NATE TROSKY'S STORY
Coach Nate Trosky
Nate Trosky has scouted professionally for over 20 years. He serves and has served as a baseball clinician at various colleges & universities including Stanford, Santa Clara, Cal Poly, Westmont, San Diego State, Cal State Northridge, USC, Oregon State, Arizona State, University of San Francisco, University of San Diego, Loyola Marymount University, Cal State Monterey Bay, and University of California Santa Barbara. He coaches with Area Code Baseball and has served as the New Balance Area Code Camp Director and with USA Baseball Break Through Series (BTS) Player Development. He’s the founder and CEO of Trosky Baseball, one of the top Travel Baseball and College Showcase organizations in the country. Coach Trosky has contributed to over 10,000 players playing college baseball and over 500 in professional baseball, 20+ first round MLB selections, including some of the game’s best players (e.g. Nick Madrigal, Hunter Greene, Christian Yelich, Nolan Arenado, Joc Pederson, Giancarlo Stanton, JP Crawford, Gerrit Cole, Lucas Giolito, Max Fried, and many others).
Coach Trosky was the head coach of Monterey Peninsula College and coached with the German, Croatian, and South African National teams. He coached professionally in Europe and in three American Minor Leagues. In the German Bundesliga, he won a National Championship as Head Coach of the Cologne Dodgers and was named Germany’s Baseball Coach of the Year. Annually, Coach Trosky coaches in the Dominican Republic with some of the top baseball academies. Coach Trosky is known as one of the top Infield Instructors in the world. He is a national speaker and radio analyst, hosting the weekly XM Radio show “CPD” Complete Player Development, “BTM” Body Tools Makeup; a branch of the Trosky Ranch - 6th Tool Nation! Coach Trosky is co-owner of the Trosky Ranch, a player development company dedicated to providing navigation to aspiring student athletes and coaches. Coach Trosky received All-American and Scholar Athlete awards in college and holds a Masters-Degree in Christian Leadership / Youth Family Development. His baseball endeavors have taken him to nearly all 50 states as well as around the world; coaching in South Africa, Japan, China, Canada, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Hawaii, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Holland, Croatia, and the Czech Republic.
Coach Trosky believes greatness lies within everyone, and it is our responsibility to bring it out. Let’s GO!
Our Mission
6TH TOOL NATION (BETTER EVERY DAY)
Trosky Baseball is the 6th Tool Nation. 6th Tool Nation is becoming the best you can be. It’s a lifestyle, an identity, a spirit of excellence, self-mastery. It’s developing athletes from the inside out. It’s a culture where players and coaches work together, encouraging each other, holding each other accountable to the 6th Tool Standard. Being a 6th Tool Player has nothing to do with size, strength, age, skill or physical tools and has everything to do with the mental makeup and the character of a player: the internal, intangibles. Greatness lies within all players and the 6th Tool Nation brings it out in everyone!
Our Vision
CPD (COMPLETE PLAYER DEVELOPMENT)
CPD takes players to another level! The mission is for every athlete to reach their personal ceiling both academically and athletically, transforming them both internally and externally. Coach Trosky has created the learning systems and models that will be used for player transformation through the Trosky Recruiting System / Trosky 5 Tool Development model / High-Intensity Trosky Boot-Camps / & the Trosky 6th Tool Mental Makeup – Character Development model.
As a Player
He began Trosky Baseball™ to train players and run college and professional showcase events. Through Trosky Camps, prospect events, clinics, and Trosky Teams, Trosky Baseball™ has contributed to over 5,000 players in the college and professional baseball circuit.
As a player at Hawaii Pacific University, Trosky received All American and Scholar Athlete awards. He holds a Master’s Degree in Christian Leadership, Youth and Family Development.
As a Coach
His coaching endeavors have taken him around the world to South Africa, Japan, Dominican Republic, China, Mexico, Hawaii, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Croatia, and the Czech Republic. Coach Trosky has coached in Europe professionally, winning a National Championship and was named German coach of the year. He has coached with the South African, Croatian, and German National teams. Coach Trosky has been an assistant coach in 3 North American minor leagues (Northern, Western and North-East).
As a Scout
As a scout & coach, Trosky has had the privilege to work with first round draft picks, including some of the world’s best players (i.e. Christian Yelich, Nolan Arenado, Joc Pederson, Giancarlo Stanton, Mike Moustakas, Hunter Greene, and Royce Lewis).
Our Community is Growing!
ONE OF THE MOST CONNECTED & RECOGNIZED TRAVEL ORGANIZATIONS IN THE COUNTRY!
MORE THAN 1500 + YEARLY COLLEGE COMMITMENTS & 10,000 COLLEGE PLAYERS
MORE THAN 300 DRAFT PICKS and AREA CODE PLAYERS
MORE THAN 50,000 YOUTH & HIGHSCHOOL PLAYERS
- 1989
- 1992
- 1993
- 1995
- 1998
- 2003
Player Achievements
SAN JOSE CITY COLLEGE
|| League Champions – 1989
|| California JR College World Series final four participants – 1989
|| Big Stick Award (Team Home Run Leader) – 1990
|| All League – 1990
Player & Team Achievements
HAWAII PACIFIC UNIVERSITY
|| 2x League Champions
|| Set school record for single season wins
|| Mr. Hustle Award
|| Rookie of the Year
|| All- American
Player Achievements
HAWAII PACIFIC UNIVERSITY
|| Rookie of the Year – 1992
|| NAIA All America – 1993
|| Scholar Athlete – 1993
|| Mr. Hustle – 1993
Player / Coach / Scout Achievements
PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL
|| Signed first US Professional Baseball contract 1995
|| Signed first European Professional Baseball contract 1997
|| Signed first professional Baseball Scouting contract 2009
Head Coach (German Professional Baseball)
COLOGNE DODGERS
|| German National Champions – 1998
|| German Baseball Coach of the Year – 1998
|| German All Star Assistant Coach – 1998
|| 2 time European B-Cup Champions – 1998 / 1999
Head Coach (German Professional Baseball)
COLOGNE DODGERS
|| European A-Cup Champions – 2003 (First time in Germany’s History)
