Former college and pro catcher
Played college baseball and in several pro leagues.
Founder · Andrés Ugarte
Playing experience. Coaching expertise. A complete catcher-development system.
CATCHPRO ACADEMY combines Andrés Ugarte’s experience as a college and professional catcher with an individualized system for developing skilled, informed, and confident players behind the plate.
Founder of CATCHPRO ACADEMY
Experience behind the plate shaped a system built for individual development.
Andrés developed his perspective behind the plate through college and professional baseball, where receiving, blocking, throwing, game management, communication, and preparation all had to work together.
His work with youth, high school, college, and advanced catchers reinforced a central principle: two athletes can produce the same result for different reasons. Effective coaching identifies the cause and builds the training plan around the individual.
CATCHPRO brings technique, movement, strength, game awareness, leadership, and confidence into one development system. Athletes learn what they are changing, why it matters, and how to carry the work into competition.
Playing and coaching experience
Experience that informs the CATCHPRO standard
Andrés’s playing and coaching background informs how CATCHPRO prepares catchers for the technical, physical, and leadership demands of the position.
Business and Sports Management degree
Earned at Reinhardt University.
Two-time Preseason NAIA All-American
Four-time All-Conference player
NAIA Gold Glove catcher
2018 NAIA World Series participant
Approximately .341 career college batting average
Recorded across roughly 700 plate appearances.
Approximately .991 career fielding percentage
Florida League playing experience
Prospect League playing experience
Empire League playing experience
Hit approximately .371 and received All-Defensive recognition.
2023 MLB Draft League championship team member
Member of the West Virginia Black Bears championship team.
USPBL and MLB Draft League experience
College baseball coaching experience
Worked as a catching and international recruiting coordinator.
Hands-on catcher training
Has trained youth, high-school, college, and advanced catchers.
≈ .341
College batting average
About 700 plate appearances
≈ .991
College fielding percentage
As a catcher
≈ .371
Empire League batting average
With All-Defensive recognition
2023
MLB Draft League champion
West Virginia Black Bears
Career and academy development
The path behind CATCHPRO ACADEMY
From Reinhardt University and professional baseball to college coaching, international recruiting, and specialized catcher development.
College baseball
Catcher and student at Reinhardt University
Earned a Business and Sports Management degree. He was a two-time Preseason NAIA All-American, four-time All-Conference player, and NAIA Gold Glove catcher. He played in the 2018 NAIA World Series and finished with about a .341 batting average and .991 fielding percentage.
Summer college leagues
Florida League and Prospect League experience
Played catcher in competitive summer leagues.
Pro baseball
Professional catching experience
Played in the Empire League, USPBL, and MLB Draft League. Hit about .371 and earned All-Defensive honors in the Empire League.
2023
MLB Draft League champion
Played on the West Virginia Black Bears team that won the 2023 MLB Draft League title.
College coaching
Catching coach and international recruiter
Coached college catchers and helped recruit players from other countries.
CATCHPRO ACADEMY
Catcher training for every level
Built the academy to give youth, high-school, college, and advanced catchers clear, hands-on training.
The mission
“To give catchers clear coaching, a plan they understand, and the confidence to become well-rounded players and leaders behind the plate.”
- Explain why each move works, not only what to do.
- Fit training to each player’s age, body, skill level, and goals.
- Practice each skill often and with a clear purpose.
- Build skill, leadership, communication, and confidence.