SAM TORRES - Hitting, Fielding, Catching and Speed and Agility Instructor. Developed recreational softball/baseball camps for kids for the surrounding Dallas/Forth Worth Areas and in my home country of Puerto Rico. Also worked with Richardson YMCA, Stonebridge Ranch, McKinney, Texas; Special Olympics and helped develop & implement camps in Germany. Former Professional Baseball Player for the New York Mets, Cleveland Indians, and Minnesota Twins organizations.
EDUCATION: Inter American University, San Juan, Puerto Rico. B.A: Physical Education
JERRY FLEMING - Pitching Instructor. Coach Fleming played baseball for Stephen F. Austin University, and played men's fast pitch softball for 15 years. He has played or coached in over 3,000 games during his softball career. While playing softball, Coach Fleming, was selected as an all-state player twice, played on a state championship team, and on teams with numerous top 5 finishes in state and regional competition. As an instructor, Coach Fleming works with girls with a wide range of ages, from 8 years old to Division I level college pitchers. He works with girls of all ability levels.
Jerry started coaching girls' fastpitch in 1985, and fell in love with the game. He began providing private instruction in 1989. He has coached recreational, select, and gold select level teams (Jerry also coached high school softball for ten years). Coach Fleming served 3 years as a lead instructor at The University of Texas pitcher catcher camps. He has conducted or has been a speaker at many players' and coaches'clinics in the North Texas area.
Over the years, Coach Fleming has worked with hundreds of girls in the North Texas area, and many of his students have earned honors and awards, both in high school and college. Some of those awards are as follow:
College: NFCA All American, NJCAC All American, NJCAC MVP, NFCA All-Region, NJCAC All-Region, NCAA All Tournament Team, NCAA All-Region, All Big XII, All American Scholar, Verizon Scholar Athlete, CoSida ESPN Academic All-District, Big XII Academic All-District, Mountain West Pitcher of the Week, and numerous All-Conference and Academic All-Conference awards.
High School: UIL All-Century Team, Texas AAA Player of the Year, Texas AA Player of the Year, Sports Day's Player of the Year, Texas Sports Writer's Player of the Year, State Tournament Team(3). State tournament record for strike outs, All-State(7), All-Area(13), District MVP(13), Texas Coaches' All-Star Game MVP, Texas Coaches' All-Star(5), District Position Player of the Year(10), numerous Team MVPs and All-District players, Academic All-American, Academic All-State(7), and USMC Distinguished Athlete Award.
