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JANET OGLESBY

HEAD COACH

GARY JONES

ASST. COACH

COACHES

SPARTAN SOFTBALL

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

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 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 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.

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

DATE OPPONENT

SITE

VARSITY JV

8/8

Chapel Hill

CHHS

5:30

8/9

Paulding Co.

PCHS

5:55

4:30

8/11

Coahulla Creek

Woodland (R&B)

6:45

Woodland

Woodland (R&B)

8:30

8/12

Cherokee

11am

Pickens

Cherokee

2:30

8/12

Pierce Co.

East Carroll Pk.

(LO Slam)

10am

North Forsyth

East Carroll Pk.

(LO Slam)

12pm

Heritage Conyers

East Carroll Pk.

(LO Slam)

2pm

8/14

Sprayberry

HOME

5:55

8/15

North Cobb

HOME

5pm

7pm

8/16

North Paulding

NPHS

7pm

5pm

8/21

Allatoona

AHS

5:15

7:15

8/22

Alexander

HOME

5pm

8/23

Hiram

AWAY

5:55

4:30

8/24

*NewManchester NMHS

5:30

8/26

Roswell

Harrison

(Buc Bash)

1pm

Harrison

(Buc Bash)

3pm

DATE OPPONENT

SITE

VARSITY JV

8/28

Harrison

HHS

5:30

8/29

*Mays

HOME

5:55

8/30

KennesawMtn.

HOME

5:30

7:30

8/31

*Langston Hughes LHHS

5:55pm

9/7

*Creekside

HOME

5:55pm

9/8

KennesawMtn

JVTourn

TBA

9/9

Gordon Lee

East Carroll Pk.

(Trojan Slam)

10am

Dade County

East Carroll Pk.

(Trojan Slam)

1:30

Columbus

East Carroll Pk.

(Trojan Slam)

3:15

9/11

^Chapel Hill

HOME

7pm

5pm

9/13

Creekview

CHS

5:30

9/14

*#Douglas County HOME

5pm

7pm

9/18

East Paulding

EPMS

5:30

9/19

*Tri-Cities

HOME

5:55

9/21

*Alexander

AHS

7pm

5pm

9/26

*Northgate

NHS

5:30

10/2-10/6 Region Tourn.

TBA

SPHS 2017 VARSITY & J.V. VARSITY SOFTBALL SCHEDULE

MISSY TOLBERT

ASST COACH/

HEAD JUNIOR

SPARTAN COACH

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.

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-

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!

* Region Game

# Senior Night

^ Strike Out Cancer

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