About Coach Tommy:

Tommy is a local guy whose love of Baseball and sports started at a very young age. Raised in Gaithersburg, he started his baseball journey, playing with several local youth organizations. He graduated from Quince Orchard High School, where he played and excelled during his tenure and received All-County and Metro Area Honors as a Catcher. Baseball America ranked Tommy as one of the top three Catchers in Maryland. He attributes much of his success during High School to the years he spent playing for the Columbia Reds in the prestigious Baltimore Metro League and on other select travel teams.

In the Fall of 2003, Tommy signed his letter of intent to attend Division I Marshall University as a scholarship player. He captured a starting position as a freshman on the Herd Squad as a Catcher / DH.  He was a 4-year starter for Marshall and received playing awards throughout his career in the MAC and C-USA.  Tommy was nominated for the college catchers' most prestigious Johnny Bench Award watch list (now Buster Posey list). 

In 2008, Tommy helped Marshall to a historic record-winning season as the team made it to the finals of the C-USA NCAA Championship. His college stats were impressive, and Tommy was listed as one of the Top Baseball Prospects in the East. Three weeks after graduating with a bachelor's degree in Sport Management and Marketing, Tommy's lifelong dream of playing professional baseball became a reality when he was drafted in the 27th round by the Seattle Mariners Organization.  An impressive first season Minor League campaign led to the honor of Tommy being chosen a "Top Prospect" by the Topps Sports Card Company. He was among the few in his draft class to receive a Bowman's Top Prospect Rookie Card 2009. 

After several years playing minor league baseball, Tommy felt it was time to give something back to the game by teaching young athletes how to "Play the game right."  He had worked in the off-season, giving lessons and working with young players. Training and teaching young athletes became his passion. The only thing that surpasses Tommy's love for the game of Baseball is his love for teaching and working with his students and seeing them succeed.

In 2014, Tommy reached another lifelong goal of owning and operating his baseball player development facility, Primal 1 Baseball Player Development.

Over the last several years, Tommy has continued his education. Some of the educational accomplishments he has completed are:

- Doctorate Student in Kinesiology, set to graduate in 2024

- Master's in science: Exercise Science with a concentration in Human Performance and Injury Prevention.

- Certified Functional Strength Coach

- SAVAGE Baseball Certification

- NASM Performance Enhancement Specialist

- NASM Corrective Exercise Specialist

- Functional Movement Specialists level 2

- Functional Range Conditioning and Assessment Specialist

 - Precision Nutrition level 1

 - Bioforce Certified Conditioning Coach

Hobbies: Spending time with wife and kids, learning, watching cartoons

Favorite Sports Team: Boston Red Sox, Washington Commanders, Washington Capitals

Favorite Food: Steak