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Prime Instructors
ROSS HOWARD
Owner and Director of Baseball Operations
Ross Howard is The founder and owner of Savannah baseball performance Academy and director of baseball operations. Ross is a graduate of Calvary day school where he was a 4 year starter on the Varsity baseball team leading them to a state championship state runner-up and two final four appearances. He is recognized as one of the best hitters in school history. Ross’ numerous honors include being name 4 time 1st team all region 3 time 1st team savannah morning news, 1st Team All-State and region player of the year. Ross signed a baseball scholarship at Andrew college and was honored as all-conference player his freshman year in 2011. He then went on to play for East Georgia state college to finish up his junior college career. After his college career, Ross has successfully coached youth travel baseball and continue his love and passion for player development for all ages from 2015 to present.
Madison Hedderly
Personal Trainer, Softball Coach and Softball Instructor
Madison Hedderly is a Certified Personal Trainer and Performance Enhancement Specialist though the National Academy of Sports Medicine.
She is from Columbus, Ohio and a former Division I Athlete/Pitching coach at Savannah State University where she received her Bachelor of Science degree in Public Relations & Advertisement with a focus in Sports Media. Hedderly was a four year letter winner and one of the most prolific pitchers in the school’s history.
During her career at SSU, she collected a winning record of 58-48 on the mound with 576 career S/O and a 3.07 ERA. She led the team in slugging percentage, hits, doubles & HRs in 2010 and 2011 collecting a career .342 Batting Avg, .592 SLG, 23 HRs and 115 RBIs. Hedderly was also named Co-Freshman of the Year in 2010 for Division I All-Independent. In SSU’s first year in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC), she led the conference in strikeouts with 192, garnered MEAC Pitcher Of The Week three times and was named MEAC Pre-season Pitcher Of The Year in 2013. Hedderly was also named MEAC Player Of The Week and was named to the MEAC ALL-Conference first team for the 2012 & 2013 season.
Craig Broadman
Director of Athletic Development
Craig Broadman is SBPA’s Director of Athlete Performance. Originally from rural Northern California, Craig grew up in the outdoors, playing baseball and swimming competitively. He chose to forgo opportunities to swim and play music in college to instead chase the dream of playing college baseball. This led him on a journey that took him to: American River College in Sacramento, CA- Mayville State University in Mayville, ND *Conference Champions
After two life-changing seasons under legendary coach Scott Berry, Craig graduated from MSU with a B.S. in Sport Management and a Minor in Coaching. He then coached with his Alma Mater before returning to California where he lived in the Bay Area working as a head baseball coach for seasonal travel teams as well as an athletic performance coach at Bay Area Ballplayers. During this time he also trained and played two seasons of independent professional baseball in the Pecos League where he was a starting pitcher.
Craig has immersed himself in the world of private coaching, driven to provide the most efficient, polished performance lessons he can. In the last year alone, he’s completed over 2000 lessons across baseball, softball, golf, and water polo, with athletes as young as 6 and as old as 83. Along with private lessons, he has had extensive experience in programming daily lifting for athletes, developing throwing and strength programs for high school, college, and professional baseball players, and recently developed a one-of-a-kind throwing program for water polo players.
Currently Craig lives in Garden City with his girlfriend and their two cats. He is studying for a NSCA certification in strength and conditioning as well as saving up to get his Master’s degree in Exercise Science.
“My mission is to create positive change through leadership and forward thinking; assisting athletes in chasing their dreams and aspirations while guiding them to develop into wholesome, open-minded individuals.”
Stephen Krause
Hitting Instructor
He attended Wilmington High School where he was a four year starter at shortstop. He was all conference all four years and ended with a .438 career batting average. In 2018 he played for the #2 ranked 18u team in the country and Connie Mack National Champions, the Midland Redskins (ranking via Perfect Game). He hit .471 for the Midland Redskins. During his junior year of high school, he earned himself a division 1 scholarship to Miami University.
