Former O'Gorman baseball standout Dusty Coleman was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in 2008. Since then, he's been slowly working his way through the minor league system. And he wants kids searching for their big league dreams to learn from his example.

For the second year in a row, Coleman hosted a baseball clinic at Augustana. He started the event so kids would be able to get in a spring training mindset, even at the end of November.

"A lot of these kids, I know they love baseball, and it's hard being from South Dakota where most of the time, it's too cold to go outside in the winter," Coleman said.  "So it's good to get them inside throwing the baseball, playing catch, doing ground balls, and to keep it in mind a little bit for their season."

In the two years since he was drafted, Coleman says he's gone through good streaks, bad streaks, injuries and everything in-between. But he understands it's just part of his journey to the majors.

"Minor leagues is a tough life," Coleman said.  "I mean, granted, you're playing baseball, so it's fun and it never gets that tough. But you're playing every single day, you're with a lot of guys who maybe aren't the same age as you. You have some older guys, some younger guys. But if you don't ever quit, and they don't cut you, you know you're going to make it, so that's the mentality you got to take into it."

Coleman says hosting this clinic is a way to give back to Sioux Falls. And he wants kids to understand that, as he's finding out, goals take time.

"We try to instill that they have to have their routines," Coleman said.  "And they have to work hard outside their games and be disciplined themselves to try and get themselves better during the season, out of season, all that stuff. It takes work, it takes patience, but it's a fun game to play."

Coleman split his time last season with the Kane County Cougars and the Stockton Ports, both Class-A affiliates of Oakland. The 22-year-old batted .247 with nine home runs and 50 RBI