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Ben

Salazar

Player Development Coordinator

Raised in Waterloo, Ontario

  • Grew up playing in the ICBA with the Kitchener Panthers all the way up to the JR- U22 team 
  • Spent 3 years with the Fieldhouse Pirates and one year with the Ontario Nationals before committing to play at NJCAA D1 Frontier College, Illinois on a athletic scholarship 
  • 2nd year transferred to NJCAA D2 Lakeland CC, Ohio 
  • 2022 Ontario provincial champion (Kitchener Panthers) – starting catcher 
  • 2022 National Bronze medalist (Kitchener Panthers) – starting catcher 

Coaching background 

  • First year head coach with the Midwest Bearcats 14u (2022-23 season)
  • Current 15u Blue Head coach
  • Spent 2 years working at PlayBall Academy as an instructor 
  • Currently an instructor at The Hithouse for the last 3 years (Guelph, Ontario) working with young athletes to collegiate level. The Hithouse been opened up its doors 15 years ago and is responsible for sending off over one hundred baseball and softball players to the collegiate level. 
  • Certified Personal trainer (ISSA) 
  • PSL1 (National Strength and Conditioning association/National academy of sports medicine)
  • Currently working with the Bearcats as head of strength and conditioning. Along with other high school and NCAA/NJCAA collegiate athletes. 
  • Lead catching instructor Midwest Bearcats