Tennessee Baseball Coaches Association

2012 Clinic Awards for 2011 Season
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Award Winners
Hall of Fame College Coach of the Yr HS Coach of the Yr Distinguished Service
  Todd Helton/Pro Line POY  SAF Field of the Yr  
Class AAA POY Class AA POY Class A POY Class Div. II AA/A POY
       
       
       
       
       

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Hall of Fame
ROD DELMONICO - ROD DELMONICO WHO IS CURRENTLY MANAGING THE DUTCH NATIONAL TEAM FOR THE NETHERLANDS AND FORMER HEAD COACH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE. COACH DELMONICO WAS AN ASSISTANT AT FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL AND FLORIDA STATE BEFORE BEGINNING A SUCCESSFUL CAREER AT UT.  IN 18 YEARS AT THE HELM OF THE UT PROGRAM HE COMPILED A 699-396 RECORD, WHICH INCLUDED 9 40-WIN SEASONS AND 2 50-WIN CAMPAIGNS.  THOSE 699 WINS ARE FOURTH MOST IN SEC HISTORY.  DURING THIS TIME HE LED THE VOLUNTEERS TO 4 SEC EASTERN DIVISION TITLES, 2 SEC CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS, 8 NCAA REGIONAL APPEARANCES AND 3 TIMES TO THE COLLEGE WORLD SERIES IN 95, 2001, AND 2005. COACH DELMONICO HAS BEEN NAMED NATIONAL COACH OF THE YEAR, SEC COACH OF THE YEAR 2 TIMES AND TENNESSEE BASEBALL COY 3 TIMES.  HE HAS WRITTEN 4 BOOKS AND NUMEROUS ARTICLES.  IN ADDITION TO THESE OUTSTANDING ACCOMPLISHMENTS ROD IS THE REASON WE ARE SITTING HERE TODAY.  HE IS THE ONE WHO SAID THAT TENNESSEE NEEDED A BASEBALL COACHES ORGANIZATION AND SET OUT TO FORM OUR ASSOCIATION. IF IT HADN’T BEEN FOR HIS VISION WE WOULD NOT BE WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
BUSTER KELSO - THIS IS HIS 37TH YEAR OF TEACHING AND COACHING. THIRTY YEARS OF THOSE HAVE BEEN AS THE HEAD BASEBALL COACH BUT HE HAS ALSO COACHED BOYS AND GIRLS BASKETBALL, CROSS COUNTRY, FOOTBALL, VOLLEYBALL AS WELL AS ATHLETIC DIRECTOR.  BUSTER STARTED AT CBHS IN 1985 AND HAS LED HIS TEAMS TO 10 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES, WINNING 7 TIMES. THESE CHAMPIONSHIPS COVER 4 DECADES IN THREE DIFFERENT DIVISIONS.  HE HAS ALSO BEEN INVOLVED IN 4 STATE SEMIFINALS AND 4 STATE QUARTER-FINALS.  COACH KELSO OVERALL RECORD IN AN UNBELIVEABLE 841-239.

ROY MEWBOURNE - ROY IS CURRENTLY THE COORDINATOR OF ATHLETIC DEVELOPMENT AT MTSU BUT SPENT NEARLY A QUARTER CENTURY AT VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY. PRIOR TO HIS STELLAR CAREER AT VANDERBILT, COACH MEWBOURE WAS THE HEAD COACH AT BIRMINGHAM SOUTHERN FOR SIX YEARS COMPILING A 267-74 RECORD. IN HIS FINAL SEASON AS VANDERBILT’S HEAD COACH, ROY BECAME THE 35TH COACH IN COLLEGE BASEBALL HISTORY TO REACH THE 900 WIN PLATEAU.  HE COMPILED A 655-608-9 RECORD IN 24 SEASONS AT VANDERBILT AND FINISHED HIS 30 YEAR COACHING TENURE WITH A 922-683-9 OVERALL RECORD. HE HAS COACHED 19 ALL-AMERICANS AND 59 PLAYERS WHO SIGNED PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL CONTRACTS.  HE HAS BEEN NAMED SEC COACH OF THE YEAR.
 

 

 
 
College Coach of the Year Awards

TCCAA - MIKE CORN OF COLUMBIA STATE CC

COACH CORN PLAYED AT COLUMBIA STATE, SPENT 9 YEARS COACHING AT TUSCULUM AND ONE YEAR AT TENNESSEE BEFORE RETURNING TO COLUMBIA STATE. IN 2011 COACH CORN LED HIS TEAM TO A 35-16 RECORD (18-2) AT HOME AND THE REGION 7 CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 14 YEARS.  HIS TEAM HIT .337 WITH 129 STOLEN BASES, A TEAM ERA OF 3.59 AND HAD 6 DIVISION 1 COMMITMENTS AND 1 PLAYER SELECTED IN THE MLB DRAFT. 

