High School Fall Baseball
Catalyst Now Attending AZ Fall Classic
We are very excited to have our top 18u team awarded a bid in the Arizona Senior Fall Classic!
Playing in this tournament gives athletes the opportunity to play in one of the best exposure events in the nation. We are really excited to be able to offer this opportunity to our athletes this fall season.
Cards Fall Ball
The Catalyst Cardinals are a club baseball program based out of both Lakewood & Golden, Colorado. With access to first class facilities and professional coaching insight the Catalyst program is one of the best fall programs to help your athlete develop.
Our goal is to help each individual athlete develop as much as possible. A fall season with Catalyst can be the linchpin to players having big time success on the ball field. The fall is one of the best times of the year to play baseball in Colorado, and offers an opportunity to leapfrog your competition.
We will typically offer 16u and 18u teams during the fall season.
About the Program
Catalyst Fall Baseball is all about the players. Our goal is to help players use the fall as an opportunity to improve and develop as much as they can as a player. We will have multiple High School and Youth Fall ball teams.
This fall we will plan to practice on field 2 days per week. Catalyst 16u will practice from 5:00pm-6:30pm on Monday & Wednesday evenings. Mondays will be at Colorado Academy. Wednesdays will indoors at Catalyst's indoor facility in Morrison.
Both Catalyst-Payne & Catalyst-Putt will practice on Tuesday & Thursday evenings. Tuesdays will be at Colorado Academy from 5:00pm to 6:30pm. Thursdays will be at Catalyst's Indoor Facility in Morrison at the same time.
All athletes will also have access to an optional bat speed program and arm velocity program. These will be performed on their off days from practice (so Tue/Thur for 16u & Mon/Wed for 18u).
Colorado Academy is located at 3800 S. Pierce Street, in Denver, CO. 80235.
Catalyst-Payne & Catalyst-Putt will play a combination of tournaments and doubleheaders on weekends. Those two teams will aim to have 5 weekends of doubleheaders and play in two tournaments. Catalyst 16u will aim to have 5 weekends of doubleheaders and 2 tournaments as well.
Practices will start the week of Monday, August 26th and run through the conclusion of the fall season.
2024 High School Fall Tryouts
✅- Tryouts for our 2024 High School fall baseball teams were held Tuesday, July 30th at 6:00 pm. If you missed the tryout but would still like to be considered for a roster spot (for summer ball), please contact us to schedule a makeup tryout ASAP.
➡️- Who - High School: 2025-2028 Grad Years (Grades 9-12 for the 2024-2025 school year).
✅- If seeking a makeup tryout, please first click the button below and fill out the registration (so we have all the necessary info) and then email JT@GoCatalystSports.com to schedule a makeup tryout.
Summary
If you are not serious then this program is not for you. However, if you are looking to build character while taking quantum leaps as a ball player, you have found the right program. We really want athletes that are interested in putting in the work to become their best selves.
Program Includes:
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J.T. Putt
Coach Putt has been the head baseball coach for both Colorado Academy and the Catalyst Cardinals 16U teams.
In 2017, he led CA to the best year in program history. They went 20-6 and finished 3rd in the Colorado. This was the first 20 win season and final four finish in program history. Coach Scott Payne and Rob Herrmann were key players in the teams success also as they both assisted. CA then went 17-4 in 2018 continuing their winning ways. Coach Putt also led the 2016 16U Catalyst Cardinals to the Colorado Classic State Championship.
Previous coaching experience -
Prior to joining Catalyst, Coach Putt coached with the Lightning of Parker. He has been the head coach at CA for the past 5 seasons, completely turning the program around. He has also assisted with the Catalyst Cardinals 18U team for the last 4 summers.
Playing Experience -
High School: Coach Putt played his high school ball at Mullen High School where he was 1st team all conference, 1st team all-state (5A), and 1st team all-Colorado (all classifications). He was also voted team MVP his senior season, leading the Mustangs in average, home runs, RBI, and OBP. He then played in the Top 40 All-Star game, held at Coors Field. Keeping academics as a priority he earned first team academic all-state honors.
