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COPYRIGHT © 2020 #GAMEDAYFAN PRINTED ON POST CONSUMER PAPER VARSITY SCHEDULE 2020 WHEELER BASEBALL DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME 2/10 Cherokee Home 5:55 PM 3/10 Newnan Away 5:30 PM 2/11 Kell Away 5:55 PM 3/13 Newnan Home 5:55 PM 2/12 Osborne Away 5:55 PM 3/17 East Coweta Away 5:30 PM 2/15 North Cobb (DH) Away 1:00 PM 3/20 East Coweta Home 5:55 PM 2/17 Roswell Away 5:55 PM 3/24 Campbell Home 5:30 PM 2/19 Osborne Home 5:55 PM 3/27 Campbell Away 5:55 PM 2/21 South Forsyth Home 5:55 PM 3/30 Westlake Home 5:30 PM 2/22 Woodland Home 1:00 PM 4/01 Pebblebrook Away 5:30 PM 2/25 Westlake Home 5:30 PM 4/03 Newnan Away 5:55 PM Sprayberry/ 1:00PM/ 2/27 Dominion Christian Home 5:30 PM 4/10 Home Mceachern 3:00 PM 2/28 Westlake Away 5:55 PM 4/11 Kennesaw Mtn Home 1:00 PM 3/03 Pebblebrook Away 5:30 PM 4/14 East Coweta Away 5:30 PM 3/06 Pebblebrook Home 5:55 PM 4/15 Campbell Home 5:30 PM 3/09 Dominion Christian Away 5:30 PM HOME GAME AWAY GAME TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. FOR UPDATES VISIT: MAXPREPS.COM A MESSAGE FROM THE Mark Collins >> VARSITY HEAD COACH Coach Collins is in his fourth season as head HEAD COACH baseball coach for Wheeler High School. He has led the Wildcats to the state playoffs in his first three seasons. He is a graduate of Morristown West High On behalf of the Wheeler coaching staff, I would like to welcome School in Morristown, Tennessee, where he played everyone to the 2020 baseball season. The staff and players are baseball for Hall of Fame Coach Brumley Greene. Coach excited about this season and hope to make everyone associated Collins played one year at Walters State Community with our program proud of our efforts on the field, in the classroom, College and finished his career playing at Georgia College and in the community. The game of baseball offers more to our and State University in Milledgeville, Georgia where he students than wins and losses. For many, it is a game that teaches was a career .320 hitter and voted team captain his them life skills such as teamwork and practice, while also providing senior year. After college, Coach Collins worked for the a platform for kids to showcase what their long hours of preparation Atlanta Police Department where he received the Blue Star have produced. Medal (injured in the line of duty) from Mayor Bill Campbell and two commendations for drug enforcement from Garfield To all of the parents, thank you for all of the sacrifices you have made Hammonds, head of the DEA. Coach Collins spent 14 years over the years and for your support. A lot of what happens is not as head baseball coach at South Cobb High School as well possible without your help. "The game as serving as head fast pitch softball coach for six years. He of baseball was named Metro Coach of the Year by the Marietta Umpires Finally, thank you to the many sponsors that have made this media Association in 2011 and 2016 Softball Coach of the Year by the guide possible. There is a tremendous amount of gratitude for how offers more to Marietta Daily Journal. He also began serving as Wheeler’s this will help our program. our students head softball coach during the 2019-2020 school year. Coach Collins and his wife Janice have a son, David, who than wins and is the pitching coach at Pell City, Alabama, and a daughter, Mark Collins Becky, an assistant baseball and softball coach at Wheeler Varsity Head Coach losses..” and medical student. COACHING STAFF 2020 WHEELER BASEBALL Parker Madden >> VARSITY HEAD ASSISTANT COACH Coach Madden is in his second year at Wheeler. He was a three year varsity baseball and football letterman at Kell High School, where