WASHINGTON BASEBALL ACADEMY COACHES
Motivators. Educators. Mentors.
TRAINING COACHES
COACH RYAN RAMSOWER
WBA Director of Baseball Operations
Hitting, Infield & Catching Coach
Coach Ramsower brings years of baseball experience, both as a player and a coach. Coach Ramsower played at Salpointe Catholic High School in Tucson, Arizona and earned All-State second-team honors as a senior.
Coach Ramsower attended Pima Community College in Arizona where as a sophomore he earned Division II All-Region Second Team honors after hitting .360 with 15 doubles, three triples, three home runs and 39 RBI's. He also recorded nine stolen bases and a .429 on-base percentage…as a freshman he hit .305 with two doubles, nine runs scored, eight RBI and one stolen base in 22 games.
Coach Ramsower transferred to Washington State University as an infielder and catcher and played two seasons appearing in 49 games, 28 as a starter and had a .282 batting average with 29 hits, five doubles and 10 RBI's.
After his career was cut short by an injury he moved back to Arizona and became a select and high school coach before being hired as an assistant coach at Lower Columbia College.
He is now a West Seattle resident and oversees all aspects of Washington Baseball Academy.
In addition he is a coach and player evaluator for Baseball Northwest..
COACH NATE SANTIAGO
Head Hitting/Infield Coach
Coach Santiago runs the Washington Baseball Academy hitting program.
Coach Nate Santiago is a top hitting/infield coach in the area with years of coaching experience. His Collegiate baseball career began at Bellevue CC 2002-2005 and continued at Centenary College where he was the starting shortstop from 2005-2007.
After graduating from Centenary College Coach Santiago turned his baseball career towards coaching and became an assistant coach at Centenary College from 2007-2009 before moving back to the Pacific Northwest where he became an assistant coach under legendary Coach Mark Yoshino at Bellevue CC from 2009-2012. Coach Santiago then became the Hitting Coach at Pierce College from 2012-2014 and from 2014-2016 was the Assistant Coach at Edmonds CC.
Coach Santiago has coached at the select level with Rijo Athletics, Baden, Easton and ProPlayer. He also has several years of college level experience coaching at Pierce CC, Bellevue CC, Edmonds CC.and at Centenary College.
COACH TYLER HAGGETT
Head Pitching Coach
Coach Haggett runs the Washington Baseball Academy pitching program.
Coach Haggett played at Meadowdale high school where he was named an All-Star League First Team Pitcher in his senior season. .Coach Haggett played at the collegiate level with Edmonds CC and San Jose State. He has coached for several top level select programs prior to taking over the pitching program for Washington Baseball Academy.
COACH JACOB TERAO
Head Catching Coach
Coach Terao was a 4 year varsity baseball and 3 year varsity football player at Seattle Prep where he earned first team honors his senior year and was the Seattle Prep Male Athlete of the Year winner
In football Coach Terao earned 1st team honors on offense, as a running back, and on defense, as middle linebacker, the only player in his 3A division to receive 1st team honors for both offense and defense.
In baseball Coach Terao's senior year he was a first team All-Metro Catcher, and made the Metro 3A Alll-Star Team. He was a top 3 ranked catcher in the state and top 10 Washington prospect for the MLB Draft.
Coach Terao played on the Baseball NW and PAC NW travel teams and was an Area Code Selection for the KC Royals. He played collegiately at Bellevue College , University of Portland and Towson University. He also played for the Yuba-Sutter Gold Sox, and Bellingham Bells collegiate summer teams. Coach Terao is currently the catching coach at Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas.
COACH ROMELL MITCHELL
Outfield/Hitting Coach
Coach Mitchell has years of experience in both playing and coaching. While attending West Seattle High School he was a 3 sport letter winner in Football, Basketball and Baseball. He earned All Metro 1st Team Selection as an Outfielder in both his Junior & Senior years.
Coach Mitchell was drafted out of West Seattle High School in the 17th Round of the 1997 Major League Draft by the Houston Astro's but chose to go to college and play baseball. He played ball at Bellevue College and St. Martin's College before being drafted by the San Diego Padres. He played professional baseball in both the Frontier and Canadian baseball Leagues.
