Next Level Training Center https://nextleveltc.com Eastern NC’s Premiere Baseball & Softball Training Facility Mon, 17 Aug 2026 11:45:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 What A Cool Night For Our Buddies Cam Cotter And Sam Benschoter! https://nextleveltc.com/what-a-cool-night-for-our-buddies-cam-cotter-and-sam-benschoter/ Mon, 17 Aug 2026 11:45:17 +0000 https://nextleveltc.com/?p=21368 Just the COOLEST thing recently! CAMERON COTTER, who has pitched so far this year in Mexico, Kinston, & then signed by the Reds & pitched in AA, was promoted to AAA Louisville…..BUT….it gets better. That night, he combined with another one of our DUDES, his good friend, who he has trained with, SAM BENSCHOTER, to help AAA Louisville get the win. Sam went 2IP to get the Hold, followed by Cam going 2 scoreless IP to get the Save. So pumped for the big 24 hours for Cam. INCREDIBLY cool these guys are pitching together.
Two of the MOST INTENTIONAL🐎s to ever train here. Fierce competitors, better guys. Two of THE EASIEST guys to root for ever
]]> Gavin Williams Continues MLB Record-Breaking Post All-Star Break Run! https://nextleveltc.com/gavin-williams-continues-mlb-record-breaking-post-all-star-break-run/ Mon, 17 Aug 2026 11:31:04 +0000 https://nextleveltc.com/?p=21364 What a tear Cleveland Guardians Pitcher Gavin Williams has been on since the All-Star Break! It’s been so much fun to watch him perform at such a high level (Just take a look at the graphic)! We’ve got so many Next Level guys doing amazing things at the professional level right now and Gavin is certainly at the top of that list.

]]> Ryan Edwards Commits To NC Wesleyan Baseball! https://nextleveltc.com/ryan-edwards-commits-to-nc-wesleyan-baseball/ Mon, 17 Aug 2026 11:25:11 +0000 https://nextleveltc.com/?p=21361 Congratulations to RYAN EDWARDS (DH Conley ‘27) on his recent commitment to NC Wesleyan University Baseball! Ryan had a solid junior season at DH Conley, followed by an impactful summer with our Post 39 American Legion team….continued..He’s a Swiss-Army knife of sorts, with 2-way ability and lots of position versatility in the field. He & Wesleyan’s staff are leaning toward him primarily pitching at the next level at the moment, but that could change. Humble, quiet, hard-working & focused, Ryan is a very easy kid to root for. We’ve been rooting for him since Little League and are excited to get a chance to keep doing it after high school! Congratulations again to Ryan and his family!

]]> Ava Coward Commits To William Peace University Softball! https://nextleveltc.com/ava-coward-commits-to-william-peace-university-softball/ Mon, 17 Aug 2026 11:22:47 +0000 https://nextleveltc.com/?p=21358 Congratulations to AVA COWARD (South Central ‘27) on her recent commitment to William Peace University 🥎! We’ve been watching Ava achieve big things in the dirt since she was a little girl and starring in PCGSL….continued..

A three-year, 2-way starter for South Central Softball, this past season she hit .371 with 4 Home Runs, 14 extra base hits😳 & 25 RBI, while making 8 appearances in the circle, coming off injury. Ava has had to overcome some bad luck with injuries, but has continued to battle back each time with a great spirit & toughness. She & her mom have logged countless hours together in here to that end & I have appreciated all of the time & effort she’s given me upstairs building her body & athleticism. Really proud of all of Ava’s achievements over the years and we will be excited to get to continue to follow her after high school!
Congratulations again to Ava & the Coward family!
]]> Matthew Aldridge Commits To UNCW Baseball! https://nextleveltc.com/matthew-aldridge-commits-to-uncw-baseball/ Tue, 11 Aug 2026 11:06:57 +0000 https://nextleveltc.com/?p=21351 Congratulations to MATTHEW ALDRIDGE on his recent commitment to UNCW ⚾️! The former JH Rose Rampant (class of 2025) & Pitt CC Bulldog (2026) has had quite a spring & summer…….continued

In his freshman season at Pitt CC this year, Matthew put together an impressive offensive year, hitting .378 with a team-leading 9 HRs & a team-leading 59 RBI. He compiled an incredible 1.117 OPS & earned 1st Team All-Region honors. He has backed that Spring performance up with a torrid offensive performance this summer, up in the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League. He was named the League’s Player of the Week in the first week of summer (pictured)…Thru 20 games he hit .351 (good for top 5 in the league), while leading the entire league with 6 Home Runs!
We’ve been watching Matthew since he was in Greenville Little League & we’ve known his wonderful family much further back than that. He’s always been talented, big, strong and fast. But, in Imho, he has TRULY blossomed over the last year. And alotta people in college & professional baseball have taken notice. We talk often of everyone’s path being different and Matthew’s path is yet another example.
Excited to watch what’s next at UNCW & we’ll be following!
]]> Matthew Matthijs Drafted By The Seattle Mariners! https://nextleveltc.com/matthew-matthijs-drafted-by-the-seattle-mariners/ Tue, 11 Aug 2026 11:04:31 +0000 https://nextleveltc.com/?p=21348 He is quite simply one of the ALL-TIME guys in this building who define *THE STANDARD*, when it comes to PREPARATION, INTENT & COMPETE. We’ve been blessed to watch him, work with him, cheer for him, since he was a little boy. He’s overcome a lot in the last 18 months. We are so proud & so pumped that the Seattle Mariners drafted him yesterday in the 2026 MLB Draft. They got a great one! Congratulations MATTHEW MATTHIJS and family!!!

