Coaches

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Coach Matthew Hensley is a former MLB Pitcher who was born and raised in San Diego. He is a Patrick Henry High School alum, and was drafted as a pitcher out of Grossmont Junior College.  Having been mostly a hitter his whole career, Matthew converted to a full-time pitcher after getting hit in the eye with a baseball in his 2nd year at Grossmont.  He spent a decade playing professional baseball, and made full comebacks after two arm related injuries and surgeries.  He strongly believes in arm care and the dedication and commitment to the process of conditioning an athlete to achieve his highest level of play. 

He is the former Varsity Pitching Coach at La Jolla Country Day School and has run Hensley Baseball for 13+ years. He is well known in the travel ball community for helping his players become some of the top talented players in the country-- several of whom are playing in the Major League now! He is excited to open PSF in the neighborhood he grew up in and looks forward to safely training and developing baseball players to their highest abilities, using technology and his experience.

Coach Garcia most recently served as the pitching coach for UC San Diego. She played college softball for the UCLA Bruins and led the Bruins to the 2019 Women's College World Series championship, where she was named the Most Outstanding Player.

Coach Garcia won the Honda Sports Award, USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year, and NFCA National Player of the Year, as the nation's best softball player in 2018 and 2019, and the Honda Cup as the nation's top female athlete in 2019 and 2021. Garcia represented Team USA at the 2020 Summer Olympics  and won a silver medal. She was named one of the NCAA's greatest all-time pitchers. Coach Garcia was also voted to the Greatest College Softball Team at the utility position by fans and experts. Coach Garcia was drafted first overall in the Athletics Unlimited Softball draft in 2021.

On January 7, 2022, Garcia was named a volunteer assistant coach for the San Diego State Aztecs Softball team for the 2022 season, and just 10 months later, Coach Garcia was named pitching coach for the UC San Diego Tritons softball team for the 2023 season.

 And most recently, on January 29, 2025, Coach Garcia was drafted fourth overall by the Volts in the inaugural Athletes Unlimited Softball League draft. 

Coach "Ryno", Coach Drew and Coach Nate all played locally at Patrick Henry High School.  Their knowledge and passion for motivating and mentoring student athletes allows them to connect with all levels and age groups.  They help to make the training fun!