THE PROGRAM

St. John’s has a long and storied baseball tradition. Founded in 1907, the baseball program was originally known as the St. John’s Preps. Sometime between 1909 and 1947, the program was disbanded and then revived as the Cadets by Gene Augusterfer and Joe Gallagher. The Cadets won three conference championships during the 1950s and nine conference championships from 1960-1978. When Ed Gibbs took over in 1993, however, the once proud program was in a state of total disrepair. The Cadets had not captured a championship for more than 15 years and had not been ranked in The Washington Post’s Top 10 in more than a decade. The Cadets had won only nine games in the previous two seasons combined and played in a poor facility that was in need of substantial upgrades. Gibbs resurrected St. John’s program and constructed a baseball powerhouse that became synonymous with excellence. Gibbs’ first team went 13-12. His second team went 26-4, won the WCAC regular season title and began a remarkable run of 13 straight 20-win seasons. Gibbs won 318 games, two conference tournament titles, eight regular season titles and saw his team ranked in the top 10 by The Washington Post in 12 of his 13 years. He was selected as Coach of the Year by The Washington Post in 2005 and on three different occasions was named WCAC Coach of the Year. Gibbs was inducted into the St. John’s Athletic Hall of Fame in 2008. The 2020 season was Mark Gibbs’ 17th year in the St. John’s program and his 14th as head coach. During his tenure, the baseball team has grown from an area powerhouse to an elite program recognized throughout the country. St. John’s has been nationally ranked in nine of the last 17 years by the most influential high school baseball publications in the United States, including Baseball America, USA Today and Collegiate Baseball. St. John’s ascent into the national spotlight reached a fever pitch in 2008, when Baseball America ranked the Cadets as the eighth-best team in the country and featured the Cadets as its spotlight program in its national high school baseball preview issue. At the same time, Collegiate Baseball named the Cadets as the second-best high school team in the nation. The Cadets proved worthy of the preseason acclaim by placing fourth in the Anderson Bat National Classic in Southern California, the nation’s top high school baseball tournament. During the event, St. John’s defeated two teams ranked among the top 25 in the country, both from Southern California, before succumbing to the eventual tournament champions in the winner’s bracket championship game. This marked the second straight year St. John’s had defeated two nationally ranked teams from California at the Anderson Bat National Classic. This success on the national level is unprecedented for a program from the mid-Atlantic region

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1907 ST. JOHN’S BASEBALL TEAM

2011 WCAC CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM

and validated the program’s standing among the nation’s best.

During Mark Gibbs’ 14 years as head coach, the Cadets have sent 110 players on to play college baseball, had 17 players drafted by or signed to free agent contracts with professional baseball teams and saw St. John’s players move on to some of the most prestigious baseball programs in the nation,

including College World Series participants University of Mississippi, Mississippi St. University and University of North Carolina as well as College World Series champions University of Virginia and Coastal Carolina University. St. John’s has also produced 37 Washington Post All-Met selections, ten high school All-Americans and four WCAC Players of the Year. Gibbs was honored in 2008 by being selected as a coach at the Under Armour All-American Game at Wrigley Field in Chicago, which was televised live on ESPN. The Cadets have won or tied for 10 WCAC regular season titles (2007, 2010, 2012-2019), seven WCAC tournament titles (2011, 2014-2019) and two DCSAA titles (2014, 2019) during his tenure. Gibbs has been named WCAC Coach of the Year three times (2012, 2013, 2016), USA Today Washington, DC, Coach of the Year three times (2015-2017) and was The Washington Post’s All-Met Coach of the Year in 2016. Following the 2019 season, he was selected as the DC State Coach of the Year.

