Baseball Coaching Staff

Head Coach

Aaron Vorachek enters his seventh season as the head coach at Bossier Parish Community College. He has guided the Cavaliers to 30+ win seasons in 2007, 2008, and 2009. In 2010 former player Rennie Webber received the NJCAA D1 Big Stick Award. Last year former player Taylor Pittman was award the NJCAA Division I Defensive Player of the Year and received the 2011 NJCAA Division I Rawlings Gold Glove® Award Prior to arriving to BPCC, Coach Vorachek was working for the Florida Marlins as a scout. His coaching resume includes having coached at three Division I schools. He started his career at Portland State University as an assistant during the 1998 season. Following the ’98 season the program was dropped, so Vorachek took the volunteer position at the University of Portland, while completing his Master of Science degree, in Education. Upon completion of his masters, Vorachek moved back to his home state, Arizona, and was an assistant at Glendale Community College during the 2000 season and through the fall of 2000, until he accepted a position with the Montreal Expos, as a scout for the state of Louisiana. Coach Vorachek also served as an assistant coach at Centenary College during the 2003 season. Vorachek has been a head coach in the Northwest Collegiate League, the Arizona Junior College Summer League, the Mississippi Collegiate Summer League, and for the Shreveport Muckdogs.

As a player, Vorachek was a standout catcher at Plantation High School, in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Vorachek earned his Associate of Arts degree from Yavapai College, in Prescott, Arizona. During his career at Yavapai, Vorachek was fortunate to play each year on nationally ranked clubs, under legendary head coach Dave Dangler. Following Yavapai, Vorachek continued playing at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and the University of West Florida, which is where he earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Physical Education.

Coach Vorachek resides in Bossier City, Louisiana with his wife Lori and their three children: Tysen (11), Trace (9), and Alexa (8).

Contact Information:
Phone: 318-678-6319
Email: avorachek@bpcc.edu

Assistant Coach

Anthony "TJ" Forrest begins his 1st season as assistant baseball coach at Bossier Parish Community College.

As a freshman at Benton High School, TJ was 7-3 on the mound and earned All-District accolades. Continuing his career at Benton as a sophomore, he went 12-2 and was named All-State and All-District. He missed his junior year on the mound because of a district transfer rule making him ineligible to play for the Haughton High School Buccaneers when he transferred there. As a senior at Haughton, he set a Bucs school record for lowest ERA, had a perfect 7-0 season, and was named All-State and All-Conference. During his high school career, he went 26-5 in three seasons. He was the top high school pitching prospect in the state of Louisiana for 2006 and was also ranked the 121st best prospect in Baseball America's Top 300 High School Players of 2006. TJ was a 44th-round selection for the Florida Marlins in the 2006 Major League Baseball Draft, which he declined.

TJ was recruited during his senior year at Haughton to play baseball for the LSU Tigers. Late in the season of his senior year at Haughton, TJ was injured during a game and had to undergo Tommy John surgery in April 2006. However, he returned to the mound for LSU's first game at Centenary College on March 6, 2007. He worked 31.1 innings for the Tigers during their 2007 season, appearing in 11 games with 6 starts and a record of 2-2.

TJ elected to transfer to Bossier Parish Community College in June 2007. During the 2008 season, he had an 8-3 record with a 1.48 ERA and was a strikeout leader with 79 strikeouts in 85 innings. He was again chosen during the 2008 Major League Baseball Draft by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 32nd round, which he declined.

After graduating from BPCC, TJ was recruited by the University of Arkansas, where he lettered in baseball and graduated in May 2011 with a degree in Sociology. As a junior, he was used mainly in the starting rotation but also pitched well out of the bullpen for the Razorbacks. When the Hogs advanced to the College World Series, TJ made two appearances in Omaha for a total of 5.1 innings and three strikeouts. He left Arkansas with an 8-1 record and was named All-Fayetteville Regional Pitcher.

TJ resides in Haughton, LA, and plans to marry his high school sweetheart, Meagan Woodall in May 2012.

Assistant Coaches

Thad Markray

Taylor Pittman

Lane Huhm