COLLEGE - TIM CORBIN OF VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY        COACH CORBIN BEGINS HIS 10TH YEAR AT THE HEM OF THE VANDERBILT BASEBALL PROGRAM. DURING HIS TENURE HE HAS TURNED THE COMMODORES INTO A NATIONAL POWER AND TAKEN THE PROGRAM TO UNPRECEDENTED SUCCESS LEADING VANDERBLIT TO THE COLLEGE WORLD SERIES FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 2011 AND WINNING A SHARE OF THE SOUTEASTERN CONFERENCE TITLE ALONG THE WAY. COACH CORBIN’S OVERALL RECORD OF 376-189 IS SECOND ALL-TIME IN TERMS OF WINS AND FIRST IN TERMS OF WINNING PERCENTAGE FOR COACHES WITH 100 GAMES OR MORE. 

NAIA - MARK BREW OF LEE UNIVERSITY

COACH BREW LED HIS 2011 TEAM TO THEIR 5TH CONSECUTIVE TRIP TO THE NAIA WORLD SERIES WHERE THEY FINISHED 3RD.  THEY HAVE BEEN RUNNER-UP IN 2008 AND 2010 AND 3RD IN 2009 AND 2011.  THEY FINISHED THE YEAR WITH A 51-14 RECORD AND RAN COACH BREW’S OVERALL RECORD TO 270-66.  IN ADDITION LEE UNIVERSITY HAS BEEN RANKED IN 58 CONSECUTIVE TOP 25 POLLS DATING BACK TO 2004. 

COLLEGE - SPECIAL RECOGNITION - DAVE JARVIS OF BELMONT AND BILL BERRY OF TENNESSEE WESLEYAN COLLEGE

COACH JARVIS IS ENTERING HIS 15TH SEASON AT BELMONT AND LED THE BRUINS TO THEIR FIRST ATLANTIC SUN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP AND EARNED THEIR FIRST EVER BERTH TO THE NCAA TOURNAMENT DEFEATING OKLAHOMA STATE AND TROY BEFORE FALLING TO VANDERBILT IN THE REGIONAL FINALS.  BELMONT SET PROGRAM RECORDS OF 38 WINS, 428 RUNS SCORD, 396 RBI AND 646 HITS DURING THE HISTORIC 2011 RUN.  COACH JARVIS HAS WON OVER 700 GAMES IN HIS 30 YEAR CAREER.

COACH BILL BERRY BEGINS HIS SEVENTH YEAR AS HEAD COACH AT TENNESSEE WESLEYAN. HE HAS AN OVERALL RECORD OF 255-102, POSTING A CONFERENCE RECORD OF 106-23 DURING THAT TIME.  COACH BERRY HAS LED THE BULLDOGS TO THE NAIA COLLEGE WORLD SERIES THE PAST 2 YEARS WINNING THE COLUMBUS GA REGION IN 2010 AND THE PADUCAH KY REGION IN 2011. THEY FINISHED THE SEASON WITH A 40-21 RECORD.

 
 
