Dave Pishkur enters his 30^th year as head coach of the Andrean Fighting 59ers. In 29 years he has racked up a record of 689 – 228 with a .750 winning percentage ranking him 10^th of all active coaches for winning percentage and 2^nd in the state among active coaches in career wins. Included in the 689 wins are 19 sectional titles, 8 regional titles, 3 state final appearances, 1 state runner-up and 1 state championship. In the 9 years in the Lake Athletic Conference, Andrean has won 4 LAC championships and 5 LAC tourney championships and had a 40 game conference winning streak.

A 1971 Andrean graduate, Pishkur played second base and shortstop on the 59ers first baseball team under the guidance of Nick Crnkovich. The 1970 squad was the Northwest Conference Champions. Pishkur attended Purdue Calumet, earning 6 letters in baseball and golf. He was an all-conference first team selection as a golfer. In February of 1995 he received the Purdue University Calumet Alumni athlete of the Year.

Under Pishkur’s direction, the 59ers have sent six players into the professional ranks, over 70 players went on to be collegiate baseball players and three have been drafted. In 1987 Derrick Davis was a 32^nd round draft choice of the Chicago White Sox and in 2005, Greg Yersich was a 7^th round selection by the Minnesota Twins and Mike Ryan, a 26^th round pick by the Atlanta Braves. He has coached twoL.V. Phillips State Mental Attitude Award recipients, Nick Stockwell ‘2004 and Tommy Finn ‘2005.

During Andrean’s early development into a top-notch program, it became necessary to compile a competitive schedule. In recent years Andrean searched Indiana and Illinois to find the right type of opponents. Andrean has played 22 teams that have been former state champions: LaPorte, Penn, South Bend Clay, Lafayette Harrison, Lafayette Jefferson, Lafayette Catholic Central, McCutcheon, Munster, Logansport, Indianapolis Cathedral, Norwell, Bishop Noll, Evansville Memorial and New Palestine from Indiana; Thornwood, Andrew, Providence Catholic, New Trier, Joliet Catholic, Lockport, Oak Park and Sandburg from neighboring Illinois.

Coach Pishkur’s highlights include coaching 17 Indiana North All-Stars, 20 All-State players and 9 members of the Academic All-State team. He has coached the Indiana High School Junior All-Star team in the Midwest Classic featuring teams from Illinois, Wisconsin, Ohio, Nebraska, Iowa, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri and Massachusetts the past seven years three times going undefeated.

In the summer of 2003, Pishkur was the head coach for the North/South All-Star Classic held in Fort Wayne where the North squad took two out of three from the South. The Indiana High School Baseball Coaches Association has named Pishkur Regional Coach of the Year in 1985, 1994, 1997 and 2008. In 1993, 1994, 1997 and 2005 the Times newspaper named him Coach of the Year and in 2003 and 2005 the Post Tribune named him Coach of the Year. Dave was selected the 2004 Indiana Baseball Coaches Association Nominee for the National Federation Coach of the Year.

In 2005 he was selected the 3A State Coach of the Year and on January 20, 2006 he was inducted into the Indiana High School Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame. He is also a member of the Andrean Sports Hall of Fame and Andrean baseball Hall of Fame.

Coach Pishkur is married to the former Gretchen Wellman. They are the proud parents of three children, Ryne – 22, Courtney – 19, and Mark – 15. They are members of St. Mary Parish in Crown Point.

COACHING RECORD:

Year	Wins	Losses	IHSAA Tourney
1980	21	9	Sectional Champions
1981	21	5
1982	19	11
1983	21	10
1984	20	11
1985	29	7	Sectional Champions
1986	23	10	Sectional Champions
1987	21	8
1988	19	12
1989	19	12	Sectional Champions
1990	24	5
1991	24	7	Sectional Champions
1992	25	6	Sectional Champions
1993	25	10	Sectional, Regional Champions
1994	26	8	Sectional, Regional Champions
1995	21	9	Sectional Champions
1996	20	10	Sectional Champions
1997	28	7	Sectional, Regional Champions
1998	23	8
1999	18	12
2000	26	6	Sectional Champions
2001	25	5
2002	25	5	Sectional Champions
2003	27	7	Sectional, Regional, State Finalist
2004	26	8	Sectional, Regional, Semi-State, State Runner - Up
2005	33	2	Sectional, Regional, Semi-State, STATE CHAMPS
2006	25	8	Sectional Champions
2007	25	10	Sectional, Regional Champions
2008	30	2	Sectional, Regional Champions
Total	689	230

Tim Gutowski enters his 5^th year as an assistant varsity coach at Andrean. Tim is a 1994 graduate of Andrean where he earned 7 varsity letters in baseball, basketball and football. Tim was an all-state selection in baseball his senior year a member of the Indiana North/South All-Star team, first team All-Area second baseman, two-time team captain and team MVP. He was very instrumental in helping Andrean winning its first 2 regional championships in 93 and 94. Tim went on to play collegiate baseball at Valparaiso University where he lettered all 4 years. Tim is the only switch hitter Coach Pishkur has ever coached. Tim is married to the former Mary Burkman. They reside in Crown Point and are members of St. Mary Parish in Crown Point.

Dan Held is beginning his first year as a varsity assistant at Andrean. Dan is a Wisconsin native that is new to Northwest Indiana. He played collegiate ball at Waukesha County Tech College and was drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in 1993 where he started his 9 year professional career. In 1996 Dan hit 26 home runs and drove in 92 runs. In his minor league career Dan hit 121 home runs as a 1^st baseman. Dan served as a professional coach for 5 years and in 2006 was the assistant bullpen coach for the World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals. Dan is currently the Executive Director for the prestigious Indiana Bulls Baseball Program. Dan and his wife Lynn have two children, a daughter Tea who is 4 and a son, Boston who is 2 months. The Held’s are members of St. Patrick Catholic Church in Chesterton.

Sam Hutton begins his 11^th year as the junior varsity coach at Andrean High School. Sam has been very active in the Dyer little league program for many years. He was the head coach of 5 state championship teams during his illustrious coaching career. Sam is a graduate of Hammond High where he played football, basketball and baseball. Sam is a 1986 graduate of Purdue University and is currently employed at Frontier Construction. Sam and his wife Dana have four children: Kate, Stephen, 23 a 2002 graduate of Andrean, the twins Sammy and Megan are currently seniors at Andrean. The Hutton’s reside in Dyer and are members of St. Maria Goretti’s Catholic Church.

Alan Myszkowski begins his first year at Andrean as the varsity pitching coach. Alan is a 200 graduate of Hanover Central High School and Tri-State College . Alan played baseball at Hanover Central and was all-conference in his senior year. He played for the Lowell American Legion earning the Silver Slugger Award in 2000 and 2001. His coaching resume includes JV assistant in 2004, JV head coach in 2005 and varsity head coach in 2006 all at Hanover Central. He currently has been the lead pitching instructor at Diamond Kings in St. John since 2006.

Ryne Pishkur begins his 2^nd stint as a coach for Andrean. In 2005 Ryne was the head freshman coach as the team went 18-8. Ryne is a 2004 graduate of Andrean where he played football, basketball and baseball. He was a three year letterman in baseball and started on the 2003 team, the first team to make it to the state finals and the 2004 team that was state runner-up losing to #1 ranked New Palestine 3-2. Ryne had the biggest hit of the decade in his senior year when he hit a 3 run home run against Western in the semi-state erasing a 2 run deficit helping Andrean reach the state championship. Ryne was a team captain in his senior year. He is currently finishing up his teaching degree at Indiana University Northwest majoring in History. He hopes someday to teach and coach at the high school or collegiate level.