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RAIDER NATION, What a tremendous 2019 baseball season we had last year! Congratulations to Coach Lassiat on his 300th win celebrated last season as well as congratulations to Coach Lassiat and the entire program for earning the distinction of 6A Baseball Field of the Year, a physical manifestation of the culture of excellence and hard work in our baseball program. Alpharetta High School baseball has accomplished much success under the leadership of Coach Lassiat, and I am confident that our teams are ready for another exciting season of Raider baseball!

Our student athletes have invested a tremendous amount of time, energy and effort in order to be ready to begin the 2020 season, and I know they will continue to work hard both on the field and in the classroom. I wish each student athlete the very best this season achieving both personal and team goals!

Thank you to all our players, coaches, parents, faculty members and community members that have helped make our baseball program world class. A very big thank you to Gameday Media for designing our media guide. Thank you also to all our amazing sponsors for your continued support of our baseball program. Your investment in these young men and the sport they love is greatly appreciated.

Lastly, thank you for being at the game tonight and throughout the season. We value teamwork and good sportsmanship in Raider Nation, so please help us model those expectations, including respecting the efforts of our game officials. Enjoy the baseball experience, and please remember to visit our concession stand. Thank you for your continued support. Go Raiders!!

Shannon N. Kersey Shannon N. Kersey, Ph.D. Principal

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DATE

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TIME

2/6/2020 2/10/2020 2/12/2020 2/14/2020 2/18/2020 2/21/2020 2/24/2020 2/27/2020 2/29/2020 2/29/2020 3/2/2020 3/4/2020 3/6/2020 3/9/2020 3/11/2020 3/13/2020 3/16/2020 3/18/2020 3/20/2020 3/23/2020 3/25/2020 3/27/2020 3/30/2020 4/1/2020 4/2/2020 4/9/2020 4/10/2020 4/11/2020 4/13/2020 4/15/2020 4/16/2020

NORCROSS (SCRIMMAGE) KINGS RIDGE PEACHTREE RIDGE RIVER RIDGE ROSWELL WOODSTOCK FORSYTH CENTRAL EAST PAULDING WEST FORSYTH GRAYSON CHEROKEE CHEROKEE CAMBRIDGE (AYBA/WILLS PARK NIGHT) CAMBRIDGE JOHNS CREEK JOHNS CREEK CENTENNIAL CENTENNIAL POPE POPE NORTHVIEW NORTHVIEW CHATTAHOOCHEE CHATTAHOOCHEE NORTH ATLANTA SANDALWOOD (JACKSONVILLE, FL) MANDARIN (JACKSONVILLE, FL) BARTRAM TRAIL (JACKSONVILLE, FL) NORTH ATLANTA DUNWOODY (SENIOR NIGHT) DUNWOODY

NORCROSS HIGH SCHOOL ALPHARETTA HIGH SCHOOL PEACHTREE RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL RIVER RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL ALPHARETTA HIGH SCHOOL WOODSTOCK HIGH SCHOOL FORSYTH CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL ALPHARETTA HIGH SCHOOL ALPHARETTA HIGH SCHOOL ALPHARETTA HIGH SCHOOL CHEROKEE HIGH SCHOOL ALPHARETTA HIGH SCHOOL ALPHARETTA HIGH SCHOOL CAMBRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL ALPHARETTA HIGH SCHOOL JOHNS CREEK HIGH SCHOOL ALPHARETTA HIGH SCHOOL CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL ALPHARETTA HIGH SCHOOL POPE HIGH SCHOOL ALPHARETTA HIGH SCHOOL NORTHVIEW HIGH SCHOOL ALPHARETTA HIGH SCHOOL CHATTAHOOCHEE HIGH SCHOOL ALPHARETTA HIGH SCHOOL SANDALWOOD HIGH SCHOOL MANDARIN HIGH SCHOOL BARTRAM TRAIL HIGH SCHOOL NORTH ATLANTA HIGH SCHOOL ALPHARETTA HIGH SCHOOL DUNWOODY HIGH SCHOOL

5:30 PM 5:55 PM 5:55 PM 5:55 PM 5:55 PM 5:55 PM 5:55 PM 7:00 PM 11:00 AM 5:00 PM 5:55 PM 5:55 PM 5:55 PM 5:55 PM 5:55 PM 5:55 PM 5:55 PM 5:55 PM 5:55 PM 5:55 PM 5:55 PM 5:55 PM 5:55 PM 5:55 PM 5:55 PM 5:55 PM 5:55 PM 1:00 PM 5:55 PM 5:55 PM 5:55 PM

