She averaged 11 points, three steals and a team-leading six assists for the USA National Teams The St. Elizabeth High School graduate was the first Delaware high school athlete in any sport to be named first team All-State five times. Phone (202) Email Address. I always thought Id do the college thing for a little while and then go back to professional baseball coaching and here we are 36 years later., Delaware Public Media intern and UD senior Patrick LaPorte looks back on the baseball life of UD coach Jim Sherman. website at, Advertising opportunities for the souvenir program are also available. 994-7399. A statue of native son Judy Johnson stands outside Frawley Stadium. Robert R.M. and Sussex Tech School, Salesianum, Johns Hopkins player, Haverford College Coach, Semi-Pro, Professional Player, Scout Milwaukee Brewers. His Wilmington and McKean teams won three Blue Hen Conference Flight B championships. Relays Championship of America distance medley relay. Smith was the 18th overall pick in the 2007 WNBA Draft but played mainly overseas the next four years. Have an idea for a compelling local sports story or is there an issue that needs public scrutiny? Phone:302-425-3263 Just having fun! Staff Directory Members By Category/Department; Name Title Email Address Phone; Marc MacMillan: Head Coach csubsb@csuniv.edu (843) 863-7832 (843) 863-7832: Jordon Twohig: Assistant Coach jtwohig@csuniv.edu (206) 295-2710 (206) 295-2710: Karl Kuhn: Smith began working at the Philadelphia Daily News while attending La Salle College and continued after graduation, then moved to the New York Daily News before joining Inside Sports magazine. During his NFL career, he recorded 43 tackles. A viewing will be held on Sunday, November 11 from 4-6 p.m. at St. Elizabeth Catholic Church, 809 South Broom The Delaware Sports Museum and Hall of Family was saddened this week with the passing of 2014 Hall of Fame inductee, longtime volunteer, and award-winning high and local leader in track and field officiating (inducted posthumously and represented by his son, Chuck Fort), All-star baseball catcher at Delaware State University, Howard High School, and Wilmington Semi-Pro League, All-American lacrosse player at Johns Hopkins University from St. Andrews School and current Washington (Md.) Phone: (302) 738-3300 Fax: (302) 757-8704. Chris Collazo. Zickgraf then went to Georgia Southern University, where he led the Eagles in slugging in 2002, in homers in 2003 and made the Southern Conference All-Tournament Team in 2003. Staff Directory Members By Category/Department; Name Title Phone Email Address; Edwin Thompson: Head Coach 202-687-2462 202-687-2462: baseball@georgetown.edu: Julius McDougal: Associate Head Coach 202-687-2462 202-687-2462: jm3401@georgetown.edu: WILMINGTON, Del. He married Jacqueline Lizotte in 1955 and moved to Delaware. He gained national attention in 2014 when he put his NFL career on hold to care for his Montell Assistant Baseball Coach (#1) View Full Bio. 2018. After being second in the nation in home runs among junior college players at Cecil County CC as a sophomore in 2002, he went to Wilmington University and was an All-American. The pairs long history at Delaware stretches back to 1997 when they both served as assistants. He played college baseball at Virginia. She set the ACC record in the indoor 5,000 in 2013, ran on a second team All-American indoor (November 10, 2021)A nationally-celebrated writer, two college basketball stars, After a successful three years at Delaware and multiple years in the Yankees minor league system, August hoped to get into coaching. All-American career at University of Maryland where he also later coached. 23 jersey. He won four state cross country and track & field titles while at At Rutgers, she recovered from a torn ACL to make first team All-Big East as senior. Zickgraf, Dickinsons Don Krug and Salesianums Mike Stanek. Ole Miss baseball opens its 2023 season with a three-game home series against Delaware, starting Friday (4 p.m., SEC Network+). Contact DSMHOF Executive education and later became executive director of the Police Athletic League for 18 years. This year alone there are 585 Delaware Baseball . He joined Sports Illustrated in 1982. event. teams went 25-16 with three straight upset wins over Salesianum. Smiths career began at The News Journal papers The Morning News and Evening Journal as a part-time sports clerk compiling results and writing local stories. Sports Museum & Hall of Fame has announced that the museum will be open to the public for FREE tours each Saturday beginning Oct. 1, 2022. DAVE FREDERICK (Track & Field, Sportswriting). Sports Museum & Hall of Fame. Dan Galati. Saint Mark's, a college-preparatory coeducational Catholic high school, inspires young men and women to create a better world, one more pleasing to God and more helpful to others, by modeling faith, excellence, humility, and integrity. He was inducted into the Delaware Track and Field Hall of Fame in 1995, and the Delaware established the DLF Website and DLF Senior All Star Game. Lewis was an 8-time Delaware Semi-Pro League all-star and became a coach with stints as an assistant at St. Elizabeth and William Penn. science and math teacher, was promoted to head basketball coach in 1976-77, a role he filled until the school closed in 1999. bestowed on magazine writers, the magazine equivalent of the Pulitzer Price. All three state champions entered the Final Four as underdogs. Jerry Kobasa - After starring in baseball and football at Wesley then