Team Capsule: Georgia Premier Academy

Coach Gene Reynolds and his Georgia Premier players will be heading to Hartsville with one thing on their minds:  winning the Southeastern Baseball Classic Championship.  And they'll have two shots at it.  Georgia Premier will be bringing two teams to The Jimmy.   

Georgia Premier teams, known as Georgia Premier American and Georgia Premier National, are no strangers to tough competition.  They face some of the best teams in the Southeast year in and year out.  For Georgia Premier, 2022 will be their second appearance in the SBC. In 2019, Georgia Premier claimed a split of the championship with Hartsville when the Friday's games were completely washed out. 

Georgia Premier will be coming to The Jimmy with an arsenal of talent, including several D1 commits:

• Jevarra Martin - Jr. - LHP - South Carolina
• Gavin Braland - Soph - C - South Carolina
• Shamaar McDuffie - Soph - SS - Kennesaw State
• Jay Knowles - Sr. - SS - Kennesaw State
• Eric Guevara - Jr. - SS - Auburn
• Edward Phelps III - Jr. - 3B - Georgia
• Jarvis Evans - Sr. - LHP - Georgia
• Diego Guevara - Sr. - OF - Miami

The Sox also have five players committed to two-year schools:

• Kaden Bryant - Sr. - OF - Shasta College
• Geremy Garcia Fernandez - Sr. - C - Northwest Florida State College
• Victor Nane Nivar - Sr. - RHP - Northwest Florida State College
• Javier Santos Tejada - Sr. - RHP - Northwest Florida State College
• Edwin Toribio - Sr. - 3B - Northwest Florida State College

SBC Schedule for the Sox:

• Tuesday, April 19 vs. DeMatha at 9:30am
• Tuesday, April 19 vs. Paul VI at Noon
• Wednesday, April 20 vs. Buford at Noon
• Wednesday, April 20 vs. Andrew Jackson at 2:30pm
• Thursday, April 21 vs. Sumter at 2:30pm
• Thursday, April 21 vs. South Florence at 5pm

The Sox will also play on Friday, April 22. That game time and opponent will be determined by Tuesday-Thursday’s outcomes.

More about the Southeastern Baseball Classic: 

The Southeastern Baseball Classic is a high school baseball tournament held in Hartsville, typically during Spring Break.  For 2022, teams from Maryland, Virginia and Georgia, as well as from around South Carolina, will take part in the tournament.  Games will begin on Tuesday, April 19 and run through Friday, April 22.  

Jimmy White Park at Kelleytown Stadium, aka The Jimmy, in Hartsville, SC is the host site for the Southeastern Baseball Classic.  The mission of the Southeastern Baseball Classic to promote the game of baseball, to enhance the lives of athletes through competition and scholarship, and to involve the community by assembling sportsmen in tournament play.  For more information, contact the tournament’s Board of Directors at hartsvillesbc@gmail.com.