Bobby Bragan, former major league baseball player, manager, and coach, established the Bobby Bragan Youth Foundation in 1991 as an effort to encourage children to stay in school and pursue their educational and career dreams. The foundation recognizes outstanding eighth grade students each year by awarding the promise of a college scholarship to selected students who have competed in its annual scholarship competition. By focusing attention on the availability of aid for merit at the middle school level BBYF hopes to inspire students to plan for higher education, dedicate themselves to work hard to reach that goal, and push them to seek out additional aid at an earlier stage in their lives.

Mission Statement

The Bobby Bragan Youth Foundation will honor annually the most outstanding offensive baseball player on a Division One team in the country, based on personal integrity, athletic performance, and academic achievement.

The Award

The Bobby Bragan Collegiate Slugger Award is open to any Division 1 College Baseball Player in the country.  The 300 Division I programs in the U.S. are invited to nominate players on the basis of performance at the plate, academics and personal integrity.  This annual award will benefit the Bobby Bragan Youth Foundation Scholarship program, a program that has provided the promise of over 900 college scholarships worth more than $2.2 million for 8th graders in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex over the past 30 years.