Freelance Baseball and Softball Instructors

The instructors at Hoagy’s set their own schedule and rates.  Please reach out an instructor directly for questions regarding their schedules, rates, availability, or upcoming class/camp plans.

Carley Gaskill

1/2hr=$55    1hr=$85

carleygaskill23@gmail.com

• Ohio State Softball ’16-’21
• Shortstop/Utility
• 2021 Gold Glove (team)
• Academic All-Big Ten (2018, 2021)
• Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete (2017)
• 6+ years of coaching experience
• Travel Ball Co-Head Coach: Grove City Vipers 08

Sydney Long

1/2hr=$40    1hr=$65

sydneymlong@gmail.com

• Graduated from Hillsdale High School in 2018
• 4 Year Varsity Pitcher at Hillsdale High School
• Won the Division 4 State Championship in 2018
• 3 Time First Team All-Ohioan
• Played for elite level travel teams
  • Lasers
  • Ohio Classics
  • Beverly Bandits
• 4 Year Pitcher at Ohio Dominican University
• 2019 Ohio Dominican Newcomer Female Athlete of the Year
• 2019 Regular Season GMAC Champs
• 2019 1st Team GMAC
• 2021 & 2022 GMAC Tournament Champs
• 2021 2nd Team GMAC
• 2022 1st Team GMAC
• 2022 GMAC Pitcher of the Year
• 2022 Ohio Dominican Female Athlete of the Year
• Coaching experience at the 12u and 14u travel ball level
• Beginning and experienced level pitching focus

Kegan Lanter

1/2hr=$45    1hr=$85

KeganL12@gmail.com

Joe Gahm

1/2hr=$50    1hr=$85

• From Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• Played elite level travel baseball from the age of 10 on teams with players such as Gavin Lux, Jarred Kelenic and Owen Miller.
• Started college career at Auburn University.
• Transferred to Chattahoochee Valley Community College where I was a member of the Juco World Series Team in 2018.
• Transferred to The Ohio State University where I was a relief pitcher for 3 seasons.
• Pitching Director for Wow Factor 614.

Greg Lewandoski

1/2hr=$60    1hr=$80

glewand2@gmail.com

• Infield and hitting director
• 5 year student athlete (Kent State / University of Montevallo)
• Freshman 2nd team all conference
• Started in a regional at Texas Tech
• Majored in Exercise Science where I was an intern for my head strength coach
• Started all 4 years on varsity
• Played elite level travel ball in Florida for the Orlando scorpions
• All area all 4 years
• Had 6 offers to play college baseball out of high school (University of Florida, University of South Florida, Florida Gulf Coast, Daytona State, and Kent State)
• I understand the mental and physical side of the game to play at the next level
• WOW factor coach for all teams
• Elite level coach with lots of experience with camps, showcases, and personal 1 on 1 lessons

Stephen Krause

1/2hr=$55   1hr=$85

krausesm20@gmail.com

College

• Played 5 seasons at Miami University
• 2023 Team Captain
• Appeared in 115 games

Highschool

• 4 year starting varsity shortstop at Wilmington High School – -.438 career batting average
• Hit .471 for the Midland Redskins
  • Connie Mack National Champions
  • #2 ranked 18U team in the country
• Earned scholarship to Miami University

Nick Erwin

1/2hr=$60    1hr=$85

nick3erwin@gmail.com

• College Career
  • 5 year starter at The Ohio State University.
  • Infielder/Utility. 142 games played. Starts at every position except for pitcher and Centerfield.
  • Most recent year under coach Mosiello(hitting coach for Mike Trout, Todd Helton, and many others)
  • Played in 54 games and started in 53
  • Batted .290 with 35 runs scored, 53 hits, 12 doubles, and 24 RBIs
  • Went a perfect 7-for-7 in stolen bases
  • Had 15 multi-hit games
  • Recorded a season-high three hits four times
  • Batted in a season-best four runs twice
• High school
  • Two-time all-state, three-time all-district and all-conference selection at Grove City High School for head coach Ryan Alexander
  • Player of the Year in Central Ohio
  • Three-sport athlete, lettering three years as a shooting guard on the basketball team and four years on the golf team

Jake Simmerman

Michael Eckstein

Coach Eckstein is a personal trainer, who has drawn from his time as a former D1 player at the University of Evansville, to create a speed and strength program targeted to make baseball players faster, stronger, more explosive, and healthier. He played elite travel ball here in Columbus from the age of 9. Was a 1st team all-state outfielder in high school and went on to play at Evansville. He got certified in 2020 and since then has had great success in working with athletes!

Jay Lewis

Jay Lewis was hired as the head baseball coach at his alma mater, Wittenberg University, in 1996, with his first season at the helm in 1997. Lewis, who served as an assistant coach for one year for the Tigers before taking the reins, broke the school record for career baseball coaching victories during the 2006 season (379).
A 1994 Wittenberg graduate, Lewis excelled on the diamond for the Tigers in the early 1990s. Lewis was a three-year starting catcher for Wittenberg from 1991-1993 after spending his first season at West Virginia Wesleyan.
Before returning to Wittenberg as a coach, Lewis was an assistant coach at St. Paris Graham High School, his high school alma mater. He helped lead the Falcons to a Division II State runner-up finish in 1995. In addition, he helped coach perennial power Piqua in the American Legion League with Hall of Fame Head Coach Rick Gold.
During his head coaching stint at Wittenberg, Lewis’ teams finished second in the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) Tournament twice. Several players, including Brent Parke, Ryan Born, Ryan Peters, Steve Less, and Kurt Hartfelder, went on to play professional baseball after their careers at Wittenberg ended.
Lewis and his wife, Jennifer, reside in St. Paris with their children, Megan and Josh. Following the 2016 season, Lewis accepted a position as athletics director at Graham High School in St. Paris.