HOME GAME

AWAY GAME

TOURNAMENT

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>>A MESSAGE FROM HEAD

COACH LASSIAT Alpharetta Raider Supporters, On behalf of the entire Alpharetta Raider Baseball program, we would like to welcome everyone. The coaches and players are excited about this season and hope to continue the momentum from the last few years of regular and playoff season success. We take great pride in our program on the field, in the classroom, and in the community. The game of Baseball offers more to our students than wins and losses. For many, it is a game that teaches them life skills such as team work and commitment, while also providing a platform to showcase what their long hours of practice have produced.

To all the Raider parents, thank you for all the sacrifices you have made over the years and for your support. A lot of what happens is not possible without your help. Finally, we would like to thank the many sponsors that have made this media guide possible. There is a tremendous amount of gratitude for how this will help the program. We look forward to an exciting season.

Marc Lassiat Varsity Head Coach

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Marc Lassiat

>> VARSITY HEAD COACH

Coach Lassiat graduated from the University of North Florida with a degree in Health Science and Community Health. While in college he was a member of the UNF baseball team, playing both as an infielder and outfielder. Prior to playing for the Ospreys, Coach Lassiat played at Central Florida Community College in Ocala, FL where he still holds 2 offensive records for the school. While at CFCC, he was selected as an All-State player twice. In high school Coach Lassiat was selected all-state three times. During his senior year, he ranked in the state’s top 10 in batting average, RBI’s, homeruns, doubles, and triples which helped lead his team to the 1991 State Championship.

Coach Lassiat began his coaching career at UNF as a graduate assistant. During this time he also worked as a strength and conditioning coach for the Detroit Tigers. Coach Lassiat began his high school coaching career at his alma-mater, Terry Parker High School, as an assistant coach in 1998, and then took over as the head coach in 2002.

In 2005 he accepted the head coaching position at Mandarin High School where he remained until 2014. Following his relocation to Atlanta in 2014, Coach Lassiat spent one year as an assistant coach at Chattahoochee High School. In 2015, Coach Lassiat took over the program here at Alpharetta High School.

Coach Lassiat has over 300 career wins as a head coach. Throughout his head coaching career, he has led teams to three district championships, three Gateway Conference championships, and reached the state playoffs 13 times, including 2 final four appearances. This year begins his 5th year at Alpharetta High School where he has a record of 55 wins and 42 loses. In 2018, Coach Lassiat was a USA Today National Finalist for High School Baseball Coach of the Year Award. In addition, under Coach Lassiat’s leadership the Alpharetta Raider Baseball Stadium was voted as Class 6A Field of the Year in the State of Georgia.

Allen Strohecker

Kevin Amerson

EJ Francis

Miles Snider

VARSITY ASSISTANT COACH

VARSITY ASSISTANT COACH

JV HEAD COACH

JV ASSISTANT COACH

Mike Stanford

Matthew Hartwell

Eddie Rush

JV ASSISTANT COACH

FRESHMAN HEAD COACH

FRESHMAN ASST. COACH

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NAME

HEIGHT

B/T

POSITION

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SAM STRATTON

5’9”

L/L

LHP/OF

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BRADLEY CHRISTIAN

6’1”

R/R

IF

3

JACK BARONE

6’2”

R/R

IF/OF/RHP

4

JACK SHANNON

6’2”

R/R

IF

5

AJINKYA GUNDARIA

5’7”

R/R

RHP/IF

6

JACOB LASSIAT

6’3”

R/R

IF/RHP

7

BRYCE TROUTT

6’0”

L/R

IF

8

ANDREW FORD

6’4”

R/R

RHP

9

HARRISON GOLDSTEIN

5’11”

R/R

OF

10

KEATON HUGHES

6’1”

R/L

LHP/IF

12

PHILIP KANOV

5’11”

R/R

IF

13

MOISES HUERTA

6’0”

L/R

IF

14

JACK MATTY

6’0”

R/R

OF/RHP

15

BRANNON KERSEY

5'9"

R/R

IF

16

COOPER MENDLINGER

5’7”

R/L

OF/LHP

18

MAX ROCKWITZ

6’0”

R/R

OF

20

TAWFIQ BAHHUR

5’8”