a junior college and playing quarterback at Delaware State, Kobasa became a coach. St. Patty's Smackdown. - The Delaware Head Coach (267) 242-7887 smadden1@dtcc.edu. The 1963 championship series between Brooks and four-time defending champion Parkway drew thousands of fans to the field at 18th and Van Buren streets as Brooks won in a sweep. He then assistedat Navyand was head coach at Villanova for three years, then Rhode Island for six. At Howard High School, he was twice the state cross country champion, setting a high school record of 10:48 at Rockford Park's 2.3-mile course that lasted a decade. SUBJECT: Black History Month Sports Discussion Hosted by Delaware Sports Museum & Hall of Fame Set for Feb. 23 at Howard High School. On July 15, 2015, at the ESPY awards, Devon and Leah Still received the Jimmy V Award for their determination and perseverance in Along with his teams success, Sherman thrived as a player, garnering attention from major league teams. For the longtime manager, his coaching career started with a simple answer to John Bednash about filling the coaching vacancy at Wilmington. Sherman says his college coach Bob Hannah, the winningest head coach in Delaware baseball history, was another reason to stay in Newark. Kobasa, a long-time DIAA board of directors member and chairman, is now athletic director at Seaford High. Zack Gelof (born October 19, 1999) is an American Israeli baseball third baseman in the Oakland Athletics organization. panel will include a trio of Howard HS alums inSpencer Henry,Bob King, andWilbert Bunny Miller. At Howard, he returned his alma mater to prominence, turning the Wildcats into the states best A crowd of over 400 attended the annual event. in state history. Predictions. Her career also included gold medals at the 2015 Pan American Games and 2017 Hockey World League Semifinals and bronze at 2023 Baseball Coaching Staff. He has served as a sports analyst on WGMD radio and wrote an anthology of. Lemon also guided a Delaware senior all-star team to the title of the first regional all-star Carpenter Cup tournament in 1986 at Veterans Stadium. He was twice named Henlopen Conference boys basketball coach of the year and was 1979 state coach of the year while at Smyrna from 1975-81. He is also a member of the Delaware Track & Field Hall of Fame. Gardner was a nine-time Flight A Coach of the Year and the 2006 Mid-Atlantic Coach of the Year. school official Frank Shea. Holloway also trained Shes a Great Lady, Lady MacBeach and Bar Slide to Dan Patch Awards. Monday-Wednesday-Friday from 12 noon to 3 p.m. and admission is free. Afro-American Athletic Hall of Fame in 2002. His teams went 245-75. The event will feature a panel discussion by three notable Hall of Famers from the areas of sports, coaching, and education throughout the State of Delaware. See artifacts from the greatest sports figures Delaware has produced including uniforms, Staff Directory Members By Category/Department; Name Title Phone Email Address; Craig Gibson: Head Coach (478) 301-2396 (478) 301-2396: gibson_c@mercer.edu: Willie Stewart: Assistant Coach (478) 301-2738 (478) 301-2738: stewart_wj@mercer.edu: Cory Barton: Romanoli became general manager of the Eastern Basketball Leagues Wilmington Blue Bombers in 1967, was a long-time basketball official and regularly ran Wilmingtons Caesar Rodney Half-Marathon and other distance races, including the 1980 Boston Marathon. She played The top 10 percent makes over $71,000 per year, while the bottom 10 percent under $28,000 per year. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at the church on Monday, November 12 at 11 a.m. Interment will follow at Gracelawn Memorial Park, 2220 N. DuPont Hwy. Baseball Head Coach: bealsg@marshall.edu: Taylor Sandefur : Baseball Pitching Coach: sandefurt@marshall.edu: Cameron Coons : Baseball Assistant Coach-----coonsc@marshall.edu: Robbie Spagnola : Volunteer Assistant Coach-----Spagnola1@marshall.edu: Brian Karlet : Director of Baseball Operations: and silent auction will begin at 5:30 p.m. followed by the dinner and ceremony at 6:45. Lacrosse Tournament - February 25-26, 2023. Tom Carper presented Shea with an The Delaware Baseball Coaches Association recently announced the All-State baseball team; Pitcher Breidy Breidenbach, Salesianum, Sr. Eric Buckland, Caravel, Sr. Catcher Corey Jefferson, Archmere, Sr. First base Ryan Haas, Middletown, Sr. Peter Ott, Sussex Central, Sr. Second base Joe Babuca, Caesar Rodney, Sr. Tom Valichla, St. Mark's, Jr. Scholar-Athlete of the Year (2014). followed by championships in 1983 and 1988. Lou Romanoli Made his mark as a standout baseball player at UD and the Wilmington Semi-Pro League, in football with the Wilmington Football League, Coach K was state Division II coach of the year in 2003. From BR Bullpen. the face of cancer. The position requires a New Mexico Coaching license. His success continued at the University of Delaware, where he starred for the four-time East Coast Conference champs. An all-conference football and basketball player at Bishop Egan in Philadelphias Catholic winner Jennas Beach Boy, twice pacer of the year, which set a world mile record of 1:48.4 in 1995, which he lowered to 1:47.3 a year later at the Meadowlands, a record that stood for a Game honors in the title game, and was named to the 2011 World All-Star Team. daughter, Leah, who was diagnosed with Neuroblastoma stage 4 cancer. NCAA tournaments, and the 2007 Final Four. 2109. Head Coach. Player at St. Mark's H.S, University of Delaware, Player and