Baseball Operations
Jason Booth
Coaching
- Placed over 150 players into College Baseball
- Team Ontario Baseball (Canadian Premiere Baseball League)
- Director of Baseball Operations 2012-Present
- 18U Head Coach 2012-Present
- Oakville Royals (Premier Baseball League of Ontario) 2009-2012
- 18U Head Coach 2009-2011
- 17U Head Coach 2012
- College Placement Coordinator 2009-2012
- University of Saint Francis, Indiana (NAIA)
- Pitching Coach and Recruiting Coordinator 2005-2009
- Hamilton Thunderbirds (Intercounty Baseball League)
- Field Manager 2008,2009
- Thornhill Reds (Ontario Baseball Association)
- OBA Champions Field Manager 2007 & 2008
- Future Stars Baseball Camp
- Camp Director (2005-2008)
- Eric Wedge Baseball Camp (Fort Wayne Indiana) 2005 – 2008
- Ontario Diamond Jack
- Director of Baseball Operations 2005
Player:
- Tiffin University, Ohio (NCAA) 1999-2001
- Goshen College, Indiana (NAIA) 2001-2004
- Kitchener Panthers (Intercounty Baseball League) 2003-2004
Kyle McKay
Professional Baseball Career:
Traverse City Beach Bums (MLB Partnered Frontier Professional Baseball League)
- one of only 2 Canadians ever to sign and suit up for the Beach Bums
Trinidad Triggers, posted 1.22 ERA (Pecos Professional Baseball league)
- Holds Record for All Time Best ERA
- 2nd All Time in WHIP
- Pecos League playoff championship finalists
- Northern Division Champions (captured the Northern Division title, regular season and playoffs)
High Desert California
Skagit Valley Lumberjacks (Mount Rainier Professional Baseball League)
Team Canada
- World Baseball Challenge 2013, represented Canada
- 2nd best tournament ERA, posting a 1.29 ERA
- Threw 7 innings against Japan, allowing only 1 earned run
- Strong outings versus Cuba and Japan, two international baseball powerhouses
International Tournaments
Ramada Inn World Baseball Challenge, BC
- Pitcher for Sidearm Nation for a Bronze Medal finish
- Posted a 2-0 record in 3 outings with a 2.10 ERA
Semi Pro Career
Kitchener Panthers (Intercounty Baseball League), 2010-2015
- IBL pitcher of the week honors in 2015
- 2015 IBL playoff championship berth
- Multiple 1-hit outings throughout career vs Toronto Maple Leafs, London Majors, and Ottawa Fatcats
College Summer Baseball
Medicine Hat Mavericks 2013 (Western Major Baseball League)
- WMBL championship finalists
- Captured the Western Division title
- Set single-season league team wins record, 46-10
- CG 1-hitter vs Weyburn, June 9th, 2013
- Received WMBL pitcher of the week honors
- Posted a 2.15 ERA on the season
College Baseball Career
University of Saint Francis, Fort Wayne, 2012-2014
- All-time single season strikeout record holder
- All-time career ERA record holder
- First Team All Crossroads Conference honors
University of South Carolina Upstate, NCAA D1, Atlantic Sun Conference, 2011-2012
- Second-place regular-season finish in the ASUN Conference
Kaskaskia College, NJCAA D1, 2010- 2011
- Ranked in the Top 25 nationally for K’s per 9 innings in 2011
COACHING BACKGROUND AND HIGHLIGHTS:
Pitching Coach, University of Saint Francis, Fort Wayne, 2014-2015
- In charge of pitchers’ throwing programs/schedules, lifting/weight training, and running
Team Ontario Pitching Coach, 18U, 2015- 2016
Team Ontario Pitching Coordinator, 2016— present
Team Ontario Astros 16U Head Coach, fall 2017—present
- 2019 Troy Memorial Invitational champions (6-0 record)
- 2018 2nd place finish at Perfect Game Columbus
- 2018 2nd place finish at DSP World Series (3-1 record)
- 2nd Place Finish West Palm Beach Challenge
- 2019 Elite Baseball Oakland U Grizzlies Classic semi-final berth
Lori Mckay
Jim Walker
2016 Ontario Summer Games Coach (Representing the YSBA)
Coached in the Barrie Minor Baseball system for numerous years developing young athletes
Won a OBA Championship and numerous other tournaments including the YSBA Championships
Both his sons Parker and Mason are now Team Ontario Baseball Alumni
Both his sons Parker and Mason have played signed and played semi pro baseball for the Barrie Baycats of the Intercounty Baseball League (IBL)
Dan Gillis
Coach Dan Gillis is in his first year on the 18U coaching staff and will serve as Coach Booth’s bench coach to keep our big team organized and disciplined. Coach Gillis grew up in Nova Scotia, playing multiple sports including baseball under the tutelage of East Coast legend Sam Turnbull (grandfather of Olympian Blayre Turnbull) and Ray Slovaka (formerly of the Pittsburgh Pirates organization). He was also a competitive rugby player in Nova Scotia and at Saint Mary’s University (SMU).
Dan has coached baseball since the age of 16 and has been involved in several organizations in Nova Scotia and Ontario. He was on the staff of the first Rep team in the Stouffville Baseball Association. He distinguished himself as a coach for several years with the Newmarket Hawks, capping his career with an OBA championship team at the Minor Midget level in 2016. He is an NCCP provincially certified baseball coach.
He has also coached at the high school level and was co-founder of high school baseball at Sir William Mulock Secondary School in Newmarket. He also started high school hockey at Mulock SS, winning a York Region championship in the team’s second season. He has also coached rugby for many years in York Region high schools. Coach Gillis is a high school principal at Sutton District High School; but prior to this, he spent four and a half years as a vice principal at Bill Crothers Secondary School, where he helped many young athletes move on to university sport in Canada and the United States.
Dan continues to coach community hockey. He sits on the executive for York Region Athletic Association for high school sports and the Ontario Federation of Secondary Schools Athletic Association Principals Council.
Coach Gillis brings a wealth of coaching and administrative experience to the Team Ontario Astros and has been selected to sit on the board of directors of the organization. Welcome to the 18U coaching staff, Coach Gillis!