2016SouthPauldingBook

SPARTAN

SOFTBALL COACHES

JANET OGLESBY – HEAD COACH

Coach Janet Oglesby is entering her eleventh year at South Paulding High School

where she started the program in 2006. Under Oglesby’s helms, the Spartans

have advanced to the state tournament 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 cap-

tured 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.

DATE

OPPONENT

SITE

VARSITY

8/9

Paulding County

Away

5pm

7pm

8/11

KennesawMtn

Away

7pm

5pm

8/12

Sonoraville

HOME

5pm

8/12

TCC

HOME

8:30pm

8/13

Lassiter

Woodland HS

11:15am

8/13

River Ridge

Woodland HS

1pm

8/13

Northside Columbus

East Carroll Park

9:30am

8/13

Central

East Carroll Park

11:15am

8/13

Pierce County

East Carroll Park

2:30pm

8/16

North Cobb

Away

5pm

7pm

8/17

Allatoona

HOME

7pm

5pm

8/22

Creekview

HOME

5:55pm

8/23

Alexander

Away

5pm

8/25

Villa Rica

HOME

4:30pm

8/25

*NewManchester

HOME

6:30pm

8/27

NWWhitfield

Woodland HS

12:30pm

8/27

Darlington

Woodland HS

2:30pm

8/27

Woodland

Woodland HS

6:30pm

8/30

*Mays

Away

5:55pm

8/31

North Paulding

HOME

7pm

5pm

9/1

*Langston Hughes

HOME

5:55pm

9/8

*Creekside

Away

5:55pm

9/9

KennesawMtn JV Tournament

TBA

9/9

KennesawMtn. JV Tournament TBA

TBA

9/10

Central

East Carroll Park

9:30am

9/10

Gordon Lee

East Carroll Park

11:15am

9/10

Chattooga

East Carroll Park

2:45pm

9/14

Hiram

HOME

7pm

5pm

9/15

*Douglas County

Away

5pm

7pm

9/19

East Paulding

HOME

5:30pm

9/20

*Tri-Cities

Away

5:55pm

9/21

*^Alexander

HOME

7pm

5pm

9/27

*Northgate

HOME

7pm

5pm

10/3-10/8 Region Tournament

TBA

GARY JONES – ASSISTANT COACH

Coach Jones enters his seventh year as an assistant coach with the Spartan Softball Programwhere he will serve as a varsity assistant and the junior varsity head coach.

Hewas born and raised in Cobb Countywhere he graduated fromOsborne High School. Coach Jones earned a B.S. in Business Administration and a B.S. in SecondaryMath

Education fromKennesaw State University. He also earned a Master’s Degree in Secondary Math Education fromPiedmont College.

CoachJoneshasbeenteachingMathatSPHSsince2008. PriortocomingtoSPHS,hetaughtatHarrisonHighSchoolfrom2000to2003andSouthPauldingMiddleSchool

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.

MISSY TOLBERT ASST. COACH &

HEAD JUNIOR SPARTAN COACH

Missy is in her fifth year workingwith the

SPHSsoftballprogram. Sheservesasthe

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 ASANationals six years. Missy contin-

ued 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 Conference 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 two sons, Bryce

and Jase.

BRYCE SELLERS – ASST. COACH

Coach Sellers enters his first year working with the Spartan Softball program. He is originally from Paulding County where most of his family resides and is a 2010 grad-

uate of South Paulding High School. While in high school, Coach Sellers played basketball, football, baseball, and ran track. After graduation, he continued his athletic

careeratShorterUniversity inRome,GAonafootballscholarshipand joinedthebaseballteamforthefallseason.HegraduatedfromTheUniversityofWestGeorgia inthe

spring of 2015with a degree in Health and Physical Education. His hobbies include fishing, summer sporting events, exercising, hiking, and spending timewith his friends

and family. Coach Sellers has a twin brother (Brock) and a younger sister (Victoria). His grandfather, Sammy McClure, and his uncles, Reggie and Sammy McClure are the

biggest influences 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.

“Sportshashadamajor impactonmy life.Sportsteachesyoungmenandwomena lotabout life.Itcanhumbleyou,teachesyouworkethic,andalsohowtoworkwellwith

others in a team setting. I have built many relationships through sports and I am very fortunate that Coach Oglesby has givenme the opportunity to learn and be a part of her staff.

I love learning and can’t wait tomake an impact this season! I ambeyond excited to come aboard for the 2016-2017 softball season at South Paulding. Looking forward to having a great year!”

GO SPARTANS!

SPHS 2016 VARSITY & J.V. VARSITY SOFTBALL SCHEDULE