Pistol Shrimp Gameday Program 2024

From the Commissioner

From the Owner

To Our Fans,

As we embark on our 4th season in the Illinois Valley, I am filled with gratitude to this incredible community that has welcomed, embraced, and supported us, allowing us the opportunity to play the game we love and in turn, share that love with the Illinois Valley and beyond. Our mission continues to be providing a community mesh point where all people can gather in a safe and comfortable environment to enjoy friends, family and baseball.

Thanks to our ever growing fan base, we racked up numerous post season Prospect League awards. We have also established traditions such as our Eureka Bank’s Kids Club, Martin Equipment Youth Clinic, Tangled Roots Beer Garden, Rips Fowl Poles, WLPO Broadcast, our signature and featured theme nights, and so much more!

Adding to the excitement this year is the launch of our new “Locker Room Lumber Crew,” our crack team of bat kids especially adept at handling the lumber (wood bats). New small to medium size group outing hubs have been added, along with several new merch items and new offerings in the Beer Tent. We’re also proud to introduce our newly established Pistol Shrimp Foundation, a 501(c)3, to help with player expenses outside of what our operating budget can provide.

We’re joined by our largest intern class yet, talented hard working students from the Illinois Valley and beyond, learning and working to make your game day experience the best it can be. Our slate of theme nights and promotions will be sure to make your experience at every game this summer a unique one!

Thank you for being an important part of our team. Let’s enjoy a great summer of coming together to celebrate community through baseball.

John Jakiemiec

Coaching Staff

John Jakiemiec Team Owner & Field Manager

John Jakiemiec has coached high school, travel, and summer collegiate baseball for several years, with several of his former players now playing professionally. Although he currently resides in northern California, John was born and raised in Birch Run, Michigan where he was a multisport athlete before going on to play college football at Dartmouth College. During his college years, the baseball team’s roster was filled with several players that would go on to play professionally including Mike Remlinger (the SF Giants #1 pick in 1987), and Brad Ausmus (current bench coach with the Yankees).

Coach Jakiemiec is an avid outdoorsman who considers himself to be an elite-level educator of white-tailed deer and ducks! He also enjoys a round of golf with friends and is a work-in-progress when it comes to the guitar picking style of John Prine. He resides in northern California with his wife Anne and yellow lab Tucker. Anne and John have been blessed with three children, Bryan (who played baseball for Central Michigan University), Natalie (who currently resides in London), and Kyle (UW Madison graduate in 2024!).

Mark Sheehan Pitching Coach

Mark Sheehan has trained extensively with former MLB pitcher and pitching coach Dr. Tom House, founder of the National Pitching Association (NPA) and Rod Dedeaux Research Baseball Institute (RDRBI) at USC. Coach Sheehan served as National Director of the NPA from 2015 to 2017 before founding his own academy, Evolution Athletics Baseball in Naperville, IL. Collegiate Baseball News awarded him the 2014 Teaching Professional of the Year Award. Mark has also coached with USA Baseball, and Caliendo International Sports, where he coaches 15U-17U teams on International trips. As one of the most highly respected and sought-after coaches in baseball, he has a vast amount of experience training pitchers from little league all the way up to MLB, as well as tutoring MLB and college pitching coaches and consulting with 6 MLB teams in recent years. He resides in Lisle, Illinois and is the proud dad of three sons Connor, Quinn and Nolan.

Justyn Friday Assistant Coach

Justyn Friday returns for his 6th summer with the Pistol Shrimp, having started with the team in our inaugural 2019 season. Coach Friday played at Joliet Junior College, where he was captain and on the all region team and still holds stolen base records at two different colleges. Formerly a coach at Aurora Central Catholic High School, he currently coaches at Oswego East High School. He is a teacher at Hopewell Academy, a school for special needs youth. Although he grew up in Marietta, Georgia and considers Massachusetts his home, he currently resides in Joliet, Illinois with son Justyn Jr, daughter Sydney and his pitbull Zuri.

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Pistol Shrimp Staff

June Fobes Keeley

General Manager

Bart Maciczak

Operations Supervisor

The Voice of Pistol Shrimp Baseball Lucas Burris

Assistant General Manager

Andie Dolven

Content Creator

James Keck

PA Announcer

Luke Tunnell

Scorekeeper

Quentin Buffington

Team Photographer

Molly Etscheid

Field Coordinator

Emme Bottom

Content Creator

Anne Krull

On Field Emcee

Ella Raef

Camera Operator

Kayla Olson

Team Trainer

Now Hiring

Pistol Shrimp Interns

Intern Abby Kaszynski Intern

AJ Stiegler

Content Intern

Alli Lehn Intern Ali Rimmele Intern Caden Ericzon Intern

Caitlyn Cioni

HS Intern

Callie Etscheid

Intern

Ella Taliani

HS Intern

Jaden Stoddard Intern

Jaxon Stoddard

Jaxson Jason Broadcast Intern

Jonathan Shields

Josie Crabtree Content Intern

MaKade Rios

Mathias Woerner

Content Intern

Pam Wilinski

Ryan Rickenbacker

Rylee McGunnigal HS Intern

Sarah Johnson

Zoe Sholders

SouthClaw Sam

Meet the Illinois Valley’s most beloved mascot and the Prospect League 2021 Mascot of the Year, SouthClaw Sam! The Pistol Shrimp’s sweet and silly mascot loves baseball, ice cream treats, and dressing up for Frightful Friday. He especially enjoys hanging out with his Eureka Savings Bank Shrimp Scampi Kids Club members!

He likes to meet new friends at games and community events and giving them High 5s makes him happy. SouthClaw has a lot of fun posing for photos, so be sure to get a picture or take a selfie with him. Fun fact: SouthClaw Sam is an officially registered member of the Mascot Hall of Fame!

WHAT THE HECK IS A PISTOL SHRIMP?

It’s Ferocious. It’s Deadly. It’s roughly the size of your finger?

The Pistol Shrimp (Alpheidae) is known as one of the deadliest creatures in the sea. What makes the pistol shrimp so special is its massive claw that is almost the size of its entire body. This claw contains a special mechanism that acts like a super-powered bubble gun. The claw is cocked, and when it’s ready, the claw closes so quickly that it creates a cavitation bubble that has the same temperature as the surface of the sun. The pistol shrimp fires this bubble at its prey at 60 miles per hour stunning or killing it.

The Illinois Valley Pistol Shrimp might not be just as deadly but they are just as dangerous.

#FearTheClaw

BASIC SCORE KEEPING

POSITION NUMBERS

Pitcher - 1

Catcher - 2

First Base - 3

Second Base - 4

Third Base - 5

Shortstop - 6

Left Field - 7

Center Field - 8

Right Field - 9

Designated Hitter - DH

BATTER SHORTHAND

1B - Single

2B - Double

3B - Triple

HR - Home Run

BB - Walk

K - Strikeout Swinging

K (backward) - Strikeout Called by Umpire

DP - Double Play

FC - Fielder’s Choice

F - Flyout

RBI - Run Batted In

SB - Stolen Base

E - Error

If a batter hits a single write 1B outside the diamond and darken the line from home plate to first. If the runner on first advances to second darken the line from first to second, and so on until the runner gets home, If the runner scores, fill in the diamond with your pencil.

If a batter strikes out, write a “K” in the middle of the diamond. If that batter was the first out, write a “1” with a circle around it. Indicate subsequent outs in similar fashion.

If the batter hits a grounder to the pitcher and the pitcher fields it and throws to first base, the out would be recorded by writing “1-3” across the diamond.

If a batter flys out, write “F” followed by the fielder who caught the ball such as “F8.”

SCORECARD

Andrew Ressler

Position: RHP

Bats/Throws: R/R

Height: 6-0

Weight: 200 lbs

Hometown: Huntley, IL

College: Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville Year: Freshman

Brandon Mahler

Position: C

Bats/Throws: R/R

Height: 6-0

Weight: 190 lbs

Hometown: Vernon Hills, IL College: Concordia University, Chicago Year: Sophomore

Chance Resetich

Position: UT

Bats/Throws: R/R

Height: 5-10

Weight: 185 lbs

Hometown: Spring Valley, IL

College: Southeast Missouri State University Year: Senior

Cole Warehime

Position: OF

Bats/Throws: R/R

Height: 6-2

Weight: 215 lbs

Hometown: Downers Grove, IL

College: Southeast Missouri State University Year: Sophomore

Daniel Strohm

Position: LHP

Bats/Throws: R/L

Height: 6-1

Weight: 165 lbs

Hometown: Geneva, IL College: Regis University Year: Freshman

Finley Buckner

Position: IF Bats/Throws: R/R

Height: 6-2

Weight: 188 lbs

Hometown: Oak Park, CA College: University of California, Berkeley Year: Freshman

Henry Rouch

Position: RHP

Bats/Throws: R/R

Height: 6-4

Weight: 195 lbs

Position: RHP

Anthony Solis

Hometown: Beach Park, IL

Bats/Throws: R/R

Height: 5-11

Weight: 170 lbs

College: Eastern Illinois University Year: Freshman

Chance Bentley

Position: C

Bats/Throws: R/R

Height: 6-0

Weight: 205 lbs

Hometown: Connorsville, IN

College: University of Evansville Year: Freshman

Position: IF

Bats/Throws: R/R

Height: 5-10

Weight: 185 lbs

Hometown: Alexandria, VA College: Saint Mary’s College of California Year: Sophomore

