Our Staff
CODY
Smith
Owner
Cody Smith attended Kettle Moraine High School from 2005 to 2008. He helped take Kettle Moraine to their first State Championship baseball game in 20 years. During his time at Kettle Moraine, Cody was named All-Lake County, All-Conference, All-State, and runner up to Player of The Year. Cody has assisted with committing over 70 players to college programs; half of these players have continued playing baseball with Division I schools such as Arizona State, Oklahoma State, Texas Christian, University of North Carolina, and many more.
Trevor
Theissen
Co-Owner
Coach Trevor Theissen is one of the co-founders of the Midwest Halos Program. Prior to the Halos, he coached in the area at other local travel ball programs as well in the High School circuit as an Assistant Varsity coach at New Berlin Eisenhower and West Allis Hale. He spent his final two college seasons at North Carolina Central University (D1) and was named Second Team All-Conference. Coach Theissen specializes in his work with our infielders as well as working with our hitters. Looking to book a lesson? Email Trevor at: trtheissen@gmail.com
Dominic
Clementi
General Manager
Clementi, an Arrowhead High School graduate, played at the University of Michigan, where he was a College World Series finalist. In 2018, Clementi was awarded the Bill Freehan Offensive Player of the Year after leading the Big Ten Conference in hitting. Off the field, Clementi was a representative for the Student-Athlete Academic Committee, amongst many other groups for which he was passionate about. After his playing career finished, Clementi earned positions on the coaching staff at Wayne State University, Creighton University, and the Michigan Monarchs, a team in the Great Lake Summer Collegiate Baseball League.
Ty
Peccioli
Pitching Coordinator
Tyler Peccioli attended Marian University from 2016-19 and studied exercise science. In his Marian career, Peccioli pitched 39 times making 22 starts with nine wins, a save, and two complete games. He struck out a total of 144 hitters during his career, 10th on the all-time strikeout list, over 155.1 innings for an 8.34 strikeouts per nine innings rate. Throughout his college career, Peccioli played in the Northwoods League and Prospect League. After college, he signed a professional contract with the Schaumburg Boomers. Looking to book a lesson? Email Ty at: tylerpeccioli27@gmail.com.
Conor
Kimple
North Program Director
Connor is the Director of Halos North. Kimple is a former player of Cody who just finished up a six-year collegiate baseball career. Connor walked on at Oklahoma State and then after red-shirting his first season, he moved on to South Mountain Community College where he had a First-Team All-Conference and First-Team All-Region season which led to a scholarship offer from Louisiana University. He also spent three summers playing for the Lakeshore Chinooks in the Northwoods League. Set up lessons with Connor by emailing: connor@midwesthalos.com.
Josh
SERIO
North Assistant Director
Josh Serio is the Assistant Director of operations and Pitching Coordinator for the Midwest Halos North. He has spent a lifetime around baseball playing at UW- Parkside (D2) and UW-Milwaukee (D1). In addition, Serios spent three years in the Northwoods league and was a two-time All Star. As a pitching coach his focus is mechanics and arm care. Having a good mechanical foundation on the mound is the key to untapped potential at the travel ball level. Book Coach Serio for lessons by emailing: josh@midwesthalos.com.
Griffen
Doersching
Coach
Griffin Doersching is currently on his 4th year of professional baseball. The last 3 years he has spent in the minor leagues with the San Diego Padres. He was drafted in the 8th round of the 2022 MLB draft after finishing the season with the Oklahoma State Cowboys. He was a first-team All-Big-12 player. Griffin also played at Northern Kentucky University where he was Freshman of the Year and All-conference in all three seasons. He holds the single season Home run Record hitting 20 home runs in 2021 and finished second all-time on the school’s home run list. Book lessons with Griffin by emailing: griffindoerschinghitting@gmail.com
Josh
Diorio
Coach
Coach Diorio bio coming soon! Book a lesson with Josh today at jjdiorio27@gmail.com
Ryan
Kalinowski
Coach & Catching
Coach Kalinowski bio coming soon! Book lessons with Ryan today by emailing: sports.kali@yahoo.com
