2022 COACHING STAFF ELITE 22U: Rob Beahn and TBD 18U: Randy Rundgren, Chandler Stahl, Braun Miller 17U: Connor Petschke, Jeff Petkac and TBD

16U: Mike Byrne, John Bakalar and Brenden Hershberger PLAY HARD – PLAY SMART – PLAY FUN 15U: Russell Haigh, Nick Farrell and TBD

14U: TBD Date of publication 13U: Wayne Andrews, Jeff Becka, Mike Reis, Ryan Fedor

12U: John Brayer, Dom Gruttadauria

11U: Josh Brancel and TBD

9U: Kurt Karhoffl and TBD

2022 SUPPORT STAFF

Chris Kaczmar. Coach K started OEB North & has been at Walsh Jesuit for over 20 years & has over 400 career victories.

Nick Venuto. Nick pitched at Kent State University and with the Oakland A’s. One of the most respected pitching minds Robert McNerney In our 12 years of existence, Ohio Elite has had over in northeast, Ohio. Club Vice President 425 college commitments and 29 MLB Draft picks!

Ray Miletti: Coach Miletti is a legend and has coached Cell: (412) 906-1770 youth/high school baseball in NE Ohio for almost 30 years. E-mail: rob.mcnerney@ Ben Stobbs: Coach Stobbs is one of the best baseball minds in the state! He has been with OEB for several years, & has ohioelitebaseball.com coached high school baseball over 20 years. OFF-SEASON TRAINING IN-SEASON TRAINING MISSION STATEMENT

Our teams will train indoors twice a week High school OEB teams have the opportunity to The Ohio Elite organization is based upon a shared beginning in January. The 14 and under age call Walsh Jesuit High School their home field for philosophy amongst players, coaches, and parents. groups will go through the 1st week of April. The in-season training and games. Youth aged OEB First, we will focus on developing players for high high school age groups will go until high school teams have used a variety of fields for their school baseball and showcasing their skills and tryouts begin. Training covers all aspects of the weekly work, most recently Rising Valley Park in talents to college coaches and professional scouts. game & has included weekly guest speakers to Richfield for the 2021 season. Training is Second, and more importantly, we will help the boys talk about various topics. Locations include extremely important – regardless of the age mature into responsible young men and teach life Pinnacle in Medina, Massillon Washington HS, & group. lessons through the game of baseball. various D-Bat locations. Ohio Elite teams and players are expected to IN-SEASON PLAY conduct themselves in a first-class manner both on COLLEGE COMMITTMENTS and off the field. Our organization will continually stress good character, sportsmanship and the OEB teams do not play in a league. Instead, importance of respecting the game. The Ohio Elite Over 425 players have gone onto play college they supplement tournament play with baseball, across all levels (JUCO, NAIA, D1,2,3), organization wants players that have the desire to independent games. We take great pride in compete with the best against the best. earning millions of dollars in scholarship money attending the most competitive tournaments the since 2008. Our coaches all work extremely state of Ohio and this region have to offer. hard to establish and maintain relationships with During the week we will use training sessions & OEB GOALS college coaches. independent games to prepare our players for the weekend ahead. Younger age groups can For our younger teams (9u through 14u), the goal is expect to play 40-60 games. Older age groups to develop and educate our players to the best of ARM CARE PROGRAM will play 35-45 games. Hotel stays will be our ability. They will learn the fundamentals of the required. Generally our teams will be out of town game, mechanics & play several positions to help We offer an arm care program for all players, 3-6 times per summer. OEB is 1 of 5 founding their development & growth. We may roster bat free of charge, starting in August. The program members of the Midwest Prospect League (held when allowed, & playing time will be divided as is led by Malone University pitching coach Josh at Grand Park). We are the only team in Ohio equally as possible. Hurford, and is 6 weeks long. part of the Wilson Premier Gold Family (events in Arizona & Florida during summer and fall). Our For our older teams (15u through 18u), the goal is to teams play in events like: the Flames prepare our players for high school & college Tournament of Champions, Buckeye Elite, the baseball. Our coaches will teach the players what to PLAYER FEES Music City Classic in Nashville, Midwest Premier expect from the next level. We will stress in Kansas City, MO and the Perfect Game academics, work in the weight room & excelling on Player fees vary from team to team & are based WWBA. the field. Playing time will be earned & not on a variety of factors. This year the fees ranged necessarily equal. from $1250 to $2000 dollars & cover training, coaching, uniforms, tournaments, insurance, website, equipment, etc.