HISTORY OF THE PROGRAM

2020 HEAD COACH

(Season canceled)

2019 HEAD COACH

• Final record 30-3 • WCAC regular season and tournament champions • DSCAA tournament champions • Finished No. 1 in The Washington Post (first time going wire to wire as the No. 1 team) • Finished No. 1 in Prep Baseball

Report, VA/DC rankings • Finished No. 4 in USA Today’s northeast/ mid-Atlantic regional rankings • Final national rankings: No. 14 USA

Today, No. 29 Max Preps, No. 30 Baseball

America and No. 31 Perfect Game • DCSAA State Player of the Year–James Triantos • Three Washington Post All-Met selections (one first team, one second team, one honorable mention) • Two PBR All-Region selections (two honorable mentions) • Set record for wins in a season (30)

2018 HEAD COACH

• Final record 26-6 • WCAC regular season and tournament champions • Finished No. 2 in The Washington Post • Finished No. 4 in Prep Baseball

Report, VA/DC rankings • Finished No. 3 in USA Today’s northeast and mid-Atlantic regional rankings • Gatorade DC Player of the Year–Zach Tsakounis • Three Washington Post All-Met selections (one first team, one second team, one honorable mention)

2017 HEAD COACH

• Final record 24-7 • WCAC regular season and tournament champions • Finished No. 2 in DCSportsFan rankings • Finished No. 2 in The Washington Post • Finished No. 6 in Prep Baseball

Report, VA/DC rankings • WCAC Player of the Year, Gatorade DC

Player of the Year, NW Current Player of the Year, USA Today DC Player of the Year, first team BCA All-Region–Jack Roberts • USA Today DC Coach of the Year–Mark Gibbs • Two Washington Post All-Met selections (one first team, one honorable mention) • HS Baseball Coaches Association

Regional Field of the Year (Gibbs Field)

MARK GIBBS AT ST. JOHN’S

2016 HEAD COACH

• Final record: 23-8 • WCAC regular season and tournament champions • Finished No. 3 in The Washington Post • Finished No. 6 in Prep Baseball

Report VA/DC rankings • Gatorade DC Player of the Year, USA Today

DC Player of the Year–Cam Remalia • Washington Post All-Met Coach of the Year, USA

Today Washington, DC, Coach of the Year and

WCAC Co-Coach of the Year–Mark Gibbs • Three Washington Post All-Met selections (two first team and one honorable mention) • Runner-up–IMG National Classic, Bradenton, FL

2015 HEAD COACH

• Final record: 25-6 • WCAC regular season and tournament champions • Finished No. 6 in The Washington Post • Finished No. 6 in Prep Baseball

Report VA/DC rankings • Gatorade DC Player of the Year, USA

Today Player of the Year–AJ Lee • Louisville Slugger All-American–AJ Lee • Three Washington Post All-Met selections (one first team and two honorable mentions)

2014 HEAD COACH

• Final record: 26-6 • WCAC regular season and tournament champions • DCSAA champions • Preseason ranked No. 47 nationally by Baseball America • Finished No. 1 in The Washington Post • Reached No. 1 in The Washington Post for the seventh time in 10 years • Gatorade DC Player of the Year–AJ Lee • Louisville Slugger All-American–AJ Lee • 34th-round draft pick of the Baltimore

Orioles–Garrett Pearson • Three Washington Post All-Met selections (one first team, one second team and one honorable mention) • Tied for most wins in a season in school history

2013 HEAD COACH

• Final record: 21-6 • WCAC regular season champions • Finished No. 7 in The Washington Post • WCAC Coach of the Year–Mark Gibbs • Two Washington Post All-Met selections (two honorable mentions) • Runner-up–IMG National Classic, Bradenton, FL 2012 HEAD COACH

• Final record: 23-3 • WCAC regular season champions • Ranked as high as No. 4 by USA Today and No. 5 by ESPN in the East Region • Finished No. 4 in The Washington Post • Set a new record for consecutive wins with 20 • WCAC Player of the Year, Gatorade DC

Player of the Year–Danny O’Donnell • Louisville Slugger All-American–Danny O’Donnell • WCAC Coach of the Year–Mark Gibbs • Two Washington Post All-Met selections (one first team, one second team)

2011 HEAD COACH

• Final record: 22-9 • WCAC tournament champions • Began the year ranked No. 1 in The Washington

Post and No. 34 in the country by Baseball America • Achieved a No. 1 ranking in The Washington

Post for the sixth time in seven years • Nationally-ranked for the seventh time in eight years • Finished No. 8 in The Washington Post • Preseason All-American–Nick Howard • Four Washington Post All-Met selections (one first team, one second team, two honorable mentions) • Runner-up–South Florida Classic,

