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2016 SCHEDULEDate Opponent TimeFeb. 14 Martin Methodist (DH) 12 p.m.Feb. 17 at Bryan College (DH) 4 p.m.Feb. 20 Wabash College (DH) 12 p.m.Feb. 21 Wabash College (DH) 12 p.m.Feb. 27 at West GA Tech (DH) 1 p.m. ESTMarch 4 at Pensacola State College 5 p.m.March 5 at Pensacola State College (DH) 1 p.m.March 6 at Pensacola State College 11 a.m.March 12 West GA Tech (DH) 12 p.m.March 14 Enterprise 1 p.m.March 18 Lawson State* (DH) 12 p.m.March 19 at Lawson State (DH) 12 p.m.March 24 at Shelton State* (DH) 3 p.m.March 26 Shelton State* (DH) 12 p.m.March 28 Bryan College (DH) 12 p.m.March 31 at Wallace Hanceville* (DH) 3 p.m.April 2 Wallace Hanceville* (DH) 12 p.m.April 5 Columbia State 2 p.m.April 7 Central Alabama* (DH) 12 p.m.April 9 at Central Alabama* (DH) 2 p.m.April 12 at Delgado TBDApril 13 at Delgado (DH) 3 p.m.April 14 at Delgado (DH) 3 p.m.April 21 at Calhoun* (DH) 12 p.m.April 23 Calhoun* (DH) 12 p.m.April 26 at Columbia State 4 p.m.April 28 Marion Military* (DH) 12 p.m.April 30 at Marion Military* (DH) 12 p.m.May 5 at Southern Union* (DH) 2 p.m.May 7 Southern Union** (DH) 12 p.m.

Home GameAway Game (DH) - Double Header* - ACCC Conference Games ** - Sophmore Day, ACCC Conference Game

Coaching Staff...................................................42016 Season Preview.......................................62015 Season Review........................................8Scorecard...................................................12-13Meet the Parsons......................................14-19 Boosters...........................................................23

WHAT’S INSIDE

SNEAD STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGEQUICK FACTS

LOCATION.............................................Boaz, ALFOUNDED...................................................1898PRESIDENT ................Dr. Robert Exley [2008]ATHLETIC DIRECTOR..................Mark RichardENROLLMENT ..........................................2,258MASCOT ..................................................ParsonCOLORS.......................................Blue and GoldATHLETIC FACILITIESPlunkett-Wallace Gymnasium, Plunkett Field (Baseball), Lady Parsons Field (Softball), SSCC Tennis CourtCONFERENCE........................NJCAA and ACCCNational Junior College Athletic Association, Alabama Community College ConferenceWEBSITE..................................www.snead.eduPHONE.........................................256-571-0661

BASEBALL CONTACT INFORMATION (256) 840-4139

Head Coach Gerry Ledbettergledbetter@snead.edu

Assistant Coach Casey Underwoodcunderwood@snead.edu

@SneadStateBaseball SneadBaseball

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COACHING STAFFSNEADSTATE BASEBALL

COACHING STAFFLEADING THE PARSONS

GERRYLEDBETTER

HEAD COACH24TH SEASON

[Hometown] Boaz, Alabama[School] Boaz High School (1965), Jacksonville State University (1969)[Wife] Carolyn [Children] Luke (Misty) and Stephen; [Grandson] Dalton

Coach Ledbetter is entering his 24th season as the head baseball coach at Snead State Community College. During his tenure at Snead, he has had 12 players sign professional contracts, and over 190 players sign four-year scholarships. He has been involved in sports camps and numerous community service activities as the leader of the Parsons. He attends First Baptist Church in Boaz.

