Summer Camps

The Berkshire Baseball Club is proud to announce that they have appointed another Berkshire Baseball alum, Nick Evangelista, who also played four years in the Philadelphia Phillies minor league system, as the Berkshire Red Sox 18-U Showcase team head coach.

Evangelista played on the Red Sox 18-U team in 1999 and the Red Sox Optimist team from 2001-2004. After attending Louisburg Junior College and then the University of Pittsburgh on a baseball scholarship, Nick was drafted in the 24th round of the 2003 MLB amateur draft by the Toronto Blue Jays, but chose to return to Pitt for his senior season.  He was then drafted in the 26th round of the 2004 MLB draft by the Philadelphia Phillies.

During his Berkshire Baseball career, Evangelista had a career 1.58 ERA and won his teams Outstanding Pitcher Award in 2001, 2002 and 2003 as well as the Quad County Optimist League Pitcher of the Year Award in 2003, when he set a league record with 10 saves.

Professionally, Evangelista compiled a 14-6 record and a 3.11 ERA during his four year minor league career in the Phillies organization.

Evangelista is also currently the head coach at Hamburg High School.

Evangelista will be replacing Randy Strausser, who had served as the head coach of the Showcase team from 2005 through 2010, compiling a career record of 214-83-9, but more importantly helping countless players find the right fit for their college career, both athletically and academically.  Strausser stepped down from the position in February so that he could spend more time with his family and still remains an active board member within the organization.

"It's an honor to be able to give back to the Berkshire organization that gave me a chance to play and be recognized by college and professional scouts.  I look forward to the opportunity to relay everything I learned in my experiences throughout my career to these young players, who have dreams and aspirations of playing in college and professionally.  To be able to help a young player obtain his goals of playing at a higher level after high school, is the ultimate honor as a coach."  Evangelista said. 

Berkshire Baseball will be conducting bake sales and other fundraisers during this weekends Berkshire Consulting Memorial Day Classic tournament to help raise funds to be sent to the victims of the tornado that devastated the community of Joplin, Missouri.

The effort is being spearheaded by Tara Gouck, a parent of one of the organizations players.  Please feel free to contact Tara directly, by emailing her at tag1218@yahoo.com to find how you could donate items for the weekend or help otherwise.