Cameron Dodd entered 2013 in his 3nd season at WTC as head baseball coach. During Coach Dodd’s brief tenure as head coach the Westerners program has been on the rise. The past season saw the Westerners reach the Region V Tournament for the first time in program history and had one player (Thurman Hall, 37th Round, Chicago White Sox) selected in the 2012 MLB Draft. In 2011, the Westerners finished with a 37-17 record, & 19-13 in conference play, both school records for total & conference wins. The 2011 squad saw two players recognized as all-conference and had four sign NCAA D1 letters of intent. Prior to being named the head coach, Dodd spent the 2010 season as an assistant at WTC, with his responsibilities including assisting with hitting, position coach for infielders and developing and implementing conditioning & weight programs for the position players. Prior to arriving at WTC, Coach Dodd spent time working at his alma mater Northwest Missouri State University. As a graduate assistant Dodd worked with the corner infielders and during his first season that group posted a .984 fielding percentage. Before returning to his alma mater, Dodd spent one season as an assistant at Peru State College in Nebraska. During his one season as hitting, infielders coach and recruiting coordinator, the Bobcats were able to advance to the conference tournament, had one player earn all-conference honors and improved significantly as an offensive unit.
Coach Dodd started his coaching career as a student assistant with Northwest Missouri State University. After finishing his degree in Business Management, he moved back home to California and worked at East Union High School in his hometown of Manteca, CA. Two players from that team went on to sign D1 scholarships and eventually pro contracts. The past two summers, Coach Dodd has worked with the St. Joe Mustangs of the collegiate wood bat MINK League. The Mustangs inaugural season saw the team lead the MINK in hitting and in 2010 finished 4th in the NBC World Series in Wichita, KS. Dodd worked with players from all over the country including players from the SEC, Missouri Valley, WCC and Big XII conferences. His one other summer coaching stint was with the Nebraska Sluggers of the prestigious Premier Baseball high school summer league.
Dodd’s college playing career began at San Joaquin Delta Community College where he received academic honor roll and honorable mention following his sophomore campaign. After finishing at Delta, Dodd transferred to NCAA D2 Northwest Missouri State where he helped in setting team records in BB, hits, RBIs and runs scored in a season.
Dodd received his Bachelor of Science in Business Management and his Masters of Science in Health & Physical Education from Northwest Missouri State University.
West Texas College Assistant Coach (and former Bearcat) Ben Stedronsky -
A native of Lincoln, NE, Ben Stedronsky graduated from Lincoln Southwest High School in 2005 where he went on to play at Northwest Missouri State University from 2007-2010. He pitched out of the bullpen for the Bearcats and tallied 53 career appearances, which was 2nd in school history. He graduated from Northwest in the spring of 2010 with a degree in Corporate Recreation and Wellness.
In the spring of 2011 he was a volunteer assistant back at Lincoln Southwest where his team went 18-2 and won the city title. He was also the bullpen coach for the St. Joseph Mustangs of the M.I.N.K. league that summer. The team finished 42-12, won their league and went 2-2 in the NBC World Series. The 2011-2012 season was Stedronsky’s first year at WTC. He was the first base coach while coaching the outfielders and helping out with the hitters and pitchers. That year the team finished 28-30, which was good for 4th in the WJCAC and qualified the Westerners for their first ever appearance in the Regional Tournament, going 1-2.
During the summer season Ben reported back to St. Joseph, Missouri as the pitching coach for the Mustangs. His pitching staff combined for a 3.31 ERA and a .245 opponent batting average, both 2nd in the M.I.N.K and led the league in WHIP (1.33), Wins (28), and shutouts (8). The Mustangs finished 28-17 in league play and won The M.I.N.K. while finishing up the summer season 5th at the NBC Tournament in Wichita, KS.
Go Cats!!
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