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Joe Taylor - Owner, 14U Head Coach & Lead Instructor Phone: 503-380-5685 Email: jtaylor@portlandbaseballclub.com Joe started Portland Baseball Club in 2008 after spending 5 years as the General Manager of NW Star Academy. As General Manager, NW Star Academy grew exponentially. They formed a very successful Apple Cup Fall League which grew to 24 teams in 2008. They coordinated 3 summer teams at the 14U, 18U, and collegiate levels. The 18U team went on an amazing run in 2008 winning Senior Babe Ruth state, regionals, and the World Series in Newark, Ohio. The team went undefeated during the playoffs and gave a group of 16 players, 3 coaches, and 2 administrators the experience of a lifetime. Head coach Brad Neffendorf with assistants Chris Lewis and Mick Ellett all return with Portland Baseball Club to assume coaching duties. Prior to NW Star Academy, Joe completed his BA in Communications at Lewis & Clark College where he was a 3 year starter as a pitcher and middle infielder. Before LC, Joe attended Green River CC in Auburn, WA for one season. Joe is originally from Seattle, Wa where he attended Mt. Rainier and Tahoma High Schools. Graduating in 2000, Joe had the opportunity to play Senior Babe Ruth and Connie Mack baseball with the Auburn Knights Baseball Club for coach Jim Sugarbaker throughout high school. The opportunities that he received in high school are exactly the opportunities he hopes to provide for Portland area youths. |
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Brad Neffendorf - 18U Head Coach & Instructor Phone: 971-227-2972 Email: bradneffendorf@hotmail.com Brad is the head coach of the 2010 Portland Baseball Club 18U team. As head coach, Brad led NW Star to a career 89-23 record including 5 tournament championship. The biggest thrill came in 2008 when he led the team to the Senior Babe Ruth World Series Championship in Newark, Ohio. Brad has an extensive coaching background to include JV coach at Clackamas HS, head coach of Portland Vandals, coach during the Pacific NW Championship, as well as working various camps from Oregon to Oregon State to Bend Prospect Camp, a stint as the Mt. Hood CC pitching coach. Played College Ball at Clackamas CC where he was a two- year starting pitcher. Compiled 120 innings in two years. All-League selection as a sophomore and selected to play in the Sophomore Showcase All-Star Game. Summer of his freshman year played for Beaverton Ringor, an all-metro area Babe Ruth All-Star team with a record of 52-8. During that summer Beaverton Ringor was the Oregon Babe Ruth State Champions, Pacific Northwest Champions, and placed 4th in the senior Babe Ruth World Series, held in Weimar, Texas. The following summer Brad was selected to play for the Portland Kings of the Pacific International League, which were the reigning league champs and 1 game away from the NBC World Series in 2004. That summer, Brad went down with a career ending shoulder injury and later would undergo two surgeries. Brad is currently the head coach at Aloha HS as well as an associate scout for the Florida Marlins.
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Mick Ellett - 18U Assistant Coach & Instructor Phone: 503-380-3462 Email: mickellett@aol.com Mick comes to Portland Baseball Club after spending the last 3 years as a head coach and assistant coach with NW Star Academy. He is also the pitching coach at Clackamas CC where his 2008 team had a great pitching staff. Mick has an extensive coaching background at the high school and collegiate level. He was the head varsity coach at Barlow HS and David Douglas HS for 26 years before starting his collegiate coaching career. Mick was the pitching coach for 6 years for head coach Jerry Gatto at Lewis & Clark College and is currently the pitching coach at Clackamas CC since 2003. During the summers, Mick was the head coach of the Aloha Knights for 3 years and was the pitching coach for 2 years after that. He left the Knights and started the Portland Kings. He led the Kings for 4 years and always fielded a competitive team that included a #1 seed in 2004.
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Chris Webb - 14U Assistant Coach & Instructor Phone: 503-888-9457 Email: cwebb@canbyford.com Chris joined Portland Baseball Club in 2009 as the 14U assistant coach. Chris came to Portland from Perth, Australia in 2001 via a college scholarship to Lewis & Clark College where he was a 4 year starter at catcher. During his time at Lewis & Clark he proved to be a versatile utility player, starting at every position on the diamond except 2nd base. Chris enjoyed a decorated junior career in Australia where he represented his state (Western Australia) at the 14U, 16U, and 18U Junior Nationals. He was also a squad member of the Australian Institute of Sports Junior National program. Aside from his love of baseball, Chris has been the Fleet Manager at Canby Ford for the past 6 years and spends much of his free time on the golf course. Chris and his wife Carla reside in Tualatin. |
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Chris Lewis - Instructor Phone: 971-678-7928 Email: clewis@campbellsville.edu Chris was the head coach of the inaugural 2009 Portland Baseball Club 18U Team. He is currently the assistant coach at Campbellsville University in Kentucky. Prior to joining Portland Baseball Club, Chris has been a coach at multiple levels from high school to college. He was the Bethany University head coach in Scott Valley, CA. In one year, he helped turn the program around setting 24 team records and 47 individual records while finishing with a school record 31-20 record. Chris also spent 3 years as the assistant coach at Lewis & Clark College where he helped bring in the largest recruiting class in school history. He has been an assistant coach at his alma mater, Sherwood HS and head coach of various summer programs to include Sherwood AAA Legion, Bay Area American Legion, Baseball Northwest, Salinas Valley Packers of the California Collegiate League, and the Portland Titans of the Portland City League. In high school, Chris was a 3 sport athlete earning all league honors in football, basketball, and baseball at Sherwood HS. He was repeatedly named the most valuable player and was team baption of both the football and baseball teams. He continued his career at Whitworth College where he was twice named all NWC defensive player of the year, at Western Oregon where he was the baseball team captain and student athlete mentor baseball representative, and at Eastern Oregon University where he was a First Team all northwest football selection. Chris brings an enthusiasm and knowledge of the game that will improve each and every player on the team. |
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