At the recent SASI Awards Dinner Chris Doyle won the program athlete of the year, his achievements throughout the year are as follows
Represented SA in the U18 2008 National Championships in Perth, finishing 4th
Member of the SA team for the Australian Schoolboys National Championship in Lismore, finishing 3rd
Australian AAA U19 Team – 2008 World Championships in Canada, finishing 4th
Australian Academy Selection in Gold Coast 2008
Selected to the Senior SA Claxton Shield Squad for 2008/2009
Baseball State Teams announced
Two athletes, Jackson Lodge and Jarryd Klemm, will represent SASI at the Under 16 National Championships to be held in Geelong January 2009.
The Under 18 National Championships will be held in Perth also in early January 2009 and all eligible SASI athletes were selected, thirteen in total. Chris Doyle, Patrick Burns, Jesse Duval, Daniel Lee, Wilson Lee, Ben Lodge, Jamie Nikoletos, Anthony Webster, Troy Weinert, Kyal Williams, Alistair Young, Dylan Child and Dayle Child.
SASI athletes Angus Roeger and the SASI Baseball Program’s Athlete of the Year Chris Doyle will be playing in the Senior Claxton Shield First Series this December 2008.
New Resources Now Available
A number of new titles have been added to the Resource Centre collection and are available for loan to coaches. They include:
Stadler - The psychology of baseball
SportsTurf - Baseball mound reconstruction (DVD)
Ripken - Coaching youth baseball
Bennett - The baseball drill book
Stallings - Baseball Strategies
Dorfman - The mental ABC's of Pitching
Coaching Experience
2008, AAA Pitching Coach World Champ Canada
2007, AA
Pitching Coach World Champ Qualifier
2006, AAA Pitching Coach World Championships - Cuba
2006, Assistant Coach Claxton Shield
2006, AAA Pitching Coach World Champ Qualifier
2005, 2001 AA Youth Team World Championship
2005, 1997-98 Australian Schoolboys Championships
2005, 2003, 1986-90 Pitching Coach for SA Claxton Shield Team
2001 AA Youth Team, World Champs
1999-2000 Specialist Coach, Olympic Squad
1998-2000 AAA Youth Teams
1998-1999 Pitching Coach SA StateU18 Team
1996-97 Pitching co-ordinator for the SASI Baseball Program
1996 Intercontinental Cup, Canada
1994 World Cup, Nicaragua 1993 Asian Series, Perth
1992 European Tour/Haarlem Tournament & Friendship
Series, Aust.
1992-93 Pitching Coach for SA Sports Institute
1991 Olympic Qualifier, Beijing & Friendship Series
Aust.
1990 Friendship Series vs Japan & Tour of Japan
1990-99 Pitching Coach, ABL (Clipsal Giants, Stillwell Giants, AdelaideGiants)
1987 Youth Team, World Champs, Canada
1985 Asian Series, Perth
Australian Academy 2001-2008
Instructional League Arizona Padres 2002
Instructional League Arizona Angels 2003
The philosophy of the SASI Baseball Program is to provide a comprehensive year round baseball experience of the top 20 - 25 Under 18 athletes in South Australia. Maintaining a competitive level performance that is recognised at the National level. The foundation of the SASI Baseball Program is based on work ethic and learning. It is the goal of the SASI Baseball staff to provide individual attention to each SASI athlete in order for them to develop to their fullest potential.
Principal Objective
"To provide comprehensive year round baseball experience in which athletes have the opportunity to develop to their fullest potential."
Supplementary Objective
To provide the necessary program for SASI athletes to reach their maximum potential in the physical psychological, personal and technical.
To provide SASI athletes and coaches with the maximum possible support in terms of sport, medicine and research.
To provide the necessary support systems to maximise SASI athletes ability to perform at their highest level in competition and training
Selection from a statewide Talent Identification Program and local club competition which is conducted by the SASI Head Coach and State Coaching Panel.
Age between 14 and 18.
Approximately 15 - 20 athletes are to be selected from throughout the State.
