About Southington Jays Travel
Our Mission
At the 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
-Spring teams are forming in October!
Connecticut Jays current has teams from 8U to 16U
-Spring teams will do winter workouts at D-BAT Cheshire and team will be in the East Shore Conference supplementing the season with various tournaments
Coach Bios
- 9U Matt Arburr- Southington resident who was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 17th round of the 2007 MLB June Amateur Draft. Matt was a position player who play college baseball at Pace University before he went on to the MLB. Now working and developing our younger programs.
- 10U Jesse Vermeersch-Highly recruited high school player who attended Westfield State University as a Pitcher and Outfielder. No specializing on fundamentals at a young age.
- 12U 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 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.
- 11U/15U 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!
- 10U Chad Heath- former New Britain High School Coach. Collegiate player and hitting coach. Exceptional player development skills at all levels
- 12u Rob Giguere- 30+ years of baseball experience- Collegiate pitcher all -league pitcher who attended Albertus Magnus College -18 yrs with CT Blue Jays primarily head coach and coordinator for upper level players.
- 13U 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
- 15U/16U Kyle Dobratz-Pitching specialist and Connecticut Native. Started as a Varsity pitcher for Maloney High. Went onto pitch at Division I UCONN under coach Andy Baylock. 9 years coaching experience.
- 14U/16U Matt Lefkowitz- Southington's Middle school coach at Kennedy. Matt has 25+ years of baseball coaching experience.