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Instructors

Matt Sweeney - Hitting, Fielding, and Pitching Coach



 

 

 

 

 

 

  • 4-Year Varsity starter at Magruder High School
  • 2X First Team All County
  • 1st Team All Met
  • 1st Team HS All American by Louisville Slugger 2006
  • Hit .600 with 11 Homeruns Senior Year
  • Drafted in the 8th round by the Los Angeles Angels out of High School
  • Played 6 years professionally
  • 2X Minor League All Star
  • Traded to Tamb Bay Rays for Major League All Star Scott Kazmir
  • Hit a HR off Clayton Kershaw Single A All Star Game
  • Rule 5 Pick for the Baltimore Orioles
  • Has coached at St. John's HS for 5 years / Professional instructor for 10+ years

 

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Brendan Collins - Pitching  and HittingCoach



 

 

 

 

 

 

  • 4 year varsity player at Sherwood high school
  • Division 1 player at UNCG
  • 17th round draft pick for the Washington nationals 
  • current minor leaguer with the Nationals

 

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Chris Hacopian - Infield and Hitting Coach 

 

 

 

 

  • 2022 Maryland Gatorade Player of the Year
  • 2022 - Baseball Factory Under Armour All-American
  • 2022 - 1st Team All Met
  • 2022 - Helped Churchill HS to a Region Championship with a .539 Batting Average, 12 HR's, and 40 RBI
  • Ranked #1 Shortstop  in Maryland by Perfect Game
  • Freshman at University of Maryland 
  • Named to the 2021 Maryland All-PBR Underclass Team
  • 2021 All Division 1st Team
  • 2021 -Helped lead Churchill HS to a Region Championship with a .488 Batting Average, .618 OBP, and 1.399 OPS
  • Named a Perfect Game All-American in 2020
  • Batting .323 with 15 HR's as a Freshman at Maryland
  • Led the Terps with a .578 Slugging Percentage
  • 1st Team Big Ten All Freshman Team
  • 2nd Team All Big Ten
  • Perfect Game Freshman All American
  • Baseball America Freshman All-American
  • D1 Baseball Freshman All-American

 

*CURRENTLY INACTIVE

 

Langdon Wilson - Pitching and Hitting Coach 

 

 

 

 

  • Pitched at Gardner Webb University from 2017-2021
  • 2019 - Made 14 appearances without giving up an earned run
  • 2020 - In the shortened Covid season, threw 12 innings while striking out 16 and limiting batters to a .190 batting average
  • 2020 - Recorded a win against Jacksonville State on 2/29...giving up no runs and striking out 3 in 3 innings of work
  • 2020 - Recorded a win against Arkansas State on 3/6...giving up no runs and no hits in 2 innings of work
  • 2021 - 4-2 record in 24 innings of work with 28 strikouts...while also earning 2 saves
  • Recorded 109 strikouts in 109 career innings

 

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Dan Mckenna - Pitching Coach

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • Attended Bishop Eustace Preparatory HS in Pennsauken, NJ, where he helped the Crusaders win the 1999 Diamond Classic Tournament
  • 4th Best Prospect in the Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League (ACBL)
  • Pitched at Rutgers University
  • Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 2003 MLB draft
  • Student of the game with vast teaching experience
  • Scout for the Philadelphia Phillies

 

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Derek Hacopian - Owner and Director of Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • Inducted into the Churchill High School Athletic Hall of Fame in 1995
  • All Conference First Team at James Madison University in 1991
  • Led James Madison team in Homeruns and RBI's in 1991
  • Played at the University of Maryland in 1992
  • 1992 Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year
  • 1992 ACC Triple Crown
  • Batted .490 with 23 Homeruns and 83 RBI as a senior at the University of Maryland in 1992
  • Holds ACC single season records in Batting Average (.490), On-Base Percentage (.618), and Slugging Percentage (.943)
  • 1992 Mizuno NCAA Division I All-American
  • 1992 American Baseball Coaches Association NCAA Division I All-American
  • 1992 Baseball America Division I All-American
  • Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in 1992
  • 1992 Appalachian League All-Star with the Burlington Indians
  • 1993 South Atlantic League All-Star with the Columbus Redstixx
  • Led South Atlantic League in Homeruns in 1993
  • 1995 Midwest League All-Star with the Beloit Snappers
  • Career .312 hitter as a professional
  • Retired in 1996 due to injury
  • 1999-2004 managed the Bethesda Big Train of the Clark Griffith Collegiate Baseball League

Jason Aquilante - Hitting, Fielding, and Catching Coach



 

 

 

 

 

  • Played at Archbishop High School in Radnor, PA
  • 2-Time Philadelphia HS Player-of-the-Year
  • Played at Wake Forest University
  • Member of 3 ACC Championship teams
  • Played in 4 NCAA tournaments
  • Played in College super regional in 1999
  • Voted by Baseball America in 2000 as the ACC's Best Defensive Secondbaseman
  • 2001 ACC Second Team Catcher
  • Assistant Coach at William and Mary for two years

*Runs Infield Clinics and Winter Catching Clinic...does not teach private lessons

Charles Devereux - Pitching Coach / Fall and Winter Pitching Camp Coordinator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


               

  • Pitched for 4 years at the University of Maryland
  • Captain Senior Year at UMD
  • Pitched professionally with the Baltimore Orioles for 4 seasons
  • Pitched one year in the CPBL for the Taipei Tigers
  • 17 years coaching experience (13 years with BCC, 12 years with Landon HS)
  • Has coached over 30 players that have gone on to pitch in College
  • Has coached 6 players that have gone on to pitch professionally, including Danny Hultzen, the 2nd overall pick by the Seattle Mariners in the 2011 draft

 

Winter Pitching Camp Lead Instructor...does not teach private lessons

Peter Bowles - Hitting and  Fielding, 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • Played High School baseball at Quince Orchard High
  • 2010, All Montgomery County selection (Utility)
  • 2011, All-State selection (Shortstop)  
  • 4-year starter at Towson University
  • 2012, Named as CAA Rookie of the Week mid-April
  • 2013, All CAA selection (Left-field)
  • CAA tournament Champions. Played in NCAA tournament (2013), Chapel Hill Regional.
  • 2014, All CAA selection (First-base), Led Towson in Hits.
  • 2015, All CAA preseason selection (Shortstop), Led Towson In Hits.
  • Named CAA Player of the week April 6th 2015.
  • Towson Career Totals .311 batting average, 49 doubles, 18 homeruns, 222 hits and 148 RBI.
  • 2015, One season with the Sonoma Stompers, of the Pacific Association of Professional Baseball.

 

*CURRENTLY INACTIVE

Ryan Ramsey - Pitching Coach



 

 

 

 

 

 

  • University of Maryland pitcher 2019-2022
  • 2022 First Team All Big-Ten
  • Threw 16th 9 inning Perfect Game in Division 1 history
  • 13th round pick by the Kansas City Royals in 2022
  • Current pitcher in the Kansas City Royals organization

 

*CURRENTLY INACTIVE

Location

The Baseball Zone
9125 Gaither Road

Gaithersburg, MD 20877

240-428-1390

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