What We Offer Our Students

Attending the Wendelstedt School Provides You With:

• A Recognized and Approved Training Program for Umpires by Major League Baseball, Minor League Baseball, the Professional Baseball Umpire Corporation, and many Independent Professional Leagues all over the country.
• 14 Major League instructors. We are the only school with current Major League umpires on staff.
• A staff comprised of many current veterans of World Series, All-Star Games, and playoffs. We also employ a staff of Minor League umpires that are surging through the ranks. They are made up from all levels from Rookie Ball through Triple-A. Each level is represented equally. Other schools provide you with no current Major League Umpires, and a limited number of instructors from the middle-to-high levels of the Minor Leagues. Their staffs are made up of a majority of first year instructors. No one can match the experience the senior members of our staff bring to the table.
• An umpire training program that has procuced the most professional umpires in history. In recent history, though we’ve sent the same number of students to the evaluations course, our Wendelstedt trained students have consistently received the highest placements in professional baseball than all other current schools. We don’t just train you to get jobs in the Minor Leagues though, our training prepares you for positions in the Big Leagues. We have produced more Major League Umpires than any of the other schools in history, combined!
• A recently renovated, MLB-designed training facility, owned by the operator.
• 300 hours of supervised training.
• All Training materials, Rule Book, School T-Shirts, and fitted umpire hats.
• All necessary equipment to umpire a game: Brush and Indicators, Chest Protectors, Shin guards, etc.
• Comprehensive and extensive cage instruction. The class is put through the cages on a constant basis, and their work is reviewed.
• Beyond the detailed classroom instruction, we also work hard at the fields in control games to give you every possible scenario that might arise. We are also the only school that provides you with college and high school teams, playing actual games, to better prepare you for professional baseball.
• A school store, open daily, which provides them with great discounts through the Gerry Davis Equipment Co., run by former Wendelstedt student and instructor, and current Major League crew chief, Gerry Davis.
• A great breakfast, lunch, and dinner program. We provide a variety of meals, everyday. Students have several options for each day. Check Out our sample menu to see more examples. Our meal package, including ALL THREE MEALS SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, is a comparable in cost to the other school’s meal package of just breakfast and dinner from Monday to Saturday.
• A graduation banquet provided at no additional costs. At this event, students are always entertained by a professional music and a guest speaker. It is at this time that we present our #1, #2, and Top Returning Student Awards. Along with several other student and staff awards, we also present our annual Major League Umpire of the Year Award to a special Major League Umpire guest, voted on by Major League Umpires.
• Hotel accommodations at the La Playa Inn and Resort, located on Daytona Beach. This newly renovated facility includes ocean front views, heated indoor pool, outdoor pool, spacious rooms with full kitchens (including full size refrigerators, oven, stove, and microwave), and Wi-Fi internet access.

Side-by-Side Program Comparison

In this day and age of quick sound bites, false claims, and skewed facts and figures, we offer you a side-by-side comparison in an "apples to apples" format. We promise to bring you the unparalleled, most comprehensive training available. Be aware of imitators. We have been in the business longer than anyone, and our success and production is well documented!

Having a Major League umpire stop by for a day or two to hob-knob or pal around pales in comparison with the experience that our staff of veteran MLB umpires, instructing you on a day-to-day basis, will provide.
By far, we provide you with the most well-rounded staff ever available!
Most senior member of their staff claims to have trained a large number of current Major League umpires, however,fails to explain that most of those MLB umpires were trained by him while he was an apprentice instructor with the Wendelstedt Umpire School.

This is an important difference because, when sent to the PBUC placement camp, students are evaluated solely on their performance during live games.
Beyond the 300 hours of supervised training, we also provide our students with homework and access to our online training center.

Our full meal plan offers students meals every day of the week, compared to our competitor's only six days a week. This is an excellent feature for students on fixed budgets.
Many of our students opt to forgo the full meal plan because of the amenities that our resort provides. After examining all of your options, make the determination of what most benefits you.

With the resort rooms having a full kitchen included, many of our students choose to save money by stocking up their refrigerator with food, and going with our lunch only meal plan.
You won't hit pavement when you walk out the backdoor of our living quarters. Instead, you'll immediately be walking on the white sands of the Atlantic Ocean; a great place to practice mechanics in the evenings and on days off.

What it all comes down to is results. And though getting to the Minor Leagues is first required, your goal should be reaching the Big Leagues. We have a proven track record of our graduates not only moving into professional baseball, but reaching the ultimate goal of the Major Leagues.

Trying to add names of Major League products by including the numbers from the school you absorbed several years into your existence does not provide accurate results. However, using the "apples to apples" approach:

Over the last 20 years, with each institution being run by the same ownerships, our school has produced over 5 times as many Major League umpires as out nearest competitor, and over 3 times as many MLB umpire hires even since their first former student was promoted to that highest level.