R/R

OF/RHP

21

COLBY CAMPS

5’11”

R/R

C/IF

22

WILL NOBLES

5’8”

R/R

C/IF

24

GRIFFIN TICE

6’0”

R/R

C

32

CASUAL KAY

6’2”

R/R

IF/RHP

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Sam Stratton

2

Bradley Christian

3

Jack Barone

4

Jack Shannon

5’9” L/L LHP/OF

6’1” R/R IF

6’2” R/R IF/OF/RHP

6’2” R/R IF

5

6

7

8

Ajinkya Gundaria

Jacob Lassiat

5’7” R/R RHP/IF

6’3” R/R IF/RHP

9

10 Keaton Hughes

Harrison Goldstein

5’11” R/R OF

6’1” R/L LHP/IF

Bryce Troutt

6’0” L/R IF

12 Philip Kanov 5’11” R/R IF

Andrew Ford

6’4” R/R RHP

13 Moises Huerta 6’0” L/R IF

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14 Jack Matty

6’0” R/R OF/RHP

20 Tawfiq Bahhur

5'9" R/R IF

5’8” R/R OF/RHP

32 Casual Kay

6’2” R/R IF/RHP

15 Brannon Kersey

21 Colby Camps 5’11” R/R C/IF

16 Cooper Mendlinger 18 Max Rockwitz

5’7” R/L OF/LHP

6’0” R/R OF

22 Will Nobles

24 Griffin Tice

5’8” R/R C/IF

6’0” R/R C

J UN I OR VA R S I T Y 2020 ALPHARETTA BASEBALL

#

NAME

HT

B/T

POS

1 2 3 4 5 7 10 12 13 15 19 20 23 27 29 32 47

ADAM WALKER JACKSON FRANK EVAN LASSIAT CADE PHILLIPS AUSTIN JANDA JAKOB COWART COLBY CAMPS JOSIAH ARANOVITCH COOPER MENDLINGER BEN GUTHRIE HADEN GUPTON RYAN ANDERSON COLE BELL HAYDEN HARDY AAKASH DESAI CASUAL KAY PJ SMITH

5’11” 5’9” 6’0” 5’9” 5’7” 5’10” 5’11” 5’5” 5’7” 5'10" 5’7” 5’10” 5’8” 6’3” 6’1” 6’2” 6’2”

R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R L/R R/R L/L R/L R/R R/R L/L L/R R/R R/R RR R/R

OF IF/RHP IF/OF IF/RHP IF/OF/RHP OF/RHP C/IF OF/LHP OF/LHP IF/RHP IF/RHP/C OF/LHP IF/RHP IF/RHP RHP IF/RHP IF/RHP

DATE

OPPONENT

LOCATION

TIME

2/11/2020 2/13/2020 2/14/2020 2/18/2020 2/21/2020 2/25/2020 2/26/2020 2/28/2020 3/5/2020 3/6/2020 3/9/2020

KINGS RIDGE NORTH ATLANTA NORTH SPRINGS ROSWELL FORSYTH CENTRAL KINGS RIDGE NORTH ATLANTA FORSYTH CENTRAL NORTH SPRINGS CAMBRIDGE CAMBRIDGE

ALPHARETTA HIGH SCHOOL NORTH ATLANTA HIGH SCHOOL NORTH SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL ROSWELL HIGH SCHOOL ALPHARETTA HIGH SCHOOL KINGS RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL ALPHARETTA HIGH SCHOOL FORSYTH CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL ALPHARETTA HIGH SCHOOL CAMBRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL ALPHARETTA HIGH SCHOOL

5:55 PM 5:55 PM 5:55 PM 5:55 PM 5:55 PM 5:55 PM 5:55 PM 5:55 PM 5:55 PM 5:30 PM 5:55 PM

HOME GAME

AWAY GAME

TOURNAMENT

DATE

OPPONENT

LOCATION

TIME

3/11/2020 3/13/2020 3/16/2020 3/18/2020 3/20/2020 3/23/2020 3/25/2020 3/27/2020 3/30/2020 4/1/2020

JOHNS CREEK JOHNS CREEK CENTENNIAL CENTENNIAL POPE POPE NORTHVIEW NORTHVIEW CHATTAHOOCHEE CHATTAHOOCHEE

JOHNS CREEK HIGH SCHOOL ALPHARETTA HIGH SCHOOL CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL ALPHARETTA HIGH SCHOOL POPE HIGH SCHOOL ALPHARETTA HIGH SCHOOL NORTHVIEW HIGH SCHOOL ALPHARETTA HIGH SCHOOL CHATTAHOOCHEE HIGH SCHOOL ALPHARETTA HIGH SCHOOL

