MANKATO EAST BASEBALL PARENT MEETING
2014 Coaching Staff Cory Smith - V Travis Miller - V Nate Hawker - JV Micah Degner – C Seth Allan and Taylor Ries – 8th John and Billy Bigham – 7th
Program Philosophies Varsity JV Competitiveness: High priority Competitiveness: Top priority Player Development: High priority Participation: Low priority JV Competitiveness: High priority Player Development: Top priority Participation: High priority
Program Philosophies cont… C Squad Competitiveness: Medium priority Player Development: Top priority Participation: High priority Junior High Program Competitiveness: Low priority Player Development: Top priority
Communication COACHES COACH PLAYERS PLAY PARENTS PARENT TEAM/INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS DISCUSSING PLAYER ROLES
Notify Me – Reminders sent in text or email format and schedule changes. www.big9.org Remind 101 - Text: @eastbas to: 763-645-5919 – once this is done you will receive reminders for varsity. Text: @c7c089 - 612-260-9853 for JV messages. Text @2014east to: 952-657-7898 to receive C team messages.
Player Conduct - “FIRST CLASS” PROGRAM - REPRESENTING EAST - “FIRST CLASS” PROGRAM - BUS CONDUCT - TRAVEL RELEASE FORM - PARENT ROLE MODELS
Eligibility -FULL DAY SCHOOL -PASSING GRADES -CLASSROOM ATTENDANCE MANDATORY -ATHLETIC FEE $160/$550 H.S. $100/$300 J.H. -PHYSICAL (WITHIN 3 YEARS) -ELIGIBILITY FORM
Student Code of Conduct MSHSL RULES VIOLATIONS Student Code of Conduct 1ST - 2 WEEKS/2 EVENTS 2ND - 3 WEEKS/6 EVENTS 3RD - 4 WEEKS/12 EVENTS
East Baseball Web Page http://www.ehs.isd77.org/page/2531 - MESSAGE BOARD - COACHES INFO - ROSTERS - PRACTICE SCHEDULES (first few weeks) - GAME SCHEDULES - LETTERING CRITERIA ….AND MORE
Level Specific Meetings Freshman (C): Cafeteria 10th-12th Grade: Stay Put
Lettering Criteria If you have completed all of your high school baseball seasons during your time at Mankato East, you will letter during your senior year. (If a Jr. or Sr. does not make the post season roster but finishes the regular season and is on good standing ground with the coaching staff, it will count as a complete season.) If you are a starter in a post-season game, you will letter. If you meet any of the following minimum criteria, you will letter: 20 regular season or 5 post-season plate appearances, 10 innings pitched. Appear in half of the varsity regular season games. Start 40% of the regular season varsity games If your team wins the Big9 or Section 2AAA Championship, everyone on the post-season roster will letter. The Mankato East Coaching Staff reserves the right to award letters under special circumstances.
2014 East Baseball Tryout 9th grade – March 10th-14th 10th-12th grade – 17th-21st C SQUAD PRACTICE GROUPS POSTED ON BASEBALL WEBSITE BY MARCH 8TH VARSITY/JV PRACTICE GROUPS POSTED ON BASEBALL WEBSITE BY MARCH 15TH TEAM ROSTERS POSTED BY MARCH 23rd PLAYER CUT MEETINGS DURING THE WEEK OF MARCH 24TH
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Lunches Notified if we will stop. We will not stop unless you are notified prior. Arrive home sooner Healthier
Dugout Rules/Uniforms ONLY players and coaches in the dugout. Uniform is ALWAYS on a hanger for JV/V Uniforms washed at EAST HS for JV/V – Uniforms washed by parents for C-Team Communicate with families/friends following a contest not during.
On-Line Store https://meb13.itemorder.com/sale Closes every Thursday at midnight so they can get things delivered timely.
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