Pride Elite Organization

07/09/2020

Batbusters Tryout Info-
Hello,

If you are receiving this email you have signed up for one of our tryouts over the years and we would like to invite you to our tryouts. Over the last 4 years all our graduating seniors have gone on to play in college and this years class of 2020 has 29 players going on to play in college. We currently have 9 verbally committed 2021 players and our 1st 2022 player.

Below is the schedules our exposure teams play and our tryout information

Fall tournaments our 14u through 18u will participate in, each team will play in 7 tournaments in fall. Our managers can let you know what tournaments each individual team will be participating in this fall.
August 9th both our 18u teams will be attending the Dave Betcher camp and games. Last year Dave had over 50 coaches at the camp and this year he has the colleges staying for the games. The organizational entrance fee allows all our players on the team to attend the camp for free.
August 15th and 16th Crown Point In. Mike Stith and his Batbusters coaches are coming in to run a camp and continue to build on the way there players get trained and each player attends about 4-5 hours between both days and they cover everything from base running to pitching.
September 5th to 7th Bandits Labor Day tournament in Crown Point In.
September 11th to 13th TCS Super 72 NIT in Orland and Midlothian
September 19th and 20th 16u and 18u King of the Hill Championship in Crown Point trying to win there PGF nationals bid.
October 9th to 11th All our teams Batbusters Showcase in Crown Point and this includes a free camp for all the players. Last year we had over 50 colleges at our camp and over the weekend, D-1 will not be there but we had probably 25 D-2 Midwest schools last year.
October 17th and 18th All our teams Dave Betcher's Let's play for you Orland and St.Charles, this is the 1st week D-1 colleges will be able to attend.
October 23rd to 25th All our teams will play in one of these 2 tournaments DeMarini in O'Fallon Il. or Showcase #1 in St.Louis
October 30th to 25th Options are Showcase 2 in St.Louis or Let's play for you in Peoria
November 7th and 8th Options Scenic City Showcase in Chattanooga or the Champions Elite Fall Showcase in Georgia
November 13th to 15th Batbusters Showcase in the Rosemont Dome and this includes a free camp for all the players. Last year we had over 60 colleges at our camp and over the weekend and 1/2 of them were D-1 and the majority were all Midwest schools. This extends the recruiting year for our players and saves our parents on travel expenses flying or driving to warm weather. Last year we had 4 players verbally commit at the D-1 level, 2 or 3 at D-2 and a few seniors at the NAIA level.
Summer tournaments our 14u through 18u will participate in, each team will play in 7 tournaments in fall. Our managers can let you know what tournaments each individual team will be participating in this fall.

June CP-2 PGF National Qualifier Crown Point
June CP PGF National Qualifier Peoria Il.
June CP-3 PGF National Qualifier Crown Point
Last weekend in June into July we have an 16u and 18u bid into the IDT in Boulder Colorado, our teams have bids to the Fireworks Power Pool in Colorado and Fireworks in Indy.
All our teams play in Dave Betcher's Stars and Stripes
This week is hard to predict but our teams have played in showcases like the Sparks locally and we have traveled to Indy, Georgia etc.
Our goal for all our exposure teams is to win a bid to PGF nationals and our fall back plan is PGF Midwest Regional in Peoria
Batbusters, Chicago 2020-2021 Tryout Dates and Managers:
Private confidential tryouts are available for all ages and at the 16u and 18u age levels we only do private tryouts.
All players interested in attending a private tryout or one of our tryout dates will need to complete the registration form. Below is the link for the registration form.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/181ZI8DbREfYs4xGpstzxZhzm1hd5keDKllTuP5p4hc8/viewform?edit_requested=true
10u We will announce soon.
11u Tom and Morgan Hujda
11u Tommy Rogers and Dan and Jessica Cothern
12u Ken Klonicki and will announce soon.
14u Ali Franzen, Bianca Gutierrez and will announce soon
14u Jim Pacetti, Emily Cole and Sabrina Treccani
16u Mike Treccani and Jose Alfaro and will announce soon
16u Mackensey Carter, Mallory Winters and Gina Guarascio
18u Jason Parrott, Jeff May and Dan Schumacher
18u Tony Hull, Lauren Seegers and Bill Jacobson "Jake"
Mike Stith and coaches will be in Saturday August 15th and Sunday 16th to run a 2 day camp for all our new Batbusters players and we also will have our uniform fitting the same day.
10u
Tuesday August 4th 5:30pm player check in and the tryout will be from 6:00pm to 8:00pm at Grasmere South (fenced field) located at 19815 Kirkstone Way Mokena, Il. 60448
Saturday August 8th 11:30am player check in and the tryout will be from 12:00pm to 2:00pm at Grasmere South (fenced field) located at 19815 Kirkstone Way Mokena, Il. 60448
11u and 12u
Wednesday August 5th 5:30pm player check in and the tryout will be from 6:00pm to 8:00pm at Grasmere North located at 19815 Kirkstone Way Mokena, Il. 60448
Saturday August 8th 9:30am player check in and the tryout will be from 10:00am to 12:00pm pm to 8:00pm at Grasmere South (fenced field) located at 19815 Kirkstone Way Mokena, Il. 60448
13u and 14u
Monday August 3rd and Wednesday August 5th 5:30pm player check in and the tryout will be from 6:00pm to 8:00pm at Grasmere South (fenced field) located at 19815 Kirkstone Way Mokena, Il. 60448
Managers Contact Information:
11u Tom Hujda [email protected]
11u Tommy Rogers [email protected]
12u Ken Klonicki [email protected]
14u Ali Franzen [email protected]
14u Jim Pacetti [email protected]
16u Mike Treccani [email protected]
16u Mackensey Carter [email protected]
18u Jason Parrott [email protected]
18u Tony Hull [email protected]
For organizational questions please contact Keith Bauer [email protected] or 708-878-7370
For questions about our college exposure program or player development please contact Sami Baugh [email protected]
Where we practice:
Our indoor facility is almost 10,000sq.ft. and has an unobstructed 80'x80' infield that allows our players to hit live and simulate game situations. In addition to the infield the facility has 2 permanent cages and 2 retractable cages.
All our teams practice year round at our indoor facility located at 2467 E Laraway Rd, Joliet, IL 60433. We are 2 minutes from the intersection of Gougar Road and Laraway Road in New Lenox.
Our 10u through 14u teams practice outdoors at our 2 dedicated fields at Grasmere Park, located at 19815 Kirkstone Way Mokena, Il. 60448. The park is 5 minutes from LaGrange Road and I-80 in Mokena.
Our 16u and 18u teams’ practice at either Lincoln way North which is 5 minutes from Harlem and I-80 in Tinley Park or Lincoln way West which is 5 minutes from I-80 and the Maple Road exit in New Lenox.
Batbusters, Chicago website link

