Midwest Bruins Coaches

Kenny Swart, a 29 year-old husband and father to a daughter, Addison, is a Topeka native. Born and raised in Topeka, Kansas, Kenny has been around the sport of baseball for 20 plus years.

He graduated from Topeka West High School in 1998. While at West, Kenny played varsity baseball all four years and earned the following honors:

• 1995- All I-70 League 2nd Team
• 1996- All City 2nd Team
• 1997- All City 1st Team
  - All I-70 League 1st Team
• 1998- All City 1st Team
  - All I-70 League 1st Team

During the 1997 season, the varsity team was the first team from Topeka West to go to State. During high school, Kenny held a winter job at Ken Berry’s Hit-Away where he provided instruction for baseball and softball.

Upon graduating from Topeka West, Kenny went on to play baseball at the collegiate level. He earned scholarships to play baseball at Emporia State University, Missouri Western State College and Washburn University. He graduated from Washburn University in 2003, with a degree in Education.

In 2003 and 2004 Kenny was an assistant baseball coach at Highland Park High School. In the fall of 2004, Kenny got his first teaching job at Santa Fe Trail High School in Carbondale. From 2004-2007, Kenny was an assistant baseball coach there.

In 2007, Kenny landed a job back at his alma mater of Topeka West, where he still is today. He has been an assistant baseball coach there for the past two years, and will coach again during the 2010 season.

In the summer of 2008, Kenny was the head coach for the Topeka Golden Giants Gold Team.

Along with his coaching experience, Kenny has also been a volunteer and event Captain for the Special Olympics. He has helped at a baseball camp for underprivileged youth and has volunteered for Topeka Parks & Recreation in an after school program that provided sports activities for mentally and physically challenged students.

Kenny is looking forward to the Midwest Bruins second season and plans to continue a career coaching baseball.

Adam Schroeder, 26, has been involved with baseball most of his life. Adam is a Seaman High School 2002 graduate. Playing varsity baseball for the Vikings earned Adam these honors:

• 1999- All City and All Centennial League- Honorable Mention
• 2000- All City 1st Team
  - All Centennial League- 1st Team
• 2001- All City 1st Team
  - All Centennial League- 1st Team
• 2002- All City 1st Team
  - All Centennial League 1st Team

The fall after Adam graduated from Seaman in 2002, started the beginning of his collegiate baseball career. He earned a scholarship to Hutchinson Community College, where he played for Jon Wente. In 2003, Adam went east to pitch for Bob Hughes at Saint Louis University. His sophomore year at SLU, Adam earned these honors:

• 4th All-Time for single season appearances
• Set the school record for appearances by a sophomore in a single season.

In 2006, Adam moved back to Topeka and played baseball at Washburn University for Steve Anson.

Adam is entering his seventh season, of coaching baseball. He has previously coached two years with Post 400, and three seasons with the Topeka Golden Giants. During the 2006 season, he was the pitching coach for the Golden Giants college team. For the 2007 and 2008 seasons, Adam was the head coach for the 18 year old team.

In addition to coaching, Adam also has provided pitching instruction at Ken Berry’s Hit-Away at Sportzone.

Adam is currently employed by Great Life Golf & Fitness at Western Hills, finishing his certification for personal training.

He is anticipating the Midwest Bruins second season, with high hopes of future expansion into a leading Midwest team.

Adam is also finishing his bachelor's degree at Fort Hays State University, and hopes to coach in college baseball in the future.