COACH CODY ANDERSON
Pitching Coach
Coach Anderson attended Marysville-Pilchuck High School in Marysville, Wash. and was a two-time first-team All-Wesco selection. As a junior, led the state of Washington in ERA (0.42) and as a senior, named first-team All-State, struck out 101 batters in 60 innings while throwing one perfect game and another no-hitter that featured 19 strikeouts.
Coach Anderson played two seasons at Bellevue Community College for coach Mark Yoshino. As a freshman went 4-2 with 47 strikeouts and a 2.76 ERA in 52 innings and nine starts. As a sophomore, went 7-3 with one save and a 2.51 ERA in 13 starts while recorded a Northwest Athletic Conference (NWAC) best 114 strikeouts in 85.2 innings and allowed just 39 walks.
Coach Anderson continued his collegiate career at Washington State University, 2017-2018, finishing his collegiate career with 30 appearances, 22 starts, 126 innings pitched, 90 strikeouts with 38 walks, and a 4.57 era.
In 2018-2019 Coach Anderson went on to play in Australia and in the summer of 2019 was a Head Coach in the Collegiate Cascade League. In 2022 he was the Pitching Coach for the Bellingham Bells.
COACH J.J. Asinas
Pitching Coach
Coach Asinas hails from Federal Way Washington and attended and played baseball at Todd Beamer High School.
Coach Asinas played collegiately at Central Washington University as a pitcher, and infielder. appearing in 54 games as a pitcher. He finished his 5 years at CWU with a 12-6 record, 137 innings pitched, and 111 strikeouts.
COACH JACOB TALAMANTE
Outfield Coach
Talamante graduated from Saint Mary's College of California where he played OF for the Gaels 2017-2021.
In his final season for the Gaels Talamante appeared in 43 games and made 42 starts as a fifth-year senior in 2021, the second-most starts on the team. He led the Gaels in batting average (.299), hits (47), doubles (12), triples (2), stolen bases (13), and on-base percentage (.414). His OBP was good for a top-ten finish in the WCC, and his 13 stolen bases were the fourth-most. He had a seven-game hitting streak and was named All-WCC Honorable Mention.
Talamante was signed with the Gary SouthShore RailCats, of the American Association of Professional Baseball, and then joined the Missoula PaddleHeads aof the Pioneer League.
COACH Maggie Gallagher
Hitting Coach
Coach Maggie Gallagher, graduated and played softball at University of Washington.
Her freshman year she played in 20 games and finished the season with a .250 BA. In her Sophomore year she finished the season with a .356 BA with 4 doubles and 8 RBI's.
Raised in Seattle and played at Kennedy Catholic High School as a senior, Coach Gallagher was named the 2017 Gatorade Player of the Year, batting a .714 BA with 17 home runs. Coach Gallagher won back-to-back Seamount League MVP with a .719 batting average along with 42 runs scored and 34 RBI in her junior campaign. She helped the Lancers to a league title and was named a MaxPreps 2015 Small Schools All-American.
Coach Gallagher was twice named to the Seattle Times All-Area team and First Team All-Conference each season.
1n 2022 Coach Gallagher was the Head Coach of the UW Women's Baseball Club Team winning the Collegiate Women's Club Team National Championship. She also competes in the Puget Sound Senior Baseball League.
MiLB COACHES
COACH ELI WILSON
Catching/Hitting Coach MiLB
Coach Wilson graduated from Garfield High School in 2016 and was named to the all-state all-star team in 2016 and the all-state third team his junior season. He was named all-conference twice and all-area by the Seattle Times. Selected on the Kansas City Royals Area Code Team.
Coach Wilson went on to play at the University of Minnesota and was an All-Big Ten First Team selection leading the Gophers with his .294 batting average, reaching base at a .382 clip, and slugging .453 with five home runs, 15 doubles, 29 RBIs, and 32 runs scored. Was an Academic All-Big Ten Selection and received the Richard “Chief” Siebert Memorial MVP Award voted on by teammates and the Paul Molitor Batting Champion title.
Coach Wilson was selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 16th round of the 2019 draft.
COACH MORGAN McCULLOUGH
Infield/Hitting Coach MiLB
Coach McCullough was a four-time first team all-metro selection at West Seattle High School and Washington 3A All-State team as a senior.
