Lexington Baseball School
Kentucky's Premier Sports Facility
Instructors
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Owner/Hitting/Catching
 
-1998 Freshman All American University of Kentucky
-1999 All American University of Kentucky
- University of Kentucky Record Holder:  Homeruns (Season) 23;  Homeruns (Career) 50
-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




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

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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.


 
  


Keenan Wiley
-  University of Kentucky- three year starting centerfielder
-  2008 Cape Cod league summer All-Star
-  2010 Free agent sign (Atlanta Braves)




 
 


 



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