Staff
John Wilson
Owner:
*1998 Freshman All American University of Kentucky
*1999 All American University of Kentucky
*1999 15th Round Draft Pick Minnesota Twins
*1999 USA National Team
*2000 All American University of Kentucky
*2000 11th Round Draft Pick New York Mets
*2000 New York Penn League (A) All Star
*2003 AAA Rule IV Draft Pick Montreal Expos
*2005 Eastern League (AA) All-Star
*2006 Opened Lexington Baseball School in Chevy Chase
*2008 Relocated Lexington Baseball School to Southside Lexington
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Ben Shaffar
Pitching Instructor:
*1996 KHSBCA East-West All-Star (Meade County)
*Pitched collegiate baseball at the University of Kentucky (1997-1999), Butler University(1996)
*Drafted in the 6th RD by the Chicago Cubs (1999)
*Pitched professionally for 8 seasons: Philadelphia Phillies (AAA), Pittsburgh Pirates (AAA-AA), Cincinnati Reds (A), Chicago Cubs (A).
*2002 Eastern League All-Star (DNP)
*Former pitching instructor at The Player’s Dugout (Elizabethtown, KY): 2000-2002
*Former pitching instructor at All-Star Baseball Academy (Philadelphia, PA):2004-2005
*Former pitching instructor at Big League’s Baseball Academy (Newtown, PA):2005-2006
Mark Michael
Pitching Instructor:
*1999 Senior year at Lexington Catholic - MVP of High School Baseball State Championship
*1999 Named USA Today Kentucky High School Player of the Year
*2000-2001 Pitched at University of Kentucky- Selected Freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball
*2002-2003 Pitched at University of South Florida- Started 2nd Round Regional against #1 ranked Florida State
*2003-2005 Signed Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates- Played 3 seasons minor league
*2006-2007 Spent two seasons with the Northern Independent League Fargo-Moorehead Redhawks
*2006 Selected to the Western Division all-Star Team- Named MVP of the Northern League Championship Series
*2008-Present Currently with the Winnepeg Gold Eyes- Northern Independent League
John Shelby
5th Round Pick of Chicago White Sox
First Wildcat with 35 HR's and 35 steals
Son of Former 1st Rounder and 13 year vet/ current major league coach John
Shelby (1979)
Cited by Baseball America as the Best Athlete in the 2006 White Sox draft class ... batted .272 (68-for-250) with eight home runs and 36 RBIs in his first professional season with Rookie-level Great Falls ... made 43 appearances at second base and 22 at shortstop ... hit his first career home run on 6/23 at Billings.
Aaron McGlone:
* Mr. Baseball Kentucky: 1996
* Most Career games of any player in the history of UK baseball: 222
* Most Career games started of any player in the history of UK baseball: 212
* #2 Career Home run record holder
* Most Career Total Bases in the history of UK baseball: 444
* #2 most Career overall hits in UK baseball
* #2 most Career at-bats: 840
Kevin Bishop:
-2005 1st team All Region
-2005 Connie Mack World Series Champion (East Cobb Yankees)
-2006 Geaorgia 5A State Champion
-2006 1st team All Region
-2007 Valley League All-Star
-2007 academic all SEC
-2008 academic all SEC
-2008 sunbelt league all-star
Jordan McPherson
Softball/Fast Pitch Instructor:
Female Athlete of the Year (2008) University of Nevada
First conference all team (2008) University of Nevada
Second team all conference (2006)
Pitcher of the week in her conference multiple times in her career and team pitcher of the year all the years with University of Nevada
W.A.C. tournament MVP (2006)
Pitched every inning of the conference tournament (41 innings) without giving up an earned run.
Two NCAA appearances
Team captain 2 years in a row
Pre season Pitcher of the Year (2008)
W.A.C. tournament team
Jason Greene
Instructor 10 and under (pitching/hitting):
*2003 1st Team All-Dominion District-Clover Hill- Utility
*2004 1st Team All-Dominion District-Clover Hill- 3B
*2004 Perfect Game Northeast Top Prospect
*2005 1st Team All-Dominion District-Clover Hill- DH
*2005 American Legion Tournament MVP
