Our Instructors in Signal Hills/Long Beach, California
Our Instructors in Signal Hills/Long Beach, California
Diane Lewis
- CIF Player of the Year, Junior & Senior Years in High School
- Softball Scholarship, Cal State Long Beach
- Liberal Studies Degree & Single-Subject Credential in Mathematics, Cal State Long Beach
- Women's Open Division All-American
- Played National Fastpitch Association League Exhibition Games Across United States to Promote Softball
- Inducted into the Long Beach Baseball & Softball Hall of Fame, 2006
- Head Varsity Softball Coach, Millikan High School, 6 Years
- Head Softball Coach, Orange Coast College, 1 Year
- Head Varsity Softball Coach, Cypress High School, 3 Years
- Trained with Ernie Parker as a Personal Pitching Instructor
- Private Softball Pitching Lessons with Rod Carew's Baseball School, 2 Years
- Opened Diane Lewis School Of Softball And Baseball, 1994
Jamee Gregg's Accomplishments & Coaching Experience Jamee Gregg has taught pitching lessons for over 15 years. She pitched at Millikan High School and was MVP. She played Collegiate level and Long Beach City College. Jamee has trained pitchers all the way up to their collegiate level. Her experience and expertise about pitching and the mental game is very detailed. She has been an important part of our success at the softball/baseball school.
- Diane Lewis School Of Softball 15 Years
- Millikan High School Graduate, 2002
- 4-Year Varsity Softball Player
- Athlete of the Year
- High School MVP
- Best Defensive Player
- Played Softball at Long Beach City College
- Millikan JV Softball Coach, 2 years
- Coached ASA Travel Ball
- Professional pitching instructor for over 15 years
Matt Nuez
Loren Stavrou
- Moore League Pitcher of the Year 2012
- Press Telegram Pitcher of the Year 2012
- Century Club Softball Player of the Year 2012
- Moore League Champion 2012
- 1st Team All Moore League x3
- European Pitcher of the Year 2014
- Current Starter for the Greek National Softball Team
- Team Captain of FDU Softball Team 2016
- Team Knight Award 2016 (hardest working player)
Teah Thies
Teah Thies grew up in Laguna Hills, CA where she started playing softball at the age of 5. She caught for the UCSB Gauchos from 2018 to 2022 where she earned her bachelor’s degree in Statistics and Data Science. She played her extra year of eligibility at Cal State Long Beach won Big West Conference Championship in 2023. She is perusing her master’s in Applied Statistics.
Accolades:
- High School: 4x Varsity
- High School: 4x All League
- UCSB - All Freshman Team 2019
- UCSB - Big West Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll 2020
- UCSB - 2nd Team all Conference 2021
- UCSB - Team Captain 2022
- CSULB - Big West Champions 2023
- CSULB - Honor Roll 2023
Rayth Petersen
Rayth grew up in the Northwest Suburbs of Chicago, where he grew up playing and practicing baseball right in his back yard with his father and older brother. Rayth started and earned all conference his Sophomore Season at Barrington High School, and went on to play 5 years of College Baseball. Rayth spent 1 season at Morton Junior College, 3 seasons at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC, Division 1), and this past year at Francis Marion University in South Carolina. Currently, Rayth is a Professional Baseball Player in the MLB Draft League, and looks to further his career! Rayth is pursuing his Bachelors Degree in Business Administration from UIC.
Call or Text Rayth to set up lessons at (872) 357-3805
Awards:
- 2019 Varsity First team All Conference Barrington High School
- 304 Career College hitter
- 2025 Second Team All Conference at Francis Marion University
- 2025 Francis Marion University Regular Season Champions
- Hit for the cycle June 4th, 2023
Jamie Garvey
Jamie Garvey was born and raised in Wilmington, California. She pitched at Bishop Montgomery High School in Torrance where she was a 4 year letter. After high school she played at El Camino College and transferred to Whittier College where she earned her Bachelors degree in Kinesiology and Nutrition Science. She returned to Diane Lewis school of softball to share her love of the game and inspire the next generation of pitchers.
