Batters Box News and Highlights​
Record 22 BBD 2014 College Signees!
November 2014
Congrats to the 2014 Class!
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Jake Greer (Houston HS) – Samford University
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Tristian Vaughn (Osceola HS AR) – Lyon College AR
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Chris McCullough (Columbus HS MS) – East MS
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Peyton Coleman (Collierville HS) – Chattanooga State CC
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Kendall Adkisson (Hardin County HS) – Bethel University
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Daniel Shaw (CBHS) – University of Tennessee Martin
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Hunter Mullis (Columbus HS MS) – Meridian
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Zeke Turner (Bolivar Central HS) – Jackson State CC
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Colby Poston (Brighton HS) – Christian Brothers University
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Dashawn Lindsay (South Panola HS MS) – MS Delta
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Jacob LaFosse (Tipton Rosemark HS) – Southwest Tennessee
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Austin Johnson (Fayette Academy) – Southwest Tennessee
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Mitchell Jackson (Ripley HS) – Southwest Tennessee
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Brandon Dodd (Arlington HS) – Christian Brothers University
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Justin Kemp (Germantown HS/SW TN CC) - UAB
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TJ Hollis (Lafayette HS MS) – Jones CC
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Tanner McDivitt (Brighton HS) – Middle Tennessee State University
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Dylan Fowler (Arlington HS) – Southwest Tennessee
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Kevin Hall (Collierville HS/Meridian CC) – University of North Alabama
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Kellon Hibbard (Collierville HS/Meridian CC) – University of Memphis
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Collin Davis (Bartlett HS) – Faulkner University
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Kyle Dailey (Collierville HS) - Walters State CC
Great Weekend at Vandy and Lipscomb for BBD 17U!
September 28th 2014
Batters Box DeMARINI 17U continued their winning ways this weekend by going 3-1 in Nashville at Vanderbilt and Lipscomb Universities. Two great venues for baseball and a tremendous opportunity for our guys to play at the home of the NCAA CWS 2014 National Champion Vanderbilt Commodores! BBD 17U has been on a tear winning 7 of their last 9 contests. BBD 17U and 18U will be at another tremendous SEC venue this weekend as they travel to Starkville, MS to play at Mississippi State University.
12 BBD Players Named to PG Labor Day at Lakepoint All-Tournament Team!
September18th 2014
Congrats to the 12 Batters Box DeMARINI 16-18U players that were named to the Perfect Game Labor Day at Lakepoint All-Tournament Team!
18/17U Players: Ryan Tow, CJ Fleming, Jesse Kelley, Jacob Wright, Jeff Goodwin, Luke Reno, Alex Bush, and Tyler Walton.
16U Players: Mikey Draeger, Jared Shemper, Corey Mitson, and Jordan Fowler.
Batters Box DeMARINI 16-18U Opens Up Fall Play!
September 2014
Batters Box DeMARINI 18U, 17U, and 16U-Delugach all opened up fall play Labor Day Weekend down at the amazing new Perfect Game complex at Lakepoint outside of Atlanta, GA. Great way to start the fall!
Batters Box DeMARINI ELITE 12U Wins First Fall Tournament!
August 24th 2014
Batters Box DeMARINI ELITE 12U Major went 5-0 to take home the championship in the first tournament they have played in this fall. Congrats guys!
BBD 13U GRAY Takes Home 2nd at USSSA Global WS in Destin, FL!
7/12/2014
Congrats to Batters Box DeMARINI 13U GRAY for taking home 2nd place at the USSSA Global World Series in Destin, FL! Great season guys.
Batters Box DeMARINI Elite 18U Wins the Keith Hagan Memorial All American Classic!
7/2/2014
Batters Box DeMARINI Elite 18U won the prestigious Keith Hagan Memorial All American Classic on July 2nd here in Memphis. The tournament had over 80 of the top teams from all over the country and Canada's top 18U travel team. BBD 18U went 7-0 and won the championship game 3-0 over the IL Black Sox.
BBD BLACK 11U Major Wins Their 5th Tournament of the Year in West Memphis!
5-25-2014
Congrats to BBD BLACK 11U Major for winning their 5th tournament of the year Memorial Day weekend in West Memphis, AR! They went 3-0 in the 12U open event.
BBD RED 14U Wins Their 5th Tournament of the Year!
5-4-2014
Congrats to Batters Box DeMARINI RED 14U for winning their 5th tournament of the year this weekend at Gameday! BBD RED 14U is now a stellar 31-4 on the year, great job guys!
BBD RED 14U Wins Again!
4-13-2014
Congrats to Coach Chris Dunning and BBD RED 14U for winning their second tournament of the year this weekend in Southaven! The team went 5-0 with a come back win in the championship. BBD RED 14U has won 2 out of their 3 tournaments and finished 2nd in their thrid after going 4-0 and having the championship game rained out.
4 BOX Teams Make it to the Championship Before the Rain Hits!
April 6th 2014
HUGE weekend for Batters Box DeMARINI teams! 4 of our teams made it to the championship game of their tournaments with one other team making it to the semis. All 4 championship games started, but were called due to rain. Congrats to all our coaches and teams that made it to the ship and brought hardware back to the Box: Coach Michael Willins and BBD BLACK 9U, Coach Rob Shropshire and BBD BLACK11 U, Coach Chris Dunning and BBD RED 14U, and Coach David Delugach and BBD BLACK 14U. Keep it up guys!
Batters Box DeMarini BLACK 11U Wins in Oxford, MS!
