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2024 Access Tryouts

Ready to join a vibrant team of student-athletes looking to achieve their dreams? Well, here's your chance! Access Youth Academy is recruiting students in 4th-7th grade for the 2024-2025 school year and will be hosting 3-weeks of tryouts during the month of May.

Tryouts will be held at the Access facility on May 4th, May 11th and May 18th from 8:30-11:00 AM.

Interested students can access the registration form by clicking the button or scanning the QR code below. Please note, students must register using a personal email address – we cannot send emails to sandi.net or other school email addresses.

We look forward to meeting you at our upcoming tryouts! For questions, please contact Siarah Reed (Program Director):

siarah@accessyouthacademy.org | 619-795-8606

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A 501(c)(3) non-profit organization committed to transform the lives of underserved youth. Access was founded in 2006 by Greg Scherman and Chris Walker, who believed the San Diego community could benefit from an urban squash program that provided opportunity and support unlike any other non-profit in the region.

Federal Tax-ID (EIN) 20-5119659