- 2022 SCIAC 1st team all conference
- 2023 3x SCIAC pitcher of the week
- 2023 whittier college defensive player of the year
- 2023 SCIAC strikeout leader
- 2023 single season strikeout record - whittier college
- 2022-23 NFCA/Easton All-American Scholar-Athlete
- 4 year varsity - Bishop Montgomery High School
- 2x First Team All League - Bishop Montgomery High School
- Rookie of the Year - Bishop Montgomery High School
Grace Fleming
Grace Fleming grew up in Long Beach, CA, and trained at the Diane Lewis School of Softball since she was little. She played at Millikan High School as a 4 year varsity player. She later went to the University of Illinois, Chicago (UIC), where she was the starting center fielder for 4 years. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Law and Justice with a minor in Business Administration. She is pursuing a master’s degree in Sports Administration at Long Beach State.
Call her for lessons at
(562) 201-875
Awards :
- High School : 4x Varsity Letter
- High School : 4x All League
- High School Valedictorian
- 2022 Horizon League All-Freshman Team
- Missouri Valley Scholar-Athlete of the Month 2023
- 4.0 Summa Cum Laude at UIC
- 2025 UIC Softball Captain
Bailey Taylor
Bailey Taylor grew up pitching at the Diane Lewis School of Softball since she was eight years old. She played at Los Alamitos High School where she earned the NFCA All-American Scholar Athlete Award and the Academic Award of Excellence. Taylor continued on to play Division 1 softball at Fairfield University in Connecticut. She finished her pitching career as the top pitcher on her team with a career ERA of 3.28 and ranked in the top 10 pitchers in the MAAC conference. She also was a part of the MAAC All-Academic Team for all four years.
Taylor earned both athletic and academic scholarships from Fairfield University. In the classroom, she earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing with a Spanish Minor and is now a Registered Nurse. Her academic achievements include graduating Cum Laude, Dean's List, Sigma Theta Tau Nursing Honor Society, and Alpha Mu Gamma Spanish Honor Society.
Learning from Diane Lewis and Jamee Gregg for over 13 years, Taylor applies her training and experience into her role as a pitching coach. She has been giving lessons for the past three years to youth and college level pitchers.
Awards:
- MAAC All-Academic Team 2021-2024
- NFCA Scholar Athletes Award 2020-2024
- CSC Academic All-District Team 2024
- MAAC Pitcher of the Week 2024
- NFCA All-American Scholar Athlete Award 2016-2020
- Academic Award of Excellence 2016-2020
- Sunset All-Academic Award 2016-2020
- Korean Junior National Team 2020
- PGF All-Tournament Team 2019
- Sunset All League Second Team 2018
Awards:
MAAC All-Academic Team 2021-2024
NFCA Scholar Athletes Award 2020-2024
CSC Academic All-District Team 2024
MAAC Pitcher of the Week 2024
NFCA All-American Scholar Athlete Award 2016-2020
Academic Award of Excellence 2016-2020
Sunset All-Academic Award 2016-2020
Korean Junior National Team 2020
PGF All-Tournament Team 2019
Sunset All League Second Team 2018
Lindsey Cowans
Lindsey Cowans was born and raised in Camarillo, CA, and graduated from Adolfo Camarillo High School in 2020. She played one season at Cal State University Monterey Bay (2020-2021) and one season at Moorpark College (2021-2022). She later transferred to Long Island University, a Division 1 in Brooklyn, New York for 2 seasons (2022-2024). She finished her career at Long Beach State in 2025 for her fifth year and to be closer to home. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Exercise Science and Wellness.
Call her for lessons at (805) 910-8288
Accomplishments:
- High School 4x Varsity
- 2016 CIF Division 2 Champions
- Coastal Canyon League champions in 2017 and 2018
- Four-time Coastal Canyon Scholar-Athlete Award recipient
- 2022 Selected Western State Conference Pitcher of the Year
- 2022 First-team all-conference, CCCAA All-State Team
- 2022 Moorpark College Female Athlete of the Year
- LIU- 2023 North East Conference Champions
- 2023 NFCA third-team All-Northeast Region
- 2023 LIU Team MVP
- 2023, 2024 Second-Team All-NEC
- LIU- North East Conference Spring Commissioners and Academic Honor Roll
