Head Coach - Matt Acker
(Head Coach - Green River Community College)

Matt Acker returns to lead the Kitsap BlueJackets for his second season. With his first full off-season, Matt has recruited top NCAA Div. I talent from throughout the nation.

In the teams inaugural season he lead the BlueJacekets (12 - 24), a team of Community College players, to a 6th-place finish in the newly formed West Coast College Baseball League (WWCBL), dominate with players from four-year colleges. At the end of the season two players received All-WCCBL honors.

This is also his fifth season as the Head of Green River Community College. In his first four seasons at Green River he has had 6 players drafted and 3 sign professional contracts. Over the past two years he has also successfully moved every sophomore on his team to a four- year school or the draft.

Prior to coming to GRCC, Coach Acker spent the previous two years as an assistant coach at St. Martin’s University, where he had the responsibilities of pitching/outfield coach, and head of recruiting.

Acker has also been very active in summer baseball in the Puget Sound area. He started coaching Legion baseball in Lacey, WA at 20 years old. He has been the Head Coach for MVP Athletics (Olympia), Riptide (Puyallup) and Triple Play (Tacoma). Triple Play won the NABAF World Series in San Diego in 2003 while Acker was the Head Coach. He has also had a number of summer players get drafted and sign professional contracts.

Coach Acker has instructed numerous camps around the Northwest. He was the Camp Coordinator for Big League Connections in Redmond, Wa, owned by Matt Sinatro former Seattle Mariner bullpen coach. Last summer he only did one camp, our own Kitsap BlueJacket Youth Camp.

As a player, Acker played three years at Central Washington University and summer ball for the West Seattle Cruisers of the Pacific International League. At Central he pitched and played outfield. Matt was awarded the “Most Inspirational Player Award” during his senior season.

Coach Acker and his wife Kira reside in Tumwater, with their one year old son Kole.
 

BlueJackets Coaching Record
Season	Won	Lost	Perc
2005	12	24	.333
Overall	12	24	.333

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Head Assistant / Pitching Coach - Scott Colby
(Head Coach - Liberty High School)

Scott Colby returns to the Kitsap BlueJackets for his second season. Last season Coach Colby was regularly seen in the coaching box at First Base and in the dugout as well as behind the scenes as the Head Assistant Coach. This season will see Coach Colby back not only as the Head Assistant Coach, but with added responsibilities as the Pitching Coach.

A 1990 graduate of Evergreen High School (White Center, WA) where he played both baseball and football, Colby played college baseball and soccer at Green River Community College (Auburn, WA) before transferring to Central Washington University (Ellensburg, WA) where he focused his athletic efforts on baseball. A Hall of Fame Inductee at Green River, Colby was voted Most Inspirational by his baseball teammates in both of his years at Central.

After leaving college, Colby was blessed with a number of career opportunities: Head Baseball Coach, Pierce College (Lakewood, WA); Athletic Director, ASB Advisor, and Leadership Instructor, Tyee High School (SeaTac, WA); President, Seamount League Interhigh Association; Washington Secondary School Athletic Administrators Association District II Representative; President, Seamount League Athletic Directors; Interim Co-Head Baseball Coach, Tyee High School; Sales Development Representative, Seattle SuperSonics; Interim Coordinator of Athletics, Green River Community College; Head Baseball Coach, Interlake High School (Bellevue, WA); and Head Baseball Coach, Chief Sealth High School (Seattle, WA). In addition to these career opportunities, Colby has also taught physical education at Tyee High School, Gregory Heights Elementary School, Rainier Beach High School, and Chief Sealth High School. Colby is currently the Head Baseball Coach at Liberty High School in Issaquah where he also teaches Physical Education and Special Education. Colby earned his Masters of Arts Degree in Leadership in Sports and Exercise this past year from Seattle Pacific University (Seattle, WA).

With an extensive background in coaching, Colby has a mix of little league, summer baseball, interscholastic, and intercollegiate experience. Colby is enjoying being back in coaching, his true passion, and is extremely excited about being back with the BlueJackets for their 2006 campaign.

Coach Colby and his wife Teanah reside in Seattle, Wash..

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Bullpen Coach - Dave Baker
(Catcher - Central Missouri State University)

Dave Baker returners for his second season with the Kitsap BlueJackets. Last season he wore the uniform of starting catcher. This season he joins Coach Acker's staff as bullpen coach. It will be his responsibility to get the pitchers physcially warmed up and mentally ready to enter the game.

This collegiate season Dave will catch for the Central Missouri State Mules. His junior year he caught for Coach Brad Hill at Kansas State Univeristy. Startint 29 of 32 games, he batted .320 on 100 at-bats and recorded 24 runs and 25 RBI's on 32 hits, including 8 doubles 1 triple, 2 home runs.

Following high school Dave moved to Chandler, Arizona, to play for Coach Doyle Wilson at Chandler-Gilbert Community College. His second season he was name team captain and started 34 of 43 games. named NJCAA 1st Team All-Region I and 1st Team All-ACCAC he batted .344 on 128 at-bats, recorded 15 runs and 28 RBI's on 44 hits, including 11 doubles, 3 triples, 1 home run, and stole 5 bases on 5 attempts as a sophomore catcher. As a freshman catcher he started on the NJCAA Region I Championship team.

A four-year starter for the Governor John R. Rogers High School Rams under Head Coach Dave Tate Baker was named team captain and MVP his senior year. A two-time All-Conference selection, he led the South Puget Sound League with a .521 batting average as a senior. Additionally he was a three-year letter winner and All-Conference selection in golf and had the opportunity to travel to Japan and compete against Japanese All-Star teams as a part of the Northwest Cultural High School Baseball Exchange program.

Born April 18, 1984, Dave was drafted in the 43rd round by the Boston Red Sox in the 2002 Major League Baseball draft. He enjoys both country and rock music and his two favorite movies are Bull Durham & Happy Gilmore.

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