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

Matt Acker returns to lead the Kitsap BlueJackets for his third season after molding his players into the hottest team in the West Coast Collegiate Baseball League (WCCBL) in 2006.

As word of the BlueJackets and the WCCBL's success continues to filter throughout the NCAA Div. I programs Matt has been able to expand his recruiting efforts. The 2007 team will be a mix of talent from Austin Peay State, Central Washington Univ., San Diego State Univ., Univ. California-Riverside, Temple Univ., Univ. Nevada-Reno, Univ. of Rhode Island, Univ. of Washington, Washington State Univ. and numerous other top college baseball programs throughout the nation.

Opening the season with 12 of 15 games on the road in 2006 tested and subsequently brought the young team together. By the mid-season All-Star game, the team jelled and won 16 of their final 22 games, just two-games shy of a post-season playoff spot. A reflection of how good the team became was can be seen in the Pitcher of the Year, DeMarini All-Performance, Rawlings Gold Glove, three 1st-Team All-League (First Base, Starting Pitcher and Relief Pitcher), and seven Honorable Mention honors they received.

In 2005, the team's inaugural season, Matt led the BlueJackets (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 sixth season as the Head Coach of Green River Community College. In his first five 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 SanDiego 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 BlueJackets Youth Camp.

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

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

Scott Colby returns to the Kitsap BlueJackets for his third season. As Head Assistant Coach last season Colby's primary focus was building and nurturing one of the top bullpens in the West Coast Collegiate Baseball League (WCCBL). By seasons end the BlueJackets pitching staff had the third lowest ERA in the league and had garnered WCCBL Pitcher of the Year (Ross Humes) and Closer of the Year (Mike Tachell).

Colby is currently the Head Baseball Coach at Liberty High School in Issaquah where he also teaches Physical Education and Special Education. Colby coaches in what is arguably the best 3A high school baseball conference in the State of Washington. Colby's Patriots have finished 4th in the talent laden KingCo 3A League in both 2006 (12W-11L) and 2007 (12W-9L), and were eliminated from post-season play both years by the eventual 3A State Champions (Newport HS in 2006 and Issaquah HS in 2007).

A 1990 graduate of Evergreen High School (White Center, Wash.) where he played both baseball and football, Colby played college baseball and soccer at Green River Community College (Auburn, Wash.) before transferring to Central Washington University (Ellensburg, Wash.) 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 his junior and senior years at Central.

photo by Troliophotography

After leaving college, Colby was blessed with a number of career opportunities: Head Baseball Coach, Pierce College (Lakewood, Wash.); Athletic Director, ASB Advisor, and Leadership Instructor, Tyee High School (SeaTac, Wash.); 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, Wash.); and Head Baseball Coach, Chief Sealth High School (Seattle, Wash.). 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 earned his Masters of Arts Degree in Leadership in Sports and Exercise from Seattle Pacific University (Seattle, Wash.) in 2006. His education teamed with an extensive background in coaching and athletic administration provide Colby with a skill set that is a match for developing players within the summer collegiate experience.

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

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Assistant Coach - Joe Dominiak
(Head Coach - Saint Martin's University)

 

Joe Dominiak returns to the Kitsap BlueJackets for his second season.

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The 2006 season marks Coach Dominiak’s seventh season as head baseball coach for the Saints. In his 5th season (2003) his team finished with a 20-26 record. He came to Saint Martin’s in 1997 as the assistant head coach, after a very successful stint as the head coach at Chemeketa Community College.

Coach Dominiak founded the Saint Martin’s baseball academy with long-time friend and former major league pitcher, Tom House. In addition, Coach Dominiak was instrumental in the development of the new on-campus baseball field at Saint Martin’s. In Coach Dominiak’s short tenure at Saint Martin’s he has coached seven players who have signed professional baseball contracts. He has had 14 academic all-conference players in just 2 years of GNAC conference play and 5 academic all-Americans. In the 2000 season, he helped guide his team to a first place finish in the Independent League and placed 3rd in the west coast regionals. In the summer of 2000 Coach Dominiak became a functional fitness associate for Tom House and major league baseball. This work addresses the mental/emotional, nutritional, biomechanical and physical side of athletics.

Coach Dominiak and his wife Diane reside in Lacey, with their 15-year-old twin daughters Samantha and Sarah and 5-year-old daughter Allyson Jo.

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Bullpen Coach - David Pearson
(Asst. Coach - Mayville State University)

David Pearson begin his first season with the Kitsap Blue Jackets as the bullpen coach.

Currently the Head Assistant Coach and Recruiting Coordinator for the Mayville State Comets, the 2007 season will be Coach Pearson fourth year in the collegiate baseball coaching ranks.

A three sport athlete in football, basketball and baseball at Sherwood High School (Sherwood, N.D.), Pearson initially enrolled at North Dakota State University before transferred to MSU-Bottineau. During his freshman and sophomore years at MSU-Bottineau he started at 3rd base, hit .345 and 14 home runs and played for a team that placed 3rd in the Region tournament. Additionally, he received team MVP and All-MonDak 3rd/SS honors. Transfering to Mayville State University his junior year, a Top 25 NAIA program, he completed his college baseball career a member of two Region 3 Championship teams, one Super Region Championship team and a 5th place NAIA World Series team.

Pearson’s coaching career started in 2000 with the Hankinson, North Dakota, American Legion program, followed by two seasons with the Cooperstown, N.D., program. His college experience includes University of North Dakota Assistant Coach (2004), the year Fighting Sioux set a new school single season win record. At UND Coach Pearson was in charge of outfielders, helped with pitchers and recruited. Mayville State University in 2005, where he coach various aspects of the team and helped the Comets win their 37th conference championship and another Region 3 tournament berth.

Coach Pearson is engaged and will be married on June 16, 2007 to Keleigh Alm. They currently live in Grand Forks, North Dakota.

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