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About

My baseball career to date:

I have been playing baseball since 2002, when I was 10 years old. My older brother, Ryan, started when he was 5 (he is now 25 in 2007). I am 10 years younger than him. I started playiong later than most kids as we were living in Conondale and it was too far for mum and dad to travel for me to play. When we moved to Maleny, I got the opportunity to play baseball. I have never looked back.

2002/2003

  • Played for Nambour PCYC Under 12’s.
  • Named Rookie of the Year.
  • Selected for the Sunshine Coast region All Star Team.

2003/2004

  • Played for Hinterland Hawks Under 12’s,
  • Selected for the Sunshine Coast region All Star Team.
  • Selected for the Sunshine Coast region U12 representative team.
  • Awarded Most Valuable Player in Club.
  • awarded Most Valuable Player in Region.

2004/2005

  • Played for Maleny District Baseball Club Under 14’s
  • Awarded Most Valued Player
  • Selected for Sunshine Coast region representative Team and competed in the Queensland State Championships and Far North Coast Timberjacks Tournament in Lismore, NSW.
  • Played in a combined under 14 Sunshine Coast team in the GBBB Brisbane Competition. We won the Grand Final.
  • nominated for most RBI’s in the GBBB competition

2005/2006

  • attended the Australian Diamonds Big League Baseball Camp on the Queensland Gold Coast.
  • Played winter 2005 for Maleny District Baseball Club under 14 – received Most Valued Player Award.
  • Selected for Sunshine Coast region representative Team and competed in the Queensland State Championships. The Timberjacks Tournament was canceled due to flooding in Lismore. At the State Titles held on the first three days of the September holidays, I was one of 30 players, selected from 144 players, to the Queensland State Training Squad.
  • Captain of the Year 8 and year 9 interschool baseball teams at Maleny State High School.
  • Selected to play in the GBBB under 14 All Stars Game.
  • Competed in the Australian Baseball Federation National Regional Youth Championships.
  • Played 2005/2006 Summer season with the Pine River Rapids under 14 Division 1. We won the Grand Final.
  • Selected to play in the U14’s combined Brisbane North and Sunshine Coast Region Super League Competition that was played on Sundays. This team took out the grand final.

2006/2007

  • played in the under Sunshine Coast region under 15 competition and the senior competition with the Kawana Rebels.
  • Selected to represent the Sunshine Coast region and competed in the Far North Coast Timberjacks Friendship series and the Queensland State championships.
  • During the winter season, I assisted with junior coaching and also umpired the under 12’s games.
  • At Maleny High school during this year, I umpired the year 8 inter school games.
  • Captained the year 9 team in second term and was selected to represent the Sunshine Coast School Region team at the Queensland Schoolboys championships.
  • currently coaching atee ball team in the Sunshine Coast region friday night competition.
  • In the lead up to the summer season, I worked with Gareth Jones and Shane Watson, Junior Development Officers for Baseball Queensland, facilitating playball programmes in many primary schools on the coast.
  • Represent Australia as one of 5 Australian players attending the Baseball Confederation of Oceania (BCO) Training Academy, held in Christchurch, New Zealand last December/January. This Academy hosted 12 countries around Oceania including Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, New Caledonia, Samoa, Micronesia and more.
  • awarded the Pitching award at the BCO Academy (10 innings pitched, 0 ERA)
  • currently playing with the Redcliffe Padres under 16 team in the GBBB Brisbane competition. We are currently playing the semi-finals.