https://www.batbusters.org/page/show/4429464-chicago-home-page-2018-2019-



Thank you

Keith Bauer

Batbusters, Chicago

President



Thank you

Keith Bauer

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07/09/2020

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07/09/2020

06/26/2020

To all Pride families-

I want to start this message with an expression of thanks to each and every one of you for your support of the Pride Elite program. What started six years ago as a labor of love and commitment has ended up being one of the highlights of my 25-year career in softball and baseball. The Pride Elite program has focused on creating strong athletes with team focus and values, and it has brought me great joy to see these girls develop into better players and talented young women. I have always made a conscious effort to put the girls first in every decision that has been made with the organization and I'm proud of all they have accomplished.

As you know, there are many challenges in running a softball program. After careful consideration of existing and ongoing business and personal changes, needs, and strategies, the difficult decision has been made to make this the last year for Pride Elite. I wanted to share this decision as early as possible to give the players time to explore other opportunities and plan for tryouts with other teams. During this time of transition, please know that I am available to support and assist the players however I can. I am hopeful that some teams may be able to stay together, just under a different name/organization.

I have had much love and support from many people along the way and I am humbled and grateful for that. Pride Elite would not have made it this far without the coaches, players, parents, and our dedicated board, but it is time to move on. While COVID-related challenges resulted in significant disruption to our season, I am excited for our upcoming tournaments and looking forward to seeing our players on the field!

With appreciation and respect,

Shawn

05/15/2020

NCAA has extended the dead period. What does this mean? It means the future of recruiting will be a little different.

Every player (and family) should be researching target colleges. Where do you want to go?

Next, video, video, video. You need to be creating videos of weight training, speed and agility, batting drills, fielding drills, pitching, catching, everything. What are you doing to stay in shape and ready to play? Coaches want to see you are resilient, resourceful, and dedicated.

Your videos don't have to be fancy, phones work great. Just make sure you are able to edit as needed and NO AUDIO.

Create a YouTube channel for your videos. Then start sending your videos with introductions to your list of schools. Every player should have 10-20 schools on a list. Reasonable schools, from JUDO to DI. There are tons of smaller schools looking for players, think outside the popular.

Stay up to date on your list of schools, especially outside of IL. When will those schools start hosting camps again? Ryzer.com is a great tool for tracking camps. Stalk college websites.

All the Pride coaches and board have experience at the collegiate level and would love to see the players continue to the next level.

Use this down time to your recruiting advantage!

Note to parents: Be prepared to film games and practices when they start. Go Pros are great if you have one and the LynkSpyder is great for hanging on fences. There are other devices as well. Work together to help create videos of each player for recruiting.