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Daniel Sherman
Owner
BIO: Dan Sherman serves as Post 94 Baseball’s Director of Operations, as well as Executive Director for Baseball Ambassadors Inc. – Post 94’s funding partner. He has a youth sports and baseball background going back 50 years. Originally from South Haven, Michigan (where he played highschool football, basketball and baseball), Dan attended Central Michigan University for one year as an aspiring Division I Baseball player before transferring to Aquinas College (Grand Rapids, MI)
for a four-year college baseball career. Dan played at Aquinas during its heyday for legendary Coach Terry Bocian (NAIA and Michigan Hall-of-Fame), and compiled a 22-5 career pitching record for the Saints. Dan continued playing baseball for seven years following college in the Grand Rapids Super League – a top-level semi-pro baseball organization. In those seven years, Dan pitched against the best hitters in his career, including multiple college Division I, and future and former minor and major league players. Also in addition to baseball, Dan played one-year of college basketball at Aquinas and, in his young adult days, played in numerous amateur basketball leagues, tournaments and pick-up formats while living in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Notre Dame, Indiana and Chicago.
Professionally, Dan started his work career at Grand Rapids West Catholic High School and spent five years teaching social studies and coaching football, basketball and baseball. After earning an Educational Administration Master’s Degree from Michigan State University and a year of “soul searching”, Dan decided to change careers and enrolled at Notre Dame Law School. Although he has practiced law since earning his law degree and becoming licensed as an attorney, he has
continued coaching as a volunteer both in Illinois and Indiana -- including inter-city youth basketball in Chicago, and numerous youth organizations in Valparaiso. Upon moving with his wife, Meg, and four young children to Valparaiso in 2004, Dan continued coaching youth baseball, basketball and soccer while raising his family. This experience – as a “parent who remained active in coaching” – ultimately defines Dan’s youth sports outlook and overall philosophy, and provides an extremely valuable foundation for his leadership. That is, combined with his entire athletic playing career, including the baseball and basketball experiences described above (which included competing against athletes who played in the NBA, NFL and MLB) – and raising four children who all played sports (two at the college level) – Dan has a unique background to head Post 94 Baseball. Maybe most importantly, Dan is extremely dedicated to overseeing Post 94 Baseball as an “exemplary youth sports organization” – and emphasizing all the “right ideals” to guide young baseball players.
Ryan Troxel serves as Post 94’s General Manager as well as Media Director for Post 94’s Funding Partner, Baseball Ambassadors Inc. Ryan has been involved in baseball for all his life in a playing or coaching capacity. Originally from Valparaiso, IN, Ryan attended
Valparaiso HS and graduated in 2019 where he earned Team MVP status, All State Honorable Mention, Academic All State, and All Conference honors in 2019. He moved on to play 4 years of Collegiate Baseball from 2020-2023, 1 year at Saint Xavier University and 3 years at Indiana Institute of Technology where he earned WHAC All Conference and NAIA Scholar Athlete honors, amassing over 130 innings pitched and 13 career wins. He also played in the summers of 2022 and 2023 for the Lake County Corn Dogs, where he was a 2-time Northern League All-Legue selection and helped lead the team to a 2022 championship with a 0.90 ERA
and 5-0 record in 39.2 innings, striking out 51 hitters. He was also named 2022 Northern League Pitcher of the Year. Ryan’s family background includes his father, Jeff Troxel, who coached Ryan up to high school and his grandfather, Jerry Troxel, former Gary Wirt coach for 39 years, both of whose influence and inspiration led him naturally into coaching.
As of 2026, Ryan is in his 5 th season working with Post 94. He served as the pitching coach for the Post 94 Juniors in 2022, assistant coach for Post 94 Seniors/College Prep from 2023-2024 and then took over as Head Coach of Post 94 College Prep and Media Director for Baseball Ambassadors in 2025. Ryan currently operates as General Manager, Media Director, and
Assistant Coach for the Post 94 College Prep team. Ryan began his high school coaching career in 2024 as the Junior Varsity Assistant under Clint Henry at Valparaiso High School, his alma mater, before accepting the Head Coaching position at Morgan Township, where he completed his 2 nd year in 2026 as the State of Indiana’s youngest Head Coach – where his
team finished the year Ranked #2 amongst State Class 1A teams per PBR, the highest ranking in school history. In the offseason, when not coaching on the field for Post 94 or Morgan Township HS, Ryan founded Troxel Pitching Performance, a pitching training program that focuses on development for middle school, high school, and college pitchers into complete pitchers. In that program, he has worked with over 130 pitchers in 3 years, sending countless arms to the next level.