PLAYING EXPERIENCE[1965-69] Jacksonville State*All-Conference - 3 years*NAIA Little All-American (Excelled in centerfield and batted .406)*Hit a record .325 or better each of the four years

COACHING EXPERIENCE[1969-1971] Sardis High School[1971-1972] Cleburn County[1972-1992] Douglas High School[1992-Present] Snead State*Alabama Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame (2016) and Marshall County Sports Hall of Fame Inductee (2010)

CASEYUNDERWOOD

ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH11TH SEASON

[Hometown] Glades Day, Florida[School] Glades Day High School (2003), Snead State (2007), Ashford University (2012)

Coach Underwood is entering his 11th season at SSCC. He puts a lot of effort and time into seeing his student-athletes succeed on the field and in the classroom. The 2014 team had an impressive 100-percent graduation rate and a 92-percent combined graduation rate over the past two seasons. He maintains the booster program and oversees the team’s fall league, 20-for-20 fundraiser, and annual golf tournament. He also oversees 86 students and six resident assistants in the dorm.

PLAYING EXPERIENCE[2003-2005] Snead State* Came to Snead State as a walk-on baseball player from Glades Day School in Florida in 2003 and earned a baseball scholarship after one semester. He’s been atSnead State ever since.

COACHING EXPERIENCE[2005-Present] Snead State*2014 Assistant Baseball Coach of the Year *2014 ACCS Chancellor’s Award * ALABCA Board Member* Associate Scout for the Atlanta Braves

JERRY WAYNEHALLMARK

ASSISTANT COACH15TH SEASON

[Hometown] Sardis, Alabama [School] Sardis High School (1965)[Wife] Nancy [Children] Natalie (Chris) Reaves, Jamie (Daniel) Self[Grandchildren] Leigh Allison, Hannah Kate, Cadence, Hayden, Anna, Ryann, and Ava

Coach Hallmark is entering his 15th season a SSCC Assistant Coach. He coached at Snead State from 1992-1999 and joined the Parsons again in 2010. He attends Whitesboro Baptist Church.

PLAYING EXPERIENCE[1965-67] Jacksonville State [1970-71] Jacksonville State

COACHING EXPERIENCE[1992-1999] Snead State[2010-Present] Snead State

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2016 PREVIEWWHAT TO WATCH FOR

GOALS FOR 2016The Snead State baseball team will open its 2016 season on Feb. 14 at home against Martin Methodist College.

The 41-man roster welcomes 28 freshmen. Only 13 sophomores are returning to the team.

“We have a very young team,” said Snead State Head Coach Gerry Ledbetter. “I’m excit-ed to see how our sophomores have improved and how our new freshmen class performs.”

Coach Gerry Ledbetter is entering his 24th season as the Parsons’ leader. Ledbetter was recently inducted into the Alabama Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame.

“We want to develop winners in the class-room and on the field,” said Coach Ledbet-ter. “We want to see all of our sophomores graduate, go back to the state tournament and finish in the top five in the ACCC.”

Several members of the team are graduates from local high schools including Boaz, Albertville, Arab, Gadsden, Cullman, Crossville and Geraldine.

The team finished the fall semester with a 3.0 grade point average. Five players finished the fall semester with a 4.0 grade point average – Christian Leonard from Boaz, Wesley Burns from Boaz, Josiah Buell from Greensburg, Ind., Brady Williams of Cross-ville and Brandon Matthews from Gadsden.

Last year, the team had three Academic All-Americans. The team was also named an Academic All-American team for 2014-2015.

“If you work hard in the classroom, baseball will take care of itself,” said Coach Ledbetter. “We want to be named an Academic All-American team for the second year in a row.”

“I expect our players to be model citizens. They are not only representing themselves but our College and our program as well.”

COACH LEDBETTER’S KEY PLAYERSTeam captains this season are sophomores Hunter Gilmore from Cordova and Brian Dansereau from Douglasville, Ga.

“We have Josh Letson, Jeremy Peterson, Brock Colvin and Hunter Gilmore coming back for us on the mound. Letson (0-1 with one save in 10.2 innings pitched) is from Alabaster. Jeremy Peterson (0-2 and 8.1 innings pitched) is from Birmingham. Colvin pitched 21.2 innings in 2015 and is from Albertville. He gave up 21 hits in 12 appearances with a 1.6 ERA. Gilmore was a redshirt freshman last season. He graduated from Cordova High School.

