Our 2022 Sunbelt Coach of the Year is Micah Owings of the Gainesville Gol’Diggers! Coach Owings led the Gol’Diggers to win the championship after a 25-7 season!
This weeks Player of the Week is Matthew Rose from the Gainesville Gol’Diggers. Rose had 9 hits in his 13 at bats over the last week. He had 6 runs and had 2 RBIs. He also had a home run and ended the week with a .692 BA. Matthew is a freshman at the University of South Florida.
Have a day! Erik Smith (
@Smith14Erik
) hit for the cycle today to lead the Prospect Division Astros to a win over the Prospect Patriots. [4-5, single, double, triple, HR, 3 runs scored and 6 RBI.] {photo by
@DanVoiceMan91
}
We are proud to announce the addition of the Waleska Wild Things, who will play at Reinhardt University this season. We look forward to a bright future between the Wild Things and Reinhardt Athletics.
@RU_Eagles
To round out our post season awards, we would like to congratulate Micah Owings on being named SBL Coach of the Year! Coach Owings lead the Gainesville Gol’Diggers to their 2nd SBL championship! He is now back to back SBL Champions and back to back Coach of the Year!
On behalf of the players, coaches, general managers, umpires, announcers and volunteers who make up the Sunbelt League, we are wishing Brandon Hill a speedy recovery. He and his family remain in our thoughts and prayers.
One of our brothers, Brandon Hill, suffered an arm injury while pitching in our game yesterday. We want to wish Brandon a speedy and successful recovery.
Sad news regarding the death of Mo Turner yesterday. A longtime Sunbelt umpire, he was one of the best at his trade and was well loved by players, coaches, staff, and peers. Our thoughts and prayers are with him and his family. He will truly be missed.
Proudly introducing our 2022 Sunbelt Prospect Team! Wish these guys luck as they travel to Liberty to compete in the showcase against other leagues from around the country!! Links for tickets or livestream are in our bio!
This weeks Pitcher of the Week is Brendan Parks from the Atlanta Blues. Parks pitched 5 innings this week and faced 20 batters. He struck out 8 while issuing 3 walks and 1 hit. He ended the week with a 0.00 ERA. Brendan is a junior lefty at Kennesaw State University.
Charles Stephenson made 8 starts for
@BrookhavenBucks
this year and led the Sunbelt with a 1.15 ERA. The rising junior from
@BC_Baseball
also allowed no earned runs until the final week of the regular season. Congratulations Charles Stephenson!
This weeks Player of the Week is Justin Byrd from the Atlanta Crackers. He had 10 at bats and 6 hits on the week. He had a double and 2 home runs to help the Crackers clinch their playoffs spot. He had 5 RBI’s and scored 3 runs. Justin is an infielder!
Congratulations to Jonathan Martin [
@the_great8
] (of Georgia Southwestern State University) on winning the batting title, presented by Dove Tail Bats.
Zeke Lewis (University of Kentucky) of the Brookhaven Bucks and Trey Vanderpool (Trevecca Nazarene University ) of the Marietta Patriots both had 16 stolen bases to lead the SBL this year.
This weeks Player of the Week is Parker Lester from the Columbus Chatt-A-Hoots. Parker had 4 hits, runs, and RBIs on the week! He had 7 at bats with 2 home runs. He is now batting .528 on the summer. He is an infielder who plays at Mercer University! Congratulations Parker!
Pitchers Jay Pendley (
@AUG_Baseball
) of the Atlanta Crackers and Jordan Ward (
@JUBaseball
) of the Brookhaven Bucks led the SBL in wins this season.
This weeks Pitcher of the Week is Eric Moore from the Chattahoochee Monsters. Eric pitched 7 innings for the Monsters and picked up his first win! He struck out 6 while walking 3. Moore has a 1.20 ERA for the summer. He is a lefty from Columbus State University! Congratulations!
OPENING DAY IS HERE
▪️Crackers
@BrookhavenBucks
6:30
[Ogelthorpe University]
▪️🌊 @ 🛩 [Legion Field] 7pm
▪️Astros
@sunbeltpats
[Marietta High school] 7pm
Come out tonight! LET THE FUN BEGIN
Gil Navarro and his Marietta Patriots went 22-7 and won the 2017 Sunbelt Baseball League championship. Their .759 winning percentage ranks second best in league history. The
@SunbeltPats
will start to defend their title when the new season opens this Friday, June 8th.
Today’s installment of TrackMan Tuesday includes some of the biggest boppers across the league from last season. Take a look at which guys had the farthest 💣‘s throughout the ‘21 summer!
This week’s Sunbelt Pitcher of the Week is Atlanta Crackers, Ryan Suppa. He had 2 outings and ended with an ERA of 0.00. In his first outing, he had 5 Ks and 3 walks against the 14 batters. He got his first win against the bucks ending the night with 6 Ks and one walk.
We are proud to announce the addition of the Choccolocco Monsters next season! We look forward to seeing them play at Choccolocco Park! In the meantime, check out these photos from today's announcement.
Great season for Daniel Holley (
@TNTech_Baseball
), Logan Seehafer (
@CSUCougarsBSB
) and Trent Hodgdon (
@WVUBaseball
) of
@HootsOnFirst
. All three led the Sunbelt with 56 strikeouts this season. Congratulations Daniel Holley, Logan Seehafer, and Trent Hodgdon!
We are proud to announce the addition of the Lawrenceville Lynx and their owner Kirk Doyle for the 2021 season! We can't wait to see them play at Georgia Gwinnett next summer! Give them a follow at
@lvillelynx
Gainesville Gol'Diggers Kyle Henley takes the next step towards his dream. The Sunbelt League wishes you the best Kyle. It was a pleasure to watch you play this season in the SBL.