A Look Back at 2009

2009 was a year of ups and downs, to say the least. However, the only down was out of our control! With the state of our national economic situation RedLine felt the burden like most of you, but with that we were able to show that RedLine is more then just about making money and shuffling clients through as quickly as possible. We want all our loyal clients to know that we appreciate each of you and truly want the best for you.

Now on the upside… first of all, we got this killer new site!!! We hope that it is informative and helpful, yet enjoyable and easy to browse around.

RedLine has added trainers, of the highest quality (Mike Elkerson formerly with the Atlanta Braves, Mike Bolio recently from the NFL-Europe). We’ve brought back a former intern (Brad Hinkle of the Cleveland Indians. Who by the way, got married on Dec 19th.), and advanced a trainer (Dan Cummins formerly with the New York Mets) to be the head of the Baseball Department. We’ve also added a outside recruiter, Neal Schultz, who goes around to schools and other athletic organizations to promote RedLine.

In the process of gaining all these great trainers we’ve lost of few along the way. Alex Gonzales decided to go back to school and continue his baseball career, and Dave Elecciri has pursued his music career. We wish both of them the best of luck in their ventures.

Over the past year our clients have reached their goals and gotten the scholarships they thought were unattainable. We’ve had little guys make All Stars. We’ve had some loose weight to make a weight division in Pop Warner Football. Some even went from bench warmers to team leaders and major contributors. We’ve had eighth graders go into high school and not only make the freshman team, but also JV and Varsity in a number of sports!!!

Kevin Chambers and the Capo Valley Baseball Team won CIF-SS!!! Then he was off to Oklahoma State University on a scholarship, even after being drafted by the Detroit Tiger in the June amateur draft. Leyla Simmons also won CIF-SS with the Dana Hills Tennis Team, and she too is at Oklahoma State University on a tennis scholarship. Joel Atkinson, San Clemente’s Shortstop, singed his scholarship AT REDLINE to attend Oklahoma State University in the fall of 2010! (Watch his video on the Home Page) Connor de Phillippi raced in and won the Skip Barbor School of Racing Series, and now his future is just starting to open up in the Indy style racing world. RedLine helped place Blaine Jones and Max Whieldon up at Seattle University on baseball scholarships. Zack Richmond signed his scholarship to Colorado State-Pueblo. Robby Ross signed his scholarship to Point Loma Nazarene University. Janae O’Connor signed and is playing volleyball at BIOLA University. Chrissie Massrey gave her verbal commitment to attend the academically challenging Tufts University to play softball for them. Kris Paulino gave his verbal commitment to play outfield for University of California-Irvine. Rich Kemp signed his scholarship to pitch for Cal State-East Bay. Melissa Chavez is playing volleyball at Saddleback College and leads her team in nearly every offensive category. Devynn Sharpe competed and took 6th at the US Figure Skating Nationals for couples this December, and now her sites are set on the next winter Olympics, seems how she is under of legal competing age limit of 16!

Well, as you can see, the clients that are consistent and put in the work have a lot of good things going their way! We would love to have more stories like each one of these, and it could be you or your young athlete! 2010 looks extremely promising for our clients! So, let’s get to work and aim for the stars!!!! Happy New Year