On Wednesday, June 21st the VBL Announced its selections for the 2023 All Star Game to be held at Bing Crosby Stadium on June 25th in Front Royal, VA. The All-Star Selections encompass ballplayers from every team in the Valley. The Teams will be divided into North and South Divisions. The Northern Division will comprise of members of the Winchester Royals, Purcellville Cannons, New Market Rebels, Strasburg Express, Front Royal Cardinals and Woodstock Riverbandits. The Southern Division will consist of members of Culpeper Cavaliers, Harrisonburg Turks, Charlottesville TomSox, Covington Lumberjacks, Waynesboro Generals, and Staunton Braves.

The North All Stars will be coached by Mike Smith of the Winchester Royals. The summer of 2023 will be Mike Smith’s 18th year in the Valley League. Mike began his career in Front Royal with stops in Winchester, Strasburg, Purcellville and back to Winchester. Mike took over the head coaching duties in Winchester in 2019. Mike is in his 30th year of coaching high school baseball. He is the HC at Clarke County HS in Berryville VA. He also coached at Shenandoah University in Winchester VA. Mike was an associate scout with the KC Royals (MLB) for many years. Mike currently resides in Rippon WV with his wife Ann and 2 dogs (Buddy & Okie). Mike has a daughter Kylie Whitaker who is a kindergarten teacher in Berryville VA and is married to Dalton Whitaker a former RHP at Winthrop University.

The South All Stars will be coached by Lyndon Coleman of the Charlottesville TomSox. Lyndon Coleman is in his fifth season as head coach at Pasco Hernando State College and his first as the Skipper of the TomSox. He previously was the manager of the Winchester Royals for two seasons. Prior to becoming the head coach at PHSC, Coleman was the head assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for three years under Steve Winterling, PHSC athletic director. During Coleman’s tenure, PHSC has a 219-125-1 record overall and a 126-75 record as head coach. Coleman picked up his 100th win in just his 3rd full season as head coach against Hillsborough Community College on March 7, 2022 with a 15-3 win. Coleman has five NJCAA Dll Region 8 championships and five trips to the NJCAA Dll Southeast District 10 Tournament in North Carolina. For the first six years of Coleman’s coaching tenure at PHSC was not in a conference. In the first year of the Sun-Lakes Conference, Coleman won the regular season conference championship. In 2019 as Coleman’s first season as PHSC head coach, he led the Bobcats to a third-place finish at the NJCAA DII World Series in Enid, Oklahoma. For this accomplishment Coleman was awarded coach of the year honors by the NJCAA and the American Baseball Coaches Association for the Southeast District.

The Rosters are as follows:

NORTH

  • Winchester Royals:
    • INF    Danny Baez                L/R        6’1   200lbs     Indian River State College
    • INF    Jancarlos Colon        R/R        6’0  150lbs      Delaware State University
    • INF    Tyler Cox                    L/R        6’1   205lbs      Eckerd College
    • OF      Joshua Hogue           L/L        6’2   190lbs      Sante Fe Community College
    • OF      Jack Hay                    L/R        6’0   195lbs      Alabama State University
    • RHP   Jarrod Jenkins         S/R        6’3   200lbs     Dallas Baptist University
    • LHP   Adiel Melendez         L/L        6’0   219lbs      Alabama State University
  • Purcellville Cannons:
    • UTL   Mikey Briton             L/R        5’10 190lbs     University of Arkansas Ft. Smith
    • INF    Cullen Horowicz       R/R       6’4   235lbs     University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
    • C         Jose Torres                R/R       5’10 204lbs     University of Louisiana Lafayette
    • DH     Ryne Guida                R/R      6’1    225lbs      Florida International University
    • RHP   Mac Ayres                  R/R      6’3   195lbs       University of Purdue Ft. Wayne
    • RHP   Mauricio Rodriguez R/R      6’2   215lbs       Rice University
  • Strasburg Express:
    • INF   Victor Castillo             L/R      5’11  195lbs       Liberty University
    • C        Logan Vaughan          S/R      6’1    200lbs      Texas A&M Corpus Cristi
    • OF     Jacob Friend               L/R      6’1    190lbs       Davidson College
    • LHP  Max Kuhle                   L/L      6’2    205lbs      James Madison University
    • RHP  Matt Dickey                R/R     6’2    225lbs       Emmanuel College
  • Front Royal Cardinals:
    • RHP  Andres Camargo       R/R     5’10   165lbs       East Georgia College
    • LHP  Bryce Fisher               L/L      6’4     225lbs      University of North Carolina Asheville
    • INF   Eli Burwash                R/R     5’10   185lbs       Western Kentucky University
    • C       Robert Mozeley          L/R     5’11     180lbs       University of North Carolina Greensboro
    • OF    Jaden Anderson         R/L     5’9       205lbs      Georgia State University
  • Woodstock River Bandits:
    • OF    RJ Stinson                   R/R    5’10     220lbs       William Carey University
    • OF    Tomas Sanchez           R/R    6’2       210lbs       Texas Wesleyan University
    • OF    Hunter Smith              R/R    5’11      190lbs       Wharton County Junior College
    • RHP Bere Bauers                 R/R    5’11      185lbs        Randolph-Macon College
  • New Market Rebels:
    • INF   Bryce Safferwich        R/R    6’0       183lbs        Florida Southern College
    • RHP Anthony Pass              R/R    6’2        225lbs       Washington & Jefferson College
    • OF    El Rico Riley                R/R    6’1        210lbs        Florida Southern College
    • LHP  Danny Eden                L/L     6’0       195lbs        Penn State Harrisburg