he was region baseball player of the year his senior year and an Atlanta Braves 400 Club award winner. He then attended Snead State Community College for two years where he started over 100 games in center field and received two Golden Glove awards. After Snead State, he played second base, third base, and right field at the University of West Alabama, and graduated with a bachelor's degree in exercise science. He is obtaining his Master’s in Education at Georgia State University. He currently teaches at Wheeler and is a professional instructor at 643 DP Athletics. He also assists with Wheeler’s softball team. Parker and his wife Mackenzie reside in Kennesaw, Georgia. Rebecca Collins >> ASSISTANT COACH Becky Collins is a graduate of Emmanuel College where she played softball and was on academic and athletic scholarships. She graduated from South Cobb High School where she was first team all-region four years, first team All-Cobb County three years, and second team all-state. As a four year starter at catcher for Emmanuel, she was a freshman Academic All- American and was selected for the Division 2 World Series All-Tournament team. This is her first season coaching baseball at Wheeler, where she will work with hitters and catchers. Keith Fitzgerald >> ASSISTANT COACH Keith Fitzgerald is the Physical Education Specialist at Sedalia Park Elementary School. He has been with the Cobb County School System for 17 years and also coaches for Wheeler’s softball program. A father of two, Keith has been coaching youth sports for 18 years. This is his sixth season as part of the Wheeler Baseball program. Coach Fitzgerald received his undergraduate from the University of Dayton and his Master’s from the University of Scranton. He and his wife Liz have been married 25 years and have been active volunteers in various extra-curricular programs at Wheeler High School. Gary Lammie >> JUNIOR VARSITY HEAD COACH Gary Lammie is in his first season as coach of the junior varsity team. Born in Pennsylvania, he is a graduate of John F. Kennedy High School in Willingboro, New Jersey, where he played catcher for three years of varsity baseball. He also played two years of club baseball for the local community college and men's senior baseball at the over 20-30-40 levels. He has coached youth baseball for 25 years, including over nine years of managing and coaching travel baseball, and has served on the East Marietta National Little League Board of Directors for over ten years. He has been married to Patty Lammie for 20 years and has five children. Zack Halfacre Caitlin Griffin Jordan Hartzell GROUNDS CREW TEAM MANAGER TEAM MANAGER VARSITY ROSTER 2020 WHEELER BASEBALL # NAME YR POS 1 CARSON FELTON 10 MIF 2 MICHAEL PORTER JR. 11 OF 3 CHRISTIAN LAMMIE 11 P 4 TATE ALSTON 10 P 5 JOSH MUSSER 11 MIF 6 MATTHEW MEJIA 10 1B 7 CURTIS HUFFMAN 10 IF 8 DREW MARSHALL 9 C/IF 9 JAYDEN BROWN 10 OF 10 JEREMY PAYNE 12 P/1B 11 EVAN JAMESON 12 P 12 WILLIAM MAHONEY 11 C/IF 13 NICK STILES 12 P/OF 20 BEN BOWMAN 11 P/1B 21 LEO GIANNONI 12 P/1B 23 CJ BRENNAN 9 IF 24 FREDDY HARTZELL 10 P/OF VARSITY TEAM 2020 WHEELER BASEBALL @WHEELERHIGH_BB WWW.WHEELERBASEBALL.ORG VARSITY SENIORS VARSITY SENIORS 2020 WHEELER BASEBALL VARSITY UNDERCLASSMEN2020 WHEELER BASEBALL 2020 WHEELER BASEBALL 1 Carson Felton 2 Michael Porter Jr. 3 Christian Lammie 4 Tate Alston 10 MIF 11 OF 11 P 10 P 10 Jeremy Payne 11 Evan Jameson 13 Nick Stiles 12 P/1B 12 P 12 P/OF 5 Josh Musser 6 Matthew Mejia 7 Curtis Huffman 8 Drew Marshall 11 MIF 10 1B 10 IF 9 C/IF 9 Jayden Brown 12 William Mahoney 20 Ben Bowman 23 CJ Brennan 10 OF 11 C/IF 11 P/1B 9 IF 21 Leo Giannoni 12 P/1B “Baseball is “It’s hard to beat ninety percent a person who mental.