Coach McGinnis accepting his
@ABCA1945
Ethics in Coaching Award this morning on the main stage. Great speech coach and thanks for representing our state and association with such class, humility and integrity.
@CoachMcGinnis
@thekimberlybase
WBCA announces Hall of Fame Class of 2022. Kent Casper (Coleman HS), Scott Holler (Oak Creek HS) and Lance Schmitz (Barneveld HS) to be inducted on February 12th in Madison.
Going to be a great weekend in Chicago
@ABCA1945
honoring WI Baseball Legend l, Marty Paulsen, as he is inducted into the ABCA Hall of Fame! Congratulations again Coach!
@FondyBaseball
@DMichalkiewicz
Congratulations to
@UWWBaseball
Head Coach John Vodenlich on his induction into the
@ABCA1945
Hall of Fame last night. Lucky to have to Coach Vodenlich representing our great state and WI Baseball!
Another WBCA member getting recognized in Chicago this weekend at the
@ABCA1945
is Head Coach of
@thekimberlybase
,
@CoachMcGinnis
Coach is receiving the prestigious Ethics in Coaching Award! Well deserved Coach McGinnis!
Congratulations to Umpire Nathan Tomlinson, a native of Waupaca, who will be making his MLB debut as an umpire this weekend after 10 years of working his way up through the minors.
Big Congratulations goes out to Wisconsin’s very own, Marty Paulsen, on his induction into the
@ABCA1945
Hall of Fame. Very deserving honor for a Legend in our State! So happy for you Marty and
@FondyBaseball
#HallOfFame
#Legend
ABCA Hall of Fame Inductee
Marty Paulsen
@FondyBaseball
⚾️ 2nd most wins all-time in Wisconsin
⚾️ Appeared in state tournament in five different decades
⚾️ 2010 ABCA High School Regional Coach of the Year
Not enough words to describe what Coach Paulsen has meant to high school baseball in WI. We are all better coaches and better people for having listened, seen, and learned from Marty over the years. A true giant and Legend of WI HS baseball! Congratulations Marty!
Fond du Lac Baseball Announcement regarding the retirement of Head Coach Marty Paulsen after 54 seasons. Congratulations on an amazing career!
#cardinals
WBCA Hall of Famers in attendance welcomed five new members today! Congratulations:
Jeff Bigler (Whitnall/Brook. Central)
Greg Featherston (Jefferson)
Bob Gawlitta (WI Rapids)
Tim Poock (Green Lake/Princeton)
Wayne Sankey (Pacelli)
Leading us off are three of the top HS coaches in our state, talking “The Key Staples of our Program.” Thanks to Greg Fetherston (Jefferson); Michael Roemhild (Boyceville) and Harvey Knutson (Bay Port).
#WBCA2022
Congratulations to Royall Baseball Coach Joe Vitcenda who earned his 587th career win on Thursday night. The victory surpassed the Spring career wins record previously held by Don Williams of Hortonville. This is Coach Vitcenda’s 50th season at Royall!
WBCA Members,
Consider getting your school and teams involved this Friday to honor Jackson. Feel free to share pictures with us as we show our support for Jackson and his family!
#jerseys4jackson
2023 WBCA Hall of Fame Class Announced! Congratulations John Matera (Kenosha Tremper); Dave Bahr (Lake Country Lutheran); John Hamilton (Westby); Rob Hamilton (Sun Prairie); Bob Johnson (Eau Claire North); Scott Bagniefski (La Crosse Aquinas)
@travisWSN
The 51st Annual WBCA clinic wraps on March 13th with 2 of the top college coaches in our state.
@DoffekRoyhobbs
Coach Doffek of
@MKE_Baseball
"The Complete Hitter" and John Vodenlich of
@UWWBaseball
"Integrating baseball Skill Development in practice"
#WBCA2021
Shoutout to “The Godfather” of the WBCA,
@ABCA1945
Hall of Famer Mark Fuller for once again putting together an amazing group of speakers this year. We are lucky to have your leadership here in WI, Mark!
#WBCA2022
Huge shoutout and thanks to the “Godfather” of the WBCA, Mark Fuller, for putting together an unbelievable lineup of speakers this year. Thank you “Fulls” for your unwavering commitment to the WBCA and all of us coaches! 👏👏👏
@UWWBaseball
#WBCA2021
Shout out to
@OWbaseball
HC Tony Gerharz for all the work he puts in as the WBCA All-Star Classic chairman. This event isn’t possible without Tony and his efforts!
My advice for the high school and summer coaches is to check egos and work together! Take an interest! College coaches do it all the time with Collegiate Summer Leagues. Communication is the key! I have had players make great improvements while playing for their summer teams!
WI Native and current
@Rockies
MILB Hitting Coordinator, Trevor Burmeister, dropping some serious knowledge on hitting to open up day 2 of the WBCA clinic. One of the best young coaches in the country!
