Baseball Nation (Mesquite) Rental Rates
(Open to public Mon – Fri 4 p.m. – 9 p.m. | Must provide own baseballs)
1 Hitting Tunnel | 30 Minutes | $25
1 Hitting Tunnel | 60 Minutes | $45
1 Bullpen | 30 Minutes | $15
1 Bullpen | 60 Minutes | $30
Baseball Nation (McKinney) Rental Rates
(Must provide own baseballs)
1 Hitting Tunnel | 30 Minutes | $15
1 Hitting Tunnel | 60 Minutes | $30
1 Bullpen | 30 Minutes | $15
1 Bullpen | 60 Minutes | $30
Call 972-285-7007 (Mesquite) OR 214-500-4843 (McKinney)
to schedule your lesson or team practice TODAY!
*Pricing for private instructors vary. Please contact your specific instructor for more information.*
Instructors | MESQUITE
Jeremiah Haar (Pitching Instructor)
Availability | Wed 4 p.m. – 10 p.m.
Jeremiah is a graduate of Keller HS where he excelled as a two-sport athlete. He attended the University of Texas at Arlington and Navarro College before signing a professional baseball contract with the Texas Rangers in 2006. Jeremiah played two seasons with the Texas Rangers and one season with the Florida Marlins.
Austin Villanueva (Hitting/ Fielding Instructor)
Availability | M-F 9 a.m.- 9p.m.
Austin played baseball at Naaman Forest from 2003-2005. There he earned 1st team All-District and All-City District Champion. He then played at Murray State College from 2006-2008 as a utility player. He began coaching 7u-16u in 2016 for the Dallas Tigers and has coached in the USSSA All American Games two times. Austin founded Texas A’s baseball and developed 9 teams before becoming the VP of baseball operations-south at Baseball Nation.
Chris Ethridge (Instructor)
Chris Calicut (Instructor)
Byron Cromer (Hitting/ Fielding Instructor)
Availability | Call for Availability
Byron played baseball at Garland High School from 2006-2010. He then went to the University of North Texas where he got his degree in Sport Management. After graduating college in 2014, he began training athletes from T-Ball to the college level before his coaching career began in 2020. With over 20 years of baseball experience, he focuses on fundamental and developmental skills that will prepare athletes for high school and college ball.
Instructors | MCKINNEY
Ben Montgomery (Hitting, Fielding, Catching & Performance Training)
Availability | Call For Availability
Ben played college baseball at Richland JC and Eastfield JC. After his second season Ben had a career ending injury and finished his degree at the University of North Texas where he earned his B.S. degree in kinesiology and health. He was a performance specialist from 2007-2010 while coaching select HS baseball. During that time he trained MLB athletes Torii Hunter, Craig Monroe, Jason Jennings and LaTroy Hawkins among others. 2019 marked his 14th year to coach select baseball with an overall record of 582-190.
Corey Thornton (Hitting/Catching Instructor)
Availability | Call for availability
Coach T came to Baseball Nation in 2018. His coaching career spans all levels. Coach Thornton has coached High School, College, and various levels of select ball. Coach T has enjoyed a high level of success at every level he has coached at, having enjoyed many playoff runs and championships along the way. Coach T has had over 15 former players spend time in the Majors and another 30+ former players drafted.
Jeff Baker (Pitching, Hitting, Fielding Instructor)
Availability | Call for availability
Jeff started coaching in 2006 with the Las Vegas Baseball Academy. There he went to the Cooperstown semifinals and was nationally ranked in the top 10. In the following years, he coached teams that were nationally ranked in the top 5, went to the Coopertown semi-finals, and won the Omaha World Series. In 2015-2018 he was a Scouting assistant for the Texas Rangers.