Our coaches not only teach the game of baseball, they also teach the game of life.
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Jesse Zepeda
Jesse Zepeda earned his bachelor’s degree in Sport Studies from Bethel University where he was a four-year baseball player. Jesse is a local product. He was born and raised in Elkhart, Indiana, where he attended and graduated from Elkhart Central High School (2014). While in high school, he played soccer and baseball for the Blue Blazers.
In 2013, Jesse was a member of the Elkhart Central state championship baseball team.
2019-2020, Jesse was a full-time assistant coach at Bethel University under Coach Seth Zartman.
October 2021, Jesse accepted the Head Coaching position for the Goshen High School Junior Varsity team.
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Brant Mast
Brant is from Nappanee, Indiana and graduated from Northwood high school in 2018. During his high school career, Mast was a two-sport athlete and three-year varsity letter-man both in tennis and baseball. He was named first team all-conference his junior and senior year for both tennis and baseball.
Since high school, Brant is now attending Spring Arbor University where he is playing under Coach Ryan Marken. While attending SAU, Mast will be playing second and third base for the Cougars.
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Luke Shively
Luke attends Taylor University and will be graduating with a degree in Social Studies Education in 2022. As a pitcher for the Trojans, Luke has appeared in over 50 games to this point and has a career ERA of 3.42 with 203 Strike Outs.
Luke is from Mishawaka, Indiana where he was a standout for Coach John Heummer at Mishawaka High School. Luke earned multiple accolades and awards for his performance both on the diamond and in the classroom as well.
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Matt Dutkowski
Matt is currently attending Taylor University where he is playing for Coach Kyle Gould, and is majoring in Sport Management. Matt pitches and plays first base for the Trojans.
Matt is from Nappanee, Indiana and graduated from Northwood high school in 2019. While at Northwood he was named team MVP twice, was a two-time All-Northern Lakes Conference Selection, and also was selected as an All-Indiana standout and North All-Star.