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BASEBALL
Pitching, Hitting, Fielding
Hometown: Richmond VT
High School: Mount Mansfield Union High School (2010)
College: Southern Maine Community College
Southern New Hampshire University
Dan is a Vermont native who grew up in Richmond. He played two years of varsity baseball at MMU serving primarily as a pitcher/outfielder. After graduation, Dan attended Southern Maine Community College. He spent three years at SMCC while playing varsity baseball and achieving his degree in Sport Management. Dan also took courses on the side to become a certified coach through the University of Maine.
PLAYER ACHIEVEMENTS
BASEBALL
Pitching, Hitting, Fielding
George was a graduate of Mount Mansfield Union High School. George played 4 years of varsity baseball (2 years at Lamoille before transferring to Mount Mansfield as a junior.) During his playing career, George served his time as a pitcher/infielder. After high school, George went on to play D3 ball at St. Joseph’s College before his time there was cut short by an untimely shoulder injury. As a coach, George recently led his Post 91 team to the 2021 American legion Northeast Regional tournament.
Achievements:
2019 Varsity team Captain
2019 VPA Division 1 State Runner Up
2018 American Legion State champion
1st team All league
2nd team All league x2
Honorable mention team
2018 American legion all tournament team
2019 American legion all league team
BASEBALL
Pitching, Hitting, Fielding
Jason has spent the better part of four decades on baseball fields after having developed a singular passion for the game at the age of 5 (it all started with a baseball card!) His playing time on the diamond stretches more than 40 years and includes stints in Tee-ball, Little League, Babe Ruth, JV and Varsity High School, College and Men’s Adult Baseball Leagues. Jason has also been coaching youth baseball for more than a decade across several levels and has helped develop and advise more than 100 players aged 3 to 18. Throughout those years on the diamond Jason has developed a keen eye for proper (and improper) technique and a familiarity with the intricacies and “language” of the game that only a dedicated romance with the sport and a burning desire to see it played to perfection can provide.
Positions Played - Shortstop, Center Field, Third Base, Starting Pitcher
AGGREGATE PLAYER STATS (as of Spring 2021)
.401 Batting Average
.498 On-Base Percentage
.522 Slugging Percentage
3.12 Earned Run Average
BASEBALL
BASEBALL/SOFTBALL
Pitching, Hitting, Fielding
Nate Ovalle’s first love was baseball.
He started playing organized ball for Cadyville when he was 6 years old; his first job was as a baseball/softball umpire at age 15.
Ovalle was a first-team Champlain Valley Athletic Conference All-Star pitcher/shortstop and team captain for Saranac Central School, capturing a Section VII title and advancing through regionals to the New York state quarterfinals as a junior. After high school, he spent several years in the Champlain Valley Baseball League.
Coach Nate is Cal Ripken Jr. Babe Ruth certified, and was a Plattsburgh Baseball Club board member and coach for eight years, including a league title and two postseason finals appearances in his four years as head
BASEBALL
Catching, Hitting, Fielding
Ryder is a recent graduate of Northern Vermont University, where he played Catcher for the Lyndon Hornets. Ryder accrued a career .305 batting average at Lyndon, while also being selected to 2nd Team All-Conference in 2018.. Graduating from Essex High school in 2017, Ryder lead his high school team to the Championship game, but ultimately came up just short. Last year he was an assistant coach for the 15U Vermont Striker Travel team, and previously was the head coach for Essex Prep Baseball during the summer of 2019. He is currently the Head Coach for Strikers 16U Travel team.
SOFTBALL
Hitting, Fielding, Pitching
Emily is a recent graduate from St. Lawrence University. She brings experience as a player and as a coach, having spent 4 seasons coaching 14U travel ball while also competing as a college athlete. During High school, Emily started as a shortstop and pitcher for 4 years, claiming two varsity state titles. She also played for a competitive travel team out of Northern VT, traveling across New England to compete. After high school, she took off to Castleton University, serving as a relief pitcher for one season before transferring to SLU in 2020. While studying for a degree in Psychology, Emily served as a utility infielder for the Saints in her final two seasons as a player. In her free time, Emily enjoys live music and making art!
BASEBALL
Pitching, Hitting, Fielding
Cole is a rare “two-way” player in Division 3 baseball entering his junior season at Clarkson University in the NCAA Liberty League. He is a front line starting pitcher for the Golden Knights and also a strong-gloved shortstop and second baseman between starts. With a religious commitment to strength training and proper arm care, Cole is focused on achieving a high-level of performance and builds on years of hard work, focus and development towards reaching the pinnacle in his baseball career. He lives in Warren and plays in the Green Mountain Baseball League in the summers between his collegiate seasons.
BASEBALL
Hitting, Fielding
Sam grew up playing on competitive travel teams in Westchester NY. Sam played a year of varsity at Horace Greeley High School, but the season was unfortunately cancelled due to COVID-19. The following year he moved to Peru, Vermont and attended Burr and Burton Academy for his senior year. In high school, Sam was named all-Southern Vermont League (SVL) and was named as a starter for the Vermont North vs South all-star game. In two years of Vermont Legion, Sam was twice named all-state finishing his legion career with a .448 career batting average and .547 on base average and .638 slugging percentage. Sam currently plays at Castleton University and majors in Business Management and Marketing.
