U16 Premier Team
Our U16 Premier Team is comprised of sixteen of our league's top players in the 14-16 year old age group. This Premier Team has a nine month training experience at the AAA level, and will play in tournaments throughout Alberta and the USA. They will also play a half schedule in our league's top AAA Blues Division.
2025 16U Premier Blues Roster
U16 Premier Coaches
Alex Morisette - Head Coach
Alex grew up playing minor baseball in Calgary before being drafted by the Babe Ruth Calgary Giants in 2011. After playing 4 years for the Babe Ruth Giants and aging out, he immediately jumped into coaching for the Giants and has been coaching in Babe Ruth Calgary since 2015. After becoming NCCP level 1 qualified, Coach Morrissette was a major part of the Zone 3 coaching staff who took home gold at the 2019 Alberta Zones tournament.
Coach Morrissette is also a Technical Director with the Babe Ruth Calgary. Alex is a full-time coach with the National Sport Academy, and works closely with the academy's outfielders and hitters. Alex has also taken on a major role with the Diamondawgs Training Facility, working closely with both 12-13 year olds and the 14-18 year old age groups.
Jordan McClocklin - Assistant Coach
Jordan McClocklin has been part of the baseball scene in Calgary for over 20 years with 9 years of coaching experience. He is a Babe Ruth Calgary product playing for the Giants organization until 2012. Jordan played 4 years of college baseball for the St. Mary’s University Huskies in Halifax, NS from 2012 to 2016. After his playing days, Jordan began his coaching career in 2015 as a coach with the NWLL Allstars and eventually joined Babe Ruth Calgary in 2017. In Babe Ruth, he led his Tier 1 clubs to 3 straight championships in 2021, 2022, & 2023. Jordan is also a NCCP provincially trained coach. He was the head coach for the Zone 3 teams at the Alberta Zone’s tournament in 2019 and 2021, winning gold in 2019 and bronze in 2021.
Coach McClocklin currently serves as a coach with Babe Ruth Calgary’s Premier Blues Program. He has been part of the program since 2023, where he took on the head coach role for the 16U team in its inaugural season
Steve Lamb - Assistant Coach
Steve grew up playing minor baseball with Bowridge and went to numerous provincial championships and one national championship. He moved to Babe Ruth and played league play with the Cannons and 2 years with the AAA Blues playing in two PNW regionals. In the early 2000’s Steve moved to BC for work and continued coaching both in little league and senior level baseball for 5 years. In 2019 he moved back to Calgary and began coaching in Babe Ruth with the Volcanoes league team. Steve assisted with the inception of the 18U Premier Team in its inaugural season as a league technical director. He then moved into role of assistant coach during the inaugural season of the 16U Premier Team assistant coach and last year was the head coach. Having coached at the last 3 PNW tournaments 15U, 16U twice all to semi final appearances. NCCP level 1 certified coach, AED , and first aid/CPR trained. Steve takes pride in teaching the players life skills and leadership through baseball. He believes in hard work and discipline as well as communication through his coaching. He is the self proclaimed best BP thrower in the city!