About Southington Jays Travel
Our Mission
At West Jays, our mission is to provide a safe, fun, and inclusive environment for athletes to learn, grow, and excel. We strive to instill the values of teamwork, sportsmanship, and perseverance in all our athletes, and to help them develop the skills they need to succeed both on and off the field.
What We offer
-Fall 2025 teams are forming in June!
West Jays current has teams from 8U to 15U
-Spring teams will do winter workouts at D-BAT Cheshire and team will be in the East Shore Conference
Coach Bios
- 11U Jason Pekrul - A Berlin CT Hall of Famer from Berlin High- State Champion 1999-All Conference, All State Team,- 3x College World Series appearances at Eastern CT State University-2002 National DIII Champions! Specializes in Hitting, middle infield and an outfield specialist.
- 13U Matthew Preston- Pitcher from New Hampshire where he was All-State and All-Region in High School- Continued on as a Pitcher at Division I University of Rhode Island. 2x Atlantic 10 Regular season champion. 10 year coaching experience on several levels.
- 10U Eric Butkiewicz- Two time Plainville Hall of Fame inductee. All Conference, 2001 senior season 121Ks/ 17BB. University of Maryland Baltimore collegiate pitcher still holding records for strikeouts, innings and Starts. Over 10 year coaching experience. Coached at Bristol Central High School, Plainville Legion Post and several travel teams.
- 10U Joe Duro- Collegiate third baseman and pitcher. Specializing in younger age development. Played college ball at Eckerd College and Salve Regina. 4th year coaching with us!
- 8U/9U Chad Heath- former New Britain High School Coach. Collegiate player and hitting coach. Exceptional player development skills at lower levels
- 10u Rob Giguere- 30+ years of baseball experience- Collegiate pitching specialist - CT Blue Jays head coach and coordinator for upper level players.
- 11U Jerome Harty- Another collegiate player from New Hampshire. Pitching specialist with 10 yeas coaching experience. University of Southern New Hampshire University 4 year College Pitcher
- 14U Kyle Dobratz-Pitching specialist and Connecticut Native. Started as a Varsity pitcher for Maloney High. Went onto pith at Division I UCONN under coach Andy Baylock. 9 years coaching experience.
- 14u Alex Meyer- Alex is a pitcher from University of Northern Iowa and has many years of coaching experience in travel baseball.
- 15U Matt Lefkowitz- Southington's Middle school coach at Kennedy. Matt has nearly 25 years of baseball coaching experience.