All we know about Texas A&M baseball HC Jim Schlossnagle and wife Kami’s RB Eye Foundation that helps impaired children
Texas A&M coach Jim Schlossnagle has led the team to its maiden College World Series finals this year. The Aggies will square off in a best-of-three series against the Tennessee Volunteers for the national championship.
Despite being an excellent baseball coach, Schlossnagle has an off-field non-profit organization created to promote healthy vision in children called RB Eye Foundation. He created the charity with his wife Kami in 2011, while he was coaching at TCU.
Schlossnagle's foundation held its first event, Eye on the Ball, on Oct. 15, 2011. At the time, he said that he created the non-profit organization after finding out that his kids had a rare condition that threatened their eyesight.
"My children, Jackson and Kati, each have some vision issues related to their retina, and it has sent us on an amazing journey all over the country to find the best treatment and diagnosis," Schlossnagle said.
"We have found an amazing facility and doctor at the University of Iowa, and we want to try and help the Child Vision Center here in Fort Worth provide the same kind of elite treatment that this great city deserves. This could be really awesome for the children of Tarrant County."
The premier event of the Southlake, Texas-based foundation featured a day of tennis followed by a night of dinner and dancing as well as an auction. The funds raised from the auction went to Fort Worth's Child Vision Center and other charitable causes supported by the RB Eye Foundation.
Despite leaving TCU for Texas A&M in 2022, Schlossnagle and his wife continue to raise awareness and funds for the treatment of children facing vision-threatening illnesses.
Jim Schlossnagle's foundation has unique ways of helping the visually impaired
Jim Schlossnagle is now part of the RB EYE Foundation board of advisors, nearly 14 years after creating the institution. In April 2023, he introduced the support of the Aggie Guide-Dogs and Service-Dogs program at Texas A&M University and the Duke Eye Center at Duke University. He wants to raise awareness of the foundation at other programs in the Bryan-College Station area for visually impaired children who need help.
Schlossnagle is currently in his third season with Texas A&M. After making history with the Aggies by reaching the CWS finals, he will aim to get them their first national title by beating Tennessee.