Marucci Florida Mustangs

The Southern Baseball Academy proudly announces The Florida Mustangs have joined the Marucci Elite Baseball Program. In the coming weeks you will notice the change of our North Florida Baseball Academy website to Southern Baseball Academy website and in addition we are proud to announce the new 17-U Marucci Florida Mustangs. We are also interested

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FL Mustangs Commits

Kyle McDorman a 2011 graduate of Niceville High School and a 2 year member of the Florida Mustangs has committed to Northwest Florida State College.  Kyle has been an integral part of the football, basketball and baseball programs at Niceville High School for four years.  Kyle pitched, played first base, OF and DH for the

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NY Mets Scout Team Debut

The NY Mets Scout Team sponsored by NFBA made its Debut in Jupiter, FL this past weekend. This premier team put on a great show hitting 3 Home-runs in the first game and going undefeated over the weekend with a record of 3-0-1.  Florida Mustang Catcher Alex Jones put on great show for the scouts with many

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Marucci Florida Mustangs

Marucci Florida Mustangs

April 30, 20111 Comment

The Southern Baseball Academy proudly announces The Florida Mustangs have joined the Marucci Elite Baseball Program.

In the coming weeks you will notice the change of our North Florida Baseball Academy website to Southern Baseball Academy website and in addition we are proud to announce the new 17-U Marucci Florida Mustangs. We are also interested in forming the 16-U Marucci Florida Mustangs and strongly encourage you to inquire at rgunter@supremeteams.com if you are interested in trying-out. Our teams will compete in a number of SEC University Tournaments sponsored by Marucci along with a number of WWBA Perfect Game events. The Florida Mustangs have been very competitive in the past years and while the 2010 season was not as memorable as 2009 we expect to rise to the top again in 2011. Please be on the look out for our new Southern Baseball Academy website coming soon.

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FL Mustangs Commits

FL Mustangs Commits

August 30, 2010No comments

Kyle McDorman a 2011 graduate of Niceville High School and a 2 year member of the Florida Mustangs has committed to Northwest Florida State College.  Kyle has been an integral part of the football, basketball and baseball programs at Niceville High School for four years.  Kyle pitched, played first base, OF and DH for the Mustangs and has been a big part of our success.  We wish Kyle and his family the best of luck and the Raiders have a very talented player.

Brandon Tyler a 2011 Graduate of Pace High School and 2 year member of the Florida Mustangs has committed to the University of West Florida.  Brandon was a pitcher, outfielder and first baseman on the 2009 WWBA National Champion runner up team.  We are very proud and wish Brandon good health and good luck at UWF.  He will be a great addition to the Argonauts.

Gabe Gunter 2012 Graduate from Crestview High School and a 3 year member of the Florida Mustangs has committed to the University of Virginia Tech. Gabe is a 6’5″ RHP who had velocities topping 89 MPH this Fall. Congratulations to Gabe and his family. We are proud of Gabe and his accomplishments and wish him well at Virginia Tech.

Mikel Belcher a 2011 Graduate from Niceville High School and a member of the 2010 16-U Florida Mustangs Team has committed to Chipola Community College in Chipley, FL.  Mikel is a 6’5″ RHP who had velocities up to 91 MPH this Fall. Congratulations to Mikel and his family. We are proud of Mikel and we are fortunate to have had him play with the Mustangs over the past few years and wish him well at Chipola.

Devante Taylor a 2011 Graduate of Navarre High School and member of the Florida Mustangs 17u team has verbally committed to Alcorn State University.  Alcorn is a division I University located in Lorman, Mississippi.  They participate in the Southwest Athletic Conference.  Alcorn’s baseball stadium and coaching have had upgrades and renovations over the past year.  Devante won the Nations Fastest Man competition in 2009 and has been a fixture at the top of the Mustangs lineup for 2 years.  The Mustangs family is proud of all our players and their decisions to extend their playing careers at the next level.  Good Luck Devante and good luck to the ASU Braves!

Alex Jones a 2011 Graduate of West Florida Tech High School and member of the Florida Mustangs 17u team has verbally committed to Northwest Florida State College.  Alex caught and played corner infield for the Mustangs during the 2009 fall and summer of 2010.  Alex Jones has impecable recieving skills and hits for power.  He will be a great addition to the Raiders!

Trent Higginbothem a 2011 Graduate of Pace High School and member of the Florida Mustangs 17u team committed to Tallahassee Community College.  Trent batted 3 hole for the 2010 Pace High School ESPN National Championship team and Florida state championship team.  Trent was also the MVP of the 2009 16u WWBA National Championship at East Cobb.  Congratulations Trent! TCC has a great player.

Addison Russell a 2012 Graduate of Pace High School and member of the 2009 Florida Mustangs team that finished #2 in the Perfect Game national rankings has committed to Auburn University.  Addison played SS and pitched for our team.  He is a great player and Auburn will be excited to get him on campus.  Congratulations to Addison and his family.

JD Little a 2011 Graduate of Fort Walton Beach High School and member of the Florida Mustangs 17u team committed to the Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina.  The Citadel Bulldogs are located in Charleston, South Carolina and coached by legendary Fred Jordan, who was Coach of the Year for the Southern Conference in 2010. The Bulldogs finished 24-6 in conference play and won 43 games on the season winning the Southern Conference Tournament for the 8th time and getting an NCAA birth to the University of South Carolina Regional in which they went 2-2.  Congratulations and good luck to JD Little.

