Front Office

Ken Babcock

Director Elite Programs & PBLO Official Rep

Driving force behind the move of the Legionaires Elite programs to the PBLO. In addition to serving as President of Baseball Oshawa, Ken serves as the Director of Oshawa's Elite Baseball programs. The longtime successful Coach with the Legionaires rep program and Elite program at the 16U, 17U and 18U levels also has led Oshawa teams to numerous tournaments in the United States and other provinces in Canada.

Some other coach appointments in the past include taking EOBA All-Star Fall Travel teams to Ripken Experience tournaments in Myrtle Beach, SC as well as several trips to Florida leading EBLO 18U All-star teams representing Canada to the World Comes to Palm Beach International tournament. Competion against teams from the US, Columbia, Panama, Dominican Republic, Venezuela, and the Bahamas while playing at the world class spring training facilities of the Houston Astros and Washington Nationals. Well connected in the provincial and national baseball scene he was also the driving force behind the launch of OCAA College baseball in the province. Bringing and successfully hosting the Baseball Canada 15U National Championships to Oshawa in 2018 and 2019 is a milestone for Baseball Oshawa. Named an honourable mention in Bob Elliott's Canadian Baseball Network annual 100 Most Influential Canadians in baseball 2018-2020.

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Jayson DesLauriers

Vice President, Baseball Oshawa

Emailjsdezi@hotmail.com

Jay has served as the Vice President of Baseball Oshawa since 2014 and has coached with our Elite program since year one while coaching with Baseball Oshawa for 12 years. Was named an honorable mention in Bob Elliott’s 2020 Canadian Baseball Network Most Influential Canadians in baseball.

Serves as a Canadian recruiter for the Nomadic Baseball International program based out of Gilbert, Arizona. Was an assistant coach for the EBLO 16U All-star team that represented Canada at the World Comes to Palm Beach 2019 International 16u Tournament in West Palm Beach, Florida. While also serving on the coaching staff of the Oshawa Legioniares 2019 EOBA Championship team. Jay also finds time to focus on new training and development ideas for our Elite program while spending time leading special events such as Military Appreciation Week in Oshawa. Responsible for co-ordinating the Legionaires off season training programs and facilities.

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Scott Dennis

Marketing & Social Media Co-ordinator

We are lucky to have Scott's immense talents and creativeness with our Elite Programs. His past experiences in amateur sport (OHL) and with the Toronto Blue Jays administration along with his previous role as Sports Information Director (SID) for Durham College and Ontario Tech University will go along way in supporting our Elite programs and our membership in the Premier Baseball League of Ontario.

Scott also is the creator and host of Rogers Television's "The Sports Report". And he is a member of the Board for the Oshawa Sports Hall of Fame.

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Domenic Cirone

Education Consultant

Domenic graduated from the University of Toronto with a degree in Physical and Health Education and from the University of Ottawa with a post-graduate Bachelor of Education. He earned his Guidance Specialist qualifications and has worked for the Durham District School Board since 1989.

Domenic has worked as a Guidance Counsellor for over 25 years acquiring a broad range of knowledge and experiences. One of his focuses has been on working with student-athletes, assisting them to be successful in school and to achieve their goals of continuing to pursue their sport at a post-secondary level within Canada or in the USA. He has a wealth of experience strategizing and planning a successful roadmap for students and parents laying out a plan to follow in order to help students reach their full potential and their goals. He is still active consulting with student-athletes and their families.

Domenic was a Varsity Blues athlete in multiple sports and a two time Boston Marathoner, but foremost, he was proudly a part of the Legionnaire Family for many years as a Manager and later an assistant Coach for the 1999 age group. His daughter obtained an athletic and academic scholarship to Depaul University in Chicago for track and cross country running and his son, played baseball for the University of Calgary’s Dinos prior to the pandemic. When not watching the Jays, Domenic can be found at the gym, cycling, or exploring Ontario’s Conservation trails with his wife and family.

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Sam Dempster

Baseball Consultant

Head coach of the Durham College Lords baseball program for 28 years, Dempster has been instrumental in guiding the Lords to the level of excellence where it is today. 429-296 career record. His college coaching career was outstanding: National Championship Appearances (Ten): 1994, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2019 Ontario Championships (Seven): 1999, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011 National Championships (Two): 2011, 2019.

Coach “D” annually took part in the MLB envoy program, going on tour throughout Africa and Europe on behalf of Major League Baseball (MLB); with the goal to promote and grow the game of baseball to children world wide. For over a decade Sam spent his summers in Europe and other parts of the world (England, Netherlands, Sweden, Lithuania, Belgium, Kenya, Turkey, and Germany, as part of a group of coaches (under the direction of MLB) running clinics. Was awarded the Julio Puente Envoy International Coach Award by Major League Baseball at the American Baseball Coaches Association Conference in Orlando, Florida. The prestigious award is presented by MLB for unselfish, dedicated and passionate work in growing the game of baseball.

Dempster was also a long time Canadian scout for Major League Baseball’s Milwaukee Brewers and previously a scout for the New York Yankees. . He was also the head coach of the Great Britain National team, which qualified for the 2013 World Baseball Classic. In April 2010, Dempster was inducted into the Whitby Sports Hall of Fame. He was also regularly named to Bob Elliott’s annual list of the top 100 most influential Canadians in Baseball.

Devotes his time to helping the Oshawa Legionaires rep teams as a guest coach where needed and supporting the Legionaires elite program.

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Andy Stewart

Baseball Instruction & Development

Andy provides off season coaching instruction for our Elite programs. The Oshawa Legionaires alum joined the National Junior Program playing for Canada in the 1988 World Junior Championships in Sydney, Australia. Andy signed a professional contract with the Kansas City Royals in 1989 where he spent nine seasons in their system. Stewart reaching his dream of playing major league baseball when he was called up by the Royals in 1997 doubling in his first big league at bat.

Following one season in the Philadelphia Philies minor system Andy returned to the Canadian National Program playing in the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg. He led his team to a bronze medal hitting .452 with 4 home runs, 15 RBI's and begin named Canada's MVP.

Andy spent the next two (2) seasons with the Toronto Blue Jays as their bullpen coach before getting the opportunity to manage the Pittsburgh Pirates minor league affiliate Williamsport Crosscutters. In his second season there he led the Crosscutters to the New York Penn League Championship and was named Manager of the Year.

He was asked to play for Canada's Olympic Team in the 2004 Summer Games in Athens, Greece. Again, Andy led his team in hitting with a .417 batting average helping Canada to a fourth place finish.

As Oshawa's only native son and ball player to perform in Major League Baseball, Andy has earned the honour of induction into the Oshawa Sports Hall of Fame

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Aaron Marshall

Drive Line Arm Care Program Co-ordinator

In 2017 Oshawa began to implement an Arm Care Program in their Elite program for players. Based on the renowned Driveline Arm Care Program it has evolved and is a staple in the effectiveness of creating awareness to the area of arm health in our Legionaires baseball players.

Our program follows the use of weighted ball/implements as an approach for overall arm care. These programs are individualized to player’s ages, position and goals. And immensely popular in the baseball training world.

Our commitment to the best for our players can be seen by us sending Aaron to Seattle, Washington and the Driveline headquarters to complete the official Driveline trainer certification (2 weeks). And by providing the investment in equipment and facilities to deliver the arm care program properly with certified instruction.

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Bryan Howcroft

Treasurer

Bryan serves as the Treasurer for Baseball Oshawa and his efforts and financial acumen have insured strong accountability for the association as well as our popular Elite Baseball programs. Bryan also coaches with our Legionaires rep programs at the 10U AAA level. He is a also a member of the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA).