IEBC BASEBALL MISSION
TO PROVIDE HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL PREPARATORY DEVELOPMENT THAT IS:
UNCOMPROMISING
Training quality is the first and foremost. We prepare our players for athletic performance.
HONEST / ACCOUNTABLE / PROFESSIONAL
1 .We will tell you the truth about your athlete. 2. We will train to compete. 3. We will evaluate progress.
We will prioritize competition for its role in preparatory development. and not for its role in stocking the award cabinet.
QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE
“What you can measure you can manage”. An important component of development is tracking objective performance measurements, along with periodic subjective evaluations on skill acquisition.
EXPERIENTIALLY ELITE
It’s our responsibility to make our training an experience that high level athletes to look forward to. The best kind of training is consistent training. Athletes show up consistently when they love to train. Culture is contagious.
Mike annunziato - Director
Coach Mike is a graduate of Ontario Christian High School where he played varsity for 4 years earning an All-CIF SS Honorable Mention, 2 x All-League honors, and holds the OCHS Single Season Records for AVG, OBP, and ERA.
Following HS, Mike played Pitcher and Outfield at Simpson University before beginning his coaching career in 2014 as the Head Coach of the Santa Monica Arsenal. Mike has also been the head coach of LA Xtreme Baseball Academy, head coach at Pacifica Christian HS, Head Coach at Yeshiva University Los Angeles, and the former founder of RC Hawks Baseball club, in addition to three years of service as the Director of Youth Baseball for PFA, a Southern California-based Baseball Organization, training athletes ages 6-13.
jon love - ADVISOR
Coach Love played college baseball at Cal Poly Pomona for the legendary Coach John Scolinos, where he set six offensive player school records and earned first team All American 1985. Following his college career Coach Love went on to play professional baseball signing with the Milwaukee Brewers and Pittsburgh Pirate organizations. He retired from his professional baseball career in 1989. Coach Love began his coaching career with Cal State Fullerton as a hitting coach followed by coaching at both Riverside City College and Cal Poly Pomona. In 2006 Coach Love started a travel team organization, the RC Quakes, winning several championships and many of his players went on to play college baseball. In 2008 John was added to the coaching staff at Ontario Christian High School and transitioned to the Head Coach position in 2015. Coach Love has been named Ambassador League Coach of the Year three times.
aaron zubiate - Lead instructor
Aaron Zubiate attended Ontario Christian High School from 2017-2019. Shortly after, he began to grow in his understanding of who God was and what his faith was all about. After two years of getting more knowledge about God, Aaron gave his life to Christ at an Easter service in 2019 and hasn't looked back since! After high school, Aaron attended Vanguard University where he continued his education and baseball career.
While at Vanguard, Aaron was an FCA leader on campus for three years where he was also the recipient of the Male Vanguard Athletic Character Award and GSAC Character Award as voted on by his peers. Aaron graduated from Vanguard University in the spring of 2023 with a degree in History and is currently pursuing his teaching credential and a Master's in Education.
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