 
High School Coach of the Year Awards
Class AAA - Matt Buckner of Farragut   MATT IS A GRADUATE OF MONTEREY HIGH SCHOOL AND PLAYED BASEBALL AT ROANE STATE.  FROM 2001- 03 HE WAS THE ASSISTANT COACH AT FARRAGUT BEFORE MOVING OVER TO BEARDEN HIGH SCHOOL AS THE HEAD COACH IN 2004. IN HIS 5 YEARS AT BEARDEN HIS TEAMS COMPILED A 177-72 RECORD WITH A STATE TOURNAMENT APPEARANCE IN 2009 (ONLY ONE IN SCHOOL HISTORY.  IN 2010 HE BECAME THE HEAD COACH AT FARRAGUT AND GUIDED THEM TO A 42-6 RECORD AND THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. IN 2011 HIS TEAM COMPILED A 37-8 RECORD AND AGAIN WON THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.  HIS CAREER COACHING RECORD IS 256-86. 
Class AA - Ernie Smith of David Lipscomb   COACH SMITH HAS BEEN A HEAD COACH AT DAVID LIPSCOMB FOR 34 YEARS AND HAS WON 800 GAMES AGAINST 233 LOSSES. HIS TEAMS HAVE WON 26 DISTRICT TITLES, 17 REGION TITLES, 16 STATE TOURAMENT APPEARANCES AND 7 STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS. HIS TEAMS HAVE AVERAGED 24 WINS A SEASON FOR 34 YEARS. HE ALSO WON HIS 800 BASKETBALL GAME LAST YEAR. HE IS A MEMBER OF LIPSCOMB UNIVERSITY HALL OF FAME & THE TENNESSEE BASEBALL COACHES HALL OF FAME.
Class A - Jeff "Dusty" Rhodes of Decatur Co.-Riverside   COACH RHODES COACHED FOOTBALL FOR 16 YEARS WITH STOPS AT GALLATIN, HUMBOLDT AND MONTEREY BEFORE RETURNING HOME IN 2009 TO COACH BASEBALL.  SINCE THEN HE HAS LED THE PANTHERS TO 3 STRAIGHT STATE TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES, LOSING THE FIRST ONE AND WINNING BACK TO BACK STATE TITLES THE LAST TWO YEARS.  HIS OVERALL RECORD THOSE 3 YEARS IS 104-13.  HE IS ONE OF THE FEW IF NOT THE ONLY PERSON TO HAVE PLAYED IN, UMPIRED IN AND COACHED IN A STATE TITLE GAME.
Division II AA - Buster Kelso of Christian Brothers    THIS IS HIS 37TH YEAR OF TEACHING AND COACHING. THIRTY YEARS OF THOSE HAVE BEEN AS THE HEAD BASEBALL COACH BUT HE HAS ALSO COACHED BOYS AND GIRLS BASKETBALL, CROSS COUNTRY, FOOTBALL, VOLLEYBALL AS WELL AS ATHLETIC DIRECTOR.  BUSTER STARTED AT CBHS IN 1985 AND HAS LED HIS TEAMS TO 10 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES, WINNING 7 TIMES. THESE CHAMPIONSHIPS COVER 4 DECADES IN THREE DIFFERENT DIVISIONS.  HE HAS ALSO BEEN INVOLVED IN 4 STATE SEMIFINALS AND 4 STATE QUARTER-FINALS.  COACH KELSO OVERALL RECORD IN AN UNBELIVEABLE 841-239.

Division II A - Ryan Porter of ECS   COACH PORTER PLAYED COLLEGE BASEBALL AT MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE AND DELTA STATE.  IN 2009 HE WON THE DIVISION II A TITLE AT SOUTHERN BAPTIST EDUCATIONAL CENTER WITH A 28-7 RECORD AND IS ENTERING HIS SECOND SEASON AT ECS.  LAST YEAR HE LED HIS TEAM TO A 29-6 RECORD, WINNING 19 GAMES IN A ROW TO WIN THE DIVISION II A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.  HIS OVERALL CAREER RECORD IS 122-45 AS A HEAD COACH.

 
 
High School Sectional Coach of the Year Awards

Will add names later - need list of winners.

DIVISION II

CLASS A

Clark Wormsley - Knox Webb, George Weicker - FRA, Brad Dyer,USJ

 

CLASS AA

Gene Etter - Baylor, Buddy Alexander

 

 

DIVISION 1         

CLASS A

 

 

 

CLASS AA

 

 

 

CLASS AAA

 

 

 

*STATE CHAMPION

 
Distinguished Service Award
BUDDY POWERS -  COACH POWERS SPENT 14 YEARS AT RIVERDALE H.S. WHERE HE LED HIS TEAMS TO A 314-178 RECORD AND 4 STATE TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES. HE IS CURRENTLY THE HEAD COACH AND ATHLETIC DIRECTOR AT CENTRAL MAGNET IN MURFREESBORO. BUDDY HAS BEEN A TBCA MEMBER FOR 18 YEARS AND IN THAT TIME HE HAS SERVED AS VICE PRESIDENT, PRESIDENT AND NOW AN EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER.  IF THIS IS NOT ENOUGH HE IS AN ASSOCIATE SCOUT WITH THE PIRATES AND HE HAS RUN OUR SHOWCASE CLASSIC FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.  IF YOU DON’T KNOW HOW MUCH WORK THAT ENVOLVES YOU SHOULD TRY IT.  HE HAS MEANT SO MUCH TO OUR ORGANIZATION OVER THE YEARS AND HE HAS RUN THE SHOWCASE IN SUCH A MANNER THAT WE HAVE HAD OTHER STATES COPY WHAT WE (OR I SHOULD SAY, WHAT HE DOES) IN THEIR STATE.
 