“Matt Washington is a first-baseman for us and is also a relief pitcher.” He is from Douglasville, Ga., and batted .253 with 11 RBIs last season for Snead State. “Ethan Broome of Warner Robins, Ga., transferred in as a first-baseman as well.”

“Brian Dansereau is moving from right-field to second base for us.” Brian is also from Douglasville, Ga. In 2015, he batted .278 and had 14 RBIs.

“Cristian Martinez will be returning at catch-er. Evan Finke is our freshman catcher.” The Cullman native had six RBIs and batted .265 last season. Finke is from Columbus, Ind.

“We also have freshmen pitchers Taylor Borst (Madison), Christian Leonard (Boaz), Dakota Jackman (Clewiston, Fla.), Josh Perkins (Rome, Ga.), William Guay (Palm Beach Gar-dens, Fla.) and Brady Padgett (Heflin). They’re expected to contribute a great deal of talent this season.”

“Transfer pitchers Brantley Flanagan and Nick Williams are coming from division II schools and are both expected to help mentor our young freshmen pitchers.” Flanagan is from Woodstock, Ga. Williams is a native of Rome, Ga.

“Our outfield is all freshmen – Jason Aponte from West Palm Beach, Fla, Josiah Buell from Greensburg, Ind., Larry Crisler from Colum-bus, Ind., and Orvis Cuello from Cullman.”

“We have two local guys in a good battle at third base – freshmen Wesley Burns from Boaz and Dustin Robinson from Etowah.” Both are freshmen.

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2015 SEASON REVIEW

2015 SCHEDULE [12-29]Date Opponent ScoreFeb. 11 Bryan College Lost 4-2Feb. 11 Bryan College Won 11-0Feb. 14 Wabash Valley Lost 17-13Feb. 14 Wabash Valley Lost 3-2March 6 vs. Pensacola State Lost 5-2March 7 vs. Deglado Lost 7-6March 7 vs. Delgado Lost 8-4March 8 vs. LSU Eunice Lost 10-0March 18 at Lawson State Lost 2-0March 18 at Lawson State Won 4-1March 21 Lawson State Won 8-5March 21 Lawson State Lost 5-0March 26 Shelton State Lost 12-2March 26 Shelton State Lost 7-4March 28 at Shelton State Lost 3-2March 28 at Shelton State Lost 5-1March 29 at Martin Methodist Lost 9-4March 29 at Martin Methodist Won 13-3March 31 Shorter College Won 10-0March 31 Shorter College Won 3-0April 2 Wallace Hanceville Won 10-0April 3 Wallace Hanceville Won 4-3April 4 at Wallace Hanceville Lost 5-0April 4 at Wallace Hanceville Lost 5-1April 9 at Central Alabama Lost 10-1April 9 at Central Alabama Lost 7-5April 11 Central Alabama Won 2-0April 11 Central Alabama Lost 6-3April 17 at Calhoun Won 11-8April 18 at Calhoun Lost 6-1April 19 Calhoun Won 7-4April 19 Calhoun Lost 12-2April 21 Southern Union Lost 10-0April 23 at Marion Military Lost 5-1April 23 at Marion Military Lost 7-2April 27 Marion Military Won 5-2April 27 Marion Military Lost 8-4April 30 Southern Union Lost 5-3April 30 Southern Union Lost 9-0May 2 at Southern Union Lost 9-4May 2 at Southern Union Lost 7-5

2015 NJCAA ACADEMICALL-AMERICANS

LOGAN PIERCECENTRE, AL

Superior AcademicAchievement Award

CONNOR COXTRUSSVILLE, AL

Superior AcademicAchievement Award

TYLER MAUZYPOWDER SPRINGS, GA

Exemplary AcademicAchievement Award

<<< 2015 NJCAA ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICAN TEAM >>>