The SASI Baseball Program is a partnership program funded and supported by the South Australian government through SASI in partnership with both National and State Sporting Organisation. A key partner in the program is Baseball Australia who contributes funding support to the program as part of its National High Performance Plan. The NTC endorsement of the program recognises the status of the program in the sports National High Performance Pathway and also the indirect funding contribution to the SASI program by the Australian Sports Commission through Baseball Australia.
SASI and Marden Senior College have established a partnership in developing programs that encourage and support athletes to undertake and complete recognised secondary SACE subjects that incorporate and educationally recognise their sporting commitments.
Claxton Shield - January
National Schoolboys - May
MLBAAP – June/July
Friendship Series – July
World Junior Championships - August
Mt Gambier Challenge – September
Australian Schoolboys - September
Goodwill Series – December
TRAINING PROGRAM
TRAINING VENUES
South Australian Sports Institute - 27 Valetta Rd Kidman Park SA 5025
Seaton High School
Olympic Senior Team:
Mark Hutton, Tom Becker, Shayne Bennett, Andrew Scott, Tom Brice, Ben Wigmore, Adrian Burnside, Paul Mildren
Olympic Senior Squad:
Calvin Chipperfield, Michael Forbes, Darren White, Andrew Scott, Luke Prokopec, John Challinor, Darren Fidge, Paul Mildren, Sam Tibbits, Tyrone Hambly.
Olympic Silver Medallists Athens 2004:
Tom Brice, Ben Wigmore, Adrian Burnside.
Australian Senior Team:
Andrew Scott, Shayne Bennett, Kym Ashworth, John Challinor, Calvin Chipperfield, Darren Fidge, Sam Tibbits, Ben Wigmore, Darren White, Tom Becker, Tom Brice, Adrian Burnside, Paul Mildren, Dusan Ruzic, Stefan Welch
Players to Japan :
Scott Gladstone, Ben Wigmore, Dan Wilson, Marc Taintey, Sam Tibbits.
MLBAAP:
Players selected to the MLB Australian Academy 2001-onwards.
Dylan Martin, Paul Mildren, Travis Underhill, David King, Dale Ziersch, Josh Cakebread, Luke Luey, Daniel Redden, Tyrone Hambly, Luke Schilds, Daniel Wilson, Toby Burner, Cameron Wood, Brendan Pett, Jeremy Cresswell, Adam Spencer, Tom Fiebig, Stefan Welch, Scott Gladstone, Peter Golotta, Tim Day, Nick Talbot, Ben Onofrio, Shaun Harvey, Mitchell Fienemann, Josh Tols, Josh Golotta, Angus Roeger, Dylan Child, Ben Lodge, Christoper Doyle, Justin Roe, Brodie Wyatt, Daniel Lee, Wilson Lee, Jackson Lodge.
AAA U19:
Ben Wigmore, Leigh Neuage*, Dale Ziersch, Luke Luey, Travis Underhill, Dylan Martin, Tyrone Hambly, Scott Gladstone, Jeremy Cresswell, Stefan Welch, Tom Fiebig, Ben Onofrio, Chris Doyle, Angus Roeger.
AA U16:
David King, Nick Duncan, Paul Mildren, Ben Foreman, Daniel Redden, Josh Cakebread, Jeremy Cresswell, Tom Fiebig, Angus Roeger, Mitchell Fienemann, Dylan Child , Christopher Doyle .
Australian Schoolboys Team
Chris Lawson, Zac Stokes, Andrew Qualmann,
Alex Hall, Dale Ziersch, Todd Alexander, Leigh Neuage*, Jonathan Beech, Tyrone Hambly, Ben Onofrio, Stefan Welch, Angus Roeger, Dennis Christiansen, Justin Roe, Josh Tols
Program athlete of the year
1998 Jay Ziersch
1999 Ben Wigmore
2000 Leigh Neuage*
2001 Paul Mildren
2002 Tyrone Hambly
2003 Jeremy Cresswell
2004 Scott Gladstone
2005 Stefan Welch
2006 Stefan Welch
2007 Josh Tols
SASI Players who have signed professional contracts:
