Instructors
Anthony Zak – Judson University Assistant Baseball Coach / Head 16U RBA Coach
Contact – Coachzak@huntleytravelbaseball.com | 847-907-1331
Current Judson University Assistant Baseball Coach who specializes in hitting and infield.
Experience:
2018 varsity captain at Huntley High School
Ripon College baseball team captain in 2021
Coached Chicago Cubs youth camps
Assistant Vernon Hills High School baseball Coach
Current RBA 16u Head Coach
Current Judson University Assistant Coach
Foundations of Hitting-Driveline Certified
Rapsodo Pitching Certified
Mike Benacka - RBA Pro instructor and current RBA 12U Head Coach
Contact – coachmikeb@huntleytravelbaseball.com | 815-355-7295
All Area Shortstop at Marian Central
Pitcher and 1B on Elgin Community College JuCo World Series team 2004
ECC School Record holder for RBI (11) and Strikeouts (14) in a single game.
Signed with the Oakland Athletics after Frontier leagues success. Giving up 1 run in 26 IP with 51 K's
7 seasons as a Professional pitcher, reaching as high as AAA
72 career saves with an average of 12 K per 9 innings
3x All Star in the professional baseball ranks.
3x time world champion including part of the 2013 Caribbean World Series team with Mexico.
RBA Pitching Instructor - Mike Kaska
Coachkaska@huntleytravelbaseball.com
(815) 307-2758 - (text message preferred)
Born and raised in Spring Grove, Mike attended Richmond-Burton Community High School where he played baseball and basketball. After high school, he went to the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater where he pitched from 2016 to 2019. In 2018 he was given the honors of All-American and D3 Midwest Region Pitcher of the Year. In 2019 he was named to the All-Midwest Region team as well as first-team all-conference (WIAC) and ranked 17th in the nation with a strikeout-to-walk ratio of 7.23. His career NCAA numbers are: 17-8, 2.58 ERA, 178 IP, 186 SO, 38 BB, and held opponents to a .238 batting average. He wrapped up his playing career ranked 5th in program history for walks allowed per nine innings (1.92), 6th in earned run average (2.58), 9th in strikeouts (186), and tied for 9th with 2 complete game shutouts. While in college, he was an instructor for all of the UWW Baseball youth clinics, where they covered hitting, fielding, and pitching for ages 8 to 18. Post-graduation, Mike was the head coach for a 14U team and also worked as the pitching instructor in Elkhorn, WI where he gave private lessons and ran pitching-specific clinics for athletes of all ages.
RBA Players:
1 lesson: $35
3 pack: $100
5 pack: $155
10 pack: $290
Non-RBA Players:
1 lesson: $40
3 pack: $115
5 pack: $180
10 pack: $320
Tyler Mindak – Hitting, Fielding and Catcher instructor
Contact – tjmindak@comcast.net | 847-987-2792
Played for 5 different travel teams when I was younger.
3 year varsity starter at Huntley High School. (Catcher/utility)
2 year starter at McHenry County College. (Catcher/utility)
Been coaching with RBA since 2015 as assistant.
Instructor for Catching and Hitting.
Experience in all aspects of the game. Offense & defense.
I Enjoy spending time with the kids to make the game fun and see each individual succeed at their position.
Personal life; Happily married to my wife Mikayla. I'm 27. Received my bachelor's in environmental science at Northern Illinois University. Currently a project manager for an Environmental Company out of Springfield, MO.
