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BROOKE BAKER
Brooke Baker in away feels her softball career has come full circle, Brooke started
playing softball at age 7 on Chicago's Southeast Side, after just one season her family moved to Schererville. At age
8, and right here in the Schererville Town Ball League, Brooke began her assault on Indiana Softball, by the time her
playing days were over, she had arguably become the finest softball pitcher the State of Indiana had ever produced. Baker
is back in Schererville, and would like to help the young pitchers of the Tri-Town Area fulfill there softball dreams.
Baker led Lake Central High School to a State Championship in 2002, runner
up in 2003, and a third place finish in 2001, on her way to those team honors, she picked up, 4 Lake Central MVP's, 4 years
All-State, 3 years The Times Newspaper Player of the Year, 2 years Post-Tribune Player of the Year, 2003 Gatorade Player
of the Year, 2003 Indiana Miss Softball, 2003 Hoosier Diamond Newspaper Miss Softball, Brooke holds just about every
Lake Central Pitching Record. Baker was recruited by over 60 colleges before she accepted an Athletic Scholarship to Purdue
University, were she became the winningest pitcher in Purdue history, while leading the Boilermakers to there first Post-Season
Victory, she earned 4 Pitcher of the Year Awards, and was selected Purdue's MVP in 2007, Baker earned All Big-Ten honors
in 2007 as well, in 2006 while playing for the St. Louis Saints, she was selected ASA 1st Team All-American, one of Brooke's
highlights was Pitching against the 2004 USA Olympic Team. By the time Brooke was done at Purdue she had held almost every
pitching record. Upon graduation from Purdue, Brooke spent one year as volunteer asst. coach for the Boilermakers, two
years as coach at Benton Central High School, she also conducted her own pitching school in West Lafayette, Indiana.
Currently she is an Asst. Coach at St. Joesph's College in Rensselaer, Indiana.
RICK BAKER
Rick Baker has been giving private,
and semi private, pitching lessons for the last seven years, he is a currently a fastpitch pitching instructor at the
White Sox Academy in Schererville, Indiana. Baker is a former asst. softball coach at St. Joseph College, and prior to
that coached numerous travel softball teams in Northwest Indiana. Rick has helped eight girls receive college scholarships,
and currently coaches some of the top High School Pitchers in the region and south suburbs of Chicago. Before coaching
pitching, Baker played and coached softball on Chicago's Southeast Side, leading his team to 10 National Tournaments
ALEX LATRONICA Alex Latronica started
training with Pitching Coach Rick Baker when she was 12 years old, at that time she was a member of the Four Seasons Force
Travel team, soon after Alex moved on to play her 14U and first year of 16U travel ball with the Oak Lawn Ice, her second
year at 16U Latronica took a major leap forward when she joined the Illinois Outlaws one of the premier fastpitch programs
in the mid-west, Alex is going on her third year in the Outlaw program and is currently the ace of the Outlaw 18U team. Latronica
as a sophomore in 2009 was selected First Team All Conference, Griffith High School Varsity MVP, and Second Team All-Area,
as a junior in 2010 Alex was again selected First Team All-Conference, Team MVP, and All-Area, Latronica traditionally ranks
in the top two or three in the Region in strikeouts per game. Alex will be playing softball for Calumet College of St. Joseph
this summer.
Congratulations
Bridget!!
Bridget has made a verbal commitment to attend and play softball for
UIC.
BRIDGET BOYLE I began playing softball when I was six years old in Whiting Little League.
When I moved out to St. John, I played two years of town ball. I played for the Crete Crush, Triple
Crown Diamond Queens, Illiana Royals, Orland Park A’s and currently for the Illinois Chill. My freshman year of high
school at Lake Central I played on JV and I got pulled up to varsity for sectionals. My sophomore year
I was the starting varsity pitcher at Lake Central, and made it to the final four. I made the times second
team, and the post tribune honorable mention. I am currently a senior at Lake Central high school
looking forward to the next softball season.
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