Professionally, Ryan began as an intern at Centier Bank in 2022 and upon his 2023 college graduation, began a full-time position in 2023 as a Business Banking Analyst. Ryan currently works as a Centier Bank Officer and Business Banker out of the Valparaiso, Chesterton, and Portage markets. He remains involved in the community as a Valpo and Porter County “lifer.” Ryan currently resides in Chesterton with his wife, Tracie, whom he married in 2023, and their young daughter, Vivian. Ryan’s experiences as a professional, baseball player, coach, and husband reinforce his values to not only improve baseball players on the field, but also improve them where it really matters -- off the field. Post 94 and Legion Baseball allow families to be together more, allow players to develop physically and showcase their talents, and provides an affordable, excellent baseball experience. Post 94 is also proud to have a
100% success rate for getting players that desire to go to the next level.
Ryan Troxel
General Manager
FIELD STAFF
Austin Pizer
Seniors Green/ CP Manager
Austin Pizer: Highland High School ‘21, Benedictine University 25’.
High School Accolades: 3-year varsity letter winner, 2021 All-Area.
Collegiate Accolades/statistics: Benedictine University (Lisle, Ill.) 2021-2025. 2022: 9
Appearances: 19.1 innings with 15 strikeouts to 5 walks and a 4.66 ERA. 2023: (injury) 2024: 20
Appearances, 52 IP with 40 strikeouts to 9 walks and a 2.08 ERA.1st team all region
(d3baseball.com) 2nd team all region (ACBA/Rawlings) First team all conference, Conference
tournament most valuable player.
​Midwest Irish pitching coach 2022-2024
Highland High School Assistant coach 2022-2025
Chesterton High School Assistant coach 2027
Post 94 College Prep Manager 2026
Rob Zborowski
Seniors Green Co-Manager
BIO: Coach Zborowski is in his 18th coaching season overall and 5th year with Post 94. After a high school career at Wheeler under Richard Wendt, he was an MCCAA all region 12 selection in college. Zborowski also spent time as President of Valpo Americans Baseball and was a Co-Founder/Coach with Valpo Vikings Travel Baseball Club. Coach Zborowski lives in Valparaiso and is married to wife Holly for 27 years. His 2 sons (Zack & Griffin) both played for Post 94 and pitched at the college level.
Zack Zborowski
Seniors Green Co-Manager
BIO: Zack Zborowski grew up in Valparaiso, Indiana, and played five years of collegiate baseball as a pitcher. Zack earned a Bachelor's degree in Kinesiology from Calumet College of St. Joseph, where Zack finished a collegiate career ranked among the program's all-time leaders in appearances while helping lead the team through three record-setting seasons.
Zack's background is in sports performance and strength & conditioning, working with athletes of all ages to improve their strength, speed, agility, and overall athletic performance. Zack's goal is to help players not only develop their baseball skills but also build confidence, work ethic, and a love for the game in a positive, competitive environment.
Nick Koprcina
Juniors Co-Manager
BIO: Nick Koprcina serves as the head coach for Post 94 Juniors. He is a Valparaiso High School grad (and played four years of baseball at Valpo) and a three year Post 94 alumni. He has spent four years as a coach for Post 94 and has been a head coach for the last two years. Professionally, Nick works as a mathematics teacher and JV baseball coach at West Michigan Aviation Academy in Grand Rapids, MI.
Frank Koprcina
Juniors Co-Manager
BIO: Frank Koprcina serves as an assistant coach for Post 94 Juniors. He is a Hobart High School grad and played both baseball and football in high school. This is his second year as a coach for Post 94 and he has been involved in coaching for many years, bot for Legion and travel baseball. Professionally, he works as an attorney in Hobart.