CLASS OF 2015 SUCCESS

Mikhail CazenaveSamford University

Tyler MauzyUnion University

Tyler PerkinsWarner

Cole PorterMartin Methodist

Jackson PruittMartin Methodist

Nick WisePresbyterian University

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SCORECARDSNEAD STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE

POSITION PLAYERS1 MICHAEL BATTLE II4 GRAYSON BOWMAN6 ORVIS CUELLO8 LARRY CRISLER9 EVAN FINKE10 BRIAN DANSEREAU 12 CHRIS TIDWELL13 BRANDON MATTHEWS14 ETHAN BROOME16 WESLEY BURNS17 DUSTIN ROBINSON18 CALEB HARPER

PITCHERS1 MICHAEL BATTLE II2 JEREMY PATTERSON3 BRANTLEY FLANAGAN5 JOSH PERKINS7 JOSH LETSON11 DAKOTA JACKMAN15 HUNTER GILMORE19 TAYLOR BORST21 NICK WILLIAMS25 MATT WASHINGTON

20 ETHAN ABSTON22 CRISTIAN MARTINEZ23 TYLER RAY24 JASON APONTE25 MATT WASHINGTON26 JAMES PHATSADAVONG40 JOSIAH BUELL43 KEYLON HARRIS47 GARRETT WOODS48 RIDGE WATSON50 CARMINE CIOFFELETTI

27 BRADY PADGETT29 WILLIAM GUAY30 INGRAM GOOLSBY32 COURTNEY KING35 BROCK COLVIN37 NATHAN DOSS39 BRADY WILLIAMS41 JACKSON KISER44 CHRISTIAN LEONARD45 TANNER KENNEDY

