Open Borders Sports Foundation

12/20/2023

12/18/2023

Please take just a few minutes to watch this short video on who we are, our purpose, and how you can help. Then visit us at:

www.openbordersfoundation.com

11/11/2023

Jamal Cummins is a native of Sint Maarten and passionate about giving back to the island that raised him. He currently lives in Madison, AL where he works in real estate, and serves as an umpire at the college and high school levels. He served in the United States Army for 8 years where he served time in Iraq, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia. He is a founding member of the Open Borders Sports Foundation Board of Directors, where he will serve as treasurer. He has been married to his wife Shonnelle for over 15 years and have four children, Mark, Shon, Jamiyah, and Jamal Jr.

11/10/2023

TODAY:
Johnny Arnold - Board Secretary

Johnny Arnold is a baseball lifer. Although his everyday job is in sales, he has been involved with baseball on multiple levels his whole life. He currently serves as the varsity pitching coach at Hamilton High School in Sussex, WI.

Johnny has an extensive background in athletics. He played high school baseball and basketball at St. Pius XI, Milwaukee, WI, where he was inducted into the school’s athletic Hall of Fame in 2017. His first collegiate stop was at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside where he played significant minutes on the basketball team as a freshman. After one season he wanted to take another shot on the baseball diamond, and transferred to St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, TX. During his time at STMU, he spent time on the hardwood, playing one season for the Rattlers basketball program, as well as four seasons as a left-handed pitcher on the baseball diamond. During that time the Rattlers won four conference championships, went to three regional tournaments, winning two, and participating in two NAIA World Series. For his efforts at St. Mary’s, as a senior Johnny led the Heart of Texas conference in virtually every pitching stat. Innings pitched, wins, strikeouts and ERA. He was awarded the John “Ox” Miller Award for most wins, 9, and the William Rex Award for best ERA 3.13.

After his collegiate career came to an end, Johnny spent 3 seasons in professional baseball with stops in Canton, Ohio in the Frontier League, Winnipeg, Canada and Madison, Wisconsin of the Northern League. He concluded his professional career in 2000 and started to give private instruction to youth players. After retiring he returned to the competitive Land O’ Lakes League in Wisconsin where he played summer ball in college. He was a 25-time league all-star. Johnny retired from the Brookfield Bluesox in 2021 after pitching for 27 years in the league. This past August his #20 Jersey was retired.

He’s been married to his wife Michelle for 17 years. Together they raised his stepchildren Abigail and Camden. Johnny and Michelle have a son John, who is a sophomore at Hamilton High School, and is an up and coming catching talent.

11/09/2023

TODAY:
Reggie Hollins - Board Vice-President

Reginald Hollins is currently the President/COO of Minority Baseball and Softball Prospects. Minority Baseball and Softball Prospects is a national company that was designed to promote minorities in the game of baseball and softball by hosting high quality programming that offers maximum development and exposure.

Prior to his current role Hollins served as a collegiate head and assistant coach at Tuskegee University for thirteen years. In his inaugural head coaching stint Hollins led the Golden Tigers to 24 wins marking the highest win total for Tuskegee baseball since the 1999 team finished 21-15-1. In 2013 and 2014 Tuskegee made back to back appearances in the SIAC Conference Champion Game. During his thirteen-year tenure, Hollins was Position Coach to 48 players that were selected to All-SIAC Team, All-SIAC Tournament Team, and All-SIAC Academic Team.

During his baseball career at Tuskegee as a player, Hollins was a standout pitcher and infielder for the Golden Tigers from 2006-2010. Hollins earned several placements on the All-Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) Team, All-SIAC Tournament Team and Tuskegee University Baseball MVP.

As Head Coach at Tuskegee Hollins developed multiple fundraising campaigns and gained major partnerships with the Atlanta Braves and Coca Cola United.

In 2021 Hollins received two of baseball's most distinguished honors, he was selected as a keynote speaker for the 2021 American Baseball Coaches Association convention. Months later he was inducted first ballot into Tuskegee University’s Athletic Hall of Fame, becoming the youngest inductee selected in the TUHOF. Hollins is married to Kimberly Hollins and is the proud father to his daughter Karter and his son Reginald Hollins Jr.