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Brian Essery

Field Manager
bessery@wellandjackfish.com

Brian is no stranger to baseball having played professionally for three seasons including two seasons with the Welland AquaDucks of the North Atlantic League and one season with the Altoona Rail Kings of the Heartland League. Brian also suited up for the Great Britain National Baseball Team for five seasons that would transition him to become the teams pitching coach and Director of Recruiting.

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Brian is no stranger to baseball having played professionally for three seasons including two seasons with the Welland AquaDucks of the North Atlantic League and one season with the Altoona Rail Kings of the Heartland League. Brian also suited up for the Great Britain National Baseball Team for five seasons that would transition him to become the teams pitching coach and Director of Recruiting.

More recently, Essery served as an Assistant Coach for the Niagara Metros Senior Baseball Club. Brian would suit up for the Metros for thirteen years prior, earning a spot in the COMBL Hall of Fame. Brian, a Detective Sergent with the Niagara Regional Police is well know in the Niagara community as he remains as the Field Manager of the Eden High School baseball team.

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Rick Pillitteri

Assistant Coach
rpillitteri@wellandjackfish.com

Pillitteri played elite ball in the Welland Renegades and the Niagara Rebels programs where he excelled and ultimately earned a scholarship to pursue his education and baseball at Canisius College. After one season with the Griffins, Rick transferred to Erie Community College and then on to Division I St. Bonaventure, where he enjoyed three successful years of baseball and graduated with a degree in history. 

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Pillitteri played elite ball in the Welland Renegades and the Niagara Rebels programs where he excelled and ultimately earned a scholarship to pursue his education and baseball at Canisius College. After one season with the Griffins, Rick transferred to Erie Community College and then on to Division I St. Bonaventure, where he enjoyed three successful years of baseball and graduated with a degree in history. 

While at St. Bonaventure the 3B/SS was named an Academic All Atlantic 10. During his summers Rick, played in Buffalo NY, for the Diesel baseball program and participated in the prestigious NABF championship.

After his playing days, the Niagara-on-the-lake native, returned to his alma mater as a coach. Rick coached at both ECC and St. Bonaventure (while earning his MBA in Finance). During his time coaching ECC, Rick had the opportunity to guide the Kats to the Junior College World Series in Tyler, Texas.

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Nick Bisser

Equipment Manager

Trevor Kwolek

Physiotherapist

Trevor holds a  Master of Physiotherapy from University of Queensland in Australia (2011) and a Bachelor in Health and Physical Education at the University of Toronto. He has undertaken extensive continuing professional development including Western acupuncture and dry needling, exercise therapy and ultrasound imaging of the shoulder, and Dean Watson's approach to treating headaches and migraines.

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Trevor holds a  Master of Physiotherapy from University of Queensland in Australia (2011) and a Bachelor in Health and Physical Education at the University of Toronto. He has undertaken extensive continuing professional development including Western acupuncture and dry needling, exercise therapy and ultrasound imaging of the shoulder, and Dean Watson's approach to treating headaches and migraines.

Trevor developed his special interest in upper limb and shoulder injuries after working in a specialist hand and shoulder clinic in rural Australia. He hopes to translate these skills to treat high-performance golfers and golf-related injuries.Trevor is a manual therapist who takes a hands-on approach to physiotherapy and rehabilitation. He has a strong eye for movement dysfunction and addresses the presenting problem as well as the underlying cause. He has worked with a wide variety of orthopaedic and sport injury cases and has undertaken training in assessment and management of concussions.  He looks forward to advancing his knowledge in sport-related injuries by pursuing a diploma in Sports Physiotherapy.

In his free time, Trevor volunteered at the  Pan Am games as a treating Physiotherapist for golf athletes.

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Gregory McPherson

Clubhouse Attendant

Gregory joins the Jackfish in his first season. Greg is the current assistant to the equipment manager / locker room attendant for the Niagara Ice Dogs (OHL). Gregory is also part of the non-profit organization G-Mc's Fitness Homies with Extra Chromies.

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