CENTERVILLE ELKS HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

2024 Season CHS Baseball Varsity, Junior Varsity "A", and Junior Varisity "B" Coaching Staff and Bios

 Varsity Coaching Staff  (Objective:  Winning & Experience)   

FR:  Jason Whited (HC), Wes Mercer

BR:  Mike Murphy, Doug Walls, Adam Murphy

   
Jason Whited was selected to take over the Centerville Elks program in June 2014 following Terry Dickten who he had served under as an outfield and pitching coach for four years.  During his tenure as an assistant for the Elks they were able to achieve a record of 78-27 and win 3 GWOC Championships, 2 Sectional Titles, obtain 3 20 win seasons, and help 14 players go to play at the next level.  Prior to joining the Elks program Jason served as the head coach for Waynesville High School and achieved a two year record total of 22-27.  Since being chosen to take over the Elks Program Coach Whited has had 31 players go to play in the college ranks, 12 1st Team All Area Players, 13 All GWOC Players, and 6 All State Players.  Coach Whited also currently serves as the Miami Valley Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame Coordinator and owns and operates Just Winning Baseball, LLC.  Jason teaches Social Studies at Centerville High School and is married to wife Amy and is the proud father to daughter MacKenzie and son Jax.  (Updated 9/30/2022) 

Accomplishments

• 2010 Bob Ross Classic Head Coach
• 2018 Centerville Teacher of the Year 
• 2018 Noon Optimist Bringing Out the Best in Youth Award
• 2018 Ohio Teacher of the Year District 3
• 2019 VFW Ohio State Teacher of the Year
• 2019 VFW National Finalist Teacher of the Year
• 2019 Worldstrides Finalist Teacher of the Year
• Sectional Titles - 3 (2017, 2018, 2019)
• District Champions - 2 (2017, 2018)
• District Runner Up - 1 (2019)
• League Titles - 2 (2016, 2019, 2022)
• GWOC Coach of the Year - 3 (2016, 2019, 2022)
• Overall Record as Head Coach:  167-104 (62% Winning Percentage)
• Overall Record as Centerville Head Coach:  145-77 (65% Winning Percentage)
• Tournament Record as Head Coach:  15-10 (Record with Centerville 14-8)

Year, Record, and League Standing

• 2015:  13-14, 5th GWOC Central
• 2016:  18-10, GWOC Central Co-Champions
• 2017:  17-10, 2nd GWOC National League East, Sectional Champions 11-1 vs Northmont, District Champions 2-1 vs Milford (9 Innings)
• 2018:  18-11, 2nd GWOC National League East, Sectional Champions 2-0 vs Beavercreek, District Champions 4-1 vs Loveland 
• 2019:  22-7, GWOC National East Champions, Sectional Champions 4-0 vs Miamisburg, District Runner Up 6-15 vs Elder
• 2020:  COVID Year
• 2021:  22-6; 3rd GWOC
• 2022:  20-7; GWOC Champions
• 2023:  15-12; 3rd GWOC

 (Updated 11/19/2023) 

   
Mike grew up in Bronx, NY and very quickly found his passion in baseball. Mike was drafted as a right handed pitcher by the Cleveland Indians organization as an 18^th round pick in 1983 out of Manhattan College in NY, and pitched for 5+ seasons, ultimately making it to the 40 man big league roster. Mike continued his education during baseball and graduated from Manhattan College in NYC in 1986, with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering. In 1988 after retiring from baseball Mike began his career as an engineer and continues to work with companies in the manufacturing space. Upon moving to the Centerville area in 1998,  Mike began coaching travel baseball and most enjoys working with engaged baseball athletes at the high school level who have a goal to continue to learn the game and possibly have careers beyond high school. Additionally, Mike has provided youth pitching training and clinics for athletes in the Dayton region and ran the non-profit Reds Rookie Success League program in Dayton for 5 seasons.

Mike is the proud dad of two Centerville grads who have pursued careers in sports; Erin who is a health teacher at CHS and an Athletic Trainer for the Premier Network and Sean who played in the Oakland A’s system and was traded the Braves in 2022. Mike is married to his wife Marge of 30+ years and is blessed to have her in his life and that she understands what the game of baseball means to him.  

After a short hiatus from coaching, Mike has returned to his boyhood roots and passion and is excited to join the CHS team. #EPND

What do you enjoy most about coaching?

There are a number of elements to coaching that I enjoy. First is a desire to instill baseball knowledge (IQ) and skills required to be successful. Most importantly, I want my players to learn to respect the game, their teammates and themselves as well as helping the players learn aspects of Mission and Vision which apply not only to sports but business.

Coaching provides me peace of mind. When I am on the field with the players, I forget the day to day distractions that life can bring. It is the place where my sole focus is on one thing, the success of the student athlete.

What is your position within program?

Assistant Coach focusing on throwing mechanics, working with the catching corp, and third base coach.

Favorite memory as a coach

That is an easy one...it is everyone of the players that played for me from 10U through to 17U and all the road trips, successes and learning opportunities with these kids (now men). These teams consisted at one time or another of some of Elks Baseball strong tradition of players. I am now continuing to build memories having joined the Elk Baseball family 2018. In short, it’s not just one memory, it is every one of those players and families that had an impact on the teams over the years.

