Varsity Head Coach
mhenson@hse.k12.in.us

2nd full year at HSE (began in January 2011)

Teaching Position: Social Studies, HSE High School

Coaching Experience: 10 years Baseball
11 years Football

Coaching Background: Varsity Assistant Coach at Pendleton Heights High School '96-'99, Coached Catchers & Hitting. Head JV Baseball Coach/Varsity Assistant Northern Nash High School 2006-2010, Hitting Coach,Catchers. Hamilton Southeastern High School 2011-Present, Head JV Coach/Hitting Coach.

Coaching Championships: North Carolina 3A Final Four 2007, 2009; Sectional Champions 2007, 2009; New 6 Conference Champions 2007, 2009 at Northern Nash HS; Sectional Champions 1995, 1997 at Pendleton Heights; Regional Champions 1997 at Pendleton Heights

Hometown: Pendleton, IN

High School: Pendleton Heights High School

College: University of Indianapolis, IUPUI, B.A. History from Indiana University School of Liberal Arts; East Carolina University, Teacher Certification

Playing Experience: Played in High School at Pendleton Heights High School under Hall of Fame Coach Bill Stoudt, winning 3 Sectional Championships, 1 Regional Championship and 2 Conference Titles. College Experience: One year at University of Indianapolis '91-'92, Finished up college career at IUPUI '92-'94.

Special Recognition Awards : High School : Football All-Conference + All-County; Baseball All-Conference + All-County; College : Baseball Captain 2 Years and All District Catcher '94; Played in the Frontier League of Professional Baseball


Family: Wife – Alicia; Son - Cole (5); Daughter - Olivia (3)

Varsity IF/3rd Base Coach

Coaching Experience: 10th season as a varsity assistant where his primary responsibility will be working with infielders. IHSBCA “2011 Assistant coach of the year”.

He is a 1996 HSE graduate where he was an 8 season letter winner playing in football (3), basketball (2), and baseball (3). In his 1995 football season he was selected as the “Hamilton County Player of the Year” along with being named all conference and 1st team all-metro while leading his team to an 11-1 record and sectional championship. In his 1995 baseball season he was also selected as the “Hamilton County Player of the Year” along with being named an All-State selection, all conference, and 1st team all-metro. In his 1996 baseball season he was selected to the North All-Star team as a second baseman.

He continued his playing career as a four year player at Indiana University where he graduated in 2000.

Coach Seitz is married to his wife Heather and they have 3 children: Kameron (6), and twins Haliegh and Karson (4).

Varsity OF/1st Base Coach

• Graduate of Brown County High School 1965 - lettering 4 years in baseball and 2 years in basketball
• Married - wife Kathy (teacher at HSE Jr High); children - Kory (Business Owner/Baseball Coach); Kristy (first grade teacher) Graduate degree from IU - BS in PE/Health with minor in Biology 1974. MS graduate degree in Secondary Education 1981
• At HSE high school from 1974-2001 ... teacher (6 years), athletic director (25 years), and coach (baseball 25 years; cross country 5 years, freshman basketball 3 years, asst. baseball coach 1 year)
• 25 years as HSE varsity baseball coach
• Coaching record of 514 wins and 191 losses (.729 winning %)
• Won 9 sectionals, 3 regionals, 3 times one win from state finals
• Indiana High School Baseball Coaches Association (IHSBCA) President two times (1996 and 2004)
• Chaired and responsible for IHSBCA State Clinic from 2001-2012
• Coached Indiana All-Stars in 1996
• Retired from HSE baseball in 2001
* Member of Indiana Baseball Hall of Fame (2001)
• Retired from HSE Schools in 2005
• Varsity assistant baseball coach at HSE 2010-2012

Varsity Pitching Coach

Coaching Responsibilities: Working primarily with Varsity Pitchers and developing JV Pitchers to play at the Varsity level.

Coach Smith is a 1992 HSE graduate where he lettered 3 seasons in baseball and played on the 1990 Sectional Championship and 1992 Conference Championship Teams. He was coached by 2001 Indiana Hall of Fame Inductee and current Varsity Assistant, Ken Seitz. In 1992, Coach Smith either broke or tied each of the individual pitching records for a single season. His lowest ERA record still stands (0.79). He was later selected to the North All-Star Team, named as an All Conference Player and made the HSE “Wall of Fame”. His greatest achievement as an HSE Pitcher was when he defeated McCutcheon in the 1991 “MAV Classic” which was the state’s #1 ranked team and had a 22 game winning streak.

