What does Shaping Kids’ Lives Through Sports mean to you?: “I have always had a passion for mentoring youth through sports. Shaping Kids’ Lives Through Sports means teaching kids how to work cooperatively with others and showing good sportsmanship. Shaping Kids’ Lives Through Sports encourages them to think about the group as a whole and…
What does Shaping Kids’ Lives Through Sports mean to you?: “It’s awesome being able to watch them grow as a player and as a person and sports is a great way to teach structure.” Playing Experience: Jason played four years of baseball in high school. Coaching/Mentoring Experience: Jason has six years’ worth of experience in…
Name: Carlos Mesa Hometown/High School: Silver Spring, MD/Montgomery Blair High School Year started with Koa: 2017 Coaching/Mentor experience: 5 years Current teams coaching: 12u/Drillers- BABL AA Off-field interests/hobbies: Xbox Favorite MLB team/player: Nationals/Bartolo Colon Favorite Baseball experience: Helping to win senior night, beating the senters for 3rd place
Name: Steve Friedman Year started with Koa: January 2017 Coaching Experience: Since 2017, Steven has coached year-round in Koa’s Travel and BABL programs. He is currently the Head Coach of our 13u Travel team and has been with them since the summer of 2019. (18-1 record and winner of 2021 Fall Batten Down the Hatches Open)….
Name: Mike Evans Coaching Experience: Mike Started coaching with Koa in 2011 through 2014. He Returned to coach in the summer of 2017. Mike has coached most age groups with Koa travel baseball, mainly 10U-16U travel teams. He has coached High School Varsity and Junior Varsity teams for Koa. He is also an Assistant Coach for…
What does Shaping Kids’ Lives Through Sports mean to you?: “Helping kids grow up, learn life lessons, and skills through sports to get real life experiences.” Playing Experience: Played in Great Falls Little League and McLean Babe Ruth when I was a kid. Graduated from McLean High school and played three years at Coastal Carolina before…
Name: John Paseur Hometown/High School/College: McLean, Virginia/Landon School/Johns Hopkins University Year started with Koa: Fall 2016 Coaching/Mentor Experience: organized the Johns Hopkins Club Baseball team, worked with Impact Sports Baltimore, and coached baseball during his undergrad. Coached at the middle school of the Calvert School in Baltimore, is the current middle school head coach, is the…
Name: Pat Hisle What does Shaping Kids’ Lives Through Sports mean to you? “Shaping kids lives through sports to me means helping kids build life skills and relationships through the game. Many of the most important lessons in life I learned happened on a baseball field and I cherish the opportunity to share my knowledge with…
Name: Mark Brown How Long Coaching for Koa, Capacities: 2 years, 2 years with AA Changeups, 3 years of Travel. What Makes You Tick/ Motivated: Winning while bringing the team together. I love seeing the progress and hard work that brings the team together. Previous Baseball Experience: Played 4 years at Wootton High School, finished…
Name: Steve Christakos Playing Experience: Steve attended and played at Walter Johnson High School in Rockville, MD and then Ursinus College in Collegeville, PA. Coaching/Mentor experience: Steve Currently coaches the 18u AA BABL Baysox team. He has also coached as an assistant at Walter Johnson High School. Year started with Koa: 2012