@T_Burm
Mark Fuller addressing the 72 players and 12 coaches selected to this year’s WBCA All Star Classic as we get set to kick off a great weekend of baseball in Oshkosh!
Less than 2 hours away from the start of WI Baseball Coaches Association Clinic! Over 600+ HS/College/Professional and Youth coaches will be in attendance.
@Rockies
Coach and Legendary clinician
@JWonCATCHING
Jerry Weinstein on stage now getting his presentation set up!
2022 version of Baseball Wisconsin (30th Anniversary) is redesigned and features more players and coaches than ever before. Nearly 300 pages, it covers everything you need to know about Wisconsin High School baseball and then some! Order now!
“Observations from 100 Years in Baseball!” The “Godfather” Mark Fuller and “Lou” Marty Paulsen, two
@ABCA1945
Hall of Famers, putting on a great presentation as always!
Closing out day 1 is another great coach and Clinician
@CoachMongero
Thanks to all our speakers for a fantastic day. Back at it tomorrow morning at 8:15am.
#WBCA2022
WBCA President Scott Staude and the “Godfather” Mark Fuller welcoming all members and introducing our lead off speakers: Tim Gotzler (Men. Falls); Greg Yeager (Hortonville); and Tim Poock (Green Lake/Princeton)
A staple of the annual WBCA clinic, this year’s Yearbook is the Biggest (300 pages) & best yet! Joe Waite continues to outdo himself year after year! All members can pick up their copy at registration starting today at 2pm. Fans, order your copy online at
Big thank you to all of our vendors that came to our annual clinic in support of our association! Special shout out to
@MWSTS1
@PBRWisconsin
, Soft Touch Bases, Hallman Lindsey Paints,
@BSNSPORTS
KEI, and CFS Mattresses and
@GRBRays
for your WBCA partnerships!We appreciate you!
Great news for WI high school baseball today! Well done WBCA President John Hamiltion, WIAA Baseball Advisory Council, and WBCA Executive Board on your work to get this approved!
APPROVED: BASEBALL - Expand the state tournament schedule to 4 days, with D1 quarterfinals on Day 1 & all semifinals on Days 2 & 3 (4 games each day, order to be determined) beginning in 2023. (Vote 11-0) ⚾️
#wiaabase
Two of the best around will present mid-day on day 1 of our clinic. Trent Mongero
@CoachMongero
(Detailed Play and Catch for Infielders) and
@JWonCATCHING
Jerry Weinstein (New Age Hitting). If you aren’t following them on Twitter, you’re missing out daily!
#WBCA2021
New HC at
@MKE_Baseball
Shaun Wegner with a great presentation on practice organization. Follow the Panthers on ESPN + all season long or stop out to Franklin Field this Spring! Thanks for your time this weekend Coach!
@swegner10
Baseball Coaches, we are pleased to bring you "Baseball Wisconsin Podcast with Tim Gotzler." Tim is the HC at Menomonee Falls and has offered up his podcast as part of our WBCA social media outreach. We thank Tim for these outstanding shows and are happy to share them! Enjoy!
A reminder that in order for players to be eligible for post season recognition, the head coach must be a member of the WBCA. This is common practice in all state associations. We encourage and remind all head coaches throughout the year to become a member of the association.
Unfortunate to see none of our players represented in the
@BaseballWis
all district teams.
@jamesreese_11
led the southeast district in average, home runs, and RBIs (603,8,48) and strikes out 90 on the mound in 47 IP.
@VidalColon1
hits 500 and steals 22 bags.
Lucky to have one of the top baseball coaches and clinicians in the country
@JWonCATCHING
Jerry Weinstein of the
@Rockies
speaking at our clinic this weekend.
#WBCA2022
Tonight we begin to release our incredible speaker lineup for the 2021 WBCA Clinic. We’ll release 2 each day for the next 10 days.Leading us off on March 12th will be Brewers Coach Pat Murphy (Offensive Baseball) and Brian Cain (10 Pillars of Performance Mastery)
@BrianCainPeak
The American Baseball Coaches Association has now announced the 10 individuals who will be inducted into the ABCA Hall of Fame in January 2024!
FULL ANNOUNCEMENT 📝
The 2024 ABCA Hall of Fame Banquet induction ceremony will be held during
#ABCA2024
on
Day 2 of our '21 clinic will open up with Perry Husband (Effective Velocity). Then a few of our own WI Head Coaches, Scott Holler of
@ocreekbaseball
,
@CoachMcGinnis
of
@thekimberlybase
, Marty Paulsen of
@FondyBaseball
, will speak on Building Team Chemistry and Player Ownership!
WBCA President John Hamilton of Westby presenting at this morning’s business meeting! Great job John in his first year of being the President. Great to be back in person again!