McCullough played with the 2015 18U Team USA that earned a gold medal at the 2015 WBSC Championship in Osaka, Japan.
McCullough played in 53 games at University of Oregon his freshman year. His sophomore year McCullough transferred to Chipola Community College where he helped them to a second straight NJCAA National Championship. Named to the All-Tournament Team and the Jay W. Tolman Most Outstanding Defensive Player, Elite Hitter and Preston Walker MVP
His Junior year McCullough played at University of Alabama starting in 54 games and finishing as the overall team leader in triples (3) and tying for the lead in doubles (12) and multi-hit games (17).
Coach McCullough was selected in the 22nd round of the 2019 MLB Draft by the Los Angeles Angels. and is currently in the KC Royals minor league organization.
COACH SAM HELLINGER
Pitching Coach MiLB
Coach Hellinger is a West Seattle native and played at West Seattle High School earning Metro League MVP his senior year. He was part of the Wildcats first ever WIAA State 3A title appearance.
Played two years 2014 & 2015 for the College of San Mateo going 15-2 in two seasons for the Bulldogs, including a 9-0 mark as a sophomore. Hellinger earned First Team All-Conference as a pitcher.
Played for Gonzaga University in 2016 and 2017. In 2016 Hellinger went
3-1 with a 5.36 ERA and 30 strikeouts and 42.0 innings pitched as a junior leading the team with 26 appearances, all in relief. In 2017 he made 23 appearances as a senior, going 4-3 with two saves, and a 3.79 ERA in 40.1 innings. Had a 25/9 strikeout/walk ratio, third-best on the team.
Coach Hellinger, is currently in the Texas Rangers farm system. Hellinger attended West Seattle High School where he posted school records for most wins, innings pitched, and strikeouts. Was the 2013 Washington State Player of the Year, 2013 Seattle Times All-Area team and was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in 2013.
MLB COACHES
COACH STUART FAIRCHILD
Outfield/Hitting Coach
Coach Stuart Fairchild, from Seattle, WA attended Seattle Preperatory High School. He was a Seattle Times All-Area Team selection in 2014. He attended and played college baseball for the Wake Forest Demon Deacons.
In 2017, his junior year, he slashed .360/.439/.636 with 17 home runs and 67 RBIs in 63 games
He was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the second round of the 2017 MLB draft. He made his MLB debut in 2021 with the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball. He is currently playing for the Cincinnati Reds.
COACH RYAN ROWLAND-SMITH
Pitching Coach
Coach Ryan Rowland-Smith originally from Australia, was drafted out of high school by the Seattle Mariners in 2001 and made his MLB debut with the Seattle Mariners in 2007. Coach Rowland-Smith spent 4 years with the Seattle Mariners from 2007-2010 and spent 1 year with the Diamondbacks in 2014 and retiring from baseball in 2017.
Coach Rowland-Smith has an abundance of playing experience which includes 17 years professionally, mostly in the MLB system, but also played internationally with the Rhinos of the Chinese Professional Baseball League and for the Brisbane Bandits of the Australian Baseball League,
Coach Ryan Rowland-Smith also represented Australia in the 2004 Summer Olympics and the World Baseball Classic three times the last being in 2017.
Coach Rowland-Smith has stayed busy co-founding NxtGen Baseball to train and develop Australian high school baseball players to help give them an opportunity to play baseball at the next level. NxtGen has helped 37 players get committed to colleges including Oregon State, Stanford, and Gonzaga.
Coach Rowland-Smith is also the TV/Radio baseball analyst on Root Sports and 710ESPN covering the Seattle Mariners.
TEAM COACHES
COACH DYLAN MCLAUCHLIN
18U HEAD COACH
Coach McLauchlin, graduated and played baseball at Enumclaw High School
He started his collegiate career at Green River Community College but after only playing for one year tore his UCL and was forced to cut his pitching career short.
Coach McLauchlin has several years of select team coaching experience coaching at Baden and Rijo Athletics as a pitching and hitting coach. He also coached the Baden 13U-15U select teams while at Baden.
Coach McLauchlin was an assistant coach for Mercer Island High School baseball team prior to taking the assistant baseball coaching position at West Seattle High School.