5:55 PM 5:55 PM 5:55 PM 5:55 PM 5:55 PM 5:55 PM 5:55 PM 5:55 PM 5:55 PM 5:55 PM

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NAME

1

BENJAMIN HENRY

HT

B/T

POS

2

5'11" R/R OF BRANDON NIELSEN 5'10" L/R SS/2B/P

3

BLAKE MCMINN

4

ANDERSON JUDD

5

ANDREW NANCE

7

ALLAN NAVAS

8

TAHSAN HASAN

9

NOLAN DOWNIE

10 BEN GUTHRIE 12 JACKSON FRANK 14 DILLON HAMBLEN 17 KYLE WILKINS 20 WIN SMITH

5'9" R/R 3B 5'6" L/R 2B/SS/P 5'11" R/L 1B/OF 5'9" R/R 2B/3B/C/P 5'11" R/R 3B/1B/P 5'10" R/L 1B/OF 5'10" R/R IF/P 5'9" R/R IF/P 5'5" R/R OF 5'10" R/R OF/P

29 JOSÉ CASTRO

6'1" R/R 1B/C 5'9" R/R C/3B/1B

32 JAKOB COWART

5'10" L/R OF/P

DATE

OPPONENT

LOCATION

TIME

2/13/2020

CENTENNIAL

CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL

5:55 PM

2/15/2020

NORTH FORSYTH

NORTH FORSYTH HIGH SCHOOL

12:00 PM

2/19/2020

FORSYTH CENTRAL

FORSYTH CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL

5:55 PM

2/22/2020

WEST FORSYTH

ALPHARETTA HIGH SCHOOL

11:00 AM

2/24/2020

NORTH FORSYTH

ALPHARETTA HIGH SCHOOL

5:30 PM

2/26/2020

FORSYTH CENTRAL

FORSYTH CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL

5:55 PM

3/3/2020

DUNWOODY

DUNWOODY HIGH SCHOOL

5:55 PM

3/11/2020

CENTENNIAL

ALPHARETTA HIGH SCHOOL

5:55 PM

HOME GAME

AWAY GAME

TOURNAMENT

DATE

OPPONENT

LOCATION

TIME

3/12/2020

CENTENNIAL

CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL

5:55 PM

3/17/2020

DUNWOODY

ALPHARETTA HIGH SCHOOL

5:55 PM

3/21/2020

WEST FORSYTH

JOHNS CREEK HIGH SCHOOL

1:30 PM

3/21/2020

JOHNS CREEK

JOHNS CREEK HIGH SCHOOL

4:00 PM

3/28/2020

WINDER

JOHNS CREEK HIGH SCHOOL

1:30 PM

3/28/2020

JOHNS CREEK

JOHNS CREEK HIGH SCHOOL

4:30 PM

3/31/2020

CAMBRIDGE

ALPHARETTA HIGH SCHOOL

5:55 PM

4/1/2020

CAMBRIDGE

ALPHARETTA HIGH SCHOOL

5:55 PM

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SCORING ABBREVIATIONS

WAYS TO GET ON BASE

SINGLE

WILD PITCH (3RD STRIKE)

DOUBLE

PASSED BALL (3RD STRIKE)

TRIPLE

HOME RUN

CATCHER’S INTERFERENCE

GROUND RULE DOUBLE

STRIKEOUT (SWINGING)

STRIKEOUT (CALLED)

BASE ON BALLS

HIT BY PITCH

FIELDER’S CHOICE

ERROR

BATTER MAKES AN OUT

STRIKEOUT (SWINGING)

STRIKEOUT (CALLED)

GROUND OUT

FORCED OUT OR TAG (3RD THROWS TO 1ST)

INFIELD FLY RULE

RUNNER MAKES AN OUT

CAUGHT STEALING (PITCHER 3RD)

FORCE OUT OR TAG (3RD TO 2ND)

RUN DOWN (CATCHER TO 2ND TO 1ST TO 2ND)

FLY OUT (TO LEFT FIELD)

FLY OUT (TO RIGHT FIELD)

LINE OUT (TO 3RD BASE)

UNASSISTED PUT OUT