Head Baseball Coach - Francisco Perez

ASA Baseball Head Coach Francisco Perez’s reputation for winning and talent for imparting his own passion for competing onto his players has produced immediate dividends for the program. Through three seasons, Perez has compiled a 77-38 record and won a pair of Region XV Division I championships, the most of any Avengers program thus far. The highlight of Perez’s early success at ASA was the selection of pitcher Isaac Gil by the Tampa Bay Rays in the 2011 MLB Draft, marking the first time an Avengers student-athlete has been selected in a professional draft.

Prior to coming to ASA, Perez was the Head Coach at Globe Institute of Technology, where he took the Knights from a 9-21 record the year before he arrived to playing .500 ball and advancing to the Finals of the 2008 NJCAA Regional Playoffs in his first year coaching the team.

In addition to his commitment to ASA, Perez is the Director of Baseball Operations for the NY Gothams, a respected youth program he has led since the organization's inception in 2000. Over the course of eight seasons with the Gothams, the teams he has coached have amassed an impressive 371-129 win/loss record. His tournament wins are numerous and highlighted by three National Championships, including the 16U ECTB National Championship in 2006, the 16U AAU National Tournament in 2003 and the 14U AAU Disney World Championship in 2002.

In addition to team wins, over 15 of the NY Gothams’ players that Perez has coached have been recruited to play for colleges including Fordham College, Kenyon College, Oberlin College, Wake Forest, St. John's College, University of Michigan and Wesleyan University. Ten players have been drafted by professional teams and the entire organization is especially proud of the Milwaukee Brewers 2008 call up of catcher Angel Salome, who works out with the NY Gothams in the off season and also helps to coach some of its players.

Perez also directed the baseball program for Trinity School, an academically top-ranked private school located in Manhattan. Unfazed by the team's 50-plus-year championship drought and an unimpressive 1-12 win/loss record posted in the year prior to his arrival, Perez created a program with a focus on individual player development and within four years brought home the Independent Schools State Championship.

More than just a coach, Perez knows personally what it takes to compete in the game at its highest levels. At the age of 17, he attended Hill College on full scholarship and was recruited by the Seattle Mariners organization. For two years he was a middle infielder in the Mariners farm system, followed by a year with the New York Yankees. He then played in two independent leagues before transitioning into coaching. Perez has placed a priority on maintaining ties with the many coaches and organizations with which he has contact over the course of his years playing the game.

Assistant Baseball Coach - Marshall Shimasaki

Assistant Coach Marshall Shimasaki has been with the Avengers Baseball program since it began play in 2009, helping led the team to two Region XV Division I Championships in the process. Coach Shimasaki’s background includes a number of years coaching youth baseball on the travel and AAU circuit. He has spent years affiliated with the NY Gothams, a premier travel baseball organization where he worked with Head Coach Francisco Perez as an assistant coach/team administrator. During two of those years, Shimasaki served on the organization's board of trustees.

With many years of experience in private business, Coach Shimasaki brings his knowledge of organization and management to an already successful baseball program. As Coach Perez's assistant, Coach Shimasaki's responsibilities include recruiting, overseeing the team's strength and conditioning sessions, practice and in-game coaching, and heading the team's academic monitoring program.

Coach Shimasaki is a graduate of the University of Miami where he majored in International Finance and Marketing.

Marshall Shimasaki
Office: 718-522-9073 (x2164)
Email :  coachshimasaki@asa.edu