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SCORECARDOPPONENT

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MICHAELBATTLE II #1

INF, P / Fr / 5-11 / 186Bats Right; Throws RightHueytown, AL

BRANTLEYFLANAGAN #3

P / So / 6-0 / 170Bats Right; Throws RightWoodstock, GA

JEREMYPETERSON #2

P / So / 6-3 / 194Bats Right; Throws RightBirmingham, AL

GRAYSONBOWMAN #4

INF / So / 6-0 / 170Bats Right; Throws RightMurfreesboro, TN

ORVISCUELLO #6

OF / Fr / 5-8 / 160Bats Right; Throws RightCullman, AL

JOSHPERKINS #5

P / Fr / 6-1 / 170Bats Left; Throws LeftRome, GA

JOSHLETSON #7

P / So / 6-2 / 190Bats Right; Throws RightAlabaster, AL

EVANFINKE #9

C / Fr / 5-11 / 205Bats Right; Throws RightColumbus, IN

LARRYCRISLER #8

OF / Fr / 6-2 / 205Bats Right; Throws RightGary, IN

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BRIANDANSEREAU #10

INF, OF / So / 5-8 / 190Bats Right; Throws RightDouglasville, GA

CHRISTIDWELL #12

INF / So / 5-9 / 165Bats Right; Throws RightKillen, AL

DAKOTAJACKMAN #11

P / Fr / 5-11 / 180Switch Hitter; Throws LeftClewiston, FL

BRANDONMATTHEWS #13

INF / Fr / 5-9 / 180Bats Right; Throws RightGadsden, AL

HUNTERGILMORE #15

P / RF / 6-3 / 240Bats Right; Throws RightCordova, AL

ETHANBROOME #14

INF / So / 6-4 / 250Bats Right; Throws RightWarner Robbins, GA

WESLEYBURNS #16

INF / Fr / 5-11 / 180Bats Right; Throws RightBoaz, AL

CALEBHARPER #18

INF / Fr / 6-0 / 205Bats Right; Throws RightAlbertville, AL

DUSTINROBINSON #17

INF / Fr / 5-10 / 215Bats Right; Throws RightGadsden, AL

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TAYLORBORST #19

P / Fr / 5-11 / 165Bats Left; Throws LeftMadison, AL

NICKWILLIAMS #21

P / So / 6-2 / 200Bats Right; Throws RightRome, GA

ETHANABSTON #20

C / Fr / 6-1 / 195Bats Right; Throws RightHuntsville, AL

CRISTIANMARTINEZ #22

C / So / 5-9 / 175Bats Right; Throws RightCullman, AL

JASONAPONTE #24

OF / Fr / 6-0 / 190Bats Left; Throws LeftWest Palm Beach, FL

TYLERRAY #23

OF / Fr / 5-11 / 175Bats Right; Throws RightOdenville, AL

MATTWASHINGTON #25

INF, P / So / 6-4 / 225Bats Right; Throws RightDouglasville, GA

BRADYPADGETT #27

P / Fr / 6-1 / 180Bats Right; Throws RightHeflin, AL

JAMESPHATSADAVONG #26

INF / Fr / 5-8 / 150Bats Right; Throws RightMuscle Shoals, AL

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WILLIAMGUAY #29

P / Fr / 6-4 / 230Bats Right; Throws RightPalm Beach Gardens, FL

BROCKCOLVIN #35

P / So / 6-0 / 175Bats Right; Throws RightAlbertville, AL

ANDREWGOOLSBY #30

P / So / 6-2 / 235Bats Left; Throws LeftSpringville, AL

NATHANDOSS #37

P / Fr / 6-0 / 185Bats Right; Throws RightCullman, AL

JOSIAHBUELL #40

INF, OF / Fr / 5-11 / 170Bats Right; Throws RightGreensburg, IN

BRADYWILLIAMS #39

P / Fr / 6-1 / 190Bats Left; Throws LeftCrossville, AL

JACKSONKISER #41

P / Fr / 5-11 / 210Bats Left; Throws LeftCordova, AL

CHRISTIANLEONARD #44

P / Fr / 6-0 / 175Bats Right; Throws RightBoaz, AL

KEYLONHARRIS #43

OF / Fr / 6-0 / 170Bats Left; Throws RightGeraldine, AL

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TANNERKENNEDY #45

Tanner Kennedy#45P / Fr / 6-0 / 205Bats Right; Throws RightGadsden, AL

RIDGEWATSON #48

Ridge Watson#48INF / Fr / 6-5 / 230Bats Left, Throws LeftArab, AL

GARRETTWOODS #47

OF / Fr / 5-7 / 175Bats Right; Throws RightCordova, AL

CARMINECIOFFOLETTI #50

INF / So / 5-11 / 220Bats Left; Throws LeftLoxahatchee, FL

QUINTONYODER

INF / RS Fr / 5-10 / 155Bats Right; Throws RightSummerville, GA

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BRICESMITH

P / RS Fr / 6-2 / 220Bats Right; Throws RightRainsville, AL

WILLSCOTT

ManagerCrossville, AL

ZACKKING

ManagerGuntersville, AL

ETHANBETHUNE

ManagerRainsville, AL

COURTNEYKING #32

P / Fr / 6-0 / 185Bats Right; Throws RightLoxahatchee, FL

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BOOSTER CLUB

INVESTING IN THE FUTURE OF SNEAD STATE BASEBALL

DBA Jack and Company Rory and Jill GlickMike’s Aluminum Specialties Inc.Monica BattleJames and Marilyn ColvinBilly ColvinBuddy McConnellSherry Bayless and David FowlerLesa Rains-MunozNena GarrettDennis and Pam ShottsBuddy Weihe

<<< DOUBLE CLUB LEVEL >>>Sharron BallardBrian SkinnerMarty KaniecWilliam PetersonBill SnuggsDan and Diane ScheidlerJeff and Amy BerkemeierJames WellsCarl DanielBrian and Celeste WootenCarolyn and Janice HumphreyKen and Nam Letson

Paul GuayWinston and Joey WilliamsMartin and Paulette Kainec

Ben and Patsy CatchingsRandy Gracvett

Eddie KingMatt Schultz

Melton and Betty SmithDan and Mary Nell Smalley

Jeffrey Gilmore

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SNEAD STATE BASEBALL CLASS OF 2015

Dale Morton<<< HOME RUN CLUB LEVEL >>>