Hitting Specialists

Brett Balkan

The Gold Glove Infielder

Beyond his collegiate and professional playing days, Coach Brett has been a hitting instructor and baseball coach for 8 years and is one of the very best in San Diego at what he does. 

As a two-way player in college, CJ uses his deep understanding of how to generate power using he body to teach his players to hit with more power than they knew they had! 

John is a 2023 graduate of Columbia University in New York City, where he was a member of the Division 1 baseball team for all 4 years. In 2022 Columbia won the Ivy League Championship. 

In 2021, he transferred to Corban University in Oregon on a baseball scholarship. At Corban, he further honed his skills and completed his bachelor's degree in 2023. Taka is currently training to attend open tryouts for independent and industrial baseball teams in Japan. Taka Horton, a native of San Diego, California, played at Mt. Carmel High School, from which he graduated in 2019 where he earned All-Palomar League honors for three consecutive years.