16U - 18U Mudville Pinnacle Baseball 

Head Coach: Marc Sagmoen
Head Assistant Coach: Brian Potoshnik
GM/Assistant Coach: Kurt Boyd
Assistant Coach: Ron Van Drongelen

Mudville Pinnacle Baseball is the club's flagship and original team. The team is comprised of 18-16U players who attend various high schools throughout the Metro Seattle area. The team is managed by coached by Marc Sagmoen (outfield and hitting), Brian Potoshnik (infield and hitting) and general managed by Kurt Boyd (pitching & catching). In 2009, the core of this team will have been together for 10 years. Founded by Kurt Boyd, the team’s original head coach, Dean Holbrook, Bill Audycki and the late Mickey Merriam in 1999, this Mudville club has won two National Championships in the past 5 years, most recently the 2008 Triple Crown National 18U Wood Bat World Championship. In 2007 the club won the Washington State 16U Mickey Mantle State Championship. In 2009 the Mudville Pinnacle Baseball will compete in the Washington State 18U Connie Mack League.

Mudville Pinnacle Baseball 18U Coaching Staff

Marc Sagmoen
Marc graduated from Kennedy High School (Burien, WA) in 1989 where he earned All League honors. He played two years at Yakima Valley CC and was named the NWAACC Player of the Year in 1991, where he received a scholarship to the University of Nebraska. Marc was named the Big 8 (now Big 12 Conference) Player of the Year while setting the school record for batting average (.454, 18HR, 85 RBI, 32 SB). He was a NCAA First Team All American outfielder and was named to the Smith Super Team as well as receiving other national honors. He set the Nebraska career batting average hitting 451 over two seasons.

Marc played nine years professionally, seven at the AAA level. He played with the Texas Rangers from 1993-1999 & 2001, which included a stint in the Major Leagues in 1997. He was only one of four players in Major League history to have an inside-the-park home run for their first hit. Marc had the honor of wearing #42 on the night Jackie Robinson's number was retired throughout baseball in his first professional game. He played for Houston in 2000, and Minnesota, and St. Louis in 2001. Marc also played Winter Ball in the Dominican Republic and Venezuela. Since retiring in 2001 from pro ball, he has been coaching youth baseball and hitting instructor.  Marc currently is a Project Manager/Estimator for Sagmoen Builders, a custom home residential builder in Seattle. 

Brian Potoshnik
Brian was a Washington All-State infielder at Eastmont High School (Wenatchee, WA) in 1987 and was the NWAACC Player-of-the-Year in 1989 while playing for Edmonds Community College (Edmonds, WA). Brian transferred to Oklahoma State University in the Big 8 (now Big 12 Conference) to play ball under national Hall of Fame coach Gary Ward. He has over 15 years of college coaching experience including the last 5 years at Bellevue Community College (Bellevue, WA) as the Head Assistant under Coach Mark Yoshino. He also coached at Edmonds Community College and Northeastern Oklahoma A & M. Brian is the Varsity Head Coach at Mercer Island High School (Mercer Island, WA) since 2007. He has turned the high school program around by using his college coaching experience and applying it to the high school environment.  In two years, MIHS has become a KingCo 3A contender.  Brian is also a respected and highly sought after hitting instructor.  Brian is currently the Marketing Coordinator for the Seattle District of PCL Construction Services, one of the largest construction firms in North America.

Kurt Boyd
Kurt has over 25 years of coaching and sports management experience.  He is a member of the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) and the Washington State Coaches Association (WSCA).  Kurt is currently in his fourth year as the Varsity Pitching Coach at Mercer Island HS, a KingCo 3A school. He also has been certified by the National Pitching Association (NPA) training program in 2004.  He is also the founder of Mudville Youth Baseball and serves as the coaching director for the club.

Kurt played extensive baseball during his youth years, rising through Armed Forces Baseball (US Navy) and into college before knee injuries ended his career in 1980.  Kurt turned to competitive softball where he played at the highest national levels of fast and slow-pitch softball for 27 years.  Kurt is one of the top all-time hit leaders in the Northwest, a 2-time ASA All-America selection and 2-time All-Navy selection.  In 2001, he was the 25th player to be inducted into the USSSA Washington State Hall of Fame.

Kurt is a graduate of Medford (Oregon) HS and the University of Washington. He holds a MS in Construction Management, a BS in Building Construction and a CE Certificate in Sports Management from the UW Graduate Business School.  He currently is the Manager of Business Development for the Seattle District of PCL Construction Services, one of the largest construction firms in North America.

Ron Van Drongelen

Ron joined Mudville in 2008 an assistant coach to the Mudville Pinnacle Baseball team. He is a graduate of Ingraham HS in Seattle, where he played varsity baseball for two years as centerfielder. Ron received 3A All-Metro honors his senior year playing for the Rams.

After joining the military, he continued baseball playing for the US Air Force in England, where his team won the USAF European Championship three years in a row.   Ron pitched, played shortstop and center-field.  Upon returning to Texas, he played fast-pitch for the base team and continued in a local fast-pitch team when he returned to Seattle. He has an extensive knowledge of baseball, loves working with the kids and has been coaching youth for 20 years.  Ron is a retired business owner, living in the Puget Sound area.

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18U 2009 Record

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18U 2009 Roster