Building Quality Baseball Players Since 1996
A Non-Profit Organization
| |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
Northwest Baseball Academy
Staff
|
|
Director &
Coach 425-482-6922 (Office)
Mark Potoshnik
425-471-1195 (cell)
mark@nwbaseballacademy.org
Manages the coaching
staff and programs associated with Northwest Baseball
Academy.
Winter Program
Pitching & Hitting Instructor, U18 Seattle Bombers Head
Coach, Camp Instructor.
Established Northwest
Baseball Academy in 1996 and began coaching with Express
Baseball Club. Express Baseball Club was renamed
Seattle Baseball Club in 2000 and then Seattle Bombers
in 2001 when it was brought into the Academy as the
current summer baseball program. Received AA
Degree from Taft College and BA Degree in History from
Chico State University.
|
Present |
Assistant
Baseball Coach at Bellevue Community College |
| 2008
Season |
Head Coach for Archbishop Murphy HS Baseball
Team |
|
2005-2007 Season |
Head Coach for Roosevelt HS Baseball Team |
| 2000
to 2005 |
Associate
Scout with the Anaheim Angels |
| 1996
to 1999 |
Associate
Scout with the Arizona Diamondbacks |
| 1994
to 1995 |
Head
Coach Edmonds Baseball Association |
| 1993
to 1995 |
Assistant
Coach at Edmonds Community College |
| 1986
|
Drafted in 4th round to Houston Astros |
| 1985
|
Drafted in 26th round to Texas Rangers |
|
|
|
Manager & CFO
425-482-6922 (Office)
Stephanie
Cooper
425-471-1194 (cell)
scp@nwbaseballacademy.org
Manages all programs
(i.e. registrations, payments, etc.) as well as business
development.
Established Northwest
Baseball Academy in 1996 and began working for the
Academy in 2002. 16+ years experience in Business
Management. Received BA Degree in Political
Science from Sonoma State University and Masters Degree
in 2003 from Seattle University in Business
Administration.
|
Coaching Staff
|
Dan Somoza
dan.somoza@nwbaseballacademy.org
Hitting Instructor
U16 Seattle Bombers
Head Coach
All Sport
Camp Instructor
Dan is
currently the Physical Education teacher for Martha Lake
Elementary. He is the Assistant Coach for the
Academy’s U18 select summer team and has received his
masters in sports management. He is in his 13th year of
instructing with Northwest Baseball Academy. Dan is an
Edmonds Woodway High School graduate. After a successful
collegiate athletic career he coached for 2 years with
Bellevue Community College baseball prior to coming to
the Academy.
|
2008 |
Head Coach -
Edmonds Woodway High School |
| 2010 |
Head Coach U16 Seattle
Bombers |
| 2000 -
2009 |
Assistant Coach - U18 Seattle
Bombers |
|
2006 - 2007
|
JV Head Coach -
Edmonds Woodway High School |
| 2000 -
2002 |
Head Assistant Coach -
Bellevue Community College |
| 1999 -
2000 |
Assistant Coach - Bellevue
Community College |
| 1994 -
1996 |
Bellevue Community College |
|
|
All-conference |
|
|
2nd team All-NWACC |
|
|
Silver Bat award |
|
1996 - 1998
|
Oaklahoma City University |
|
|
All-Conference |
|
|
Academic-All-American |
|
|
|
Derek Bingham
derek.bingham@nwbaseballacademy.org
Hitting Instructor.
Derek is entering his
tenth year of instruction with the Northwest
Baseball Academy.
|
2005 -
present |
Head Coach -
Lake Washington High School |
|
|
2009 KingCo 4A Coach of the Year) |
|
|
2005 KingCo 4A Coach of the Year |
|
2006 - present
|
Head Coach,
U16 Kirkland
Merchants |
|
2003 -
2004
|
Assistant
Varsity Coach - Inglemoor High School |
| 2003 - 2005
|
Head Coach - U-16 Seattle
Bombers |
| 2002 |
Head Coach - U-15 Seattle
Bombers |
| 2001 -
2003 |
Head Coach - Canyon Park
Junior High School |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|