Caleb Kimmel has dedicated his career to using the game of baseball as a platform to help positively impact athletes in his own community and around the world.

Born and raised in Fort Wayne, Caleb attended Homestead High School. He had the unique opportunity to start on his career path while still in school. While playing baseball at Valparaiso University, he also served as the tournament director of the Hoosier Classic Baseball Tournaments in Fort Wayne, Indiana throughout the summer months.

These tournaments served as a platform for Caleb to become the owner of Between the Lines, LLC. His organization focused on using baseball event planning as a means of providing quality baseball programming in the community.

His passion and drive to use the game of baseball to serve others led to the creation of the World Baseball Academy.  In 2005, Caleb began to network with Steve Sotir, Darin Van Tassell and Larry Bryant about the opportunities to make Fort Wayne a destination for international federations. The cross-cultural educational components—combined with outstanding baseball instruction and teaching—was a common thread among this set of leadership.

After four years of strategic planning, World Baseball Academy became an official tenant at the ASH Centre in Fort Wayne, Indiana on September 1, 2009. In 2012, WBA became the official owners & operator of ASH Centre.   Caleb serves as the full-time CEO of the World Baseball Academy and focuses his efforts on positioning this organization to make a significant impact in the lives of young people on and off the field.

Caleb's baseball teaching background has also included serving as Camp Director for numerous camps featuring Eric Wedge, Lloyd McClendon, and Rob Bowen.  In 2007, he was asked to be a featured speaker at the Confederation of European Baseball (CEB) Congressional Hearings in Lithuania on multidimensional leadership.  His international efforts have spanned the globe.

In recent years, Caleb Kimmel was awarded the 2018 Forty Under 40 Leadership Award and inducted into the Northeast Indiana Baseball 2020 Hall of Fame Class for his contributions to the community.  In 2024, the Global Leadership Summit (GLS) of Fort Wayne awarded Caleb the "Love My City" award for his commitment to positively impact the lives of youth and families across our region.  In 2025, Caleb and his wife Kristen were awarded the 2025 Marc Davidson FCA Coaches of the Year award for Northeast Indiana.

Caleb has served as the Emcee Speaker of WBA's annual Beyond The Game Leadership Luncheon that attracts featured guests such as Eric Wedge, Ron Howard, Tamika Catchings, Drue Tranquill, Austin Hatch, Kelley Hartley Hutton and Josh Van Meter.

Caleb and his wife Kristen have three children (Isaac, Eli and Ava). 

In addition to his role as CEO, Caleb has also served as the interim Lead Pastor of The Pointe Church and volunteers as a Head Coach within Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA).

Countries Served:  USA, Cambodia, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Canada, El Salvador