BY TAYLOR HEREFORD BPC DIRECTOR OF MARKETING
Baseball (19-27, 7-20 SSAC)
Softball
One run. Those simple words turned out to play a major role in the
(30-29, 9-19 SSAC)
Barons’ baseball team’s 2007 season.
After finishing the 2007 season with 30 wins and earning a trip to the
One run could have helped the Barons to a 31-14-1 season record and
Southern States Athletic Conference (SSAC) Tournament, head coach
a shot at playing in the Southern States Athletic Conference (SSAC)
Jason Bryant is proud of the BPC softball team and its
Tournament. Instead, one run left the team below .500 with no
accomplishments.
tournament berth.
“A 30-win season with a number of all-conference selections equals
“We lost 12 games this season by one run,” first year head coach Hayne
success for the Barons in 2007,” he said. “We battled through injuries all
Brant explains. “We did a great job at the beginning of the season
season long, but these young ladies continued to play with heart and
driving in runners in scoring position, but towards the middle and end of
character. I really enjoyed (coaching) this team this year.”
the season, we couldn’t get it done. And when you can’t capitalize on
those opportunities, it’s hard to win the close games.”
Those all-conference selections included junior Ashley Beecher and
freshman Brittany Smiley (first team All-SSAC), and junior Courtney
Brant quickly pointed to one area of his team that consistently gave the
Payne and freshman Kelli Wilson (second team All-SSAC). Smiley,
Barons a chance at winning. The Barons’ pitching staff, led by seniors JF
Wilson and Leah Bennett were selected to the SSAC All-Freshman
Neveu (8-5, 3.29 ERA, one save) and Shaun O’Toole (4-7, 3.45 ERA)
team, with Smiley also being named an All-Region 13 selection. Payne,
and junior Tremayne Holland (4-5, 5.86 ERA – drafted by the Los
senior Lindsey Hamrick and junior Britney Euler were selected to the All-
Angeles Angels of Anaheim) provided strong leadership on the mound
SSAC Academic team.
and helped to keep the team in each game.
The Barons earned the seventh seed in this year’s conference Despite not being able to win the “close” game, the Barons did
tournament and lost their opening game to second seed Lee University, outperform their opponents at the plate for the season. As a team, BPC
12-10. The team rebounded with a 6-3 win over sixth seed Emmanuel finished with a .295 batting average, easily topping its opponents’ .264
College before being eliminated by the number four seed Brenau average. The Barons were led by sophomore Gary Stauff (.370 avg., 4
University, 3-0. HR, 32 RBIs), senior Jeremy Brown (.347 avg.) and juniors Josh Sasser
(.333 avg., 6 HR, 23 RBIs) and Josh Evans (.306 avg., 26 RBIs).
“We were young this year being loaded with
freshmen,” Bryant said. “Next year we will have a few As he begins to look to what his second season as head
more seniors and, as a result, a better mixture of coach might bring, Brant is excited about the team’s
players. Next season is full of optimism already. The
chances to capitalize on what was
young ladies are full of excitement as
learned this past
expectations
season.
grow.”
“We’ll have a lot of juniors next
season, which will be good,” he said.
“We were able to sign a very good
recruiting class – five of the seven
players are pitchers – which will
go a long way in moving this
program forward.”
The new Barons baseball
season begins January,
2008.
Tremayne Holland of Claxton
(Photos by Ashley Byrd ’10)
10 THE LAMP FALL 2007
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