SOUTH

  • Charlottesville Tom Sox:
    • INF  Brice Martinez             R/R   5’11        170lbs       Wofford College
    • INF  Kyle Edwards               S/R   5’11         180lbs       Old Dominion University
    • C       Kalvin Alexander        R/R   6’2          215lbs        Georgia Southwestern State University
    • RHP Mark Perkins               R/R   6’1          197lbs         Rice University
    • RHP Michael Eggert            R/R   6’3          225lbs        Wofford College
  • Covington Lumberjacks:
    • OF    Michael Pavelchak      L/L   6’0           180lbs        Post University
    • INF  Gregory Melo               R/R  6’0            206lbs       Tallahassee Community College
    • LHP Brian Garmon II          L/R  6’2            235lbs        Georgia State University
  • Culpeper Cavaliers:
    • OF    Keith Savoy                   R/R  6’1            175lbs        Georgetown University
    • OF    Jack Torosian               L/R  5’11           180lbs       Creighton University
    • OF    Kien Vu                          L/L  5’11            175lbs       Arizona State University
    • INF  Connor Maryniak        R/R  6’0             190lbs      Misericordia College
    • RHP Jarek Podest                R/R  6’7              205lbs      Elmira College
  • Harrisonburg Turks:
    • OF   Aiden Alexander           S/R  5’9             160lbs       Oklahoma City University
    • LHP Micah Morgan              L/L  6’1              207lbs      University of South Alabama
    • RHP Casey Smith                  R/R 6’3             190lbs       James Madison University
    • LHP  Garfield Johns             L/L  6’2             210lbs       University of South Alabama
    • LHP  Dominic Castellano    R/L  6’0            190lbs        University of Central Florida
    • INF   Jason Torres                R/R  6’2            228lbs        University of Miami
    • RHP  Lane Pearson              R/R  6’7             230lbs        Georgia Southern University
  • Staunton Braves:
    • INF  Cooper Clapp                L/R  5’10           180lbs         University of Notre Dame
    • C       Owen Prince                 L/R  5’8             165lbs          Virginia Military Institute
    • RHP Joe Martino                  R/R 5’11             175lbs          West Chester University
    • INF  Joey Parliment             R/R 5’7               170lbs          Trevecca Nazarene University
    • RHP Evan McDade               R/R 6’3               215lbs         Fairmont State University
  • Waynesboro Generals:
    • INF  Luis Ramirez                 R/R  5’11              200lbs        Bloomfield College
    • OF    Shane Shelly                  R/R  6’2               200lbs        Barry University
    • INF  Alexander McCoy         R/R  6’6                265lbs        University of Maryland Eastern Shore
    • OF   Jeremy Wagner             R/R  6’0                185lbs         Towson University
    • C     Parker Stroh                    L/R  6’1                 200lbs        University of Southern Indiana
    • RHP Connor Hensley           S/R   6’3                230lbs         Seminole State College of Florida

ALTERNATES – SOUTH

  • Charlottesville Tom Sox:
    • LHP  Ryan Lynch                   R/L  6’2              200lbs           University of Notre Dame
  • Harrisonburg Turks:
    • LHP  Daniel Diaz                    L/L  6’1               195lbs            University of South Alabama
  • Covington Lumberjacks:
    • LHP  Alexander Llinas          L/L  5’11              215lbs            Nicholls State University

ALTERNATES – NORTH  

  • Purcellville Cannons:
    • RHP  Jaxon Dalena               L/R  6’3               210lbs            Shippensburg University
  • New Market Rebels:
    • OF     Jude Drzemiecki          L/R  6’1               195lbs             St. Andrews Presbyterian College