USYCA was founded in April 2010 by Jamie Harrison, Edward Fox and Rakesh Kallem. The previous month, DreamCricket.com, a US-based cricket website and online retailer, had agreed to donate ten cricket sets for placement in American schools under a pilot program directed by Harrison. After receiving an invitation from Physical Education instructor Charles Silberman, Highland Park Elementary School in
Prince George's County, Maryland became the first school to receive a cricket set from USYCA in May 2010. In June and July, summer camps were the beneficiaries of USYCA donations, as schools were no longer in session. By the end of the summer, however, the
Prince George's County school system had extended a welcome to USYCA, as had schools in
Baltimore City. In the Fall of 2010, other jurisdictions in Maryland signed on, such as
Kent and
Queen Anne's counties on
Maryland's Eastern Shore. in March 2011 On 24 June it was announced that the C.C. Morris Cricket Library Association had agreed to fund the organization's infrastructure expenses, such as liability insurance and fees associated with the securing of
federal tax-exempt status, up to a maximum of $5000. This was followed on 13 July with the announcement that DreamCricket.com had raised its pledge to 100 sets, ensuring USYCA of a useful supply of high-quality children's sets with which to approach school systems. This allowed the organization to break free of the time-consuming process of placing sets in one school at a time. Another key development that summer was the introduction to USYCA of Maria Grossi, and DTY Pty Ltd., an Australian firm that was the supplier of cricket sets and apparel to
Cricket Australia's MILO In2Cricket program. The referral came by way of Rebecca Mulgrew of CA, who first came into contact with Harrison in 2009 while he was coaching the cricket team at
Cardinal Gibbons School in Baltimore. By August, DTY was in discussions with USYCA that would result in the donation of 500 custom-made cricket sets, designed especially for the USYCA Schools Program. which was largely based upon the
USACA document, and in August the organization elected its first office holders. Shortly thereafter, Michael Thomas of
Maryland, a member of the British Officers Cricket Club and the C.C. Morris group, was appointed as USYCA's first
treasurer. During these early months, individuals were volunteering to lead state youth cricket organizations for USYCA, so that by the end of August, USYCA was represented in 16 US states. In September, the first three USYCA
standing committees were established:
membership,
finance and
constitution/by-laws. In the Fall of 2010, USYCA began placing cricket sets in schools in
Maryland, and international cricket celebrities, such as Australia's
Nathan Bracken and
Damien Martyn, posed for photos wearing USYCA tee shirts. Bracken included his son, Chase (also in a USYCA shirt), in his portrait. Also that fall, a USYCA instructional video was produced by Rohit Kulkarni and City Lights Films, and was added to the USYCA
YouTube page. This three-part video, "Introducing Cricket To Children in the United States," was viewed thousands of times in its first year online, and became key in delivering the USYCA formula to those spreading cricket to new demographics. In November, USYCA was granted Associate Member status by
USACA, and made itself eligible for recognition and support from the
International Cricket Council. This eligibility soon paid off handsomely, as the USYCA Schools Program was awarded the top prize in the Junior Participation Initiative category by the
ICC America's region in the 2010 Pepsi ICC Development Programme Awards. This award in January 2011 came only days after
Mike Young, the American fielding coach for the
Australian national cricket team, had come out in public support for USYCA, modeling the organization's apparel at a photo shoot on the banks of the
Yarra River in
Melbourne, only hours before the Aussies were to take on the English in a
One Day International match. In February, American Cricket Champ sets began to arrive at USYCA headquarters in
Maryland, and were quickly redistributed to schools across the country. On 14 April 2011, USYCA held its first-ever
Annual General Meeting. In June, USYCA donated cricket sets to sixteen Alabama schools that had suffered severe tornado damage two months prior. In July, USYCA announced that 136 elementary and middle schools in the
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools system in
North Carolina were adding cricket to their PE curriculums, and the schools would also be offering students opportunities to play the game in other venues. In December, the USYCA purchased the USYCA Foxfire Field, one of the country's best cricket grounds, for $1 per year and will be the venue for countless youth cricket tournaments and development of youth cricket in the United States. The field is located centrally 20 miles south of
Wichita, Kansas, and it had been the vision of USYCA vice-president Edward Fox, who personally funded the construction at a total cost of $120,000. USYCA announced the opening of its first national headquarters, and a dedicated phone line, in January 2012. The headquarters building is located in Glen Burnie, Maryland, near
Baltimore-Washington International Airport. In July 2013, the first state championship was held in Maryland. The match was played between
Germantown and
Cockeysville, Germantown being the victor. The third place match was played between
Bowie and
Timonium,
Bowie being the victor. Maryland Deputy Secretary of State,
Rajan Natarajan, attended the matches, and presented awards following it. In April 2016, USYCA has its third election and Ranjeet Singh from St. Louis, Missouri was elected as the President. In March 2017, a new chapter opened in history of USYCA, when NYCL, the largest youth cricket event in USA became part of USYCA. NYCL in 2017 featured 45 Teams and was held in Connecticut and New Jersey, hosted by New England Youth Cricket Academy, DreamCricket and CricMax. ==Association With Reebok==