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My business is about my
students, their development and their sucesses. It's
not about me and what I did as an athlete. Some of my
students are better than I ever was. If I've done my job, it
should be that way. Here's the obligatory bio...
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Considered
as the premiere pitching instructor in the Richmond,
Virginia area,
I have influenced the careers of many outstanding pitchers in over
22 years of instruction. I am a full-time pitching
instructor which has given me time to do a very detailed study of the
pitching motion.
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In Dec 2008, I worked the
Michele Smith Holiday Gold Camp in Clearwater, Florida.
I worked alongside Michele, Cat Osterman and Kelly Kretshman!
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In March 2008, was invited
by the Chinese Taipei Amateur Softball Association to lead
their National Pitching School.
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I co-owned an indoor
baseball/softball training center called Batter Up, Inc. from
November 1998 - August 2004. I opened up a new
softball-only, pitching
school on my farm in Hanover County Virginia, August 2004.
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I began
teaching pitchers on a whim the summer of ’87 when our batgirl asked me to show her how to
pitch between games.
That first student, Natasha Johnson, won a Virginia AAA
State High School championship for Manchester HS and
received a scholarship to the top Division II school in the
country: Kennesaw State. She transferred and
completed her softball career at Marshall Univ.
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In
the infancy of travel ball in Richmond, I led the first and
only travel squad to two national ASA tournaments, pitching
a no-hitter in the first game of the 1989 Sioux Falls, South
Dakota ASA national.
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A native
of Hanover County, I have witnessed the evolution of fast-pitch
softball in the central Virginia area both as a participant
and an instructor.
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Played
Rockville and Mechanicsville Little League, Patrick Henry
High School and Sports+Plus (now Richmond Diamonds) ASA
travel softball (‘87-‘90).
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1988
graduate of Patrick Henry H.S. in Ashland, VA with over a
4.0 GPA. I worked hard in the classroom as well as the
ball field!
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All-Region
basketball player & softball pitcher 3 years.
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1988
Times-Dispatch Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
Nice honor!!!
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Played
basketball at University of Richmond on scholarship!!
Yes, basketball not softball! Life is timing!!!
Go Spiders!
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1992
University of Richmond graduate with BS in biology &
commission in US Army as Second Lieutenant.
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After ROTC in college, I spent
4 years active duty Army at Fort Lee, VA (1992 - 1996), as a
Medical Service Corps Officer and obtained the rank
of
Captain. I'm Airborne qualified...yes I jumped out of
a perfectly good air plane!! Pretty cool for a
pitching instructor!!!!!
