C8 Catching Academy was created out of a love for catching and a desire to provide athletes with quality instruction. It is a mobile camp that brings elite level instruction directly to the players to help eliminate the time, stress, and cost of traveling to camps.  We not only provide high level instruction during camp, but also provide athletes with packets and resources to continue their development within their programs. C8 Catching camp instructors all played and/or coach at the collegiate level.

Brent Trask, Owner/Instructor  has been coaching at George Fox University as an assistant coach since 2014. A George Fox standout, Trask was named second-team All-NWC his junior season (’09) and first-team All-NWC his senior season (’10) as a catcher. He finished his career hitting .308 and played in over 60 games. He was a part of the 2009 season, in which the team won the Northwest Conference Championship and made the NCAA D-III National Tournament.

After graduating from Lebanon High School, Brent spent two years at Linn Benton Community College. He earned honorable mention as a catcher for his freshman year and earned 1st-team all-conference accolades as a sophomore.

Trask graduated from George Fox in December of 2010 earning his degree in pre-physical education. He later received his master’s degree in June 2013 from Oregon State University in physical education teacher education.

During his time at GFU, Brent played in the prestigious West Coast Summer League for the Moses Lake Pirates and then went on to play in the Western Major Baseball League in Saskatchewan Canada where the Swift Current Indians won the WMBL Championship.

Prior to his coaching position at GFU, Track spent four years coaching high school baseball mostly at Corvallis HS (2012-2014). During his high school coaching career, he coached three 1st Team All-Conference catchers, one Honorable Mention All-State receiver and two 1st Team All-State catchers. 

Coaches: Coaches that work for C8 Catching Academy have all worked closely together at camps and within collegiate teams. Coaches that work for C8 are high in character and baseball knowledge. They have proven to be excellent instructors and their philosophies on catching are aligned. This provides the players with consistent information through trusted individuals.