COACH RAMSOWER
18U ASSISTANT COACH
Coach Ramsower brings years of baseball experience, both as a player and a coach. Ramsower played at Pima Community College in Arizona and at Washington State University as an infielder and catcher. He was a select and high school coach in Arizona before being an assistant coach at Lower Columbia College. In addition he is a coach and player evaluator for Baseball Northwest.
Coach Ramsower oversees all aspects of Washington Baseball Academy.
COACH BEN WEXLER
16U HEAD COACH
Coach Wexler 4 year varsity letter winner at West Seattle High School and in his senior year played his part to help the Wildcats make their first ever WIAA State 3A title appearance. He threw a complete game 5-hitter, allowing 2 runs while striking out 2 on 76 pitches to help seal Westside’s victory over and first trip to the State 3A Final Four in school history. He earned Metro 3A 2nd Team honors his senior year.
Coiach Wexler attended and played baseball at San Diego City Col.lege.
COACH JAKE MAGERA
16U ASSISTANT COACH
Coach Magers was on the West Seattle High School team. He was a 2 year varsity letter winner and in his senior year helped the Wildcats make their first ever WIAA State 3A title appearance. and was a Metro 3A honorable mention.
Coach Magera attended and played baseball at Olympic Col.lege.
COACH DAVID JOHNSON
15U HEAD COACH
Coach Johnson hails from West Seattle where he was a West Seattle Little League All-Star. He attended Chief Sealth High School where he was a standout infielder and Team Captain. He was a first team Metro 3A All-Star selection his senior year.
He attended and played baseball on scholarship at Whitman College. In his freshman year he started all but one of his 48 games played. and batted .292 with 33 runs, 36 RBI, 14 doubles, a triple and five homeruns...season high four hits against Whitworth, batting 4-5 including a double and a homerun to go along with one run and four RBI...belted a grand slam vs. Occidental as part of a two-hit, two-run, seven-RBI performance...homered three times in a five game NWC stretch and .batted 3-4 with one run in the NCAA Tournament at Chapman.
His junior year he saw action in 16 games prior to the season being suspended. for COVID. He had a .266. batting average and scored nine runs with eight RBI, three doubles, a triple and a homerun.
In his senior year he played in 30 games with 27 starts.. He was second on the team in homeruns (8) to go along with 21 runs, four doubles and one triple finishing with a .344 batting average on the season helping his team to make the conference tournament.
Coach Johnson graduated with a Bachelors Degree in Biology. After graduating he became a Emergency Medical Technician and is now working on his Medicall Degree.
COACH JACKSON CHILCOTT
15U ASSISTANT COACH
Coach Chilcott is a West Seattle native wehere he was a soccer and baseball standout. Coach Chilcott attended Chief Sealth High School where he was a outfielder, 1st baseman and pitcher and was a Metro 3A All-Star selection his senior year.
After high school Coach Chilcott attended Pierce College to play baseball. but unfortunately his college baseball career was cut short and he transferred to Gonzaga University to finish his college education. While at Gonzaga he played on and was the President of the Gonzage Club Baseball Team. He received his Bachelors Degree in Communications and Media Studies
COACH NICK HORN
14U HEAD COACH
Coach Horn was a Kennedy High School standout pitcher. In his senior year he was a key factor in the Lancers advancing to the Elite 8 in the Washington State 4A tournament. He was also named Kennedy Catholic Baseball Player of the Year where he posted a 2.03 ERA resulting in 9 wins on 69 IP with 82K's and a .184 OBA and .923 FP.
Coach Horn attended Bellevue College and had a short stint on the bump before deciding to focus on his academics receiving his AA in Business Administration & Management and transferred to the University of Washington where he received his Bachelors Degree in Business Administration and Management-Finance .
COACH JARED THURBER
14U ASSISTANT COACH
Coach Thurber attended Kennedy Catholic High School where he was a four-time letter winner. He was a three-time All-North Puget Sound League selection and as junior hit .387 with eight doubles, one triple and 18 stolen bases. As a senior, he hit .347 with six doubles, two triples, one home run and 12 stolen bases.
