RHINO STAFF - ILLINOIS SOFTBALL
STACIE HAAS
Director of Player Development
Stacie was an All-American Honorable Mention in 2004 for St. Xavier University and the CCAC Pitcher of Year in 2003.
While at SXU, Stacie etched her name into the record books where she hold multiple records including career wins, lowest ERA and shutouts.
After college Stacie competed in Australia in 2013 with AIST .
Stacie, in 2023, was Collegiate Spring Games site director for Division 1 and Division 2.
BRENDA HAAS
Recruiting Coordinator
Brenda started her collegiate career at Wabash Valley College where she was a NJCAA All-Conference player.
She then went to play at Division II Colorado State at Pueblo where she was an All-Conference selection.
In 2018 Brenda was a Dominican Republic AIST coach.
Jeff Stanek
Instructor
Jeff was an All Missouri Valley Conference player at Southern Illinois University.
He was drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 20th round.
Before that he was an All State player for Lockport Township High School.
Over the last 15 years, Jeff has been a well known hitting instructor in the Chicagoland area.
Ali Kennedy
Hitting and Catching Instructor
Alie started her collegiate career at Judson University (2018-2019) where she was the only freshman to make first-team all conference and was inducted into the Elgin Sports Hall of Fame. Alie batted .383 with a .583 on base percentage.
Alie then transferred D1 to Murray State University (2019-2021) where she batted .267 with an on base percentage of .358.
Alie has experience playing top level softball placing 2nd at state for Plainfield North in 2018, along with competing in PGF tournaments her whole career. Her 2016 New Lenox Lightning team placed 5th in the PGF Premier in Huntington Beach, CA, 3rd in Legacy invite-only in Atlanta, GA, and 9th in the IDT invite-only in Boulder, CO. Alie is also a 14U, 16U, and 18U Chicago Metros Champion with her Lightning teams.
Alie took years of hitting lessons from Bill Casey and catching lessons from Mark Dalesandro. Alie uses her experience, knowledge and love for the game to prepare her athletes for the next level. Her goal is to not only train high caliber athletes, but to develop strong confident young women.
Michaela Schlattman
Instructor
Michaela was a former graduate assistant at Indiana University.
She started her collegiate career at Miami of Ohio and finished at LSU.
Currently, Michaela is the head softball coach at Metea Valley High School.
Alyssa Sansone
Instructor
Alyssa attended and played collegiately at Calumet of St. Joseph, where she was starting pitcher. While there she was All-Conference twice.
She also was nominated Pitcher of the Week and won the honor three times.
Just recently Alyssa was named pitcher for the CCSJ All-Decade Team.
Along with being an instructor for Rhino Softball, she will also be Pitching Consultant for Trinity International College.
HASSAN STEVENSON
Head of Speed, Strength and Agility
Born on Chicago’s south side, Hassan Stevenson is a passionate and knowledgeable fitness professional specializing in all aspects of Athletic Performance Training. He is an innovative communicator focused on the mastery of techniques necessary to improve all aspects of athletic performance, most important being mental strength.
Coach Stevenson has worked with athletes, and teams in many different sports during his fitness career that began in 1999. Most notably he was Speed & Strength coach for the Lewis University Women’s Basketball Team that was part of the biggest win/loss turnaround in school and GLVC Conference history. Over his three seasons as Speed & Strength Coach for the team their record was 78-15.
Hassan lives in Crest Hill, IL and enjoys helping people reach their fitness goals, teaching group exercise and athletic performance classes, performing community outreach, and mentoring as a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. He is a 1994 graduate of Eastern Illinois University where he was a member of the Track and Football teams. He played semi-pro football from 1995-2005.