Ed Collins – General ManagerEd brings over ten years of baseball instruction to Extra Innings. He was an All-State Baseball and Football player drafted in the 9th round by the Milwaukee Brewers. Ed also played for the Florida Marlins during his professional career. In addition to his professional baseball career Ed also was an All-American Quarterback for Montclair State University and a free agent signee of the New York Giants. We welcome his 10 years of baseball instruction to Extra Innings. |
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John Phil – Extra Innings InstructorJohn has been an Extra Innings instructor since 2008 working with our students on pitching, hitting and fielding. John was 1st team All-conference at Dover High School, played for Centenary College with over a .300 career batting average. In addition to instructing John is a coach of the North Jersey Expos 13u team and has coached several Extra Innings team as well. He also served as Assistant Varsity Coach at Dover High School from 2006-2007. |
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Pat Collins – Extra Innings InstructorPat grew up locally and was named 1996 New Jersey Player of the Year while at Union High School.. While drafted out of high school by the Atlanta Braves he went on to pitch for Clemson and St. John's University. He was selected in the 5th round from college by the Montreal Expos and went on to play for the St. Louis Cardinals. He returns now from coaching at Hawaii Pacific University to coordinate the staff of instructors at Extra Innings. Pat has trained under top instructors through his career and brings many years of top level baseball instruction and experience to Extra Innings. . |
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Holly Van Dyke – Extra Innings InstructorHolly joins our instructional staff after completing four years playing for Felician College. During the 2006 season Holly was named to the CACC All-Tournament team. After graduating she continues to be a part of the coaching staff at Felician and we welcome her experience at Extra Innings. |
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Carrie Wilkes – Extra Innings InstructorCarrie was an All-State softball pitcher at Union High School. She went on to play college softball at Georgia Southern University where she was a four year All-Southern Conference pitcher and set numerous collegiate records. Carrie also pitched for Coors Lite Silver Bullets women’s softball team. After finishing her career Carrie has continued to coach high school and college girls fastpitch softball and give private softball instruction. |
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Heather Van Dyke – Extra Innings InstructorHeather is in her third season as the starting catcher for the Felician College Girls’ Softball team. Last season she was named to the CACC All-Tournament team. She played varsity softball for four year at West Milford High school and received numerous All-County, All-Conference and All-State awards and was also named the Star Ledger Player of the Year in 2004. Heather brings many years of clinic, camp and individual instruction to Extra Innings. |
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Tara Delmour – Extra Innings InstructorTara joins our staff after a successful career playing for Marist College's girls softball team. Prior to playing for Marist she spent three years on the varsity softball team at Immaculate Heart Academy. While on the varsity team, Tara won two Bergen County Championships in 2001 and 2002, and one New Jersey State Parochial A Championship in 2000. Tara has several years of ASA coaching experience and now brings her knowledge and experience to our staff. |
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Jesse Novalis – Extra Innings InstructorJesse joins us as a hitting instructor and will be giving private lessons and working in our clinics. He grew up locally and was All-State at Hanover Park High School. He went on to play for Lehigh University where he was named the Patriot League Player of the Year, holds 7 school records and remains the Patriot League's all-time home run leader. |
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Meredith Rainer – Extra Innings InstructorMeredith was a 4 year standout player at Felician College. She is available for fastpitch hitting and fielding lessons and has been doing an outstanding job many of our players. |
Extra Innings Instructors
Instructors at Extra Innings
Extra Innings offers individualized, year round professional baseball and softball instruction. Our staff uses a uniform step-by-step teaching system to encourage positive progress with all our students.
The Extra Innings staff features former and current professional players, college all-stars, and area college and high school coaches.
