UTL/Two-Way Available 2024-25 with Overseas Playing and nearly a decade of youth and adult Coaching Experience
Name: Tran Hennessy
Height: 145cm
Weight: 75kg
DOB: June 9, 2000
Date Available: May 10, 2025
Will Pay FlightBats: R
Throws: R
Positions: Coach, Youth Coach, Utl, 2B, SS
Positions (alt): Coach, Youth Coach, Utl, 3B, SS, OF, C, RP, RF, CF, LF
College: Lehman College
Personal
I am a player with excellent defensive skills who can figure it out on the baseball field. I am a good contact hitter who doesn’t strike out often. I have played everywhere across the diamond and got the job done.
As a pitcher I throw sidearm upper 70s with a sinker, slider, and change up.
I am a primary infielder/outfielder, but have caught since I was 13.
I have been a utility player my entire life. In high school, I played everywhere on the field whenever there was a need. As the leadoff hitter, I was needed on the field and found ways to be valuable at every position.
In college, I again played everywhere from starting in the outfield/pitching my sophomore year to infield/pitching my junior year, to pitching/catching/infield my senior and grad school years. I am constantly at work refining all parts of my game, to make sure I can be placed anywhere on the field.
I am a vocal leader who also leads by example. My experience as a coach and trainer helps make me a knowledgeable and supportive teammate. An excellent motivator, after both good and bad innings, I am very good at tempering egos to help put them back on the path of success. I am the guy who always wants my teammates to do well and to help them succeed in anyway I can.
Career highlights
Assistant coach for the Hungarian National Team, winning the 2024 European qualifier.
Four-year college starter, playing various positions across the diamond
Runner-up CUNYAC championship in 2023
CUNYAC Scholar Athlete in 2023
Lehman College Baseball Team 2022 MVP
CUNY Conference All Star 2022
Lehman College Outstanding Senior 2023
Coaching
As a coach, I am committed to improving skills and winning, but in ways that also build team energy. My goal is to create a strong base and build from there. I have high standards and expectations for my players; hard, sometimes boring work is necessary. However, I coached the Hungarian Red Wolves U12 team to beat a formidable team they hadn’t beaten in 5 years, and you don’t accomplish that only with drills and discipline. I have created and run practices for many years now. I have years of experience as team captain. Incredible coaches, trainers, and mentors have honed my coaching approach, and I am always looking to improve through experience and learning from others. I trained at Driveline and am completing certifications there. I will complete my Masters in Exercise Science in 2025. I will also start my college coaching career at St. Joseph Brooklyn University in fall of 2024 as a Infield/Outfield defensive Coordinator, hitting coach, and recruiter
Overseas Goals
Growing up in America, my dream job would be a professional baseball coach or a high level college coach here in the States. But before that happens, and partly because I wasn’t born in America, I want to help build the baseball culture and climate all over the world. In my short experience in Hungary, I helped change the level of intensity and quality of baseball in the club at every age level. I have seen firsthand that I have the sports and communication skills to help players perform at their best. But also, playing and coaching overseas improved my own skills. So, it’s a win-win. I am a good fit for any team that wants to do the work to become better.
My most recent playing experience was July 2024. Since then, I have been hitting the cages 2-3 times a week with my former college players and taking fielding reps 2-3 times a week as well. I also do the arm care routine I learned at Driveline in order to prepare my arm for the workload of next season. I consistently lift and run 4-6 times a week to get stronger for the season.
Playing Experience
Coaching Experience
YEAR | ROLE | ORGANIZATION | LEAGUE/DIVISION | DETAILS |
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2018 | Camp Counselor | Little League World Series Camp | youth, high school | Throwing BP, Fungos, coaching the kids, and watch over them in the overnight camp. |
2023 | Camp Counselor | Rising Star Baseball | youth, high school | Worked with players aged 5-18 doing fielding, hitting, pitching, strength and agility. |
2016-2024 | Private Coach and Video Editor | Common Sense Baseball, Game Speed Training, Long Island Hot Stove, Perfect Game, etc | Youth, High School | Worked with players aged 5-18 doing fielding, hitting, pitching, strength and agility. |
2024 | Head Coach | Lewisboro Baseball U13 | Youth | Throwing BP, Defensive work, scheduling practices, and manage games. |
2024 | Private Coach | Kerry's Korner | youth, high school | Worked with players aged 5-18 doing fielding, hitting, pitching, strength and agility. |
2024 | Assistant Coach | Budapest Red Wolves | Pro | Croatian Open League and Hungarian League. |
2024 | Assistant Coach | Hungarian National Team | Pro | WBSC European Qualifier Champions. |
2024 | Assistant Coach | Budapest Red Wolves | Youth u12 &u15 | Coach in Hungarian league. Throwing BP, Defensive work, scheduling practices, and manage games. |
2014-2024 | Camp Counselor | ICYP | youth, high school | Worked with players aged 5-18 doing fielding, hitting, pitching, strength and agility. |
2024 | Private trainer | Game Speed Training | youth, high school | Worked with players aged 5-18 doing fielding, hitting, pitching, strength and agility. |
2024-25 | Assistant Coach | St Joseph Brooklyn | College | Recruiting, touring, create and execute practice plans, train fielders and pitchers, coach first base. |
Stats
Pro/Overseas Batting
Years | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2024 | Budapest Red Wolves | 9 | 33 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 0 | .212 | .316 | .242 |
Pro/Overseas Pitching
Year | Team | ERA | GS | CG | IP | H | SO | BB | HBP | R | ER | Wins | Losses | SV | WHIP |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2024 | Budapest Red Wolves | 9.00 | 2 | 0 | 18.0 | 28 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
College/Amateur Batting
Years | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2020 | Lehman College | 9 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .294 | .368 | .294 |
2022 | Lehman College | 25 | 63 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 2 | .222 | .395 | .318 |
2023 | Lehman College | 23 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .227 | .320 | .227 |
2024 | Lehman College | 22 | 61 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 1 | .213 | .319 | .295 |
College/Amateur Pitching
Year | Team | ERA | GS | CG | IP | H | SO | BB | HBP | R | ER | Wins | Losses | SV | WHIP |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2020 | Lehman College | 9.72 | 0 | 0 | 8.1 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.800 |
2022 | Lehman College | 6.99 | 1 | 1 | 28.1 | 45 | 26 | 10 | 10 | 28 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.941 |
2023 | Lehman College | 6.43 | 3 | 0 | 49.0 | 66 | 46 | 22 | 9 | 43 | 35 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1.796 |
2024 | Lehman College | 28.08 | 1 | 0 | 8.1 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.480 |