Hitting Lessons (Ages 7-18)

Bruder's resume boasts 13 A.S.A National Champions, 9 Olympians, 403 full four-year scholarship winners, 132 All-Americans, and the all-time collegiate home run and runs batted in record holders.

Bruder's players include Liz Mizera (two-time Women's College World Series All-Tournament Team), Sheila Cornell (three-time All-American, 1996 and 2000 U.S. Olympic team), Michele Granger (1996 U.S. Olympic team), Former UNLV star softball pitcher Lori Harrigan-Mack (Olympic gold medal winner with Team USA in 1996, 2000 and 2004), Lovieanne Jung (2004 U.S. Olympic team), and Kim Maher (1996 U.S. Olympic team and former Purdue Head Coach).

Bruder, who has been associated with the Diane Lewis School of Softball, is the father of Kelsey Bruder, a three-time All-American at the University of Florida, 2011 SEC Player of the Year, 2011 NCAA Player of the Year and 2011 Honda Award winner! Kelsey is just one of over 100 All-Americans to whom Bruder has given hitting instruction.

Son, Cody Bruder, played baseball at University of Michigan, was a CoSIDA Academic All-America second team selection and Unanimous All-Big Ten First Team selection. He led Michigan with a .372 average on the season, tallying a team-leading 86 hits, which ranks ninth all time at Michigan for a single season. Cody started all 57 games and played every inning as the team's centerfielder.