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GARY JONES ASST. COACH COACHES SPARTAN SOFTBALL

Coach Jones enters his eighth year as an assistant coach with the Spartan Softball Program where he will serve as a varsity assistant.. He was born and raised in Cobb County where he graduated from Osborne High School. Coach Jones earned a B.S. in Business Administration and a B.S. in Secondary Math Education from Kennesaw State University. He also earned a Master’s Degree in Secondary Math Education from Piedmont College.

Coach Janet Oglesby is entering her twelfth year at South Pauld- ing High School where she started the program in 2006. Under Oglesby’s helms, the Spartans have advanced to the state tourna- ment four of the last six years, finishing region runner-up three times. The Spartans had their best finish in school history in 2012 as they advanced to the Elite Eight and finished tied for 5th place in the state. Prior to starting the Spartan program, she served as the head coach at Harrison High School for eleven years where her team finished state runner-up twice and captured the 2000 AAAAA State Championship. While at Harrison, Coach Oglesby was awarded many honors, including AAAAA Georgia Coach of the Year, Cobb County Coach of the Year and Region Coach of the Year. She has also coached in the Georgia Athletic Coaches Association and Georgia Dugout Club All-Star games. In 2015, Coach Oglesby was inducted into the Georgia Dugout Club Hall

JANET OGLESBY HEAD COACH

Coach Jones has been teaching Math at SPHS since 2008. Prior to coming to SPHS, he taught at Harrison High School from 2000 to 2003 and South Paulding Middle School from 2005 to 2008. His coaching experience includes sixteen years in slow and fast pitch softball. He also was an assistant football coach (receivers and defensive backs) and an assistant girls’ soccer coach at South Paulding Middle School.

of Fame. She is a graduate of Fayette County High School, where she is a member of the FCHS Hall of Fame, and played college softball at Georgia Southern University. While at Georgia Southern, she earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Marketing. She completed her graduate work at Georgia State University earning a Master of Science degree in Sports Administration. After working in college athletics, Coach Oglesby attended Kennesaw State University where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Health and Physical Education and served as an assistant softball coach. Her teaching responsibilities include Personal Fitness, General PE, Health, and Sports Medicine. She and her husband John have two children, Kalin and Jake who are both SPHS alumni.

Coach Jones enjoys spending time with his three children and six grandchildren.

Coach Sellers enters his second year working with the Spartan Softball program. He will be an assistant varsity coach as well as the head jv coach. He is originally from Paulding County where most of his family resides and is a 2010 graduate of South Paulding High School. While in high school, Coach Sell- ers played basketball, football, baseball, and ran track. After graduation, he continued his athletic career at Shorter University in Rome, GA on a football scholarship and joined the baseball team for the fall season. He graduated from The University of West Georgia in the spring of 2015 with a degree in Health and Physical Education. His hobbies include fishing, summer sporting events, exercising, hiking, and spending time with his friends and family. Coach Sellers has a twin brother (Brock) and younger sister (Victoria). His grandfather, Sammy McClure, and his uncles, Reggie and Sammy McClure are the biggest influenc-

BRYCE SELLERS ASST COACH

Missy is in her sixth year working with the SPHS softball program. She serves as the Head Coach for the Junior Spartan team and also serves as a varsity and junior varsity assistant coach in the Spartan Softball Program. She graduated from Harrison High School where she was a 4-year varsity letter winner in fast pitch softball. During her high school years, she played gold level travel ball for the East Cobb Softball Association, playing in ASA Nationals six years. Missy continued her softball career at the collegiate level, playing two years at the University of West Georgia (Gulf South Conference DII) and two years at Kennesaw State University (Atlantic Sun Confer- ence D1). While at the University of West Georgia she broke all pitching records and was selected to the All-Conference Team twice. Her softball recognitions include: Marietta Daily Journal Pitcher of the Year, Gulf South Conference Pitcher of the Week, East Cobb’s Continuance of Excellence in Softball, and Atlantic Sun Conference Pitcher of the Week. She and her husband Brian have three sons, Bryce, Jase and John Ryker.

MISSY TOLBERT ASST COACH/ HEAD JUNIOR SPARTAN COACH

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es in his life. His uncle, Lloyd Turner, spent seven years in the minors reaching AAA level, and is now the hitting coach for the Vermont Lake Monsters in the Oakland A’s system. “Sports has had a major impact on my life. Sports teaches young men and women a lot about life. It can humble you, teaches you work ethic, and also how to work well with others in a team setting. I have built many relationships through sports and I am very fortunate that Coach Oglesby has given me the opportunity to learn and be a part of her staff. I love learning and can’t wait to make an impact this season! I am beyond excited to come aboard for the 2016-2017 softball season at South Paulding. Looking forward to having a great year!” GO SPARTANS!

SPHS 2017 VARSITY & J.V. VARSITY SOFTBALL SCHEDULE

DATE OPPONENT

SITE

VARSITY JV

DATE OPPONENT

SITE HHS

VARSITY JV

8/28 8/29 8/30 8/31 * Region Game # Senior Night ^ Strike Out Cancer

8/8 8/9 8/11

Chapel Hill Paulding Co.

CHHS PCHS

5:30 5:55

Harrison

5:30

4:30 6:45 8:30 11am 2:30

*Mays

HOME HOME

5:55 5:30

Coahulla Creek

Woodland (R&B) Woodland (R&B)

KennesawMtn.

7:30

Woodland Cherokee

*Langston Hughes LHHS

5:55pm 5:55pm

8/12

Cherokee Cherokee

9/7 9/8

*Creekside

HOME

Pickens

KennesawMtn JVTourn

TBA

TBA TBA

8/12

Pierce Co.

East Carroll Pk. (LO Slam) East Carroll Pk. (LO Slam) East Carroll Pk. (LO Slam)

10am 12pm

North Forsyth

9/9

Gordon Lee Dade County Columbus ^Chapel Hill Creekview

East Carroll Pk. (Trojan Slam) 10am East Carroll Pk. (Trojan Slam) 1:30 East Carroll Pk. (Trojan Slam) 3:15

Heritage Conyers

2pm

8/14 8/15 8/16 8/21 8/22 8/23 8/24 8/26

Sprayberry North Cobb

HOME HOME NPHS

5:55 7pm 5pm

5pm 7pm

9/11 9/13 9/14 9/18 9/19 9/21 9/26

HOME

7pm 5:30 5pm 5:30 5:55 7pm 5:30 TBA

5pm

North Paulding

CHS

Allatoona Alexander

AHS

5:15

7:15

*#Douglas County HOME

7pm

HOME AWAY

5pm 4:30

East Paulding

EPMS HOME

Hiram

5:55 5:30 1pm 3pm

*Tri-Cities *Alexander *Northgate

*NewManchester NMHS

AHS NHS TBA

5pm

Roswell Harrison

Harrison (Buc Bash) Harrison (Buc Bash)

10/2-10/6 Region Tourn.

* Region Game • # Senior Night • ^ Strike Out Cancer