BASEBALL
Pitching, Hitting, Fielding
Logan was a player all through High School at Harwood High. He comes to The Strike Zone with over 12 years of team coaching experience from Little League to Legion. He has coached private lessons for a full range of students from 8-21. Logan has been the Head coach for Montpelier Varsity since 2020 stepping up after 5 years as the Assistant coach. Other coaching positions include Montpelier Post 3 Legion and as a High school Basketball coach for Stowe. All of this experience gives him the ability to provide a high quality lesson for students of all ages. Logan was a part of the coaching staff for The Strikers 11U Inaugural Fall Season of 2021.
BASEBALL/SOFTBALL
Pitching, Hitting, Fielding
Nate Ovalle’s first love was baseball.
He started playing organized ball for Cadyville when he was 6 years old; his first job was as a baseball/softball umpire at age 15.
Ovalle was a first-team Champlain Valley Athletic Conference All-Star pitcher/shortstop and team captain for Saranac Central School, capturing a Section VII title and advancing through regionals to the New York state quarterfinals as a junior. After high school, he spent several years in the Champlain Valley Baseball League.
Coach Nate is Cal Ripken Jr. Babe Ruth certified, and was a Plattsburgh Baseball Club board member and coach for eight years, including a league title and two postseason finals appearances in his four years as head coach.
For the past two years, Ovalle has been an instructor and travel-team coach for The Strike Zone. He led one of the Vermont Strikers’ 11u teams to the 2022 title of Vermont’s 12u fall-baseball league and was a 13u head coach for the 2023 travel program. He is currently the manager of The Strike Zone Plattsburgh.
Player highlights
First-team Champlain Valley Athletic Conference all-star pitcher/shortstop
Saranac Central School varsity team captain
CVAC Section VII championship
CVAC Section VII-X championship
New York state quarterfinals appearance
New York state scholar athlete award
Champlain Valley Athletic Conference Outstanding Senior All-Star Game
Former member of the Champlain Valley Baseball League
Team captain for JV championship winning season
BASEBALL
Hitting
Brian played high school baseball at Lyndon Institute 88-91.He attended college at Lyndon State College and studied Sports Medicine. Brian was the Athletic trainer for the LSC baseball team for 2 years. Working now as an athletic trainer in the field of Orthotics and Prosthetics, at Bio-Medic Appliances, in Essex Brian has Coached Fairfax Fletcher Westford Little League for the past 7 years. He Lives in Westford with his Wife and 2 children, a softball player and a baseball player ironically. He is an immediate fit for our students!!
BASEBALL
Catching, Hitting, Fielding
Mike is a baseball guy. He loves the tradition and has been watching and playing for a long time. He started playing Sandlot ball in the late 60's and played whenever and wherever he could.
He played the outfield in the South Troy Little League and the same position and catching in American Legion ball in 1976, for a brief period of time, until his family moved. After finishing High School, Mike joined the USAF and served from 1981-1986 and was Honorably Discharged. After starting a career in radio in 1987, he moved to Vermont in 1989 and has lived and worked here ever since.
Most recently, he coached pitchers and catchers for Milton Highschool and found his calling, which has lead him to The Strike Zone Academy, where he hopes to remain until he retires and beyond!
Mike is always up for talking Baseball
BASEBALL
Pitching, Hitting, Fielding
Cory was born and raised in Oakville, Ontario, Canada. He grew up a three sport athlete in Hockey, Volleyball and Baseball. By high school, Cory was fortunate enough to spend time playing baseball for
Ontario and Canada and was proud to be part of the Canadian team that won the World Youth Legion. Classic in Binghamton, NY and then went on to play at the World Youth Legion games at LSU. He spent time in high school playing for his home town, Oakville and for the Astro Falcons in Youngstown, OH. He was named athlete of the year in his senior year at Thomas A. Blakelock high school. Cory accepted a division 1 scholarship to Niagara University as a right handed pitcher in 1995. After a very successful freshman year in the starting rotation for the Purple Eagles of Niagara, Cory suffered an untimely shoulder injury to start his sophomore year campaign. Cory worked his way back into the lineup as a designated hitter and earned the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference all conference
designated hitter award in his sophomore year. He went on to play right field and designated hitter in his final two years with the Purple Eagles. He was team Captain in his final year at Niagara. In his senior year, Cory was named Niagara University's student athlete of the year. Cory also spent several years playing for the Hamilton Cardinals of the Canadian Intercounty Baseball League. Since moving to Vermont, Cory has spent time playing for the Burlington Brewers and the South Burlington Blacksox. He was an assistant coach at Winooski High School from 2003-2005 and was president of the Green Mountain Baseball League for three years. Cory turned his passion for playing into coaching over the past 6 years. In his time with Essex Town Little League, Cory has coached three
teams to district titles, won two state championships and coached the 2021 All Stars into Regionals in Bristol, CT – the first time Essex Town had made an appearance at regionals in 23 years. He is a Chiropractor in Essex Junction and resides in Essex Town with his wife Keri, their 3 kids; Taylor, Grayson and Samantha and their Bernedoodle, Willow.
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