Trainers & Staff

Lyndsey Simmons

Phone: (631) 921-9290

Lyndsey Simmons is a recently retired professional baseball player from the New York Mets organization. He has also played for the Montreal Expos and the Washington Nationals. Lyndsey signed his first professional contract after finishing a successful season at Oklahoma State University, where he was a leader in the BIG XII conference in many statistical categories.

Lyndsey has grown up in an athletic family. Both of his uncles have played professional baseball. Brian Harper (uncle) has two World Series rings and was a Major League All Star. He is now the current catching coordinator for the San Fransisco Giants. Lyndsey’s cousins are also current professional baseball players. One of them (Brett Harper) was Lyndsey’s teammate on the New York Mets. The other (Grant Harper) is a former Anaheim Angel. Lyndsey also has two sisters who play a high level of tennis. Lauren Simmons was an All-American at Oklahoma State University.

Lyndsey’s goal for Redline Athletics is to help serious athletes reach their goals, and to use his platform to teach young people character and maturity. He enjoys showing his clients the correct paths to a successful experience in athletics.

Lyndsey is married to Ashley and has two children, Corbyn and Macyn.

Erik S. Korop, CSCS

Phone: (541) 912-7170

Erik is a former Strength and Conditioning Coach for the New York Mets. He has worked along side many of the current and up and coming stars in the New York Mets organization. His duties include rehabilitation and speed, strength, and core development.

Erik is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) through the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA). He has also worked at various collegiate programs which include: Baylor University, Oregon State University, University of Oregon, and Western Oregon University. His experience in training includes sports such as baseball, softball, volleyball, basketball, and cheerleading.

Erik earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Exercise and Movement Science from the University of Oregon. While attending the University of Oregon, he studied strength and conditioning under Head Strength Coach Jim Radcliffe, who is a leader in his field. Erik played college baseball at Lane Community College (Eugene, OR) and Rockford College (Rockford, IL).

Erik currently resides in the Orange County area.

David A. Elecciri Jr., NASM-PES

David is a Performance Enhancement Specialist certified through the National Academy of Sports Medicine. Following the footsteps of his father, David Sr., who is one of Southern California’s most well known and respected strength and conditioning specialists, David Jr. is on a mission to produce the finest athletes of the next generation. Mixing new school and old school principles he has formulated a system that will maximize anyone’s athletic potential.

Dan Cummins

Dan Cummins is the head of the Baseball/Softball Department at Redline. Dan played 5 years as a catcher with the New York Mets organization. He played his first Big League game in Spring Training catching future Hall of Famers, Tom Glavine and Billy Wagner. During Dan’s career with the Mets, he played for Hall of Fame catcher and New York Mets great, Gary Carter.

What propelled Dan into his professional career was being named a two-time All-American at the collegiate level, and also being the recipient of the prestigious Johnny Bench Award at the NBC World Series.

Dan’s knowledge of baseball, love for the game, and desire to give back to the next generation of athletes had given him the opportunity to be the hitting coach for the Fullerton Flyers professional baseball team. Thank the Lord he turned it down and decided to keep his talents at Redline Athletics!

Mike Elkerson

Following his senior season of college baseball at Abilene Christian University (TX), Mike Elkerson signed with the Atlanta Braves baseball organization as a corner outfielder.  While on scholarship at Abilene Christian, he earned First-Team All-American Honors and was voted the #1 hitter in Division II baseball by statstud.com.  He finished his senior season leading his team in four hitting categories; hits, RBI’s, HR, and total bases.

Mike is now pursuing his bachelors degree in kinesiology and the study of health promotion at the University of California, Fullerton.  Michael resides in San Clemente, where he grew up and graduated from San Clemente High School in 2003.

Brad Hinkle

Brad Hinkle is a former professional pitcher with the Cleveland Indians and the Pittsburgh Pirates. He earned a degree in Exercise and Sports Sciences with a focus on Fitness Management. Brad was a two-sport athlete at Spring Arbor University. He played a part in winning a National Championship in basketball as well as being a two-time runner-up at the College World Series in baseball. He was an All-American his senior season, leading the nation with a 15-0 record in 15 starts, with 14 complete games. Along with being selected for the World Series All-Tournament Team, Brad was named the 2008 NCAA National Pitcher of the Year.

Brad was born and raised in Spring Arbor, Michigan. He has two brothers, Michael, 25, and Russell, 22. In December, Brad and Katie O’Banion will marry and settle in the Capo Valley area.

Mike Bolio

Mike Bolio is a Certified Personal Trainer (CPT) with NFL training experience. He has trained and worked out with some of the most Elite professional athletes in today’s age.

Mike is a recently retired professional football player. He spent 2008 with the Seinajoki Crocodiles of the European Football League where he was a 1st team All-Star selection while accumulating for 2,530 all-purpose yards and 28 Touchdowns in just 10 games while leading his team to the Euro-bowl Semi-Finals and the #4 team ranking in all of Europe. Mike spent 2007 working out for a number of teams and ended up in camp with the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League.

In 2004 Mike was a 1st team J.C Grid-Wire All-American at Los Angeles Harbor College and also received Western States Conference Player of the year. In spring of 2005 Mike committed to the University of Southern California on a full athletic scholarship but because of transferable unit issues he ended up at University of Nebraska-Omaha where he spent all of 2006.

Mike’s goal at Redline is to work on and improve overall Skill development, Agility, Power, Strength and Flexibility and also to improve everyone’s game in all aspects of the sport physically and mentally. Mike is a strong believer that your mind can overcome your body and he really influences that in his training.

Marko Cavka

Picked by the New York Jets in the Sixth Round (178th overall) of the 2004 NFL Draft, Marko Cavka played 2 full seasons with the Jets and came back for 2 more training camps. Marko then took his talents overseas for 2 seasons to play in the NFL Europe for the Amsterdam Admirals in which he helped lead the team to the World Bowl, twice!

Cavka then came back to the Americas and finished his professional career by playing 2 seasons in the Canadian Football League with the Hamilton Tiger Cats. One of his many highlights was recovering a fumble and scoring a touchdown.

Out of high school, Marko received a scholarship to California State University, Sacramento, and was a student-athlete and a 4-year football letterman. During his collegiate career Marko started 42 consecutive games as an offensive lineman. Cavka grew up in Cypress Ca, and went to Cypress High School. He played football 3 years for Cypress. Marko also played volleyball for 4 years, and also competed in club volleyball.