Instructors & Staff

The staff at Sandlot is some of the most qualified baseball and softball coaches in the America! Please read there bios below and choose one of our qualified coaches to help you or your ball player reach their full potential!

Pam Sterrett - President

Pam has worked in the medical field for the past 10 years, in administrative and budgetary roles. She currently has 1 son playing baseball at the collegiate level and 1 daughter playing softball at the Varsity level at Lawrence Central High School. Pam herself has over 10+ years playing experience and 15+ years in track, winning the Peace Games for High Jump 3 consecutive years.

Marty Sterrett - V.P. of Operations

Marty has 9+ years of management experience, the last 5 as owner and operator of a local real estate appraisal company, as well as, a career member of the local fire department. He's served the community for six years on a local youth baseball board, serving as Boys Player Agent and Chief Umpire. He was also a coach for the Indy Hawks, a local traveling team, taking them to a State Championship. Martin played competitive baseball for 13 years, has coached for 18+ years, and umpired at the high school and college levels.

Jan Hartzell - Personal Touch Screen Printing

Jan is the owner and operator of Personal touch Screen Printing, now housed in the Sandlot Indy location. For over 19 years she has been making shirts, jackets, uniforms, and other misc. items for the local Little Leagues, Schools, Fire Department, and other area businesses. Jan also brings years of coaching softball to the staff.

Jeff Hartzell - Lead Instructor

Jeff began a 20 year baseball career at the age of 4. He played many years thru Little League leading every all-star team possible. Following little league, he attended Lawrence Central High School. To date, the last player to start and letter all 4 years at the varsity level leading the Bears to their first Sectional Championship in 17 years during his senior year in 1998. He played collegiate ball at Manchester College. Again, the only player in his class to letter all 4 years at the varsity level winning 2 Conference Championships. At age 20, his professional coaching career began. He was the Head Coach of the Indy Hawks for 4 years and has served as assistant at Lawrence Central. He has been extremely successful in his short coaching career winning 4 State Championships ( 2 Indiana, Michigan, and Kentucky ) and back-to-back National Championships.

John Feld - Fastpitch Instructor

John is dedicated to girls fastpitch softball pitchers and hitters. John combines his love of instructing with his skill of developing talent to create a winning formula for Sandlot Indy students. John comes to Sandlot Indy with over 20 years of girls fastpitch instructing. He has coached 13 Indiana High School State Champion pitchers. He has also coached 70 ASA & NSA "A" State Champion pitchers. Sixty girls have gone to the collegiate level who have been taught by John. Eight of those students in the last 3 years have signed with Fresno State, University of Louisville, Ohio University, University of Kentucky & Indiana State.

Amber Matthews - Fastpitch Instructor

Amber comes to us from Corunna MI where she earned honors a 4 year letter recipient-All Distict Pitcher-All Conference Pitcher-& All Regional Pitcher. She returned to the local league to serve as Pitching Coach 06 to 08. Amber attended Trine University (Tri-State University) graduating in 2009. Trine was 2007, 2008, & 2009 MIAA Conference Champions. Amber served as team captain 2008, & 2009 seasons. She earned All-Conference Pitcher in 2009 - Division III Regional Player of the week in 2009. Amber managed the Trine Softball Clinics in 08 & 09 and instructed young players on pitching skills.

Lorenzo Walker - Fastpitch Hitting Instructor

Lorenzo comes to the Sandlot family with over 12 years coaching experience, 8 of which at the High School level. He was able to coach 2 of his teams to top 10 National Championship finishes. Within his career he has been awarded Indianapolis Star-North High School "Coach of the Year" and Marion County "Coach of the Year". He heads the Indy Crush fastpitch travel organization, which currently has over 20 Alumni playing college softball. Over the years Lorenzo, has established himself as a top rated hitting coach with the expertise to instruct all aspects of the softball hitting game. His instruction consists of a linear/rotational hitting combination as taught by most elite college softball programs across the nation.

Emmitt Carney - Baseball Pitching Instructor

Emmitt has served as pitching coach for Pony Express Baseball Club and Indiana Bulls Baseball Club.  He has Associate Scout experience with Atlanta, Tampa, Toronto and the Los Angeles Dodgers. He has been assistant/pitching coach for various Indianapolis high school baseball programs. He has done pitching instruction for the past 19 years at various training academies.  Since 1992 Carney has coached over 62 players that have been drafted by the MLB, five players have been taken in the 1st round.  Three of Carney's players have won World Series Rings and he has coached one Rookie of the Year.  In 2009 he had 14 players on MLB rosters.  Of the 98 total Indiana Bulls players that have been drafted by MLB organizations he has coached 70 of the 92, as of 2008 he has had a role in coaching over 260 Indiana Bulls players that have played college baseball.  Since 1993 Carney has coached 10 players that have been named Indiana's Mr. Baseball.

Travis Capps - General Baseball Instructor

Travis brings years of playing and coaching experience to the Sandlot family. Travis's High School playing experience brought 4 years of varsity play with 2 years All-Conference honors. He moved on to play 2 years of Junior College in Illinois earning even more honors; 2 years All-Conference and 1 year All-Region. Travis served as team captain while leading the team to 2 Super-Regional appearances. Travis moved his playing career to the University of Indianapolis where he was again named All-Conference. With Travis playing 3rd and pitching, they again made 2 Super Regional appearances. Travis has provided pitching, hitting, and fielding lessons to young athletes ages 5 to 18 throughout his college career. Travis joins the Sandlot family as the Head Coach of our 14U team.