Tom Winterstein #13

Tom Winterstein, Special Assistant to the Head Coach

Tom Winterstein combines his passion for baseball, technology, and business as a Special Assistant to the head baseball coach at Auburn. He works on special projects for Coach Pawlowski and serves as the Website Director for the Auburn Baseball Academy.  Tom and John have been a powerful 1-2 combination ever since teaming together as pitcher/catcher in high school.  After a brief college baseball career Tom set his sights on pursuing his love for the game through his business and technology training.  During the past eleven years, the duo have conducted instructional baseball camps and offered instructional baseball products throughout the US via Throw90 (StrikeZone Enterprises, LLC.) a leading edge baseball technology company that they co-founded in 1997.

During this time period Tom led Throw90 as Executive VP and General Manager and negotiated a multi-year contract to manage and operate Pitcher/Catcher specialty camps on behalf of Nike Baseball Camps throughout the country.
 
In addition to being a business partner with Coach Pawlowski, Tom Winterstein consults with software and eLearning companies in Sales, Marketing, Product Management, and other senior management related activities such as mergers, acquisitions, equity investments, and business strategy.
 
Previously Tom has been part of senior management teams for early and late stage startup companies.  He has more than 19 years of success working in high-tech, high-growth entrepreneurial environments.
 
Tom holds an MBA from the University of South Carolina, as well as a BS in Management Science.  He has received numerous awards including being named as one of 20 members of the Microsoft Solution Provider Advisory Council for Education. 
 
Tom is married to the former Angie Sill of Spartanburg, SC, and is the proud father of five boys.  He is an avid baseball fan, coaches various youth teams, and is the Past-President of the Blythewood Baseball League (SC).  He was the Varsity Baseball Head Coach at Heathwood Hall High School in Columbia, SC from 1999-2000 leading the Highlanders to the SCISA AAA state playoffs for the first time in many years.  He has been the Varsity Pitching Coach for Cardinal Newman High School in Columbia, SC since 2006 and has served as an assistant coach for the SC Diamond Devils, a premier travel baseball program based in Charleston, SC.

In 1997, Tom founded BallPark Enterprises, LLC, an independent investment and asset management company.  Tom is active in his church, other youth sports, and enjoys working out.
 
Send email to Tom at Tom@Throw90.com