2010 Grads who are at college playing baseball this fall include AJ Gomez at Birmingham Southern.  Chris Krenek and Michael Coehlo are at Northwest Florida State College.  Nick Miller and Michael Wells are at Gulf Coast Community College.  Austin Farrell is at Pensacola State College.  Jake Wright is at Enterprise Ozark Community College.  Daniel Bick is at Georgia College.

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NY Mets Scout Team Debut

NY Mets Scout Team Debut

July 30, 2010No comments

The NY Mets Scout Team sponsored by NFBA made its Debut in Jupiter, FL this past weekend.

This premier team put on a great show hitting 3 Home-runs in the first game and going undefeated over the weekend with a record of 3-0-1.  Florida Mustang Catcher Alex Jones put on great show for the scouts with many hard hit balls giving him several doubles and triples and helping the Mets to victory. Other Mustang players contributing to the success were Devante Taylor who had a lead-off triple in Game 3 and displayed his great speed in CF. While Dakota Dean and Mac Seibert provided great performances at SS and 2nd base this weekend and had great at-bats crossing the plate numerous times for the score.  Mustang pitchers, Miller, Gunter and Junger gave great performances on the mound to keep the other teams bats a bay for the weekend.  Coach Tommy Jackson (New York Mets Regional Scout Supervisor) and his staff did a great job preparing the boys for the games, coaching and sharing information with the parents and players about the expectations of players from a scouts perspective. The NFBA thanks the New York Mets for this opportunity and we look forward to continuing this Scout Team Program in the future.

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WWBA 17U National Championship

July 17, 2010No comments

The 17u Mustangs attended the WWBA National Championship in Marietta, GA.

This tournament was the largest in history having over 215 teams from around the world in one age division. The Mustangs started the tournament vs. the NOVA Patriots from Virginia.  Their pitcher was 83-86 and snuck the ball up on alot of our hitters.  Their catcher showcased a great arm.  The Mustangs were in control of the game from the 1st inning on.  Scoring at least 1 run in 5 innings.  Sam Bass pitched another fine game going 5 innings, 4 hits, 4 k’s.  Logan Hill was 1-1 with  2 runs scored.  JD Little had a 2b and 1 rbi. Mustangs win 8-1.  In the second game the Mustangs played the highly touted Diamond Devils from South Carolina.  They have 13 div-I commits and several pro prospects.  The Mustangs had an early deficit and could not overcome.  The Stangs lost 9-4.  The Diamond Devils won the whole event and we very well could have beat them.  Drew LaBounty went 2-3 with a run and a SB.  On Thursday the Stangs played their 3rd game against the East Cobb Blue Jays.  JD Little got the win and threw 6 innings giving up 3 hits, 3 earned runs and 12 k’s.  The Stangs won 7-5.  Mitchell Peterson was 1-2 with a walk, SB,2 runs, RBI.  In the 4th Game the Stangs played the ABD Warriors from Hawaii.  They had a crafty LHP that really had a good game.  Will Thompson threw 4 2/3 innings of 1 run ball.  The Stangs tied this game 1-1.  On Friday the Stangs played at Marietta HS against Mac-n-Seitz Indians.  This team boasted a roster full of physical athletes that really know how to hit.  Their coaches are former MLB Veterans Mike Macfarlane and Kevin Seitzer!  Mitchell Peterson pitched great and went 4 innings giving up 1 earned run and 2 k’s with only 3 hits.  JD Little and Logan Hill each went 3-3 with runs scored to lead the attack.  The Mustangs won 8-3.  In the final game on saturday the Mustangs played the South Oakland A’s from Michigan.  Dylan Turman got the start and went 4 innings giving up 3 hits and 2 runs, while striking out 3.  Cameron McNabb had a nice hit.  The stangs dropped the final game 2-1.  Overall the boys had a good week and they played hard.  Their were over 100 scouts total that followed our team over the past two weeks.  I handed out close to 100 copies of rosters and recommeded all of our boys to programs throughout the country.  Thank you all for your continued support.  We could not do this without the committed parents and players.

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WWBA 18U National Championship

July 02, 2010No comments

The 18u Mustangs are in Marietta this week (6-29 thru 7-4) for the WWBA National Championship.

We are in pool Z which is packed with talent.  The Diamond Devils showcased a South Carolina signee that did not throw a pitch under 92 in the first game.  There were 30 MLB and college scouts on hand to watch us play.  There have been coaches from USC, LSU, Auburn, Troy, Maryland, Georgia Tech, Memphis, Berry, Georgia College, Upstate, Miami and so many that I cannot recall.  Each player has had opportunities to perform in front of these scouts.  Tino Benjamin hit a game winning HR on Wednesday that went approximately 450 ft.  Friday’s game at the East Cobb Complex has been postponed due to inclement weather.  Friday’s game was cancelled and did not get added back to the schedule.  In the 3rd game of the Tournament JD Little started the game and pitched 3 masterful innings giving up 1 hit and 1 earned run with 2 k’s.  Austin Farrell had a hit and 2 rbi’s.  The Stangs lost 8-4.  On Saturday the Mustangs tied the East Cobb Orioles 6-6.  Devante Taylor went 4-4 with a 2b, Brandon Tyler hit a HR.  Trent Higginbothem pitched 2 innings giving up no runs and no hits.

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