]]> Next Level Current Professional Player Update: https://nextleveltc.com/next-level-current-professional-player-update/ Tue, 11 Aug 2026 11:01:59 +0000 https://nextleveltc.com/?p=21345 Here is a long-overdue MID-SEASON UPDATE FOR YOU ON OUR PROFESSIONAL PLAYERS that frequent this building, call Next Level their offseason home, or grew up in here, in no particular order:….continued
-ALEC BURLESON, St Louis Cardinals. Putting together an All-Star caliber season. Among ALL MLB 1st basemen, he is 2nd in RBIs, 2nd in Hits, 4th in Doubles & has the 2nd lowest K rate!
-GAVIN WILLIAMS, Cleveland Guardians, Having an All-Star caliber season. Tied for the 3rd most pitching wins in all of MLB, 4th in all of MLB in Strikeouts with 134.
-SHANE RADEMACHER, AA Richmond, VA (SF Giants Org)….20 Appearances on the season, 31K/14BB, .236 batting avg against.
-DIXON WILLIAMS, A+ Rome, GA (Atlanta Braves Org) 10 HR, 46 RBI, 17 SB.
-TANNER DUNCAN, Frontier League Down East Bird Dogs (Kinston, NC)….Team-Leading 5 Saves.
-ALEXIS HASTINGS, Professional Softball League, KC Diamonds….Hitting .353 on the season.
-TRACE BAKER, A+ Vancouver (Toronto Blue Jays Org)….19 Appearances, 40K/14 BB, .231 batting avg against.
-ALEC BRILEY (AMak), AA Birmingham, (Chicago White Sox Org)…17 HR, 49 Runs, 57 RBI, all of which are near the top of the league.
-XAVIER MEACHEM, Miami Marlins Org, currently continuing rehab at Spring Training Complex.
-CAM COTTER, AA Chattanooga, TN (Cincinnati Reds Org). Just arrived back in affiliated ball after dominating down in Mexico the 1st half of the season.
-SAM BENSCHOTER, AAA Louisville (Cincinnati Reds Org)….49 IP 43K/17BB
-CARTER CUNNINGHAM, AA New Hampshire (Toronto Blue Jays Org)….13 HR, 50 RBI, .856 OPS.
-BRANTLEY CUTLER, Cosmic Baseball, having the time of his life every weekend!
-JACOB JENKINS-COWART, A+ Beloit (Miami Marlins Org)…20 Hits, 3HR, 17RBI

]]> Hayden Willoughby Commits To NC A&T Baseball! https://nextleveltc.com/hayden-willoughby-commits-to-nc-at-baseball/ Fri, 07 Aug 2026 16:15:48 +0000 https://nextleveltc.com/?p=21339 We are pumped to celebrate HAYDEN WILLOUGHBY’S college commitment last month to NC A&T⚾️. The DH Conley rising senior had an excellent junior school season, with an OPS over .900, batting .342 with 10 extra base hits. A catcher by trade, he’s continued to shine on the summer circuit. NC A&T is getting a very physical player, who we have really enjoyed getting to know, work with & watch continue to Develop. (pictured here in my office just hanging & chatting during downtime of a PBR event here😊). Looking forward to continue following Hayden in his senior high school season and then as he joins the Aggie program next Fall! Congratulations again to Hayden & his family!

]]> Corey Coleman Commits To Mid-Atlantic Christian University Baseball! https://nextleveltc.com/corey-coleman-commits-to-mid-atlantic-christian-university-baseball/ Fri, 07 Aug 2026 16:13:19 +0000 https://nextleveltc.com/?p=21336 Congratulations to COREY COLEMAN (South Central ‘26) on his recent commitment to Mid-Atlantic Christian University ⚾️. You see Corey in here many, many evenings throughout the year, banging baseballs with his teammates and I was very excited when he shared the news with us that he’d get to keep playing after high school…with that smile he always brings in😊. Corey had 20 hits & a .351 OBP this past year, while patrolling CF for the Falcons. He’s a fun young man that we have just gotten to know over the last couple of years, but we are excited to get to continue to follow him. Congratulations to Corey and his family.

]]> Local Softball All-Star Teams Have Another Huge Summer! https://nextleveltc.com/local-softball-all-star-teams-have-another-huge-summer/ Fri, 07 Aug 2026 16:08:35 +0000 https://nextleveltc.com/?p=21333 Community sports matter to us. And most of the area all-star teams are filled with kids we train, kids who are members here, or both. So we are highly invested and highly prideful in how they perform when it’s “Win or your summer is over” time. Super proud that our  PCGSL 10U and 11U All-Star teams won Little League North Carolina State titles and our PCGSL 12U team finished the summer as Little League Southeast Region Runner’s Up down in Warner Robins, GA. Another highly accomplished summer!

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