key areas essential to player success:

Physical
Mental
Spiritual
Educational
Social

Our coaching is unique and individualized—no two players or parents are the same. Everything we offer is built on deep, personal relationships and high-level involvement in our clients’ development.

Nobody does more to help their players succeed than The Ambassadors Group.

Our Core Offer Includes:

Evaluation & Planning

Professional and Comprehensive Athletic Evaluation (in person)
Individual Strategy Session (1 hour)
Individualized Development Plan (written by sports performance coaches)
Revolutionary and proprietary College Placement Projector (CPP)

Recruitment & Promotion

Promotional Videos
A minimum of 10 targeted schools contacted by The Ambassadors Group
Schedules promoted to targeted schools
College coaches invited to watch the player in action
Receive direct feedback from college coaches
Personal promotion and exposure to targeted college coaches (based on projections and preferences)

Placement Support

Travel team or college summer league placement (if necessary)
Personal assistance with summer team placement (if needed or desired)
Personal consulting, advice, and recommendations on:
- College recruiting
- College placement
- College scholarship offers
- NIL (Name, Image, Likeness)
- Professional sports career
- Career in sports after college
- Parenting/guardian roles in the recruiting journey
Recommendations and introductions to MLB Scouts (when necessary)

Training & Development

Access to all training materials
Goal setting training and implementation
Personal assistance and training with communication skills
Recommendations and introductions to:
- Sports Performance/Strength Coach
- Position-Specific Instructional Coach
- Professional Sports Nutritionist
- Natural Supplements
- Professional Mental Training Coach
- Professional GRIT Coach
- Spiritual Mentor (optional)
- Community Outreach Coach

Exposure to National Events

Recommendations and introductions to elite high school national events:

Area Code Games
East Coast Pro
PG Festival (12U, 13U, 14U)
PBR State Games
PG National
Future Stars National Events
USA Baseball National Team
PG World Championships (Jupiter)

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Our Philosophy

We believe that every athlete's journey is unique. Our approach, termed Personalized Career Management (PCM), focuses on five key areas: physical, mental, spiritual, educational, and social development. By building close relationships with our clients, we provide individualized coaching and mentorship to ensure they are well-prepared for success both on and off the field.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does The Ambassadors Group do to increase the chances of getting a baseball scholarship?

Our full service clients benefit from 5 very specialized and unique services. They are as follows:

1. Professional Athletic Evaluation

2. Individualized Development Plan

3. Promotion to college coaches

4. Exposure in front of college coaches

5. Assistance throughout the recruiting process

Does The Ambassadors Group have travel teams?

No, we are not a travel program. However,

some of our service plans include travel team placement in

elite level programs with a solid track record of success.

What is included in the FREE Consultation

During our phone conversation we want to learn as much as we can about the athlete and his family. We want to learn about his goals, aspirations and talents. We want to discuss the level of commitment to playing in college. At the same time, we want to help our prospective clients understand how we help our athletes.

Does The Ambassadors Group offer services for other sports besides baseball.

At this time, baseball is our main focus. However, we foresee expanding into other sports in the years to come.

Do you have payment plans

Yes, we have made paying for our program affordable and manageable for most people.

What is involved in the athletic evaluation?

We work closely with The Ultimate Combine. It’s the most accurate, comprehensive and professional athletic evaluation available for amateur athletes. It includes 14 different athletic tests that help identify strengths and weaknesses, as well as an overall athleticism score. It also helps projects the level of play that an athlete is best suited for.

Does everyone get offered an individual plan

We have created plans to accommodate large numbers of players who seek our help. However, our individual plans are limited. We only offer individual plans to players we feel are the right fit for that level of commitment.

What are the prices of the various plans

There is a wide variety of service plans that range in price from less than a cup of coffee per day to much larger financial commitments. Pricing and payment plan options are discussed during our one on one consultations.

What is the number one reason players don’t get a scholarship?

93% of all high school baseball players will not play in college. There are many reasons for this. Based on our experience here are the top 5 reasons athletes fall short of their goal to play college baseball.

1. Lack of a specific plan

2. Not getting the most from their God given abilities

3. Lack of knowledge

4. Little or no assistance from professionals

5. Lack of promotion and exposure

If we are offered an individual plan, how long do we have to decide

We never want anyone to feel rushed or pressured to make a decision. Therefore, we do not place a time limit on making a decision. Based on our experience, most people know within just a few days of whether this is right for them. We are very upfront with our prospective clients. We explain that we are extremely selective with who we take as clients. We also limit the number of individual plans we offer. This is typically done by grad year.