Luisa Gauci Joins The Brewers Minor League Staff.
Luisa Gauci has had a trailblazer’s career in her playing days and more subsequent coaching responsibilities. Can her modern approach to the game significantly enhance the Brewers’ minor-league hitters?
Luisa Gauci has a reputation as a strong modern baseball mind, with four years of experience with Driveline baseball, bringing a special data-driven set of talents to the coaching post that should bring a lot of enthusiasm to the Brewers minor league affiliates. Her journey from Australia to the minor league coach is intriguing, and it might benefit the forward-thinking Brewers enormously.
Gauci left Brisbane, Australia, at the age of 16 to pursue her baseball dreams, becoming the first woman to earn a baseball scholarship in the North West Atlantic Conference; she was only growing up in the sport because her mother mistook baseball for softball… and the baseball field was five minutes closer to home. Her colleagues in LA were taken away at first, but to quote one of them, “She’s a hustler, and she can ball.” From there, she acquired a job with the baseball institution “Driveline,” an organization that employs expert motion capture technology, tailored coaching, and physical therapy to teach young players.
For the last four years, Gauci has worked with the best resources baseball affords, bringing her modernized experience to play for the Brewers’ young, pliable talent. With high-upside batters like Cooper Pratt, Eric Bitonti, Yophery Rodriguez, and others, Gauci will no doubt be champing at the bit to get into her new job.
Gauci was asked about her ambitions after her scholarship, to which she said:
“After I transfer to a four-year [university], I’m planning on working in professional baseball,” she said. “I want to work on the field not only in the front office. So ideally, I can be a bench coach one day, a first base coach, or pretty much anything on the field.”
It seems she’s well on the road to unlocking her dreams. Best of luck, Luisa!
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