In the summer, Coach Smith was recruited to play for the Cincinnati Midland Redskins (Ohio) which went on to win the 1992 AABC – Connie Mack National Championship in Farmington, New Mexico. In 2003, Coach Smith confirmed that the National Championship Team photo was on display in the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. Other Highlights from that Championship season were playing in a tournament in Battle Creek, Michigan against Derek Jeter.

Coach Smith went on to play D1 baseball at Morehead State University (Morehead, Ky) as a Pitcher from 1992 - 1996. In 1993 Morehead State won the Ohio Valley Conference Championship. In 1996, Coach Smith played in the Great Lakes League.

Coach Smith currently is President of a nationally recognized pharmaceutical consulting & tech firm that he incorporated in 2004. He has been married for 11 years to his wife Terri and they have 4 children – Sebastian (6), Alysianna (4), Beckett (2), Brielle (8 months).

Junior Varsity Head Coach
jlidstrom@hse.k12.in.us

• 5 years at HSE/ 5 total years coaching

• Teaching Position: Instructional Assistant HSE Freshman Center

• Coaching Experience: 5 years coaching baseball; 5 years coaching football

• Coaching Background: 1st year as JV Head coach at HSE. Three seasons as freshman head coach. One season as freshman assistant. Four seasons as assistant 8th grade football coach at FJH. One season as assistant freshman football coach at HSE.

• Hometown: Carmel, IN
• High School: Carmel High School
• College: Indiana University
• Playing Experience: High school football and baseball
• Family: Wife- Allison

Junior Varsity Assistant Coach
jmendenhall@hse.k12.in.us

1st year at HSE; 4th year teaching overall

Teaching Position: Resource Teacher, Riverside Intermediate

Coaching Experience: 5 years baseball; 4 years basketball


Coaching Background: Junior Varsity assistant at Northfield High School in 2009. Varsity assistant at Cambridge City Lincoln High School in 2010. Varsity head coach at Cambridge City Lincoln High School 2011-2012. Junior Varsity assistant 2013-Present

Coaching Championships: Tri Eastern Conference Championship at Cambridge City Lincoln High School in 2010

Hometown: Richmond, IN

High School: Centerville High School

College: Manchester College ‘09

Playing Experience: High School – Centerville High School ’05; 2004 & 2005 Tri-Eastern Conference Champions; 2005 Sectional Champions; Manchester College – HCAC League Champions in 2006

Special Recognition Awards : High School: 2004 & 2005 All-Conference (Tri-Eastern Conference); 2005 All-State Honorable Mention

JV/Freshman Pitching Coach

1st year HSE baseball volunteer

HSE graduate 2006
5 year varsity letter winner in Football (3) and Baseball (2). In his 2005 senior football season was named an All-State selection and First team all conference while leading his team to the State Championship game.

Scott went on to play baseball at Barry University in Miami, Florida where he was named to the Sunshine State Conference Honorable mention in 2009 with a 2.29 ERA in 22 appearances. Scott also set an NCAA record in 2010 recording 5 saves in 5 consecutive games.

Scott works as a Packaging Sales Specialist for xpedx, an International Paper Company.

Scott is soon to be married to his Fiancé Grace Walker and they have a 1 year old son named Elijah.

Freshmen Head Coach
jzilafro@hse.k12.in.us

3rd year at HSE

Teaching Position: Instructional Assistant HSE

High School Coaching Experience: 10 years coaching baseball

Coaching Background: 1st year as freshman Head Coach at HSE. One season as JV assistant. One season as freshman assistant. Varsity baseball coach Liberty Christian School. JV baseball Coach/varsity assistant Delta High School. Travel baseball coach.

Hometown: Anderson, In
High School: Highland High School

Freshmen Assistant Coach
seth71990@aol.com

1st year at HSE

Coaching Experience: 3 years of baseball Coaching background: Coached Two years of travel baseball, JV Head Coach at Eastbrook High School for al1 year.

Hometown: Upland, Indiana

High School: Eastbrook High School

College: Indiana Tech, Anderson University, BA Management. Currently attending IWU for Business-Sports Management BA.

Playing Experience: Played
4 years on varsity at Eastbrook High School, winning two Grant 4 titles and one conference title. Played one year at Indiana Tech, and one year at Anderson University.

Special Recognition Awards: All-county two years, all-conference one year, Most improved player one year, single-season record for fielding percentage at Eastbrook High School, and led team in steals 3 years.