Wilmington Sharks

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• Location: Wilmington, NC
• League: Coastal Plain League 1997-present
• Stadium: Buck Hardee Field

Team Bio

Founded in 1997, the Wilmington Sharks are a Summer Collegiate Baseball team playing in Wilmington, NC, and are founding members of the Coastal Plain League. The Sharks play their home games at Buck Hardee Field. As a summer college baseball organization, the Sharks are dedicated and designed to provide minor league level competition for NCAA players that wish to continue on into professional baseball. The Wilmington Sharks operate in the model a Minor League team: playing nightly before fans in stadiums which seat thousands, using wood bats and minor league specification equipment, and experiencing road trips between games. The Sharks actively recruit players, and have hosted some of the premier collegiate athletes from throughout the United States. Like all other summer collegiate players, Wilmington Sharks athletes are unpaid in order to maintain their NCAA eligibility, and live with host families in the same manner as Single A and Independent League players.

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Record	Manager	Playoffs
1997	22-28	Tripp Keister
1998	27-23	Tripp Keister	Champions
1999	33-16	Scott Forbes	Champions
2000	26-18	Scott Forbes	1st Round
2001	21-29	Mike Hampton
2002	31-17	Scott Jackson	Tourney 0-1
2003	29-22	Clint Ayers	Tourney 0-1
2004	24-27	Kyle DiEduardo
2005	28-26	Cliff Godwin
2006	19-34	Andrew Wright
2007	22-33	Andrew Wright
2008	24-31	Daniel Hersey
2009	19-36	Jake Tenhouse
2010	27-29	Tom Fleenor
2011	29-27	Chris Youngberg	Semi Final
2012	29-23	Ryan McCleney	1st Round
2013	31-23	Ryan McCleney	1st Round
2014	24-30	Parker Bangs
2015	29-24	Parker Bangs	Semi Final
2016	32-22	Scott Wingo	1st Round
2017	31-24	Scott Wingo	Runner Up
2018	17-34	Tyler Jackson
2019	20-31	Tyler Jackson
2021	23-19	Russ Burroughs

Related Links

• Wilmington Sharks Home Page
• Coastal Plain League Home Page