When it came time for my son to move on to college, with hopes of combining baseball and education, I soon learned that getting a Canadian into the American education system was a long, involved processed. We were so out of the loop as far as knowing what steps to take to get to where we wanted to be. After hours of research, hundreds of telephone calls and numerous emails, I was successful in achieving our goal.

I have developed College Baseball Connect to ease the way for ball players who aspire to combine the wonderful game of baseball with the road to a higher education.

Highlights include:

For the 4th consecutive year Don Charrette has received honorable mention as one of the 'Most Influential Canadians in Baseball'

General Manager of the Ottawa Rapids, an Independent Professional Baseball Team playing in the Can-Am League.

Ottawa Lynx Baseball Club, Triple ‘A’ affiliate of the Montreal Expos and the Baltimore Orioles

A lifelong passion for the game of baseball

Played for two years at Texarkana College and two years at Texas State University on baseball scholarships
Participated in Junior College World Series while at Texarkana
Won a Gold medal with The Ontario Youth Team 1997
Was a member of the Silver medal-winning Ontario team at the 2001 Canada Summer Games
Was a member of the Guelph Royals of the Inter-County Baseball League
Won the 2003 & 2004 league championships with Guelph
Instructed for 2 weeks at Ron Wolforth's world-renowned Texas Baseball Ranch 2008
Has instructed various Professional and National Team players
Has had several athletes hit 90mph (mound)
Coached at The Baseball Zone for 8 years and is the Associate Head Instructor, Head Pitching Instructor & Director of High Performance Programs
Plays a key role in developing all instructional programs at The Baseball Zone

Bio coming soon

Scott has run his very successful, Bullett Proof Baseball Academy, for over sixteen years here in Welland.

Scott has over two hundred players from ages 8-18 during the fall, winter and spring to learn from the pro and his hand picked assistants.

Scott currently runs summer and fall elite teams for four age groups. Scott is the head coach for our 18U Bullett Proof - New Era team and can be seen at other team practices and running from game to game helping all of his players. During the year, Scott makes the rounds to the local schools in the Niagara Region to promote " Stay cool, Stay in School" and to give the kids a brief lesson on the basics of the game.

Scott also works with the John Howard Society and Niagara Catholic District School Board’s Fresh Start program to mentor at-risk students and encourage them to keep on the right path.

During the summer, Scott works with the YMCA to offer baseball camps throughout the Niagara Region. He is also the head coach for Eden Christian High School’s baseball team this year.

Professional Baseball Instructor for Home Run Baseball Academy and Head Coach of the Ontario Prospects

1990 Ontario National Team - Gold medalists at the Canadian championships
1990 Signed professional contract with the Toronto Blue Jays September 23rd
1991 Rookie Ball, Port Charlotte Blue Jays, Gulf Coast League
1992 A Ball Myrtle Beach Hurricanes, 1992 South Atlantic League Champs.
1993 A Ball Dunedin Blue Jays, AA Knoville Smokies
1994 1995 AAA Syracuse Chiefs, AA Knoxville Smokies
1996 Australian League MVP Sydney Blues
1997 AAA Syracuse Sky Chiefs, MLB Toronto Blue Jays
1998 Drafted 5th in Expansion Draft by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays
1998 MLB Tampa Bay Devil Rays, AAA Durham Bulls
1999 AAA Durham Bulls, MLB Tampa Bay Devil Rays
2000 Signed with the Seattle Mariners
2000 AAA Tacoma Rainiers
2000 Signed with the Texas Rangers
2000 AAA Oklahoma (Texas affiliate)
2001 Canadian National Team World Cup Taiwan
2001 Toronto Maple Leafs Intercounty
2002 Intercounty League Champs with the Toronto Maple Leafs
2003 Niagara Stars of the Canadian Baseball League. Hit first home run in Niagara history
2003 Canadian National Team World Cup Cuba
2009 Hitting & Outfielding Coach for the Canadian Youth Baseball Team
2009 Became a Professional Evaluator for College Baseball Connect

1993 Florida State League All Star, Voted most exciting player of year by Baseball America
1997 Hit the first home run in PC stadium history off Brian Bohanon, Syracuse, April 3rd, 1997
1997 First Major League hit was off Ken Hill, Sept 9th, 1997
1997 1st player in 80 years to lead a pro team in every single hitting category.
1997 Third player in Syracuse Sky Chiefs history to hit 24 home runs and steal 20 bases.
1998 Hit first MLB home run off Scott Eyre, April 1st, 1998
1998 Hit 2nd home run in Tampa Bay Devil Rays history
2005 Toronto Maple Leafs Intercounty. MVP with 2nd highest average in league history (.481)

Professional Baseball Instructor for Home Run Baseball Academy and Head Coach of the Ontario Prospects

Career Highlights:
1988 National Youth Team, Australia
1988 Seoul Olympian
1990 Signed with the Toronto Blue Jays
1991 A New York Penn League MVP batting .338
1992 A Florida State League Batting Title and lead all of professional baseball batting .360
1993 AAA Syracuse Chiefs, .333 batting average
1993 MLB Toronto Blue Jay World Series Champion - first Canadian to play in World Series
1994 MLB Toronto Blue Jay
1995 - 1997 MLB Philadelphia Phillies, AAA Scranton Red Barons
1998 AAA New Orleans, Houston Astros
1998 AAA Pacific Coast League and AAA World Series Champion
1999 MLB Toronto Blue Jay
2001 Toronto Maple Leafs, Intercounty League - highest batting average in history batting .488
2003 Team Canada, World Cup
2009 Hitting & Outfielding Coach for the Canadian Youth Baseball Team
2009 Became a Professional Evaluator for College Baseball Connect

1991 Hit safely in 63 of 71 games and was league player of the month twice.
1992 Had 140 hits in 90 games, 4 time FSL player of the month and had a 38 game hit streak .