 
 
Southern Athletic Fields/TBCA Field of the Year
Ezell Harding and Collierville
                                   
 
High School Player of Year Awards
Todd Helton/Pro Line Cap Player of the Year
Daniel Norris of Science Hill - DANIEL HIT .402 WITH 9 HR AND 45 RBI. ON THE MOUND HE WAS 8-2 WITH A 2.24 ERA. IN 68.2 INNINGS HE STRUCK OUT 123 HITTERS. DANIEL WAS THE TN GATORADE POY, COLLEGIATE BASEBALL 1ST TEAM ALL AMERICAN, BASEBALL AMERICA 1ST TEAM, SIGNED BY CLEMSON THEN DRAFTED IN THE 2ND ROUND BY THE BLUE JAYS.  HE IS CURRENTLY RATED THE #1 PITCHING PROSPECT IN THE BLUE JAYS ORGANIZATION BY BASEBALL AMERICA AND WILL REPORT TO SPRING TRAINING FEB. 5TH.
 
Class AAA Player of the Year
Nicky Delmonico of Farragut  - NICKY LEAD THE ADMIRALS TO 4 CONSECUTIVE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.  THIS PAST YEAR HE HIT .426, WITH 53 WALKS, 45 RBI, 11 HR, 23 SB AND A .85 SLUGGING PERCENTAGE. AND 3 SAVES.  IN THE STATE TOURNMENT HE WAS 6-10 WITH 8 RBI, 2 HR, 4 DOUBLES AND 2 SAVES.  NICKY WAS DRAFTED BY THE BALTIMORE ORIOLES IN THE 6TH ROUND AND SIGNED. HE WILL REPORT TO THE ORIOLES IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS TO CONTINUE HIS CAREER.
 
Division II AA Player of the Year
Jacob Moody of Christian Brothers  - JACOB WAS A 3 YEAR STARTED AT CBHS AND LED HIS TEAM TO THE 2011 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.  HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE TITLE RUN BY HITTING .414 DRIVING IS 48 WITH OVER HALF HIS HITS BEING EXTRA BASE HITS.  HE ALSO HAD A 7-1 RECORD ON THE MOUND WITH A 1.20 ERA. HE WAS 2 TIME ALL COUNTY, ALL CONFERENCE AND IS CURRENTLY PLAYING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS. 
 
Division II A Player of the Year
Will Jamison of ECS -  WILL BATTED .476 AND ADDED 9 HR, 15 DOUBLES AND 8 TRIPLES.  HE STOLE 25 OF 26 BASES AND WON 8 GAMES ON THE MOUND WITH ONLY 1 LOSS.  HE HAD A 2.38 ERA WITH 74 K IN 50 INNINGS. HE SIGNED TO PLAY AT OLE MISS .
 
Class AA Player of the Year
Keith Smith of David Lipscomb  - KEITH WAS THE DISTRICT 10AA MVP, ALL REGION, ALL STATE AND LEAD LIPSCOMB TO THE 2011 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP BY HITTING .528 WITH 34 RBI AND A 10-2 RECORD ON THE MOUND WITH 88 K’S IN 72.3 INNINGS, A 2.52 ERA AND 2 WINS IN THE STATE TOURNAMENT.  HE SIGNED TO PLAY AT FREED-HARDEMAN UNIVERSITY. ON APRIL 11TH KEITH SUFFERED A HEART ATTACK THAT WAS BROUGHT ON BY A VIRAL INFECTION THAT ATTACKED HIS HEART. THROUGH GOD’S HEALING AND A WONDERFUL CARDIOLOGY TEAM AT ST. THOMAS, KEITH WAS ABLE TO RETURN TO THE FIELD IN 2 WEEKS TO COMPLETE HIS SENIOR SEASON. HE PITCHED THE WINNING GAME IN THE STATE FINALS TO NOT ONLY WIN A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP BUT TO ALSO HELP HIS DAD WIN HIS 8100TH GAME.
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Class A Player of the Year
Steven Gant of Decatur Co.-Riverside   IN 2011 HE LED HIS TEAM TO THEIR SECOND STRAIGHT STATE CHAMPIONSHIP WITH A .458 BATTING AVERAGE, 17 HOMERUNS AND 51 RBI’S AND A SLUGGLING PERCENTAGE OF .908.  IN ADDITION TO THAT, HE HAD A 12-1 RECORD ON THE MOUND WITH A 0.859 ERA IN 73.3 INNING WITH 144 K’S.  HIS CAREER PITCHING RECORD IS 39-3 WITH 380 K, AND A ERA OF 1.168. AND A .467 BATTING AVERAGE WITH 34 HR.  HE IS A 4.0 STUDENT AND A VANDERBILT SIGNEE.