DAVEN BOND__________________________________________________
Daven is a Colorado native, graduating from Cortez High School and earning his Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Mesa State College in Grand Junction, Co. He played four years of varsity basketball and baseball at Mesa before signing a professional baseball contract in 1986 with the Houston Astros. Daven left Mesa State as the 2nd leading scorer in Mesa basketball history. Was a three-time all RMAC basketball player and a two-time all conference baseball player.
After a successful professional career with the Houston Astros, New York Yankees, and Seattle Mariner organizations, Daven co-founded The Yard Baseball and Softball academy in Denver with Mariner teammate, Clint Zavaras. What was started in a small strip center in SE Denver, eventually became a state of the art, 24,000 sf. Baseball
/ Softball specific training center and the model for the rest of the country. The business was eventually sold and Daven continued running The Yard at the current SW Denver location.
Daven is the head varsity baseball coach at Front Range Christian H.S. in Littleton and is an associate scout for the Colorado Rockies. He coaches the Colorado Rockies Fall Scout team and is actively involved in placing Colorado players in colleges across the country. Because of his daughter, Daven also finds time to coach one of the most successful fastpitch organizations in the state, the Colorado Stampede.
Daven founded the Colorado Stixx fastpitch organization is 2003 and continued coaching the Stixx through the 2006 season. The opportunity to coach in the Stampede organization was a tough decision, but with the success of the Stampede over the last several years, it was a necessary step to draw talented players that could compete nationally.
Since 1993, Daven has given over 17,000 private baseball and softball lessons, conducted over 40 camps and 150 clinics across the country. With the success of the Scout Team, The Yard has seen over 300 players go on to play college baseball and numerous players sign professional contracts. The Stampede is also devoted to exposing softball players to college programs and to give each player options when they graduate from H.S.
Daven resides in Lakewood with his wife Tawna and daughter, Megan, who attends Columbine H.S.
CHUCK ROBERTS________________________________________________
DON ROBERTS___________________________________________________
BECKY KERR ____________________________________________________
TARYN DUNCAN__________________________________________________
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