ABOUT US

John Sullivan:
John graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in West Virginia where he played baseball and earned several awards including 1st team All State. He then went on to play college baseball from there for 4 years At Potomac State College and University of the Cumberlands. John has been coaching for 16 years on all levels, including the Cincinnati Reds Organization and currently holds the position as hitting coach for the Legends National Scout team (PG top 40 team). His approach is to assist players to become the best versions of themselves through tech, competition, and the ability to self coach. John is driven to teach guys how to be more efficient during their workouts outside of his facility. We do this by using tools such Blast Motion, Krato Sports, Rapsodo, HiTrax, Groupme, and OnForm. John currently holds a spot on the facility advisory board with Blast Motion. 
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Jeremy Hamilton
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Jeremy Hamilton was born and raised in Cincinnati, OH and attended Princeton High School and was apart of the last State Final Four baseball team in 2005. Jeremy committed and played at Wright State University where Jeremy started as a true freshman. Jeremy would go on in his freshman year to be named to the Horizon League All-Newcomer team and would also make the All- Tournament team. In 2007, Jeremy was selected to play for Team USA Collegiate Team which was comprised of the best freshman and sophomores in the country. In 2008, in his junior year at Wright State Jeremy would go on to have a  .410 batting average and would be in the Top 50 in most offensive categories in the country that year. Jeremy was named a Golden Spikes Semi-Finalist (Heisman of College Baseball) and would go on to win the Horizon League Player of the Year and also receive the Don Mohr award (Best Male Athlete) at Wright State University.

Jeremy was drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in 2008 in the 5th round(166th pick) and would go on to be apart of back to back championship seasons. One in rookie ball and the other in Low-A. After 3 years with the Phillies, Jeremy would go on to play the next 6 years in the top independent leagues in the country. Out of 6 seasons in independent baseball Jeremy would be apart of 5 playoff runs and played in one Championship Series with the Lincoln Saltdogs.

In late 2016 Jeremy would become the bench/hitting coach for the Florence Yalls. Jeremy helped raise the teams batting average close to 20 points when he took over full duties as hitting coach. After a short stint as a coach in Professional Baseball, in January of 2017, Jeremy joined the Cincinnati Reds as the Director of the Reds Youth Academy. While at the Reds Youth Academy Jeremy helped over 75 athletes reach the next level to play either college baseball or softball. In 2021 the senior baseball team won the first ever RBI World Series for the Reds Youth Academy. 

In 2023 Jeremy worked for Future Stars Series as the Director of Player Development and Future Stars Series Foundation. While with FSS Jeremy worked with a lot of the top baseball prospects throughout the country.

Jeremy joined John Sullivan Hitting in April of 2024 as an instructor.  

Nick Plaatje- Youth Director
Nick is a graduate of Kings High School where he played for long time coach Kevin McClung. Went on to play college baseball at Tiffin University. Nick was part of the 2019 squad that broke multiple school records and went on to fight for a super regional. Nick has also been part of the Cincinnati Reds Youth Organization for 2 years as an on field instructor for their youth camps. He has also worked along side Impact baseball and "The Catching Guy" in recent years. 

Current hitting coach for CHCA highschool and Head Coach at Cincinnati Legends 16 U

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