College Central AZ CC: Coach Putt attended Central Arizona College. He was invited to the ACCAC all-star game, and helped lead the Vaqueros to a 43-21 record & a District II Championship. He was also named the accounting & 2nd year student of the year. He then signed at UNLV where he was for a year before accepting a scholarship to play closer to home at Regis University.
College Regis University: In his time at Regis he was voted team captain while also receiving NCBWA All-American, and Academic All-American honors. He tied the program’s single season doubles record his junior year, when he led the Rangers in batting avg. (.426), doubles (23), total bases (149), slugging pct. (.756), on-base pct. (.491), and stolen bases (17). He also earned All-RMAC First Team, Daktronics All-Central Region Second Team, and American Baseball Coaches Association All-Central Region First Team honors. He graduated Summa Cum Laude and was distinguished as the most outstanding student in business administrative sciences.
Professional: Post college he was fortunate enough to play professionally in the United States, Australia, and Europe.
Professional: Played for the Las Cruces Vaqueros along side fellow Catalyst coach, Rob Herrmann. He played both 3B and the OF for the Vaqueros, hitting .296 and slugging .507 to give him an OPS of .939. He also had a .432 on-base percentage. In Australia he played for the Henley & Grange Rams. He would then move to a suburb of Paris, France to play for the Templiers de Senart, helping lead them to the league championship tournament.
Scott Payne
As the head coach of the Catalyst Cardinals 18u squad over the past two summer seasons, Coach Payne has amassed a 58-22 record, giving the Cardinals a .725 win percentage.
In 2016 the Cardinals 18u squad finished the year with a 1.909 Team ERA, a .315 Team Batting AVG., and a .933 Team Fielding Percentage.
With Payne at the helm, 9 seniors have went on to play college baseball in competitive programs over the past 2 summers.
Previous coaching experience -
Prior to joining Catalyst, Coach Payne worked as the roving infield instructor with Cheyenne Post Six in Wyoming and was part of 4 consecutive Legion State Championships.
Playing Experience -
High School: Payne was a 4 year starter for Cheyenne Post 6. As a player for Post 6 Payne was part of 4 consecutive State Championships and 2 regional runner-up teams. Payne was selected to the All State team in both his Junior and Senior years. Payne was also selected as a captain his senior year prior to signing with Mesa CC.
College Mesa CC: Payne played multiple positions in the infield for the Thunderbirds accumulating only 8 errors in 2 seasons. In his sophomore year Payne hit .327 and was selected as the team MVP, invited to the ACCAC all-star game, and was named a team captain before being offered a scholarship to attend Regis University.
College Regis University: Payne finished his career at Regis University graduating with a Health and Exercise Science degree with a Thematic Emphasis on Kinesiology. Payne played second base for the Rangers finishing with a .308 batting AVG.
Potential Scholarships Now Available for Catalyst
We are really excited to announce our new partnership with Chance Sports, a non-profit dedicated to helping athletes cover the cost of club sports.
To be considered all you need to do is fill out the Parent Application on their web-site.
From Chance Sports:
Chance Sports is a new Colorado non-profit dedicated to providing student-athletes with the financial support to access amateur club sports, and to learn leadership and teambuilding skills that will benefit them on and off the athletic field. Launched in the summer of 2022, we have already secured funding to begin offering scholarships this fall and are currently developing our scholarship process to allow dollars to quickly flow to the student-athletes who need them most.
Here is how Chance Sports works: We work with a select number of clubs and empower them to choose the athletes who need our financial support. Our scholarship can be used to offset club dues and fees, family travel and lodging, and equipment that is required to participate in the club sport.
The program is meant to lessen the financial burden on families who participate in club sports, so we will not ask clubs or families to pay anything or fundraise on our behalf.
Chance Sports’ funding goes directly to the club on behalf of the student-athlete via ACH.
Each athlete who receives our financial support is required to attend one leadership gathering per year to meet other athletes and to hear inspirational talks from business, community, and sports leaders in the Metro Denver community. We are planning our first event in early 2023.
Scholarship Amount: The maximum scholarship amount is $5,000 per athlete, per season, OR 75% of the total cost for an athlete to participate in the club, whichever is less.
