SUMMERSIDE – During the month of January, SABA announced its creation of a new independent body, the “Tryout Committee”.
After taking a month to carefully consider who will fill the three (3) vacant committee member positions for the 2019 season, SABA President & General Manager, Tanner Doiron has made his decision.
“It was important to me to have taken the time to find not only three solid individuals but three individuals who I believe will work well together, who have been around our baseball program here in Summerside and who each bring different baseball experiences to the table” – Tanner Doiron
Our Board of Directors we’re very confident in the names that I submitted to them and we’re excited to add these resources to our program for the upcoming season added Doiron.
To learn more about Summerside Area Baseball Associations new “Tryout Committee” you can read the official press release here: https://summersidebaseball.ca/saba-announces-new-tryout-commitee/
Here are the three (3) Committee members:
NICK HANN
Current Resident of Summerside, PE
Playing Experience:
- Played his Minor Baseball with SABA
- PEI Youth Selects Canada Cup team member 2002 in Melville, SASK
- PEI Midget All-Stars
- PEI Junior Chevys for 3 Years in New Brunswick Junior Baseball League.
- Cape Breton University Capers 2003-2007. Won CIBA National Championship in 2005.
- Summerside Senior Chevys for 2 years in the New Brunswick Sr. Baseball League.
- Charlottetown Gaudet’s Auto Body Islanders in New Brunswick Sr. Baseball League
Coaching Experience:
- SABA Program Co-Coordinator for 3 years. In charge of running the minor program at blast ball, pony and Mosquito levels.
- Bantam AAA Chevys assistant Coach for 2 years. Provincial Champions
- Bantam AAA Chevys Head Coach for 2 years – Provincial Champions, Baseball Atlantic Champions, Represented PEI at Bantam AAA National Championships in Vaughan, Ont. Baseball PEI Team of the Year Award as well as Baseball PEI Coach of the Year.
- Played and Coached in over 10 national and Atlantic championships.
MATT BARLOW
Current Resident of Charlottetown, PE
Playing Experience:
- Played with the Chevys all the way from Pony to Midget (2004-2015)
- 2-Time Baseball PEI Junior Male Athlete of the Year (2010 & 2013)
- Attended 2 Baseball Canada National Atlantic Championships (Won gold in 2010 in Peewee along with winning Top Offensive Player of the tournament)
- Attended 8 Baseball Canada National Championships, winning awards like Top Defensive Player, All-Star Shortstop, Team PEI MVP
- Attended T12 in 2015 as a Pitcher and 2nd Baseman
- Played for Dalhousie University in 2015 & 2016. (Lead the league in strikeouts in 2016 with 31K’s in 21 IP)
- Played for Holland College in 2017 & 2018. (3rd in the country in batting average in 2018.)
- Attended 2 CCBA National Championships with the Hurricanes
Coaching Experince:
- SABA Youth Program Worker, Summer of 2016 & 2017
- Baseball PEI Head Clinician, Summer of 2018 – Current
- Eastern Baseball Academy, 2017
CHUCK GRADY
Current Resident of Kensington, PE
Playing Experience:
- Played minor baseball in Summerside from T-ball to Junior
. - Played for the Curran and Briggs Senior team at age 16.
- Represented PEI in the Bison (the division above Midget) Atlantics in Newfoundland with Team PEI.
Played on the Summerside Oldtimers team over the last decade.
Coaching Experience:
- Coached Youth (Midget) baseball in Summerside, Stratford, Kensington and Bedeque including an Atlantic Championship with Summerside in 1991 and a Second Place finish with Kensington in 2014.
- Also coached Kensington in the Mosquito Atlantic Championships in Bedeque during the 2008 season
- Coached the 2009 Baseball PEI Provincial Champions – The Kensington Crusaders.
Additional Ball Experience:
- Umpired at various levels from the age 13 to 47
- Has volunteered at many Sporting events in Summerside since the mid-1980s in the game operations department including Peewee, Bantam, and Midget National Championships to name a few.
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