The Collective
Grows the game across the West Coast: events, performance, facilities, and the pathway that carries a player to the next level.
About Us
One collective, two stories.
The West Coast Baseball Collective grows the game across the West Coast, and the Abbotsford Cardinals grow the players and shape the people inside it. Here is what that means, and the people who carry the standard.
One Vision. Two Stories.
What the Collective is.
One organization, built around a single idea and told as two stories. The Collective is the umbrella over the whole game. The Abbotsford Cardinals are its flagship club.
The Abbotsford Cardinals
The flagship club. Grows the players and shapes the people, from Futures to Premier.
The shared philosophy
- Purpose
To develop the people who lead the game.
- Vision
To set the gold standard for Canadian baseball, where the best come to find their best.
- Mission
We forge elite student-athletes through a culture of high stakes and high support.
- Promise
You're here to grow, and we're here to support you.
The standard the whole Collective plays by.
A complete development system. The Cardinals flagship, West Coast Mind and West Coast Body, events and facilities, and the pathway. High stakes on the field, high support around the athlete, pointing every player to their next level.
- 120 college commits
- 13 MLB draft picks
- 12 national team selections
01 Leadership & Admin
The people who run the Collective, on the field and off it.
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Owner & President
Brad Rosse
The vision behind the Collective, and the club underneath it.
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General Manager
Corey Eckstein
Former Ontario Blue Jays President and a Major League Baseball scout.
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Baseball Operations
Max Ishikawa
Runs program communication, game-day operations, and the player pathway.
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Player Development
Kevin Nicholson
Leads development across the club: training plans and coaching standards.
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West Coast Mind
Brad Robinson
Runs the mental performance work, one-on-one and in groups.
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Facilities
Shawn Besse
Keeps the fields and facilities game-ready, season after season.
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Treasurer
Stephanie Deglan
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Fundraising
Chelsey Iwama
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Digital Operations
Jonah Swanson
02 The Teams
The 2027 coaching staff, Premier to Futures. The Futures staff is still being named.
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Premier
Senior- Corey Eckstein Head Coach
- Max Ishikawa Assistant
- Justin Atkinson Assistant
- Josh Berenbaum Assistant
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Junior
- Kevin Nicholson Head Coach
- David Nash Assistant
- Aiden Cutrell Assistant
- Josh Brink Assistant
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Bantam
- Dan Dick Head Coach
- Todd Boulanger Assistant
- Carter Williams Assistant
- Rajin Neger Assistant
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Futures
Futures coaches for 2027 are being named. The club will introduce them once the staff is set.
This is the leadership, admin and 2027 coaching core. The Collective's board and executive is larger than this group, and more names are added as they are confirmed.