(Updated 03/14/2023) 

   
Doug Walls joined the Elks Coaching staff in 2015 to work with pitchers and has knowledge of the program from his playing days at Northmont.  Doug graduated from Northmont and went on to Muscatine Community College where he served as pitcher, first basemen, and designated hitter.  In 1993 Doug was drafted in the 4th round by the Colorado Rockies organization and was a starting pitcher from 1993-1999.  In 2000 he continued his career with the Detroit Tigers and finished his professional career with the Florida Marlins in 2001.  Since then Doug has served as a private pitching and hitting instructor along with coaching recreational and select teams of various ages.   

   
Adam Murphy began coaching at Centerville High School in 2015 as an assistant on the Freshmen team and 2016 as a varsity assistant.  Murphy graduated from West Carrollton High School in 2010 and then went on to Ashland University where he played as a member of the baseball team from 2011-2014. After coaching at CHS for 2 years he left to become the head varsity baseball coach at West Carrollton High School from 2017-2019. In 2020 Murphy became a varsity assistant at Springboro High School and stayed in that role until 2021. Finally in 2022, Murphy returned back to CHS where he holds a teaching job as an Intervention Specialist and is once again a varsity assistant. At CHS he has helped with catchers,1st basemen, hitters, base runners, and helps oversee the weight lifting program. Murphy also coached in the Dayton Classics summer organization from 2015-2019. Murphy resides in Centerville with his wife Madison.
 

   
Wes joined the Centerville Baseball staff in 2022.  Previously, Wes served as the Head Coach at Middletown High School from 2016-2022 where the Middies won 46 games during his tenure and bettered their win total each season. Before moving to Centerville, Wes served as an assistant coach in the Shenandoah High School baseball program for two seasons winning Pioneer Valley Conference titles each year.  Wes played his high school ball at Meadowbrook High School under Tim Roller where the Colts won the Ohio Valley Athletic Conference and District Champions in 2004.  He also played American Legion Ball for, State Qualifier, Cambridge Post 84.

Wes and his wife Ashley have lived in Centerville since 2014 with their dog, Lucille. 

FR:  JV "A" - Ken Prichard, Nick Gilmore (HC), Coleton Hammond, 

BR:  JV "B" - Kent Maki (HC) Jarid Quinn (JV"A"), Hank Stanley  

Missing:  JV "B" - Eric Sherrill

Junior Varsity "A" Coaching Staff  (Objective:  Competing & Experience) 

Coaches:  Nick Gilmore (HC), Coleton Hammond, Ken Prichard, Jaret Quinn

   
Bio coming soon.

     
Coleton was born in Kettering, Ohio and grew up loving the game of baseball. He played baseball throughout high school at Fairmont. He then went on  to Ohio university to get his degree in Education. During his time at Ohio, he was an assistant coach at Nelsonville York for a year. After college he joined the staff in 2018 with the JV program. 

Bio coming soon.

Bio coming soon.

Junior Varsity "B" Coaching Staff  (Objective:  Development & Experience)

Coaches:  Kent Maki (HC), Eric Sherrill, Hank Stanley

   
Kent joined the Centerville Elks Baseball organization in 2020. Kent is a Health and P.E. teacher at Centerville High School.  He graduated in May 2019 from Bowling Green State University where he played for the men’s rugby team and was part of the 2018 national championship team. Originally, Kent is from the Washington Court House area and attended Miami Trace High School.  He played first base on the Miami Trace baseball team, and is excited to get back into the game with a coaching role. 

   
Hank was born and raised in the Dayton area. He graduated from Dayton Christian High School and then attended Wright State University. In high school he competed in baseball, soccer and wrestling. Hank is married and has two children who attended Centerville High School. Hank has 20+ years of coaching at the youth and high school level. Hank has served on the Centerville Baseball League board as well as the Wee Elks board. The 2023 season will be his first year as a JV-A coach.

 Picture coming soon!

 Eric is new to the Centerville Baseball staff in 2024. He is currently in his 2^nd year as a Teacher at Centerville High School and 15^th overall as a Business and Computer Science Teacher previously teaching in the state of Indiana. Previously, Eric served as the Head Coach at Wayne High School (Fort Wayne, IN) from 2011 - 2016 where the Generals were Co-Conference winners 1x, Eric won over 40+ games during his short tenure. As well as having 7 of his former players move onto some form of post high school baseball. During his 15 years of teaching he has coached baseball as Head Coach or Assistant coach for 6 years, served as a Head Varsity Assistant Basketball coach at Snider High School in Fort Wayne,IN for 2 years and also served as a Head Assistant Coach for Snider Softball for 2 years before moving to Centerville, 

Eric attended Indiana Tech where he played baseball as a starting pitcher and earned a Bachelor's of Science in Business. While attending Indiana Tech and playing baseball Eric also attended University of Saint Francis (Fort Wayne, IN) where he obtained his Teaching degree in Business Education and Special Education. Eric also obtained his Masters in Education from Indiana Wesleyan soon after graduation and has acquired various Career and Technical education certifications from Indiana State. 

When Eric isnt coaching or teaching here at Centerville, he lives in Englewood, OH with his girlfriend Alexandra Lewis and their two dogs Lexi (Doberman/German Shepard mix) and Gracie (Bernese Mountain Dog) along with his 3 beautiful children 12 year old Brooklyn, 10 year old Ryan , and 5 year old Brielle where they love to go hiking, travel, huge restaurant foodies, and go kayaking.