Memorial Chargers Baseball
Coach’s Note
Welcome to Charger Field! The 2018 team features eight seniors, who have all been part of our program for four years. This group is led by two year letter winners Braden Baer, Nolan Grose, and Jordan Siddons. The rest of the senior class includes Sean Gordon, Bradley Melendez, Dylan Pressler, Brandon Swank, and Wheaton Webb. We appreciate their dedication and our hope is to make their senior year one to remember. Our goal as a program is to play aggressive fundamentally sound baseball. We hope you enjoy watching the Chargers compete one pitch at a time!
–Scott Rost, Head Coach
CHARGER BASEBALL RECORDS
Batting Average: Season-Ryan Strausborger .500 (2006) Career-Nick Corpe .436 (2003-2006)
Homeruns: Season-Nick Corpe 12 (2005) Career-Nick Corpe 20 (2003-2005)
RBI: Season-Nick Corpe 52 (2005) Career-Nick Corpe 113 (2003-2005)
ERA: Season-Derek Bryant 0.36 (2006) Career-Bruce Bradley 0.71 (1987-1989)
Pitching Victories: Season-Chad Christian 17 (1992) Career-Tim Peek 30 (1983-1986)
Strikeouts: Season-Tim Peek 188 (1986) Career-Tim Peek 424 (1983-1986)
CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Northern Indiana Conference-1976, 1978, 1985, 1992, 1993
Northern Lakes Conference-2004, 2005, 2006, 2014
SECTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
Elkhart – 1974, 1978, 1985, 1986, 1992, 1998
CURRENT CHARGER GRADUATES PLAYING BASEBALL
Ryan Strausborger (2006) – Minnesota Twins Organization
Scottie Clark (2015) – Grace College
Cameron Maxwell (2015) – Grace College
Justin Walter (2017) – Purdue Northwest
Team Roster
Varsity Baseball:
Row #1: Braden Baer, Wheaton Webb, Bradley Melendez, Hunter Thompson, Caden Ewen, Brandon Swank
Row #2: Coach Brian Blondell, Mark Nywening, Dylan Pressler, Landon Lee, Nolan Grose, Jordan Siddons, Matt McQueen, Coach Bruce Baer, Head Coach Scott Rost
Coach’s Bio
Coach Rost is entering his 16th season as head coach of the Chargers. He has an overall record of 244-197 with four Northern Lakes Conference championships. He is a physical education teacher at Elkhart Memorial. Coach Rost graduated from Concord High School and Manchester College, as well as receiving his master’s degree from Indiana University. His wife, Jacquie, is the athletic director and head volleyball coach at Memorial. He has two sons Dylan, 16, and Quinn, 11.