Coach at Sussex Central High School, Player at St. Mark's H.S., University of Delaware and Professional, Player at Delaware City H.S., Profession and, Coach at Seaford H.S. century. Stats Veterans Day Blast. Miller made his mark in baseball, starring at Delaware State and in the Wilmington Semi-Pro League as a record-setting all-star catcher. He then starred at third base for the University of Delaware from 1981-84, setting single-season school records with 17 home runs and 72 RBI in 1983. credentials to cover the Baltimore Ravens and Philadelphia Eagles. UD Baseball coach Jim Sherman ends his 36-year career this spring Univ. Contents. record of 10:48 at Rockford Parks 2.3-mile course that lasted a decade. coach, Clinton Burke: All-American wrestler at the University of Oklahoma from William Penn High School and nationally-recognized standout in judo and sambo, Sarah Cashman Gersky: Basketball, field hockey, and lacrosse immortal at Colgate University and the Tower Hill School, Tom Fort: National Art Madric His name is synonymous with success in track & field. PATHS TO GREATNESS: 2019 hall of fame inductees took unique routes. she is a member of the UD Athletics Hall of Fame. Hours are She played in the WNBA and overseas. Brandon Guyer spent seven years as a Major . After two summers in Cape Cod and his junior year with the Blue Hens, the Chicago Cubs drafted the outfielder in the 20th round of the 1981 draft. 2023 Baseball Coaching Staff. Vantrease went 28-4 in 59 career appearances, including 13 complete games, and is still among the all-time UD leaders in wins, strikeouts (224) and innings pitched (280). Support local journalism by subscribing to delawareonline.com. Current number of Delaware Select Baseball Tournaments: 31 1 2 3 4 next last Create An Account Create Parent Account Create Coach Account College Baseball Coaches Search Check out our new list of college coaches where you can filter by school, state and division. most successful harness trainers, developing the sports record-holding pacer. relay, still a state record. dwakeley@udel.edu. online at www.desports.org, *******************************************************************************************************************************, Delaware Sports Museum & Hall of Fame Announces Star-Studded Induction Class for For further questions, contact DSMHOF Executive Director Scott Selheimer atdesports@desports.org. hbaseball@miami.edu. A trailblazer of organized distance running downstate, he He also scored in the 100 and long jump and was state champion in the 880 and low hurdles, helping Howard win three New Castle The Class of 2022s enshrinement increases the number of inductees to 149 plusseven teams. As a senior in 2003, Smith was voted state Player of the Year after sparking the Panthers to the schools first state title in any sport since its 1991 opening. : Standout basketball player at St. Elizabeth HS and later at the University of Delaware, where The sports management major combines courses from both the business and exercise science departments . The question for Sherm became whether to stay one more year at Delaware or sign the contract. du Pont High football coach who went on to several collegiate jobs while remaining integral to the DFRC Blue-Gold game; former Smyrna, Sussex Tech and Wesley College basketball coach Jerry Kobasa; long-time Concord football coach George Kosanovich; former St. Marks baseball coach Tom Lemon; impactful track and field coach Art Madric; ex-Indian River basketball star Charles Rayne; Lou Romanoli, the Wilmington native whose successes covered several sports; nationally renowned sportswriter Gary Smith, a Dickinson High grad; and Polytech High and University of Delaware basketball standout Tyresa Smith. August says his growth as a coach came from his time under Sherman as a player and as an assistant coach. have been inducted. CoachUp now makes private baseball coaching affordable and convenient for athletes of all ages and skill levels. Frederick: A fixture in the gymnastics world for over 50 years as an athlete, coach, official and Overall, 2023 will mark DiMare's 24th year as a . Support local journalism by subscribing to delawareonline.com. Next, this Caravel. The two met at a WilmU basketball game during Shermans last year as the skipper at Wilmington in 1994, as August looked at the possibility of becoming a dual sport athlete out of high school. youth and high school boys and girls lacrosse programs. The Bernard M. Muir Baseball Coaching Staff Chris Collazo Assistant Coach, Recruiting Coordinator Casey Kulina Pitching Coach Greg Mamula Head Coach Nick Patten Volunteer Assistant Coach Derek Wakeley Assistant Coach Sports Offered Baseball Cheerleading Field Hockey Football Men's Basketball Men's Diving Men's Golf Men's Lacrosse Men's Rowing former state track & field standoutMark Whitewill serve as emcee and fellow DSMHOF board membersDionne Jones-DendyandJoel Delaware's Sherman To Retire At Conclusion Of 2022 Season 1/22/2022 5:50:19 PM NEWARK, Del. I just thought that he was good for me because I was pretty high strung as a player and he was able to kind of level me off and not have too many highs, not too many lows, Sherman said. administrators, officials, and athletic directors directly responsible for management and oversight for the State Football Tournament. Zickgraf: The 2000 graduate started four years at catcher for St. Elizabeth and was first-team All-State his last three seasons. 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