Staff

Jason Booth

Director of Baseball Operations / College Placement Coordinator

EmailJasonbooth1515@gmail.com

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

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Kyle McKay

Director of Player Development/Pitching Coordinator

Emailkyle_mckay@rogers.com

Professional Baseball Career:

3 years professional baseball between 4 pro teams:

Traverse City Beach Bums (Frontier League), 2016

one of only 2 Canadians ever to sign and suit up for the Beach Bums

Trinidad Triggers, posted 1.22 ERA (Pecos league), 2016

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 Yardbirds (Pecos League), 2017

Skagit Valley Lumberjacks (Mount Rainier Pro Baseball League), 2015

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

Amateur 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

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Shawn Lynn

VP of Baseball Operations / Assistant Director of Player Development

Playing Career

1998 MLB Draft Toronto Blue Jays 28th round out of High School

1999 MLB Draft San Diego Padres 26th round pick out of College

Team Canada Jr. National Team RHP

Seminole State College NJCAA D1

Ranked #1 NJCAA D1 in nation during his time there
posted a 11-1 record on the mound
76-5 Team overall record
NJCAA D1 World Series appearance, playing in front of 22,000 fans

Coaching Career

Has Coached and developed many Professional and College Players

Assisted Several Major League Baseball Scouting Bureau Camps

Toronto Ravens Assistant/Hitting Coach (PBLO)

Fieldhouse Pirates (Canadian Premier Baseball League)

17u Head Coach

Welland Renegades Coach (PBLO)

Canadian Baseball Hall of Famers Coach (PBLO)

Canadian Thunderbirds Head Coach (PBLO)

Pitching Coordinator

Ontario Royals Premier Baseball League of Ontario

Head of College Placement
Pitching Coordinator
Head Coach

PBLO Allstar Game Coach

Ontario Youth Team Tryout Camp Instructor

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Myles Swartz

Assistant General Manager / Assistant Pitching Coordinator

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Daryl Ringwald

Assistant Director of Baseball Operations

Coach Daryl Ringwald’s wide range of coaching experiences provides Coach McKay with many complementary attributes. Daryl’s coaching career started at the age of 16 when he trained the catchers of the Oakville Whitecaps—a team that captured the 12U Halton Region district championship. He served as a player coach at Thomas A. Blakelock High School in Oakville in 2001 and 2002.

After staying away from baseball for a couple years due to injuries, he started Northern All-Stars Baseball and is entering his 14th season as a professional instructor. During this time, he has taught over 500 players, including many that are currently playing on scholarships in Division I, II, III, NAIA, NJCAA, and OUA schools, such as Bowling Green State University, Indiana University Kokomo, San Joaquin Delta College, Slippery Rock University, Labette Community College, Western University, University of Guelph, University of Rochester, Hofstra University, Point University, Trinidad State Junior College, Indiana Tech, Midland University, and Bemidji State University, as well as Dayton Dragons (Cincinnati Reds).

Daryl has joined the instructor staff at The Dugout—the Team Ontario Astros off-season training facility that also provides clinics and camps to younger players.

Coach Ringwald began playing organized baseball at four years old in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia. He moved to Ontario at 12 and played for the Oakville A’s where he was a Bantam COBA All-Star and a high average/contact hitting pitcher, catcher, and third baseman. He played two seasons for the Halton Athletic Club in the CEBC, SEMBA, and AABC, but suffered an arm injury at 16 that could not be surgically repaired. He played his final season for the Ontario Falcons, primarily as a DH/1B and finished his playing career with a .500 batting average.

Despite numerous opportunities at junior colleges and Division II programs, Coach Ringwald opted not to attend post-secondary on baseball scholarships after a second failed attempt at shoulder repair. When one door closes, another opens; and Coach Ringwald’s love of the game eventually led to Northern All-Stars and 14 seasons of successful business practices in the training of college-bound baseball players. Coach Ringwald’s positive impact on the 16U squad has been immediate, based on the team’s quick development and their recent undefeated run at the Memorial Day tournament in Troy, Ohio. Welcome to the Team Ontario Astros, Coach Ringwald!

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Cam Black-Araujo

Director of Communications/Media

Emailcblackaraujo6@gmail.com

Dan Gillis

Director of Education

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!

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Jim Walker

Recruiting Coordinator

Phone705 229 1250

Emailjim.walker@teamontariobaseball.com

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)

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Jim Hughes

Mental Skills Coach