Mike Meggers - Cincinnati Reds Head of Baseball Operations/Hitting Instructor

Extra Innings is happy to announce that Mike Meggers will now be doing hitting and fielding lessons. Call us and get more information and sign up for lessons now. Mike is a former 6th round draft pick of the Cincinnati Reds in 1992 and has played professional baseball for 11 years. He has had the opportunity to have played for the Cincinnati Reds, Arizona Diamondbacks, Chicago Cubs, New York Mets, and the Colorado Rockies. Over the last 20 years (College and Pro), Mike has experienced some the best training baseball has to offer. Mike has the experience to teach the skills of playing baseball to any player, regardless of age and skill level.

Preston Guilmet – Baseball Pitching Instructor

Season: Is 11-1 with a 1.58 ERA and 126 strikeouts in 120 IP ... Arizona is 14-1 in the 15 games he has started this season ... Enters the week of play first in the Pac-10 Conference in ERA (1.58) and strikeouts (126) ... Is one of 10 national semifinalists for the 2007 Roger Clemens Award ... Isone of 50 semi-finalists for the Golden Spikes Award ... Has been named the National Pitcher of the Week by Collegiate Baseball/Louisville Slugger three times and has been feted with Pac-10 Pitcher of the Week honors a school record four times this season ... Is one of just eight players in Pac-10 histroy to garner the weekly conference honors four times in a season ... Named to the Brooks Wallace Awards watch list ... Has the most wins (11) for any UA pitcher since Scott Erickson won a school record 18 contests in 1989 ...
Graduated from Oakmont High School in Roseville, Calif., in 2005 ... Played infield and pitched for coach Dean Perkins ... Oakmont went 24-5 his senior season and won the Pioneer Valley Conference championship with a 12-0 record ... Team captain his junior and senior seasons ... Two-time all-metro honoree ... 2005 Roseville Player of the Year ... 2004 and 2005 male athlete of the season at Oakmont ... Went 9-1 with three saves and a 0.50 ERA on the mound his senior year ... Gave up just five earned runs in 70 1/3 innings pitched ... Threw eight complete games and had five shut outs ... Finished with a Pioneer Valley League-best 114 strikeouts against just 10 walks in 2005.

Tobin Fuller – Pitching and Hitting Instructor

• Head freshman coach at Woodcreek High in 2009.
• Assistant Varsity Coach at Woodcreek High School in 2008.
• Coached the Davis Sports Academy Bulldogs 18U-traveling team in 2005, including participation in the Perfect Game World Wood Bat Championships held in Marietta, GA. and the Summer Series in San Diego, CA.
• Coached Roseville Little League Senior Division to a league Championship in 2002.
• Coached the Rocklin Bulldogs in the 2001 14yr old Triple Crown World Series as well as participating in the Sandy Koufax Sacramento League.
• Coached the River City Panthers to the 2000 13yr old Triple Crown World Series Championship as well as participating in the Sandy Koufax Sacramento League.
• 10+ years coaching in Citrus Heights Little League & from T-ball thru Big League.
• 5 times All-Star Manager or Coach, 3 District 5 Little League Championships, 2 Section Championships, 2 Divisional Championships, 1 Northern California Championship and 2 trips to the Western Regionals including an appearance in the Championship game for the rights to go to the Junior World Series.
• Coached Citrus Heights Big League to a District 5 Championship in 1983.
• Assistant Coach at Casa Roble High School in 1981 – 1984. During that time the boys won 3 league titles with the ’84 team going 24-1.

Eric Berger – Cleveland Indians Pitching Instructor

Eric was drafted by the Cleveland Indians and is currently playing for them in the minor leagues. He is currently playing for the Akron Aero’s. Eric also pitched for the University of Arizona for 3 years.

Jenae Leles – 3B, University of Arizona and 2009 U.S. National Team

Jenae Leles, a native of Sacramento, CA, was a two-time national champion playing third base at the University of Arizona. As a member of the Wildcats she twice earned first-team All-Pac-10 honors and was a first-team All-American and one of the 25 finalists for National Player of the Year honors in 2009. Named to the 2007 All-Women’s College World Series Team after hitting .381 with a team-high six RBI during the tournament, Jenae was an NFCA All-American and All-Region selection as a senior after batting .337 with 23 home runs, 64 RBI and a .751 slugging percentage. She was named to the U.S. National Team for the first time after her remarkable senior campaign and also played professionally for the Rockford Thunder of National Pro Fastpitch. A family studies major while at Arizona, Jenae’s brother and sister also were collegiate athletes.

Lyndsey Klein

Lyndsey played two seasons at Sacramento City Junior College earning two All-America honors as well as Junior College Player of the Year for the state of California in 1997. 

She transferred to UCLA and as a Bruin, played and started in all 124 possible games at second base for head coach Sue Enquist. Lyndsey led the Pac-10 in doubles as a junior in 1999, setting a new UCLA record with 21 on the season. A member of the NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team, she hit .500 (8-for-16) during UCLA’s march to the 1999 NCAA Championship

U.S. National Team
Following UCLA, Lyndsey continued her career with the U.S. National Team. In 2002 Lyndsey helped team USA win the World Championship. In 2003, Lyndsey was part of the U.S.A. Elite team and led her team to capture the Canada Cup with and extra innings win over Australia. In 2004 Lyndsey worked very hard and was the last player released prior to the naming of the USA 2004 Olympic team. Lyndsey loved her time with team USA and played along side some of the best softball players in the world.

Professional
Lyndsey spent the summer of 2000 playing in the WPSL after being drafted to the Tampa Bay FireStix, and was named the league’s Louisville Slugger of the Week after hitting two home runs with two RBI and three runs scored in her first two games for the FireStix. 2001, Lyndsey was on the WPSL All- Star team. In 2003, Lyndsey toured the country playing for the National Pro Fastpitch All-Star team. In 2004 Lyndsey was drafted by the NPF to the NY/NJ Juggernauts where she won a Championship with the Juggernauts. Lyndsey was also selected to the NPF All-star team.

Karen Jackson - Fast-Pitch Instructor

Karen has 19 years of coaching experience including coaching Division I at the University of Iowa (2 years), The University of Louisville (5 years), and teaching in the private sector in camps, clinics, lessons (15 years) and as the Director of Fastpitch at Champions Sports Complex (2 years). Jackson has been heavily involved in running clinics and teaching private pitching lessons to students ranging in age from eight years on up. In 1997, she played in the inaugural season of the Women's Professional Fastpitch League on the Carolina Diamonds team, where she played from 1997-99.

An outstanding player for the Hawkeyes from 1990-94, she was a three-time NFCA All-American (1991, 1993, 1994). Named both Big Ten Freshman of the Year and Player of the Year in 1991, she also earned Big Ten Player of the Year in 1994. She is the all-time career leader in season and career ERA, and season shutouts. She is ranked in innings pitched, complete games, wins, games pitched, shutouts, and strikeouts. A two-time team MVP and All-Mideast Region selection, she stayed on as the pitching coach for the Hawkeyes from 1994-96, helping Iowa to a College World Series appearance. While Jackson was coaching, Iowa pitcher Debbie Bilbao earned All-American honors.