Cole Farmer – Evangel UniversityCole played his college baseball at College of DuPage in Chicago from 2005 - 2006. While there, he made 2nd team all region as a utility player. He completed his college career at Evangel University winning multiple Gold Glove Awards. Cole currently coaches in the Extra Innings fall league for our 10U and 12U team. He is available for pitching, hitting, and fielding lessons. |
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Josh McKee – College of the OzarksJosh played his college baseball for two years at Longview Community College and two years at C of O. While at College of the Ozarks, he made honorable mention all conference as a DH and was a 1st team all state selection in high school for Nixa in 2002. Josh was an assistant coach at C of O and has coached an 18U high school travel team. He currently coaches in our fall baseball league at the 18U and 14U levels. Josh is currently available for catching, hitting, and fielding lessons. |
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Chris ThompsonChris was an accomplished high school pitcher winning several all conference, all ozarks, and all district honors from 2002 - 2004. He took those skills to play college baseball at Longview CC and College of the Ozarks. He now coaches at Ozark high school as their pitching coach and summer legion coach. Chris also coaches in our high school fall league. He is currently available for pitching lessons. |
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Brad Ziegler – Oakland A’sBrad played college baseball at Missouri State University in Springfield becoming the all time leader in career wins and strikeouts. While at MSU he compiled a list of accomplishments including Missouri Valley Conference Pitcher of the Year (2003), 2-time All MVC 1st Team (2002-2003), 3-time Academic All MVC 1st Team (2001-2003), 2-time Dave Dickensheet MSU Pitcher of the Year Award (2001-2002), and the Danny Cook MSU Rookie of the Year Award (2000). Brad was also an ABCA 3rd Team All American and Midwest All Region 1st Team in 2003. He currently is in the bullpen for the Oakland Athletics at the major league level. Brad is available for pitching lessons from October - February. |
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Wendy Niebuhr – Evangel UniversityWendy played her college softball at Evangel University in Springfield and was a Varsity Letter Holder for 4 years. She was named Heart of American Conference Pitcher of the Year (2 consecutive years), NAIA 1st Team all Conference, 1st Team all Region (2 consecutive years), and 1st Team Pitcher for the NFCA All-Midwest Region. She was also named the Evangel Pitcher of the Year (4 times) and was the MVP of the team (3 times). She is currently the school's career leader in Appearances (117), Starts (89), Wins (52), Innings Pitched (559), and Strikeouts (563). Wendy is available for softball hitting and pitching lessons. |
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Luke Harrell - Chicago White SoxLuke graduated from Ozark High School in 2004 and helped lead them to the 2004 Missouri State Championship. While at Ozark, he set many pithcing and hitting records in just 2 years of attendance. He was drafted in the 4th round by the Chicago White Sox and played A ball in Kannapolis, North Carolina. In his first season, he worked his way up to the #2 starter and helped lead that team to the South Atlantic League Championship in 2005. This next year, he hopes to start in AA Birmingham. Luke will be available for the pitching clinics. |
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Eric Stewart - Dick Birmingham SportsEric played for and graduated from Nixa High School in 2003. He is now attending Baptist Bible College in Springfield and is helping them get a club team formed. He currently gives instruction for Dick Birmingham Sports and the Show Me Baseball School in Branson. Eric teaches catching, hitting, pitching, and fielding on an individual and group basis. |
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J.C Hoagland - Springfield SlashersJ.C. grew up in Van Buren, Arkansas and was all conference all 4 years of his high school baseball career and all district 3 years. He led the conference in RBI's and batting average all 4 years. He went on to play his college baseball at Lyon College and while there earned an award for his leadership on and off the field. J.C. founded the Springfield Slashers, which is a semi-pro baseball team now playing in Joplin. He is available for hitting lessons/classes along with strength and agility techniques. |
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Shannon Buslepp – Missouri State UniversityShannon pitched for Missouri State from 2002 – 2006 and was awarded a full softball scholarship. While there she was all conference in 2004 and 2006 and was the MVP of the Missouri Valley Conference in 2006. She currently coaches at Drury University and is available for pitching lessons. |
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AshLeigh Williams – St. Louis UniversityAshLeigh was a division 1 starter all 4 years of her college career. She started everyone on the infield except pitcher during her college career and set school records for hitting that still stand today. She was the offensive player of the year in 2004 and defensive player of the year in 2006. She holds the career record for home runs and RBI’s at SLU. She also played for the A.S.A. Junior Olympic Softball team from 1994 – 2003 and was their team captain from 1998 – 2003. AshLeigh is available for hitting and fielding lessons/classes. |
Extra Innings Instructors
Instructor Bios for Extra Innings – Springfield, MO
Extra Innings offers individualized, year round professional baseball and softball instruction. Our staff uses a uniform step-by-step teaching system to encourage positive progress with all our students.
The Extra Innings staff features former and current professional players, college all-stars, and area college and high school coaches.
