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South Charlotte Panthers
Welcome to the official site of the South Charlotte Panthers Baseball
Founded in 1998 as the Pineville Panthers, the South Charlotte Panthers begin their 21rst year of travel baseball in 2018 playing out of Charlotte, NC.
The Panthers will field four national teams; 2019 Grads (17U); 2020 Grads (16U); 2021 Grads (15U) and 2022 Grads (14U) for the 2018 season. The 2018 schedule will include regional college showcases, national tournaments and invitational events. Panther players are scheduled to attend multiple individual showcases and college showcase events in addition to the team play. The rosters are made up of young men committed to setting and meeting individual and team goals in academics, personal life, sportsmanship, baseball skills and team results.
Welcome to the web site. Events, Games, Projected Pitchers and Results will be updated on this site throughout the season.
Contact Sean Thomas by email at thosean22@gmail.com or by phone at 908 334 2894 for player or team information.
Don Hutchins
South Charlotte Panther Baseball 2017
Jacob Cozart to NCSU
JACOB COZART COMMITS TO NORTH CAROLINA STATE
SCP JACOB COZART - Wesleyan Christian has committed to attend college and play baseball at NORTH CAROLINA STATE. Jacob will join the Wolfpack following his prep career at Wesleyan Christian and with the Panthers.
Congratulations to Jacob. His parents Michelle and Craig. Brothers Caleb and Sam.
Trent Thornton to MLB
TRENT THORNTON MAKES THE SHOW
SCP 2012 TRENT THORNTON - Ardrey Kell HS/University of North Carolina made his Major League Baseball debute on Sunday, March 31 for the Toronto Blue Jays. Trent started the game; pitched 5 Innings; gave up 2 Hits; 0 Runs and 0 Walks. Trent struck 8 to break the franchise K record for debute outings.
Trent is the all time record holder for Win % (100%) for the South Charlotte Panthers with a perfect 12-0 record. Following All State seasons at Ardrey Kell, Trent was an All American and an All ACC performer at UNC for the Tar Heels where he pitched in the College World Series. He was drafted in the 5th Round by the Houston Astros in 2015 advancing to AAA the past two seasons with the Fresno Grizzlies where he set the Pacific Coast record for consecutive strike outs (14).
Trent joins 5 former South Charlotte Panthers on opening day MLB rosters and is the 8th SCP alum to make the SHOW.
Alex Wood - Cincinnati Reds / Ty Buttrey - California Angels / Jeffrey Springs - Texas Rangers / Whit Merrifield - Kansas City Royals / Luke Bard - California Angels.
Luke Osteen to Florida State
LUKE OSTEEN COMMITS TO FLORIDA STATE
SCP 2021 LUKE OSTEEN - Hough High School has committed to attend college and play baseball at FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY. Luke will join the Seminoles following his prep career at Hough and with the South Charlotte Panther 2021s.
Congratulations to Luke; his mother Katie.
SCP 2022 Roster
SOUTH CHARLOTTE PANTHERS 2022 (15U) ROSTER
2018 Perfect Game WWBA Freshman World Champions
(50 - 10 - 1)
PARKER BYRD..............................IF/P.........................................Scotland County HS...EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY
NATHAN CHRISMON..............IF/OF/P..................................South Rowan HS
AIDEN EVANS...........................OF/IF/P...................................Hough HS
BRAYLEN HAYES.......................OF/P.........................................Uwharrie Charter
MATT HEAVNER........................IF/P..........................................North Lincoln HS....NORTH CAROLINA STATE
ELI JERZEMBECK .....................RHP/IF.....................................Providence HS
DREW LANZO.............................LHP/1B/OF..............................Hickory Grove Christian
GARRET MICHEL.......................IF/OF/P...................................East Lincoln HS...
CAMERON PADGETT.................RHP/IF....................................East Rowan HS
ANDREW SENTLINGER...........LHP...........................................Ardrey Kell HS
DAVID SESSOMS.....................OF/CIF/P................................East Rutherford HS
GRAHAM SMILEY......................C/IF/P.....................................East Lincoln HS...NORTH CAROLINA STATE
AIDEN STRANGE...................... 1B/C/P.....................................East Rutherford HS
JAMES TRIANTOS.................. IF/RHP..................................St. John's College HS...UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA
CAM WALL....................................LHP..........................................West Forsyth HS
TREY WAY...................................C/IF/P.....................................Uwharrie Charter
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