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J.T. D’Amico - Head Coach
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This will be Coach
D’Amico’s sixth year as head baseball coach at Eastlake High
School. He has been at Eastlake since it opened in 1993
serving as former Coach Dick Bass' head assistant. He has led
the Eastlake program to the State 4A Tournament three out of
the last four years, currently the best run of any Kingco 4A
program. In 2000, Eastlake won its first ever Kingco
Tournament Championship, defeating rival Redmond in the title
game. Seven of his former players have been drafted
professionally and countless others have played in college.
His younger brother Jeff played professional baseball for 10
years and spent time in the big leagues. His mother Michelle
is an English teacher at EHS and part-time scorekeeper. Coach
D'Amico attended Redmond High School where he played baseball
and basketball. He played baseball at UCLA and has worked as
an associate scout for the Atlanta Braves the past seven
years. He lists former high school basketball coach Jerry
Koester as the person who has had the most influence on his
coaching career.
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Mark Souza - Pitching Coach
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Coach Souza has been
the pitching coach at Eastlake for the past six years. Born
and raised in Northern California, he recently resided in
Hawaii and Oregon. His son Mike graduated from Eastlake 3
years ago. Coach Souza played professional baseball from 1974
through 1982 appearing with the Oakland A’s in the major
leagues. In addition, he played for the Kansas City Royals,
Minnesota Twins, and Toronto Blue Jays over his nine year
professional career. Mr. Souza played baseball in junior
college in Northern California with former Eastlake coach Dick
Bass. Coach Souza is currently employed by Evergreen Ford in
Issaquah.
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Skip Hulet - Junior Varsity Coach
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This is Coach
Hulet’s fifth year coaching Eastlake’s Junior Varsity team.
He has coached baseball for ten years at other schools. He has
spent many years coaching Eastlake men’s and women’s diving
teams and is a P.E. instructor at Inglewood Junior High. He is
the son of Billie Blatter and Russ Hulet and comes from a
family of four including his siblings Renee, Andre, and
Chantal. Coach Hulet played tennis and participated in diving
in college. He is a graduate of the University of Washington
and Pierce College. He loves fly fishing, gardening, watching
any UW Husky sport, and playing golf. Coach Hulet and his wife
Alex recently welcomed their first child, Sophie, to the
“team.”
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Tommy Dunkin - Varsity Assistant
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This is Tommy’s
3rd year on the Eastlake coaching staff. Tommy played baseball and
football for Eastlake H.S. He just graduated from the
University of Washington with a degree in Sociology. He enjoys
all sports and is starting to spend more time playing golf. He
also likes to spend time with his girlfriend Erin, dog
"Chipper" and his nephew Jack.
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Seth Smith - Varsity Assistant
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Currently in his
third year with Eastlake Baseball after 3 years at Redmond
Seth was a catcher on the 1993 state championship team at
Redmond. Currently Seth works in construction while spending
his leisure time playing golf.
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