Rochester College Athletics - 2011 Baseball Roster

2011 Baseball

Record: 21-19 Home: 6-0 Away: 9-13 Neutral: 6-6

Hal Watts

Assistant Coach

2nd Season

Hal Watts has been around the baseball diamond for quite a while both as a player and coach. He played collegiately at Wayne State University in the 1950's. He started as a head baseball coach in 1957, while in college. He spent several years as head coach in summer recreation leagues while working as a writer/editor full-time and traveling throughout the U.S. and over seas. Coach Watts began his head coaching stints with summer travel teams in 1981 and continued through 2006. His summer teams included coaching Buddy's Pizza, Burke's Sports, TSI, East Side Sports, Michigan Mustangs, Michigan Marauders, and the Grosse Pointe Avengers. Along with his summer teams, coach Watts has limitless experience working with former major league players, scouts, and with several college programs. He has worked with, among others, former Detroit Tigers 1st baseman Dave Bergman, former Cincinnati Reds scout Ken Stack, and Philadelphia Phillies scout James Ford. He has worked with Macomb CC head coach Joe Santilli and former Wayne State University head coach Angelo Gust, to name a couple.

Coach Watts's travel teams have won several league and regional championships, and have qualified for and appeared in eight World Series, winning one and finishing second twice. In three seasons as bench coach for the Warren Woods Tower High School varsity, he helped the teams win two district titles and a regional championship. As to why he loves being an assistant coach, coach Watts says, "The wear-and-tear of being a head coach just took its toll on an old man, but I really enjoy helping young people learn the finer points of the game and also learn some life lessons".

Coach Watts has also helped in the game on the administrative side as vice president and executive board member of the Macomb Amateur Baseball Federation (MABF) -- an organization of 140 teams -- as well as a tournament site director for the national tournament organization, Triple Crown Sports. He was presented with MABF's "Norv" trophy in 2007, becoming the first recipient of this award for "lifetime achievement" in the game.

2011 Baseball Roster

#	Name	Cl.	Pos.	B/T	Ht.	Wt.	Hometown	Previous School
2	David Woodson	SO	OF	L/R	5-11	185	Vallejo, CA	Vallejo H.S.
3	Andy Mulder	SR	P	R/R	5-9	175	Clinton Twp., MI	Chippewa Valley H.S.
6	Jonathon Koshewitz	SR	P/Utl	R/R	6-1	185	West Bloomfield, MI	West Bloomfield H.S.
7	Alex Hacias	JR	1B/P	R/R	6-4	190	Sterling Heights, MI	Macomb C.C.
8	Nathan Billings	SR	OF	L/L	6-0	187	Highland, MI	Mott CC
9	Ryan Chipka	JR	SS/2B	R/R	5-9	175	Waterville, OH	Waterville H.S.
10	Jeff Martinez	SR	C	R/R	6-0	194	Waterford, MI	Western Michigan U.
11	Aaron Distelrath	SR	Util	R/R	5-9	180	St. Clair, MI	St. Clair CCC
12	Ray Yesh	SO	2B	R/R	6-2	189	Dearborn, MI	Allen Park Cabrini H.S.
14	Eric Vanlerberghe	SO	C	R/R	5-9	178	Macomb, MI	Lanse Creuse North H.S.
15	Caleb Tifft	JR	P/OF	R/R	6-1	185	Auburn Hills, MI	Auburn Hills Avondale H.S.
16	Blaze Lescynski	FR	P	R/L	6-3	180	Trenton, MI	Trenton H.S.
17	Spencer Szwejk	FR	P/1B	R/R	6-2	176	Romeo, MI	Romeo H.S.
18	Fernando Delacruz	SO	P	R/R	6-0	185	Sarasota, FL	Riverview H.S.
19	Mitch Schaefer	SO	3B	R/R	5-10	170	Fraser, MI	Fraser H.S.
21	Johnny Barreto	FR	P	L/L	6-0	175	Colonia, NJ	Colonia H.S.
22	Justin Crossley	SR	3B	R/R	6-1	205	Mobile, AL	Enterprise CC
24	Anthony Incarnati	SO	C	R/R	5-8	167	Fraser, MI	Fraser H.S.
25	Eric Ramirez	SO	OF	L/R	5-7	157	San Antonio, TX	Catholic Central H.S.
29	Mike Rau	FR	P/IF	R/R	6-2	165	Rochester Hills, MI	Rochester H.S.
33	Hunter Reams	SO	P	L/L	6-1	180	Rochester Hills, MI	Rochester H.S.
34	Steve Bedsole	SR	1B/P	L/L	6-3	190	Mt. Morris, MI	Mott CC
44	Andrew Jarrell	SO	P	L/L	6-3	185	Commerce, MI	Walled Lake Northern H.S.