Only Canadian player ever to play with the National Youth Team and Olympic team in same year.
Only Canadian player to appear in the World Series, the Olympics and AAA World Series.

Minor league stats: 586 games, 2182 AB, 346 R, 671 H, 105 2B, 34 3B, 23 HR, 254 RBI, 75 SB .308

Major league stats: 109 games, 218AB, 32R, 53 H,13 2B, 21 R, .242 AVE

-Coach Grant is Assistant Coach at Vancouver Island Baseball Institute in Nanaimo, BC.

- Inducted into the Parkland College Athletic Hall of Fame in January of 2011.

- While at Parkland College the team won the NJCAA 2002 World Series and Grant was named World Series M.V.P. Also that year he was named a 1st-Team All-American, Illinois Player of the Year, 1st-Team All-Region, Conference Player of the Year, and Team Most Valuable Player.

- Grant earned a scholarship to play at Division I University of Northern Iowa.

- In 2004, his senior year, he led the Panthers in R.BI’s, homeruns, on base percentage, and second in batting average (.342). That year received All-Conference honors as a third baseman.

- In 2008 Grant played for the Sherwood Park Dukes in the Western Major Baseball League and was named league M.V.P.

- Grant also played with the Thunder Bay Border Cats of the Northwoods League in 2003.

- Grant was an Assistant Coach for the 18U rep team Thunder Bay Mountain Haws (2005-07) and Hitting and Infield Coach at Millbrook High School in Winchester, VA (2008).

Mike Irving has always had a passion for baseball. He played NCAA Division I baseball for Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, AZ. and for the last 10 years has been operating Batter Up Baseball School in the Greater Toronto Area.

Mike is currently a scout for MLB's "Inside-Edge" and is pleased to be a member of the College Baseball Connect Evaluator's Team. He looks forward to assisting as many ball player's as he can in reaching their dream of playing at the college level and beyond.

-Co-founder and Director of Baseball Operations at The Baseball Zone and co-owner of SST Mississauga
-Inducted into the Peterborough and District Sports Hall of Fame in 2008
-Played Internationally as a member of the Canadian National Team including the 1988 Seoul Olympics, 1987 and 1991 Pan American Games, 1985 and 1991 Intercontinental Cup
League award winner and record holding member of championship teams with the Toronto Maple Leafs of the Inter-County Baseball League
-Two Time Inter-County League MVP
-Attended and excelled in baseball at Cuyahoga Community College in Ohio and at the University of British Columbia as a member of the National Baseball Institute
-All Region first team, 1985, Cuyahoga Community College
-Manager, Team Canada Juniors, 1998
-Hitting Coach, Team Canada Juniors, 1996, 1997, World Championships, 3rd place
-Hitting Coach, Team Canada Seniors, 1995
-Hitting Coach, 2001 Canada Summer Games, Silver Medal
-Manager, Team Ontario, 2005 Canada Summer Games, Gold Medal
-Named Canadian Coach of the Year, 2005
-Coached and Managed the Croatian National Team, Karlovac Keltics, Croatia and Montpellier Barracudas, France
-Managed Croatian National Team, 2007 Olympic Qualification Tournament, Barcelona, Spain
-Has coached and played in 17 countries world wide
-Started the University of Toronto baseball program 1996
-Invited to Spring Training with the Toronto Blue Jays as a guest coach 1997
-Served as a scout for the New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Devil Rays
-Managed the Toronto Maple Leafs of the Inter-County League, 2001. Named Manager of the Year
-Managed Brantford Red Sox of the Inter-County League 2003-2006. Named Manager of the Year, 2003 and 2004. Won League Championship 2006
-VP and General Manager, Brantford Red Sox, 2007-current; 2008, 2009 & 2010 Inter-County Champions
-Currently 17U Manager and Director of Player Development for Terriers Baseball
-Instructed for more than 20 years
-Among the many pupils of his programs are one of only a few Canadians ever drafted in the first round of the MLB draft, as well as over 200 other professionals, draftees and players on college scholarship
-Rick speaks regularly at clinics across Canada and the United States
-Has spoken on 3 occasions at the Ontario Best Ever coaching clinic and twice at the British Columbia coaches clinic
-Rick has also worked on motion pictures and television productions as a technical consultant, these include, "Angels in the Infield", "Fever Pitch", Men TV, Omni Television and City TV "Batter Up"

Professional Baseball Instructor and Coach of the Ontario Prospects

Career Highlights:

2001 Team Ontario
2001 Team Canada Junior National Team
2001 Santa Fe Community College, Gainesville
2001 Drafted 34th round by New York Yankees
2002 Team Ontario
2002 Signed with New York Yankees
2002 Rookie Ball, Gulf Coast League Tampa Bay Yankees
2003 A Ball - Tampa Yankees, Florida State League
2004 A Ball - Battle Creek Yankees, Midwest League
2004 Traded to Arizona Diamondbacks
2004 A Ball - Yakima Bears, Northwest League All Star Game
2005 A Ball - Yakima Bears, Northwest League
2005 1st Ever Community Service Award with Yakima Bears
2006 Edmonton Cracker Cats, Northern League
2007 Golden Grove Dodgers - Gold Coast, Australia
2007 Edmonton Cracker Cats, Northern League
2009 Became a scout for Major League Baseball Scouting Bureau
2009 Became a professional evaluator for College Baseball Connect