Jeff Elder
Owner & Head Instructor
jelder@stlbattersbox.com
- Instructs all aspects of the game
- High School coach for 29 years
- Former Head Coach at Hazelwood West High School
- Coached all levels of youth from 7 year olds to college age
- Traveled to Japan with a 12 year old team, placed fifth in international competition
- Traveled to Australia twice with teams to play at the local level
- Directed and coached numerous camps over the years
- Received Distinguished Coaching Award from the American Baseball Coaching Association
- Member of the Missouri High School Coaches Association
- Graduate of Truman State
- B.S.E. in Business
- Master’s in Administration
Kate Kolisch
Softball Instructor
- Graduate of Rosti-Kain High School
- First-Team All-Conference all four years of high school
- All-Metro Softball player her Junior and Senior year
- Lead the Metro Area in hitting her Senior year with a .600 batting average
- Chosen by Triple Crown for softball All-American status
- Currently playing varsity softball at Lindenwood University
Armando Polanco
Hitting & Fielding Instructor
- Played two years at Forest Park Community College
- Drafted and played two years in the Rockies organization
- Instructor for The Batter's Box the past four years.