March 23rd 2014
Congrats to Coach Rob Shropshire and Batters Box DeMarini 11U BLACK for bringing home the championship from a MAJOR tournament in Oxford, MS! BBD BLACK 11U went 4-1 on the weekend. This was their first tournament of the year. Going back to the fall, BBD BLACK 11U has won 3 tournaments in a row!
Batters Box DeMarini BLACK 10U Wins the Early Bird Classic in Southaven!
March 23rd 2014
Congrats to Coach Jason Brown and Batters Box DeMarini 10U BLACK for winning the Early Bird Classic in Southaven, MS! BBD Black 10U has now finished 1st and 2nd in their two tournament so far this season!
Batters Box DeMarini RED 14U Wins Their Opening Tournament!
March 8th 2014
Congrats to Coach Chris Dunning and the Batters Box DeMarini 14U RED team for winning their opening tournament of the year in Horn Lake, MS by going 4-1!
Batters Box 8-14U Competitive Baseball... A New Era Begins!
August 2013
After years of planning, Batters Box Baseball is pleased to announce that we have now launched a youth competitive teams program for ages 8-14U!
Over the last four years, Batters Box Baseball has built a nationally recognized 15-18U fall and summer elite prospects team program. These teams compete at the highest national level and have been hugely successful sending over 50 players on to college baseball in the last 3 years alone. Over the last 20 years, literally hundreds of Batters Box players and clients have gone on to live out their dreams of playing college and professional baseball.We are now extremely excited to be expanding our team program to include youth competitive teams! Batters Box DeMARINI now has 13 youth competitive teams from 7/8U through 14U. Please click the link below to see all of our teams and coaches:
Huge Congrats to the 18 Batters Box 2013 College Signees!
August 2013
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Jacob Billingsley (Magnolia Heights MS) – Miss. State University
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Parks Flowers (Harding Academy) – Union University
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Keegan Floyd (Bartlett HS) - Arkansas Baptist College
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Connor Anderson (Bartlett HS) – Arkansas Baptist College
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Jack Hurdle (Harding Academy) – Northeast MS CC
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Dillon Callicott (Collierville HS) – Lyon College AR
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Nic Roubidouix (Collierville HS) – Lincoln Land CC IL
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Andrew Holliday (St. Benedict HS) – Thomas More College OH
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Reed Harris (Bradford HS) - Mid-Continent University KY
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Sean Connelly (Southaven HS) - Millsaps College
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Josh Hibbard (Munford HS) – Hesston College KS
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Justin Kemp (Germantown HS/SWTNCC) – Ole Miss
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Reed Davis (Lafayette HS/NWMSCC) – Victory University
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Tyler Dailey (Collierville HS/Memphis) – Delta State University
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Matt Scott (Brighton HS) - Dyersburg State CC
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Matt Rappa (Marshall Academy) - Coahoma CC
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Boston Neal (Fairley HS/Coahoma CC) - Alabama A&M
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Tyler Yarbro (Lexington HS) - University of North Alabama
Batters Box DeMARINI 17U Takes Home 3rd Place at the USSSA 17U World Championship!
July 2013
Congrats to Batters Box DeMARINI 17U for their 3rd place finish at the USSSA 17U World Championship at the Houston Astros Spring Training Complex in Kissimmee, FL!
Batters Box Baseball Is Pleased To Announce That Our Elite Prospects Team Program Is Now An Official Team DeMARINI Program!
February 2013
Batters Box Baseball has been selected as one of only six elite travel programs from across the country to be exclusively sponsored by and to represent DeMarini/Wilson. Our teams will now go by Batters Box DeMARINI and will be the one official "Team DeMARINI" program for the Mid-South and Tennessee. This distinction is the next step in our program becoming even more of a national travel ball powerhouse than we have proven to be in recent years. Our exclusive relationship with DeMarini/Wilson will not only raise our national profile, but will also allow for us to provide our players with more DeMarini/Wilson gear including bats, gloves, batting gloves, bags, helmets, wristbands, and other great gear each season! ​
Congrats to the Record-Breaking 18 Batters Box 2012 College Commitments and Signees!​
August 2012
Batters Box Baseball has set a new Mid-South and organizational record of sending 18 players/clients on to the next level for 2012! Batters Box 2012 College Commitments and Signees:
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Andy Cox (St. Benedict HS) - University of Tennessee
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Colin Lee (Houston HS) - University of Memphis
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Kevin Fitzpatrick (Marshall Academy) - Arkansas State
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Colton Sutton (Center Hill HS) - CBU
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Kevin Hall (Collierville HS) - Meridian CC MS
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Dylan Fleming (Arlington HS) - Arkansas Monticello
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Kellon Hibbard (Collierville HS) - Meridian CC MS
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Ryan Seawright (Desoto Central HS) - NW Mississippi CC
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Nathan Qualls (ECS) - Birmingham Southern College
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Josh Alexander (Bartlett HS) - Bethel University
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Chad Bradford (Germantown HS) - UALR
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Logan Shemwell (Fayette Academy) - SW TN CC
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Michael Druhan (Collierville HS) - Meridian CC MS
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Christian Long (ECS) - Union University
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Wes Evers (Crittenden Co. KY) - Rend Lake CC IL
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Tyler Dailey (Collierville/Memphis) - SW TN CC
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Brad Milligan (Collierville HS) - SW TN CC
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Zach Hodgkiss (St. Georges HS) - Belmont University
5 Batters Box Players Named to the 2012 Perfect Game WWBA 18U National Championship All Tournament Team!
August 2012
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Jacob Billingsley - Batters Box Red
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Josh Hibbard - Batters Box Red
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Tyler Barker - Batters Box Black
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Tyler Dailey - Batters Box Black
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Kellon Hibbard - Batters Box Black​