Our Staff
Management
Crystalrae States
District Manager
Crystalrae States is the District Manager overseeing our Ambler & Conshohocken locations. Crystalrae graduated from Spring Arbor University with a degree in Physical & Health Education. She then attended McDaniel College and completed her masters in Sports Management. Crystalrae previously served as a General Manager at the Ambler location for six years.
Justus Perry
Softball Program Manager
Justus comes to us from Auburn University where she played Division 1 softball from 2017-2021. She ranks fourth in program history with a career .988 fielding percentage and third in program history with 1,212 career putouts. She boasts a .526 batting average when leading off an inning, while appearing in over 200 career collegiate games. She touts 2 seasons with over 30 RBI's, and has recorded over 100 career hits. She has just returned from Australia where she played professionally for the Thornlie Hawks for the 2022-2023 season. She was awarded the Golden Glove award with a 1.000 fielding percentage, and received the RBI award for the most RBI's collected during the season.
Chris Kirsch
Lead Baseball Instructor
Chris is a native of Newtown Square, PA and attended Marple Newtown High School, where he was a First team All-Delco and First Team All Southeastern PA selection as well as the 2010 Delaware County Cakey Dougherty Award Winner. He played 2 years at Lackawanna College where in his sophomore season compiled a record of 10-1 with a 1.80 era, 101 strikeouts while scattering 38 hits in 70 innings. At Lackawanna, he was a first team All-Region XIX selection, elected as that region’s player of the year. He was also a First Team All-American and a NJCAA Pitcher of the week after throwing a No-Hitter. He was a 3x MLB amateur draft selection. Pittsburgh Pirates in 2010 (13th Rd.), St, Louis Cardinals in 2011 (21st Rd.), and Tampa Bay Rays in 2012 (14th Rd.) He played 7 years in the Tampa Bay Rays Organization where he made it all the way to Double-A before injuries derailed his career. Over that span, he compiled a record of 32-28 with a career era of 3.45 while being elected a 2x All-Star and 2x Pitcher of the week.
Jake Schuster
Instructor
Jake Schuster was a 3-year varsity letter winner at North Penn High School, 2015 State champion. 6-year starter at Marywood University. Jake holds the school records for Hits, Runs, Walks, RBIs, Doubles, Home Runs, an top 3 in all time batting average, OBP, and Slugging. Jake was a 3x 1st team All-Conference, 3x All region team, 2018 1st team All American Player. He won the 2022 Atlantic East Player of the Year. 1 season played in the ACBL for the Allentown Railers. Played travel ball for KC baseball for 8 years. Played 1 season of Hatfield Legion Baseball. Played 1 season for the Philly Whiz Kids.
Jake was the Head coach for KC Baseball for two seasons, 15/16u and 17u. 2-year Assistant Coach for Scranton Preparatory High School. Ran a 4-week camp for Electric City Baseball and Softball, Ages from 6-11.
Jake can also give baseball, softball and golf lessons here at the Coliseum.
Baseball/Softball Instructors
Domonic Brown
Instructor
Domonic Brown was selected in the 20th round of the 2006 Major League Baseball Draft by the Philadelphia Phillies. He played a couple years in the minor leagues before he got called up to the MLB for the Phillies on July 28th, 2010, after Shane Victorino went down with an injury.
In 2013, Domonic Brown was the starting left fielder for the Philadelphia Phillies and won the National League Player of the Week award back-to-back weeks (May 20th - June 2nd). He was award NL Player of the Month for May and was selected as a reserve for the 2013 All-Star Game!
Chuck Bushbeck
Instructor
Coach Chuck was raised in Philadelphia and attended Father Judge High School where he excelled in football, baseball, & soccer. His senior year, after breaking the modern day field goal record for Philadelphia High Schools in the “All Star” game, Chuck was awarded a full 4-year scholarship to Villanova University. While at Villanova, He was nominated as “Pre-Season All-American" and was thought to be on the verge of re-writing the school’s record books. Then, in 1981, Villanova decided to drop its intercollegiate football program and Bushbeck was recruited to East Carolina University.
Bushbeck spent 11 years as a professional associate scout for the LA Angels. He was featured as Comcast’s MVP (2006) for his work with inner-city baseball youth & has been featured on ABC Health watch for his expertise in pitching performance & keeping pitching arms safe.
26 of Chuck's players have been drafted in Major League Baseball including two first-round draft picks and in 1985, Chuck played professional football with the Memphis Showboats in the USFL.
Chuck was a former radio host on ESPN 610 Philadelphia and has written two books. 'Quiet Toughness' which discusses the mental side of the game. 'Full Armour' is an inspirational story of his life, and both are available on amazon.
Check out Chuck's bio by clicking here.
Elena Ceja
Instructor
Elena graduated from Alfred University in 2020 with her Bachelor’s in Athletic Training and in 2022 with her MBA. Originally from California, she graduated from Redondo Union High School where she was a two year varsity player and helped get the Seahawks to the CIF Finals where they were runners up in 2016. At Alfred, she was a 5 year starter in the infield. Here, she helped lead her team to the second Empire 8 championship in program history and an appearance in the 2021 NCAA Regional Tournament. During her time there, she had over 100 career hits and was on the all-conference honors post season team. Her final year she was a caption and also the Empire 8 NCAA Woman of the Year nominee. After her final year of play, she became an assistant coach for the Saxons as well as the Athletic Trainer Intern for the Athletics Department. During this season, the Saxons would win a second straight Empire 8 title as well as NCAA Regional Tournament appearance. Elena worked with both the infield and outfield as
well as the team’s catchers. Elena works with hitters, catchers, and infielders.