Guevara Castro

Position: RHP Bats/Throws: R/R

Height: 6-1

Weight: 215 lbs

Hometown: Half Moon Bay, CA

College: Saint Mary’s College of California Year: Junior

David Andolina

Position: RHP

Bats/Throws: R/R

Height: 6-0

Weight: 190 lbs

Hometown: Oak Park, IL College: Lehigh University Year: Sophomore

Finn O’Meara

Position: RHP Bats/Throws: R/R

Height: 6-0

Weight: 187 lbs

Hometown: Clarendon Hills, IL

College: DePauw University Year: Freshman

Hometown: Evanston, IL College: Lafayette College Year: Freshman

Position: IF

Jack Johnston

Hometown: Del Mar, CA

Bats/Throws: R/R

Height: 6-0

Weight: 170 lbs

College: University of California, Berkeley Year: Junior

Chris Esquivel

Daniel

Jake Ferguson

Position: IF

Bats/Throws: R/R

Height: 5-10

Weight: 185 lbs

Hometown: Mill Valley, CA College: Eastern Illinois University Year: Junior

Jeffrey Behrends

Position: LHP

Bats/Throws: R/L

Height: 6-4

Weight: 185 lbs

Position: OF

Bats/Throws: L/L

Height: 6-0

Weight: 200 lbs

Hometown: Littleton, CO College: University of Northern Colorado Year: Junior

Hometown: Johnsburg, IL College: Eastern Illinois University Year: Sophomore

Joseph Martin

Position: RHP

Bats/Throws: R/R

Height: 6-0

Weight: 185 lbs

Position: RHP

Bats/Throws: R/R

Height: 6-0

Weight: 195 lbs

Hometown: Newark, IL College: Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville Year: Freshman

Josh Katz

Hometown: Chicago, IL College: University of Pennsylvania Year: Freshman

Kolton Floor

Position: RHP

Bats/Throws: R/R

Height: 5-10

Weight: 182 lbs

Jared Herzog

Position: LHP

Bats/Throws: L/L

Height: 6-0

Weight: 190 lbs

Position: LHP

Bats/Throws: L/L

Height: 6-1

Weight: 205 lbs

Position: LHP

Bats/Throws: R/L

Height: 6-5

Weight: 200 lbs

Hometown: Ottawa, IL College: Rockford University Year: Senior

Hometown: Grayslake, IL

College: Eastern Illinois University Year: Freshman

Hometown: Peru, IL

College: Illinois Valley Community College Year: Sophomore

Joseph Stagowski

Position: OF

Bats/Throws: R/R

Height: 6-1

Weight: 205 lbs

Hometown: Schaumburg, IL College: Rockford University Year: Junior

Josh Ke’Alii Surigao

Position: LHP

Bats/Throws: L/L

Height: 6-4

Weight: 200 lbs

Hometown: Little River, SC College: University of Hawaii Year: HS Senior

Hometown: Peru, IN College: Kankakee Community College Year: Freshman

Kyler Miritello

Position: RHP

Bats/Throws: R/R

Height: 6-3

Weight: 200 lbs

Hometown: Sioux Falls, SD College: University of Hawaii Year: Freshman

Position: IF

Bats/Throws: L/R

Height: 5-11

Weight: 185 lbs

Hometown: Niles, IL College: Millikin University Year: Junior

Position: OF Bats/Throws: R/R

Height: 5-11

Weight: 190 lbs

Hometown: Hinsdale, IL

College: University of Illinois, Chicago Year: Freshman

Kyle Gibson

Lucas Smith

Joe Richardson

Joey Hagen

Johnny Riva

Luke Smock

Position: IF

Bats/Throws: R/R

Height: 6-1

Weight: 195 lbs

Hometown: Monticello, IN College: University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Year: Freshman

Nick Weaver

Position: C

Bats/Throws: R/R

Height: 6-1

Weight: 184 lbs

Hometown: Streamwood, IL College: Elgin Community College Year: Freshman

Payton Knoll

Position: LHP

Bats/Throws: L/L

Height: 6-4

Weight: 215 lbs

Hometown: Ottawa, IL College: Kankakee Community College Year: Freshman

Ryan Niedzwiedz

Position: IF

Bats/Throws: L/R

Height: 6-1

Weight: 200 lbs

Hometown: North Aurora, IL College: Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville Year: Freshman

Taylor Waldron

Position: RHP

Bats/Throws: R/R

Height: 6-2

Weight: 200 lbs

Hometown: Ottawa, IL College: John A Logan College Year: Freshman

Will Ashley

Position: IF

Bats/Throws: R/R

Height: 6-4

Weight: 200 lbs

Makana Olaso

Position: C

Bats/Throws: R/R

Height: 6-3

Weight: 230 lbs

Hometown: Murrieta, CA College: Palomar College/ University of Hawaii Year: Sophomore

Pambas Nicoloudes

Position: IF

Bats/Throws: R/R

Height: 6-1

Weight: 205 lbs

Hometown: Naperville, IL

College: University of Illinois, Chicago Year: Freshman

Position: OF

Bats/Throws: R/R

Height: 5-11

Weight: 190 lbs

Hometown: Arlington Heights, IL

College: North Central College Year: Freshman

Tate Foxson

Position: RHP

Bats/Throws: B/R

Height: 6-4

Weight: 190 lbs

Hometown: Venice Beach, CA

College: Butler University Year: Freshman

Tyler Dorsch

Position: OF

Bats/Throws: R/R

Height: 6-0

Weight: 190 lbs

Hometown: Phoenix, AZ

College: Concordia University, Chicago Year: Senior

Hometown: San Francisco, CA

College: Middlebury College Year: Freshman

Peyton Burgh

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