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LABCA Updates: April 2019
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Executive Director and Local Teams Visit Miracle Leagues
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BCA Executive Director, Barry Dean, has been on a tour of our state's Miracle Leagues and has been joined by local high school and college baseball teams volunteering their time, in-season, to help out our Miracle League players. The Miracle League tour has consisted of Prattville Miracle League, Dothan Miracle League, Huntsville Miracle League, Andalusia Miracle League, Hoover Miracle League, Moody Miracle League, Jasper Miracle League, and the grand opening of the Troy Miracle League. Barry will visit the remaining five Miracle Leagues in the next two weeksand would love for you to join him if you're able. His tentative schedule: Opelika (April 20th), Cullman (April 25th), Gardendale (April 26th), Tuscaloosa (April 27th), and Montgomery (May 4th). Please contact Barry ahead of time at (334) 676- 0434 to schedule your team to help.
Teams involved in volunteering included: Houston Academy, Northview High School, Providence Christian, Northside High School, Emmanuel Christian, Prattville High School, Huntsville High School, Calhoun Community College, Madison County High School, Andalusia High School, Hoover High School, Parker High School, Pell City High School, Leeds High School, Jasper High School, Curry High School, and Troy University.
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Calhoun CC and Madison County at Huntsville ML
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Parker HS players at the Hoover ML
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Troy Univ. players at grand opening in Troy
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Prattville HS at Prattville ML
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Andalusia HS at Andalusia ML
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Huntsville HS head coach, Luke Lamm, at Huntsville ML
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Dothan area high schools participate at the first annual Picnic at the Park: Northview, Houston Academy, Emmanuel Christian, Providence Christian, and Northside Academy
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Jasper HS and Curry HS at Jasper ML
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LABCA Executive Director elected to ACCC Hall Of Fame
Barry Dean elected to Alabama Community College Conference Hall of Fame for Meritorious Service
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Barry is currently the President / Executive Director of the Alabama Baseball Coaches Association, a position he's held since 2000. This position was a volunteer/stipend position from 2000 - 2009 until success of the association allowed him to make the position full-time from 2009 until now. Barry's last coaching stint was at Lawson State Community College in Birmingham, Alabama from 2006-2009 where he was the Head Baseball Coach and Health and Physical Education Instructor.
Barry has coached a total of 17 years: two on the high school level, nine on the community college level, and six on the four-year college level. He began his coaching career at Troy University in 1990 as a graduate assistant, where he earned his masters degree in health and physical education and his K-12 teacher certification. During the summers of 1994 and 1995, he managed the Hornell Dodgers of the NCAA-Sanctioned Upstate New York Collegiate Summer league. In 1998 and 1999, Barry traveled to England, Germany, Brazil and Nicaragua as an Envoy Coach with Major League Baseball International and has also traveled to the Dominican Republic on several occasions to conduct baseball clinics.
Barry has served as an umpire on the high school, community college, and four-year collegiate level for several years, most recently in 2004. He attended the Harry Wendelstedt Professional Umpire School in January of 2000 and the Music City Collegiate Umpire Camp in Nashville in the fall of 2003. In 2002, Barry had the rare distinction of umpiring a spring game at Mississippi State and then working their baseball camp that summer as a coach.
Barry has twice been a featured speaker at the American Baseball Coaches Association National Convention-- 2007 in Orlando and 2013 in Chicago. He also had the privilege of speaking at the National High School Baseball Coaches Association Convention in Nashville in 2010 and was the Alabama Baseball Coaches Association's 2010 Distinguished Service Award Recipient.
His love of the Alabama Community College system of athletics began when he walked on to play baseball at Chattahoochee Valley Community College (CVCC) in the fall of 1983. He red-shirted his first year in order the get physically stronger, while practicing with the team every day and traveling with the team to coaching first base during the spring. It's at this time his love of coaching developed. Barry was voted team captain by his teammates his third year at CVCC, while the Pirates won the 1986 ACCC State Championship. The pinnacle of his playing career was when Barry was voted all-state tournament designated hitter at the 1986 state tournament.
Of all the years Barry has played, coached, and umpired on various levels, he admits that he's enjoyed his time spent on the two-year college level the most. As Executive Director of the Alabama Baseball Coaches Association, Barry has greatly enjoyed his time serving the community college players and coaches by hosting the Community College Fall Classic from 2005-2017, in which all or majority of the community colleges participate. This event allows the players great exposure to many four-year college coaches and professional scouts throughout the southeast. He has also enjoyed and been honored to organize, promote, sponsor, and run the community college fall sophomore workouts since the mid-2000's. This event provides all north and south community college sophomores an invitation to attend one-day workouts, often in front on 30 - 40 four-year college coaches and professional scouts. Barry will be honored May 11 at the Community College State Baseball Tournament at Eagle Stadium in Ozark before the 7 p.m. game.
"Barry has raised the awareness of baseball in Alabama. By being involved with our teams, he is able to get our student-athletes exposure and notoriety. Barry is about the student-athletes, and that clearly shows."-- Dean Myrick (ACCC Commisioner).
(Story from www.acccathletics.com)
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2019 Scholarship Recipients
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BCA Scholarship Recipients to be honored May 18 during game two of the 7A Championship Series...
Since the 2005 - 2006 school year, the Alabama Baseball Coaches Association has awadred four scholarships to graduating seniors who participated in the A
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BCA Underclassmen Regional Workouts the spring before. The recipients must turn in an application by the second week of September of their senior year to be considered for a scholarship. The money must be used during their freshman year of college for school and/or living expenses and is sent directly to the college the student-athlete is attending. The 2018-2019 Scholarship Recipients below will be honored May 18, 2019 at Montgomery’s Riverwalk Stadium during the second game of the AHSAA 7A Championship Series.
Greyson Layton – Brantley High School
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BCA Student-Athlete of the Year/Joe Mason Scholarship Recipient ($2,000).
Brock Huner –
Charles Henderson High School ($1,500).
Lawson Scarbrough –
Charles Henderson High School ($1,500).
Payne Watts –
Elmore County High School ($1,500).
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2019 Unsigned Senior Workout
When/Where:
Sunday, May 19 at Auburn University at Montgomery (AUM).
* Colleges committed to being at this workout (as of April 1): Bevill-Fayette, Bishop State Calhoun State, Central Alabama, Chattahoochee Valley, Coastal AL-East, Coastal AL-North, Coastal AL-South, Enterprise State, Lawson State, Snead State, and Wallace-Selma.
Who May Attend:
Any 2019 Senior High School Baseball Player – AHSAA, AISA, Home Schooled, Christian School Association.
Click the link below for more information and to register.
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2019 Underclassmen Regional Workouts
Any AHSAA, AISA, Christian School Association, or Home School student-athletes (c/o 2020-2024) may attend
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of the three workouts in their half of the state. Click links below for information and pre-registration. Workouts will run from May 28-30.
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