#WBCA2022
Game 1 Final: North 4 South 2
(8 innings)
2 run single by Winneconne’s Noah Berndt in the top of the 8th proves to be the game winning hit for the North! Now set for game 2 of the night between the West and East All Stars!
WI Coaches,
Going to want your infielders to be a part of this event and learn from two of the best! Send them the link so they can get signed up.
@CoachMongero
@troskybaseball
As a prominent alum
@dekker
we would love your voice playing a role in helping us make this happen. So sad that
@UWBadgers
continues to be the only
@bigten
school Without baseball!
@B1Gbaseball
Collegiate Baseball's 2021 Pre-Season All-Americans, powered by Diamond Sports, have just been released. See who made the first, second and third team selections of 81 players at:
@DiamondSportsCo
Talking WIAA state tournament baseball on today’s WBCA show from 10-noon on
@1250AMTheFan
Joining the show will be Greg Featherston of Jefferson, Marty Paulsen of Fond Du Lac, Ryan Gavinski of St. Joe’s, Andy Niese of Regis, and Tim Gotzler of
@MFallsBaseball
Day 2 underway with our annual FCA breakfast. Great message this morning from U.S. Veteran and Air Force Academy coach Mike McFadden. Thanks to Hallman Lindsey Paints for sponsoring this great event.
#WBCA2022
Our 52nd annual WBCA Clinic kicks off at 3pm tomorrow in Madison. Incredible lineup of speakers, great vendors on hand, raffles, & our annual Awards and Hall of Fame Banquet on Saturday. Over 550 members already registered. Walk up registration is available.
#WisconsinBaseball
Day 1 on March 12th will wrap up with
@lunchmckenzie
of UCSP presenting a “Lunch Buffet of Coaching Nuggets,” followed by Harvey Ratner “Visual/Mental/Physical training to improve speed” and Canadian National Coach Andre Lachance “Adapt or Die.” Great group to round out day 1!
WBCA Executive Board meeting one final time this morning before the 52nd annual clinic kicks off at 3pm in Madison! Over 500 WI baseball coaches to converge for a weekend of learning fellowship!
We are going big time in the 3 and 4 hole on day two....
@Brewers
Hitting Coach
@ahaines19
will be talking "Strategies For Coaching Today's Hitters", followed up by current
@Reds
Pitching Coach and former
@VandyBoys
and
@Brewers
PC Derek Johnson "Talking Pitching With DJ"
Coach Friess has stepped down as the head coach of the Bulldog baseball program after compiling a 600-526 record over 41 seasons. This includes 6 trips to the WIAA summer state tournament and 2 runner up finishes.Thank you Coach Friess!
@NorthShoreConf
@WIBallCentral
@baseballWSN
6 more speakers to drop for day 2....starting with
@bb_mindset
speaking on "Developing the Predator Mindset." They'll be followed by
@Yankees
Baseruning coordinator, Matt Talarico,
@coachtalarico
dropping knowledge on baserunning!
#WBCA2021
Some news: The Red Sox are hiring Bianca Smith as a minor league coach, making her the first Black woman to serve as a professional baseball coach in the sport’s history. Smith currently is an assistant coach/hitting coordinator at Carroll University.
We bring back
@CoachMongero
on Day 2 to talk “Drills to build a Smooth Infielder” and then welcome former MLB All-Star
@cgrand3
Curtis Granderson and his HC from
@UIC_Baseball
Mike Dee for what will surely be a fantastic Q&A!
Congratulations to the 2021 ABCA/ATEC High School Regional & National Coaches of the Year!
These honorees join the coaches recognized in the eight collegiate divisions earlier this summer!
SEE RECIPIENTS 📝
Wisconsin's all time winningest coach, Jim Hughes of Franklin, then joins the duo, then future hall of famer, Sun Prairie's Rob Hamilton, and finally Mike Gregory, Edgerton's Hall of Fame coach round out hour two.
Great looking State Championship Rings made by our partners
@MWScholastic
for the State Champion
@WFB_Baseball
squad. Give them a call if you’re looking for State Championship rings, current and former champs!
In the 3 hole on March 12th will be Houston Astros Pitching Coach Brent Strom (Data and Analytics in the Pitching Landscape). In the cleanup spot will be a Q & A Session with longtime MLB umpire Tim Tschida and former St. Mary’s Springs HC & MLB umpire supervisor, Phil Janssen!
Shoutout to
@SPRINTURF
for their sponsorship and being the official turf company of the WBCA! WI Coaches and AD’s, contact
@SteinbergMat33
for your turf needs!
ATTENTION VARSITY HEAD COACHES:
Please get your WBCA 2023 yearbook survey completed ASAP. Your completion of the survey allows Joe Waite to begin completing the conference previews, player profiles, etc....Thank you for your assistance!