Cindy Rabideau
Instructor
A lifetime lover of competitive sports, Cindy Rabideau has extensive experience as an athlete, coach, and working with student athletes. Her most recent experience is as the University of the Sciences (Philadelphia) Women’s Softball Team coach where she led the team to the CACC Conference Playoffs. She ended her career at USciences as the all-time winningest coach. Cindy has over 15 years of experience working with student athletes as an NCAA Athletic Compliance Officer and softball coach. Hence, she is well versed in NCAA rules and regulations. Her love of sports led her to take a part-time job on the Philadelphia Phillies grounds crew. As an athlete herself, Cindy understands the hard work necessary to achieve success. She was an All-American in both softball and soccer and was inducted to the Athletic Hall of Fame at both her high school and Mitchell College. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Organizational Leadership from Philadelphia University. Cindy specializes in emphasizing the fundamentals (both offense and defense) and looks forward to helping young athletes meet athletic goals.
Carli Cutler
Instructor (6th graders and younger only)
Carli Cutler is in her first season as an assistant coach for the Saint Joseph's softball program in 2022-23. Cutler came to Saint Joseph's after spending the past season as an assistant coach at Nicholls State. While with the Colonels, Cutler served as the pitching coach, and helped Brittany Turner finish in the top-10 of the Southland Conference in wins, complete games and innings pitched. Prior to Nicholls State, Cutler served as a graduate assistant at Fresno State for the 2021 season. While a member of the Bulldogs' staff, she helped the program capture the Mountain West championship and compete in the NCAA Tournament. Working with the pitching staff, Cutler helped Fresno State lead the conference in ERA (1.99), strikeouts (365), and opposing batting average (.225), while guiding Hailey Dolcini to Mountain West Pitcher of the Year and an NFCA All-Region Pitcher honors. A four-year starter at UConn, Cutler was twice named an American Athletic Conference All-Conference honoree and garnered AAC All-Rookie accolades as a freshman. Earning a bachelor's degree in sport management, the versatile student-athlete that pitched and started at the hot corner, she helped the Huskies to the program's best start in 20 years as a senior captain in 2020.
Emily Oltman
Instructor
Emily Oltman played for Delco Chaos Gold and Perkiomen Valley in High School. She then continued on to play college softball at Rider University. At PV she was a four-year letterwinner with 440 career strikeouts in 416.2 innings, 2 Time First Team All-Conference, 2 Time All Area First Team, Player of the Week Award and 2 Time Honorable Mention All-State. She was also a three-year varsity letterwinner for volleyball as a middle hitter in high school. At Rider she made a team-high 31 appearances and 17 starts in the circle as a Freshman. As a sophomore made 27 appearances in the circle, including 21 starts, struck out a team-high 91 batters in 103.1 innings pitched. Appeared in 18 games and was a MAAC All-Academic team honoree as a junior. She graduated in 2020 where her season was cut short due to COVID.
Larry Pijanowski
Instructor
- Played at North Penn High School, won league and district 1 championships.
- Received a baseball scholarship to Rollins College in Winter Park Florida.
- Inducted into the North Penn’s All- Sports Hall of Fame (Football & Baseball) and the NP Baseball Hall of Fame
- Bachelor Degree from Rollins College:
- 4-year starter in the outfield and made All Conference and All –South honors
- Held records for most career hits and most hits in a single season
- Career batting average of over .330
- Played in the College World Series and batted over .400
- Coaching Experience:
- Includes all levels from Little League up through Legion baseball and HS travel baseball
- Head Coach - Perkiomen Legion - League Championships in 2016 and 2017
- Head Coach - Lansdale Cannoneers Legion - playoffs in 2019
- MBA from DeSales University
- Marketing Professional for medical devices
Eddie Brown
Instructor
Eddie Brown is in his sixth year at Villanova University, serving as Assistant Baseball Coach.
- Recruiting Coordinator
- Hitting Coach
- Infield Coach
- Has had five players picked in the MLB First Year Player Draft
Previously:
- Wagner College Assistant Baseball Coach from 2012-2016
- Recruiting Coordinator
- Hitting Coach
- Infield/ Outfield Coach
- Had four players picked in the MLB First Year Player Draft
Paige Toothaker
Instructor
Paige Toothaker played at St. Thomas Aquinas College as a left-handed pitcher where she contributed to the best season in program history during her senior year with 18 appearances and a 1.93 ERA, leading the team to the ECC championship game in 2021. She received Pitcher of the Week, All-Conference honors and was a member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. Prior to college, Paige played for the Concord Raiders Softball Organization in Concord, Massachusetts. In 2017, at Oakmont Regional High School, Paige led the team to its first ever undefeated season as team captain. She finished the year with a 22-1 record, recorded a 0.58 ERA with 203 strikeouts, batted .338, and received the league MVP award.
Paige has prior experience as a 14U travel ball coach with the Raiders and leads group practices, along with individual pitching, hitting, and fielding lessons.
Currently, Paige is a graduate student at the Institute for Graduate Clinical Psychology at Widener University.