18 Gold Silver Bullets

Coaches

Steve Wallo
Manager/Head Coach

Steve Wallo is in his 34th year of coaching and his seventh year managing and coaching this program. In 2005, Wallo moved his Beaverton Blaze 14A team to 16A then to the Oregon Silver Bullets organization in 2006 and finally to 18 Gold in 2007.

Wallo spent the early part of his coaching career coaching several sports at the junior high and high school levels. Included in his experience are head baseball positions at Marshall and Jesuit High Schools. He also was the head American Legion Coach at Wilson High. At the prep level he also coached football, basketball and skiing. Wallo moved to the collegiate level in 1988 and spent over 17 years as a college coach and then athletics administrator at the NCAA III level.

In the early-1990s, Wallo started coaching at the youth level with both Little League and Junior baseball. Coach Wallo started assisting with softball in 2000 and took over the Blaze 14A team in 2004. His teams have qualified for ASA Nationals five of the past six years, at 14A, at 16A twice and in 2008 and 2010 at 18 Gold. His 2005 14A team won the 14A Northwest Regional, while his 2007 16A team won the Oregon State Championship and placed 13th at the ASA Nationals. The 2008 OSB 18 Gold team advanced to Oklahoma City and Gold Nationals after winning the NW Regional Championship. Last year, the Bullets advanced to the Gold National Tournament hosted in Marietta, Georgia.

Coach Wallo’s son Bryan is an assistant coach for the Bullets while his daughter Megan, a former Silver Bullet member, is a softball student-athlete at Portland State University. She will also serve as an assistant coach during the summer season. Steve and his wife, Cindy, live in Aloha.

Sara Stauffer
Assistant Coach-Pitching

Sara Stauffer is in her fourth year as an assistant with the Silver Bullets. A standout pitcher at Central Catholic High, Stauffer was part of dominant 3-time Mt. Hood Conference Championship program. Her teams finished as a state runner-up once and won the 1999 big school state championship. Stauffer played ASA for several teams in the local area, including the Silver Bullets. After high school, Stauffer played at both Linfield College and then Pacific Lutheran University. She graduated in 2005 from PLU. Stauffer was honored twice with Northwest Conference Pitcher-of-the-Week mentions. Coach Stauffer works primarily with the Silver Bullet’s pitching staff. Sara is currently a teacher and assistant varsity softball coach at Central Catholic High. She and her husband, Scott, live in Milwaukie, OR. They are proud parents of Henry, born in 2010.

Bryan Wallo
Assistant Coach

Coach Bryan Wallo is in his fourth year assisting with the Oregon Silver Bullets. Bryan is a 2004 graduate of Central Catholic High where he played football and baseball. A catcher, team captain and team MVP his senior year, Wallo was the battery-mate of future Oregon State University stars, Kevin Gunderson and Marc Grbrvac. Bryan was the catcher for the 2005 Beaverton Ringor team that missed the Senior Babe Ruth World Series by just one game. Wallo went on to spend two years as a starter behind the plate at Lewis & Clark College. At Lewis & Clark, Wallo played for former major leaguer, Justin Baughman. Wallo works primarily with hitters as well as catchers. Bryan will graduate from Warner Pacific College in Spring 2010.

Megan Wallo
Assistant Coach

Megan Wallo was an inaugural member of the team that evolved into the Oregon Silver Bullets Gold. She was a 4-year starter at Central Catholic High in centerfield, a position she also played for the Bullets. A 3-time, first-team, All-Mt. Hood League selection, Wallo was also honored in 2007 as a third^-team All-State pick and in 2009 as a first-team All-State selection. Her 2007 Central Catholic team was a 6A state championship runner-up. Megan started her collegiate career at Central Arizona College. After spending the 2009 Fall with the Vaquera’s, Wallo transferred to Portland State University and now plays for the Vikings. Megan will work primarily with the Silver Bullet outfielders, base runners and slappers.