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Our Facility
7 cages | 2 dedicated pitching tunnels | Pro Shop | HitTrax | Rawlings Batting Machine
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Address: 645 Park East Blvd Suite 7 New Albany, IN 47150
Our Trainers
For Softball pitching and hitting lessons please contact the facility at (812) 725-0090.
President
Hitting | Pitching Instructor
DJ was an All State player in Football and Baseball out of Clarksville High School. He played in the North/South game after graduating. DJ continued his sports career by playing Football at the University of Evansville.
DJ is the current president of the Southern Indiana Rawlings Tigers and coaches one of their High School teams. He is a certified Speed and Agility Coach by the CSAC and the NSPA. DJ has been trained by the practices of Ron Wolforth Texas Baseball Ranch, Mike Ryan Hitting, and has been co-developer of the Velocity programs taught here at the Lumber Yard.
DJ resides in Sellersburg with his wife Cheryl, sons Dane and Deacon, daughters Danica and Demi.
DJ DeWees
Janey Schmidt
Hitting | Fielding Instructor
From Fishers, IN. Played softball at Fishers High School and was awarded defensive player of the year 2x. She played travel softball for the Indiana Shockwaves. Went on to play softball at the University of Charleston where she was a 3 year captain. She played outfield and was a slapper.
Webster Walls
Pitching | Hitting | Fielding Instructor
Webster Walls just graduated as a 4 year player at Bellarmine University which is a Division 1 in the ASUN Conference. At Bellarmine he was an infielder and pitcher.
Web played at Clarksville High School making all-area, all-conference and all-state teams and also played travel ball for the Rawlings Tigers.
Brian Campbell
Pitching | Hitting | Fielding Instructor
Brian Campbell, a native of Sellersburg, Indiana, and a Silver Creek alum, played four years of collegiate ball: two for Vincennes University as a pitcher and infielder and two for Spalding University as an infielder.
Campbell earned his bachelor's degree in Education in 2021 before starting his coaching career.
Following graduation from Spalding University, Campbell returned to Vincennes University where he served as the Associate Head Coach for three years. His duties included recruiting and developing infielders and hitters to play at the next level. In his first season as Vincennes’ hitting coach, the offense had a team average of .321.
Campbell just finished his 2nd season as the manager of a summer collegiate team, Madisonville Miners, in the Ohio Valley League. This past summer, he led the Miners to their first ever regular season championship.
Campbell is entering his first year on the IUS baseball coaching staff. He will be in charge of the outfielders as well as assisting the hitters.
Hitting | Fielding Instructor
Vince Tornincasa will be joining the Indiana University Southeast Coaching staff as the lead Assistant Coach tasked as the Recruiting Coordinator and hitting coach.
In 2023 Vince was named to the University of Southern Indiana Baseball coaching staff and was tasked with being the recruiting coordinator and working with the Screaming Eagle hitters. As a team, USI improved 11 hitting statistics from the previous year with two players being named to the 2nd team All OVC team.
Tornincasa comes to USI after managing the Rockford Rivets in 2023 and 2022. The 2023 Rivets finished with the third-best record in the league, completing the season with 45-27 mark. The Rivet's 45 wins in 2023 was a regular season record.
As the 2022 hitting coach and interim manager, Tornincasa helped the Rivets to a 37-35 record, including a 20-16 record and second-place finish in the Great Lakes East Division.
In addition to managing the Rivets, Tornincasa was the hitting coach at the University of Illinois Springfield in 2023. The Prairie Stars finished second in the GLVC, batting .313 as a team with 70 Home Runs and a .414 On Base Percentage. Illinois Springfield also had one player earn honorable mention All-America and All-Region honors and two players earn All-GLVC awards.
Prior to managing the Rivets and assisting with Illinois Springfield, he was an assistant coach at Andrean High School. He was the infield coordinator and helped the program win the 2022 Indiana State Championship.
Tornincasa also assisted with Carroll Merchants, a M.I.N.K. League team, and an assistant coach from 2015 to 2020 for Purdue University Northwest.
A native of Northwest Indiana, Tornincasa was a member of a pair of Indiana state championship teams as a player at Andrean High School.
Vince Tornincasa
Brandon Boxer
Hitting | Fielding Instructor
A former collegiate athlete who played at the University of Charleston, Indiana University Southeast, and Cumberland University. As a player, had a career .312 batting average, .442 OBP, 12 home runs, and 55 stolen bases. While at IUS was second team all conference utility, with a batting average of .391.
As a coach he has spent the last two summers as an Assistant Coach in the Ohio Valley League, a summer collegiate league for the Henderson Flash, where he helped lead them to a divisional title in 2023 and a league championship in 2024.
Madison Wathen
Pitching Instructor
Madison played collegiately at Valpo and finished her career at IUS where she earned NFCA All-Region accolades in her senior year where she led all pitchers in the River States Conference in wins (18) and strikeouts-per-7 inning (11.2) and finished second in the RSC in ERA (1.63) and strikeouts (240). At the end of the regular season, her Ks-per-seven innings ranked second nationally in the NAIA while her total strikeouts ranked seventh.
Build your game.
Did you go hitless in your last game?
Are you struggling to get hitters out?
Or are you barely missing the unbelievable play to win the game?
We know how to build players.
The Lumber Yard provides targeted, well-maintained training equipment and a staff of skilled and passionate instructors who not only teach beyond the simple fundamentals of the game with individualized custom programs, but also build confidence and inspire their students to strive for excellence.
So, on the car ride home you won’t have the empty feeling when you stare out the window and wonder, “why am I not throwing harder, running faster, or hitting the ball farther.”
We eliminate the uncertainty.
Our efforts will enhance the total baseball experience of every member and also assist the student-athlete with the opportunity to achieve at the scholastic, college and professional level.
Our staff consider themselves fortunate to have found their gift in baseball. Purpose and passion is an important part of The Lumber Yard team and we strive ourselves on providing a meaningful and positive experience.
Together, we have created a unique place – a baseball academy second to none – where athletes of all ages can come to learn how to excel at the world’s greatest game.
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Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.
— Babe Ruth