DBAT announces remainder of Coaching Staff DBAT 17U
November 6, 2007

DBAT has completed its coaching staff for the DBAT 17U team with the additions of Cory Thornton and Alan McDougal.

Coach Thornton graduate from Lewisville High School and was a member of Paris JC and Stephen F Austin University baseball teams. Coach Thornton is in his 12th season at Brookhaven College and his third as head coach. Coach Thornton is in his 4th year as a coach with DBAT. Prior to coaching with DBAT Coach Thornton coached the highly successful Dallas Knights which he started in 1996. The Knights joined with DBAT in 2003 and he has been instrumental with DBAT’s success as back to back participants in the Connie Mack World Series in Farmington, New Mexico. He has coached Connie Mack baseball for 14 seasons.

Coach McDougal was born in Sherman, Texas. He graduated from Sherman High School in 1992 where he was a 3-year varsity letterman for the Bearcats. McDougal went to Baylor University and was a member of the Baylor Baseball team for 2 years and graduated from Baylor in 1996 with a BA in History and a minor in Math. Coach McDougal is currently in his 11th year in coaching and his third as a head coach at Colleyville Heritage. Coach McDougal is in his first year as a coach with DBAT.

Rusty Greer to coach DBAT 17U
October 27, 2007

DBAT is please to announce that former Major League Player and Texas Rangers HOF Club Member Rusty Greer will be the Head Coach of the DBAT 17U team for 2008.
Rusty was drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 10th (271st player) round of the 1990 amateur draft and made his Major League debut on May16, 1994 against the Oakland A’s going 3/6, 1 HR and 3 RBI. Greer was the Rangers Rookie of the Year in 1994 when he hit .314 in 80 games and 277 at-bats in the strike-shortened season. His best years were in 1996-99, a four-year period in which he hit .315 and averaged 105 runs, 20 home runs and 99 RBIs while helping the Rangers win three division championships. He is the first member of the 1996 team to be elected to the Rangers Hall of Fame. That was the first Rangers team to win a division title and is still the most revered team in franchise history. He would spend all fifteen years of his professional baseball career in the Rangers organization, a feat that had become a rarity among professional ballplayers thanks to free agency.

Dillon Lovelace, Steve Karsay and Lance Phillips to Coach DBAT 16U
September 2, 2007

Dillon played High School baseball at Liberty Christian in Denton, TX and was a member of the State Championship team. He accepted a scholarship to New Mexico State with additional offers from Auburn, Nebraska, Texas Tech, and TCU. He played college baseball at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, NM. Where the Aggies won Sun Belt Conference Championship, and reached consecutive NCAA Regional Tournaments. After graduation, he coached Liberty Christian to consecutive TAPPS 5A State Tournaments. Dillon is not new to select baseball having coached the Texas Blackhawk’s organization and for NorTex Baseball; he lead NorTex Baseball to 2007 AABC Mickey Mantle 15U National Championship.

Steve was a RHP for the Oakland Athletics, Cleveland Indians, Atlanta Braves, New York Yankees, and Texas Rangers. Karsay grew up in the College Point neighborhood in Queens, New York City, just a few miles from Shea Stadium. A 1st round draft pick of the Toronto Blue Jays in 1990, Karsay was traded to the Athletics along with outfielder Jose Herrera for Rickey Henderson on July 31, 1993. Steve announced his retirement on June 18, 2006. He finished his 11-year Major League career with a 32-39 record, 41 saves and a 4.01 ERA in 357 career appearances, including 40 starts. He was part of the NorTex staff winning the 2007 AABC Mickey Mantle 15U National Championship

Members of the DBAT Class of 2007 are off to College:
August 10, 2007

The DBAT Class of 2007 was one of the most successful teams in the organization winning back to back Connie Mack South Plains Regional Championships and competing in the Connie Mack World Series in 2006 and 2007. We are please to announce that all members of the team have signed letters of intent:

• Andrew Armstrong (Turner Ashby High, VA) – Ohio State University
• Adam Boydston (Lake Dallas HS) – UTA
• Bobby Bundy (Sperry OK HS) – University of Arkansas
• Brandon Workman (Bowie HS) – University of Texas
• Cameron Rupp (Prestonwood Academy) – University of Texas
• Chad Bettis (Lubbock HS) – Texas Tech
• Chay Lytle (Prestonwood Academy) – Navarro CC
• Chris Slater (Plano East HS) – Baylor
• Joe Leftridge (Duncanville HS) – Navarro CC
• Josh Keel (Lewisville HS) – El Paso CC
• Josh Wilson (Canton HS) – Dallas Baptist University
• Kris Tate (Carthage HS) – Navarro CC
• Lance Marvel (Arkansas HS) – Texarkana CC
• Nick Fleece (Boswell HS) – Texas A & M
• Nick Miller (Keller HS) – El Paso CC
• Stayton Thomas (Corsicana HS) – University of Texas
• Trent Montgomery (Athens HS) – NE OK CC
• Will Middlebrooks (Liberty – Eylau HS) – Texas A & M
• Zach Fowler (Liberty – Eyau HS) – LA Tech
• Wesley Starks (Athens HS) – NE OK CC