A complete athlete Coach Thurber also lettered twice in basketball. and was also a four-year letter winner in football. He was a three-time All-League wide receiver and as a senior was named North Puget Sound 4A Offensive Player of the Year, NPSL 4A First Team and Tacoma News Tribune All-Area First Team after catching 53 passes for 1,205 yards and 20 touchdowns. He also picked off three passes, was 14-of-16 kicking extra points and threw one touchdown pass. Coach Thurber was awarded the Kennedy Catholic Val Kirk Student-Athlete Award..
After high school Coach Thurber attended the University of Montana to play football as a wide receiver. After redshirting his freshman year he made the decision to switch to baseballl and transferred to Washington State University.
At Washington State University Coach Thurber appeared in 22 games, 10 as a starter and hit .220 with two doubles and five RBI's and scored nine runs prior to the COVID shutdown.
Coach Thurber is now working on his Nursing degree..
COACH ANTHONY CHIODO
14U HEAD COACH
Coach Chiodo attended and played baseball at Bishop Blanchet High School. After high school Coach Chiodo was focusing on his college education but still had the love for the game.
In the summer of 2017 he was invited to play on the Yuba-Sutter Gold Sox in California as a late addition pitcher to help finish up the long summer season. During his short stint he discovered and picked up to play college ball at Laney College in Oakland CA. There he became one of their team leaders and relievers.
He appeared in 11 games giving up 4 ER with 11 BB and 8 K's and had a 2.77 era. Unfortunately COVID shortened his college playing career and upon receiving his AA in Social Science, Language Arts and a AA-T in Communications he transferred to San Jose State University where he recieved his Bachelors Degree in Communications.
Coach Chiodo is currently Project Director at the University of Washington School of Dentistry
COACH GIOVANNI CHIODO
14U ASSISTANT COACH
Coach Chiodo attended and played baseball at Bishop Blanchet High School.
COACH MAGGIE GALLAGHER
14U GIRLS BASEBALL FOR ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM HEAD COACH
Coach Maggie Gallagher, graduated and played softball at University of Washington.
Her freshman year she played in 20 games and finished the season with a .250 BA. In her Sophomore year she finished the season with a .356 BA with 4 doubles and 8 RBI's.
Raised in Seattle and played at Kennedy Catholic High School as a senior, Coach Gallagher was named the 2017 Gatorade Player of the Year, batting a .714 BA with 17 home runs. Coach Gallagher won back-to-back Seamount League MVP with a .719 batting average along with 42 runs scored and 34 RBI in her junior campaign. She helped the Lancers to a league title and was named a MaxPreps 2015 Small Schools All-American.
Coach Gallagher was twice named to the Seattle Times All-Area team and First Team All-Conference each season.
1n 2022 Coach Gallagher was the Head Coach of the UW Women's Baseball Club Team winning the Collegiate Women's Club Team National Championship. She also competes in the Puget Sound Senior Baseball League.
COACH BRYCEN ALLEN
Floater Coach
Coach Allen attended Todd Beamer High School where hhe was a Second Team selection in the SPSL as both an outfielder and pitcher.
After High School he attended Everett CC where he was named First Team NWAC North Region, First Team All-NWAC and First Team ABCA Pacific Division All-Region. Coach Allen went 9-2 with a 2.18 ERA, striking out 71 batters in 74 1/3 innings his sophomore year.
In 2020 Coach Allen transferred to Florida Atlantic University and in 2021 appeared in seven games out of the bullpen, holding batters to just a .188 average over his 8 2/3 innings.
Coach Allen Graduated cum laude in the spring with a degree in public safety administration
COACH TYLER TODISH
Floater Coach
Coach Todish comes from thr Tri-Cities area where he attended Kennewick High School and played outfield for the Lions.
For collegee he attended and played outfield at Big Bend Colleg.e but was cut short due to COVID. He played in 14 games and had a .324 BA and .416 OBP. Defensively he was 16 for 16 a 1.000 fielding percentage.
13U Coaches Coby Schultz, Dale Dolejsi
13U Coaches Marc Steiner, Randy Loganbill
12U Coaches J.J. Guajardo, Chris Kraynek
11U Coaches Dale Ross, Peter Tarabochia
10U Coaches Dan Womac, Tim Kerns
10U Coaches Peter Parker, Jason Arbow