Ft. Lauderdale, FL

2010 HEAD COACH

• Final record: 23-4 • WCAC regular season champions • Achieved a No. 1 ranking by The Washington

Post for the fifth time in six years • Finished No. 4 in The Washington Post • Finished No. 3 in the East Region by USA Today • Four Washington Post All-Met selections (one first team, one second team, two honorable mentions) • Nationally ranked for the fifth time in six years • Preseason All-American–Nick Howard • Washington Post DC Player of the Year,

Louisville Slugger DC Player of the Year,

Gatorade DC Player of the Year–Mike Bowie • Washington Post DC Extra Coach of the Year–Mark Gibbs

2009 HEAD COACH

• Final record: 18-7 • Ranked as high as No. 2 in The Washington Post • 16th straight year appearing in

The Washington Post Top 10 • Preseason All-American and Under

Armour All-American–Josh Leemhuis • Three Washington Post All-Met selections (one second team, two honorable mentions)

2008 HEAD COACH

• Final record: 20-7 • Finished No. 6 in The Washington Post • Nationally ranked–No. 2 Collegiate Baseball, No. 8

Rawlings/Perfect Game, No. 10 Baseball America,

No. 15 School Sports, No. 21 Rise Magazine • Two All-Americans–LJ Hoes, Scott Silverstein • Achieved a No. 1 Ranking in The Washington

Post for the fourth straight year • Three Washington Post All-Met selections (one first team, one second team, one honorable mention) • Two players drafted–LJ Hoes (drafted third round by the Baltimore Orioles), Scott Silverstein (drafted 32nd round by the Washington Nationals) • WCAC Player of the Year–LJ Hoes

2007 HEAD COACH

• Final record: 23-6 • Finished No. 4 in The Washington Post • Tied for first place in WCAC regular season • WCAC tournament finalist • Preseason No. 50 by PG Crosschecker • Finished No. 95 by PG Crosschecker • Achieved No. 1 ranking in The Washington

Post for the third straight year • Four Washington Post All-Met selections (one first team, one second team, two honorable mentions) • Two All-Americans–Connor Hoehn, LJ Hoes • Drafted 21st round by the Milwaukee

Brewers–Connor Hoehn • WCAC Player of the Year–LJ Hoes

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ST. JOHN’S BASEBALL FROM 2007-2020

(2020 season canceled) TEAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• 10-time WCAC regular season champions (2007, 2010, 2012–2019) • Seven-time WCAC tournament champions (2011, 2014–2019) • Finished in the Top 10 of The Washington Post final rankings 12 of the last 13 seasons – Appeared in The Washington Post Top 10 rankings every year – Reached No. 1 in five of 13 seasons • 20 or more wins in 12 of 13 seasons • Nationally ranked in six of 13 seasons • Regionally ranked for 11 of 13 seasons • Top national finishes: – Sixth at 2007 Phil Nevin National Classic (Anaheim, CA) – Fourth at 2008 Anderson Bat National Classic (Anaheim, CA) – Second at 2011 South Florida Classic (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) – Second at 2013 IMG National Classic (Bradenton, FL) – Second at 2016 IMG National Classic (Bradenton, FL) – Second at 2018 USA Classic (Millington, TN) INDIVIDUAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• 110 college signs • 17 players drafted or signed free agent (high school and college) – 1 Major League Player – 3 AAA Players – 1 First Round Pick • 11 First team Washington Post All-Met selections • Eight Gatorade Washington DC Player of the Year selections • Eight High School All-American selections • Four WCAC Player of the Year selections • Three USA Today DC Player of the Year Selections (award started in 2014) • Three Louisville Slugger Washington DC Player of the Year selections (selected from 2005–2010) • Three WCAC Coach of the Year Selections • Three Under Armour All-American Game selections • One Perfect Game AFLAC All American Game selection • One Washington Post All Met Player of the Year selection • One Washington Post All Met Coach of the Year

Selections • 36 first team All-WCAC selections

1: 2018 baseball alumni breakfast. 2: Mike Toomey ’69, member of the Kansas City Royals’ front office. 3: 1999 WCAC championship team. 4: Nick Routt ’08, Scott Silverstein ’08, Nick Howard ’11. 1 2

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