OUR COACHES
CHRIS SCARCELLA
10U AND 13U, PRESIDENT
Chris was a 4 year Letterman at Clear Creek High School, playing on 3 District Championship teams and a State Semi Finalist team. He was a Baseball America top prospect in the 1997 MLB draft but decided to attend Texas A&M University on a baseball scholarship where he was part of 2 Big 12 Championships and earned a trip to the College World Series in 1999.
A Pitcher and 3 year Letterman at A&M, Chris was a GTE Academic Award Winner, Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll, and selected to the Big 12 All Tournament team in 1998 as a Freshman. He was drafted by the Oakland Athletics after his Junior season in the 2000 MLB draft. Chris was named Rookie pitcher of the year in his first professional season and named by Baseball America as one of the hardest throwing prospects in the Oakland system in 2001.
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JOHN SCHESCHUK
MEMBER, BOARD OF DIRECTORS
John Scheschuk '99 played first base and was a four-year Letterman for the Texas A&M baseball team from 1996-99. He earned All-Big 12 honors twice, 1998 and 1999, and was selected the Marion Pugh Most Valuable Player following his senior season. During Scheschuk's tenure, the Aggie baseball team won two conference championships, 1998 and 1999, and advanced to the 1999 College World Series.
He holds the single-season school record for most walks (57) and games played (70). For his career, Scheschuk ranks in the Texas A&M top 10 in putouts (1,210), batting average (.352), walks (107) and home runs (28). He was drafted by the San Diego Padres and played 3 professional seasons before retiring.
HUNTER VANSAU
11U, ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER
Hunter was a 4 year varsity letterman at Crawford High School in Crawford, TX. He began his college career at Dallas Baptist Univeristy where he redshirted and was encouraged to transfer to a junior college by his DBU coaches after that season.
In 2016 he played his Redshirt Freshman season at Northeast Texas Community College. During that season, Hunter led the team in five offensive categories including batting average (.378), doubles (11), hits (62), on-base percentage (.488) and runs (40).
After his RS Freshman Season, Hunter received an offer from Mississippi State to continue his playing career. In his sophomore season, he helped lead the 15th ranked Bulldogs to a Regional Championship, and eventually lost to LSU in the Super Regional to go to Omaha.
During his RS Junior Season, Hunter was a captain for the No. 8 ranked Bulldogs where they won the Tallahassee Regional, the Vanderbilt Super Regional, and eventually finished 3rd in the College World Series.
He returned to DBU where he completed his Master's Degree in Sports Management.
BRANDON DESKINS
12U
Brandon is from Friendswood, TX where he earned All-District honors in two seasons, posting an 11-4 record with 0.84 ERA his Junior year. In 2018, he was named the Top 12 left-handed pitchers in the state by Perfect Game.
After graduation, he attended Rice University, where he was a four year starter/reliever leading the staff in appearances in 2020, 2021, and 2022. He finished his collegiate career by not allowing a run in his final 3 appearances and fanning 12 in 6.1 innings. He was also named to the C-USA Academic Honor Roll in 2020, 2021, and 2022.
Brandon graduated from Rice with a B.S. in Sport Management
JOSH TAYLOR
13U
UH VICTORIA
MANNY SANCHEZ
14U
Manny attended Monache High School in Porterville, CA where he was a two time all conference Shortstop, hitting.379 as a Junior and .405 as a Senior. He received a scholarship to play JUCO at Porterville College where he was an All Conference OF, hitting .341 as a Freshman and .365 as a Sophmore.
Manny then went to Becker College where he was an All Conference Selection and hit .339 with 2 HRs and 40 RBIs. He transferred to La Sierra University his Senior year and hit .301 and played Centerfield. Manny decided to get back into baseball in 2017 and did private instruction in Martinez, CA at the Universal Sports Academy focusing on pitching, defense and hitting. One year later, he was asked to be part of the coaching staff for the Martinez Diablos, a well respected select organization in Northern California for ages 8-12.
Manny attributes his knowledge to all of his great previous coaches he has been able to learn from.
PAUL MUCKELROY
Paul Muckelroy was born and raised in Missouri City,Tx. He attended Elkins High school and received a Division 1 scholarship to Southern University where he was part of two SWAC conference championships.
After an injury, he finished his undergraduate degree at Texas Southern University in 2015.
Paul is currently pursuing his master’s at Houston Baptist University and has been coaching youth baseball with another Houston area baseball select organization over the past year.
TYRESE CLAYBORNE
10U WHITE
TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY
JARED VELASCO
10U
ANGELO ST UNIVERSITY
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MATT BRISTER
13U AND ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER
Matt was born in Dickinson and moved to League City to be part of the new Clear Springs program under Chris Floyd. Matt was a 3-year letter at Springs 1st Team All-District 2011, 2nd in MVP Voting. He earned a scholarship to Alvin Community College (11-13) where we missed out on the JuCo world series by 1 game both years, losing out to Navarro both times. After Alvin, he finished his playing career at UH-Victoria. Since 2016 he has aided the Clear Springs program by helping run their summer baseball camp, and coaching their incoming-freshman Mickey Mantle Team.
BRODIE BROWN
7U
Brodie Brown was homeschooled from 4th grade forward and played his high school ball at HCYA (Houston Christian Youth Association). He was a Homeschool All American in ‘06, ‘07, and ‘09 (missed entire junior season due to Tommy John surgery).
Brodie was a starter for Brookhaven College in Farmers Branch, Texas where he pitched two years for the Bears.
He has coached in two other organizations around the Houston area and has over 4 years of select baseball coaching experience.
GILBERTO ROSARIO
Dominican- American, Born and raised in the Bronx New York. Moved to Houston. Bilingual, charismatic, and relentless. Completed my Associate degree in Sports Management at Monroe College and completed my Bachelors in Kinesiology at Jarvis Christian College.
I have been an athlete my whole life, aiming towards a career in Major League Baseball. I thrive every single day for that, with resilience and dedication.
Through my life experience in this sport, I’ve developed strong leadership and the ability to respond well to adversity and pressure, I say it’s home for me.
I’ve developed a marathon mentality. Life is a marathon and you just have to keep on moving at your own pace. As long as you cross the finish line.
My plans after completing my degree are to play professional ball for as long as I can and teach the game that I love and the morals I stand on that keep me fighting for my dream to the next generation.
ZAK TREVINO
8U
JARVIS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE
ROGER TISBY
10U
Roger played high school baseball in Chicago where he lettered all 4 years, received All-City and All-State selections and was lucky enough to continue his playing career collegiately at two junior colleges while earning his Associate’s of Science in Biology. From there, he finished my career at Ohio State University where I earned a Bachelors of Science in Psychology. I am extremely passionate about baseball as I see it as an outlet where kids can learn vital skills that they can take with them for the rest of their life. A good coach can take a kid a very long way.