We Believe Being an Athlete is a Choice. When You Enter Through These Doors You are Making the Choice to be the Best Athlete You Want to be.
Choice Athletics offers year round private baseball & softball lessons.
Private lessons are a terrific way for players to hone their skills with individualized attention and coaching. Our lessons offer a personalized approach to training and development, allowing players to focus on specific areas of their game that need improvement or general overall improvement. Each session is typically 30-minutes.
Coaches may utilize HitTrax training system, Blast Motion, ArmCare, other systems, techniques, and equipment to help players improve their hitting, pitching, fielding, base running, and more.
Durango High School’s current head baseball coach is Coach Hibbeler. He relocated to the Durango area in late 2024 with the goal of elevating local baseball.
- 2 Years – Infielder at The University of Texas (2018-2019)
- Senior Year
- Academic All-Big 12 first team
- Week 5 Big 12 Player of week
- Junior Year
- 2 Time Big 12 Conference Newcomer of the Week
- 2017 Fall Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
- Senior Year
- 2 Years – Right Handed Pitcher/Infielder at Odessa College (2016-2017)
- Named team captain on the conference champion Wranglers
- First team All-Conference and first team All-Region honors
Curretnly the Head Coach of Fort Lewis’s Softball team. She has been involved with softball in the area for most of her life.
- 2 Years – Head Coach at Fort Lewis College
- 3 Years – Pitcher at Colorado Mesa University, Grand Junction CO
- 2022 (Redshirt Senior)
- First Team All-Region & All-RMAC
- RMAC Pitcher of the Year
- First Ever at CMU to Earn D2CCA S. Central Region Pitcher of the Year.
- Ranked 4th Nationally in Hits Allowed per 7 innings.
- Ranked 8th Nationally with 0.81 WHIP
- 2021 (Senior).
- RMAC Pitcher of the Year
- First Team All-RMAC
- Secon Team All-South Central Region Honors, Both D2CCA & NFCA
- RMAC Gold Glove Team
- 2020 (Junior)
- Ranked 5th in RMAC
- 4-2 with 2.84 REA (Shortened season due to COVID-19)
- 2019 (Sophomore)
- Tied the Mavs’ single-season saves record
- 2022 (Redshirt Senior)
- 1 Year – Pitcher at Pima Community College, Tucson AZ
- 2018
- Third Team All-ACCAC
- Started 22 Games (19 complete)
- Struck out 170 in 137 2/3 innings –
- 2018
Coach Dempsie has been a resident of the Durango and Bayfield area for over 36 years. As a youth baseball player from the area, he loves being able to give back to the place that helped form his love for Baseball.
- 2 Years – Baseball & Softball Hitting, Fielding, and Pitching Instructor.
- 7 Years – Pine River Youth Baseball Coaching
- 4 Years – Board Member of Pine River Youth Baseball
*Contact Coach Dempsie with any questions or to purchase, and schedule private lesson packages.
Contact Us:
- Monday - Friday 11:00 am to 8:00 pm
- Saturday - 11:00 am to 6:00 pm
- Sunday - Closed
*Hours are subject to change for holidays and availability.