Stephen played five seasons as a Redhawk for Miami University and was named team captain during his final year. He appeared in 115 games. During his senior year he batted .287 with 14 doubles, 7 home runs, and 44 RBI’s. He was also a Great Lakes collegiate league All-Star in 2019.
Stephen is currently a 7th grade social studies teacher at Bluffton Middle School. He is excited to help ball players around the area progress their game.
Parker Nolan
Hitting Instructor
Hailing from Wilmington, NC, Parker Nolan was born into an active family of athletes and competitors. By virtue, he soon fell in love with an array of sports and continued probing his interests in any activity available to him. It was not until high school that Parker honed in on just basketball and baseball, and by college his competitive efforts were directed solely toward baseball. Parker attended Davidson College for his undergraduate degree, and played outfield for the institution's baseball program. The small, tight-knit, and academic-centric school would prove to shape Parker in more ways than one, and to this day he remains incredibly thankful for the experiences, memories, and relationships that Davidson afforded to him. After the cancellation of the 2020 season, he was awarded an additional year of athletic eligibility, and thus, his graduation from Davidson in 2022 would not mark the end of his collegiate career. It was in 2023 that Parker joined the Wolfpack of NC State, exhausting his final year of eligibility as well as pursuing a masters degree in sports leadership and coaching. He has since moved to Savannah, looking to join the Bananas newest team - The Firefighters - as they will begin their inaugural season in late May. In the meantime, Parker is eager to immerse himself in the Savannah baseball community, and make an impact in any way he can. Fortunate to have worked with and learned from incredible coaches throughout his life, Parker hopes to have a similarly positive impact on those he is fortunate enough to coach himself.
Career Accomplishments:
Parker’s Davidson career would come to a climax his senior year, in which the club would amass a program record 43-wins en-route to an A10 regular season championship. Parker would contribute 15 homers, 11 doubles, and 5 triples on his own accord, and finish the year with a .310 batting average. He would follow this season with a .288 batting average for the Wolfpack, tacking on 10 additional homers and bringing his career count to 34. During his college career, Parker was never caught stealing in 24 total attempts. While he is incredibly proud of the success he earned on the field, Parker finds greater pride in his off-the-field achievements, highlighted by 3 consecutive Best Teammate Awards, the Thomas D Sparrow Spirit Award, and the Heart of the Pack Award.
Trey Vanderpool
Hitting and Infield Instructor
A native of Dacula, Georgia, Trey played high school baseball for Mountain View in Lawrenceville, Ga where he was an everyday utility player for the program. In high school, Trey was awarded the "Bear Award" for being voted on by his coaches and teammates as the hardest worker on and off the field in the entire baseball program.
In 2016, Trey accepted a baseball scholarship to Cleveland State Community College where he became the starting shortstop. Playing for coach Mike Policastro at CSCC, Trey hit .370 and was a perfect 19-19 in stolen base attempts and named a TCCAA Distinguished Scholar-Athlete Recipient.
In 2018, Trey then accepted a scholarship to play at Trevecca Nazarene University in Nashville, Tennessee. While a Trojan, Trey was again the everyday shortstop while having the 5th most stolen bases in the conference. A career .290 hitter with the Trojans, in his senior season Trey scored 25 runs and drew 14 walks while over 1/3rd of his hits were for extra bases . He connected for six doubles, three triples and four home runs and was nearly perfect on the basepaths (6-for-7) where he got on .366% of the time and slugged .445. Trey was named the GMAC conference tournament MVP where he hit .467 with 7 RBIs, 2 doubles, and one HR to lead the Trojans to a conference championship and a regional tournament bid and eventually the first D2 College World Series appearance in school history where the team finished 5th in the Nation.
Post college, Trey played games with both the Savannah Bananas and Party Animals before becoming a full time player for The Firefighters in their inaugural season,
2024 , as a second baseman.
Trey has been a manager at Dbat Nashville and has helped coached at Harding Middle school in Nashville, Tn, the Redbirds baseball club, and Rawlings Tigers.
CONTACT
Questions? Feel free to reach out to Ross Howard
Email: sbpacademy.contact@gmail.com Phone: 912.484.5282