Class of 2012

Leo Duggan

Oliver Ames High School
1987 – Present

Coach Duggan is currently in his 41st year of high school coaching. Leo has never had a year when he was not coaching something. Assistant football, freshmen and JV baseball, varsity softball, varsity golf and, of course, varsity baseball are a part of his coaching history. He has been successful with all of those teams.

Leo has been the Varsity Baseball coach at OAHS since 1987 and begins his 27th year this spring.
During his tenure, coach Duggan’s teams have won 351 games, 5 Hockomock League Championships, and 1 State Championship. He was selected Coach of the Year by the Boston Globe in 1993. He is a member of the MBCA and ABCA 300 victory clubs. In 1993 and 1995 he was selected to coach in North-South All Star games.

John Freitas

Needham High School
1976 – Present

John coached in the Needham School System for 43 years, 6 as an assistant coach and the last 37 as the head coach. During that time his teams have won over 300 games and multiple championships while a member of the Bay State Conference’s Carey Division. Needham has also qualified for the post season 14 times during John’s tenure. John was named as the BSC Coach of the Year in 2001 and 2007, and during that time his teams won a total of 30 games. John has had 5 players drafted by major league teams and over 52 have gone on to play in college.

The coaches in the Bay State League have high praise for the way his teams conduct themselves both on and off the field. They feel he is a first class coach who teaches young men how to act and perform while competing at a very high level on the field.

Neil Greenwald

Tahanto Regional High School
1988-Present

Neil has been coaching baseball for 31 years, 24 as the Head Coach at Tahanto Regional. During that time his teams have won 3 league championships in 94, 99, 04, a Central Massachusetts Division 3 Sectional Championship in 93 and were a finalist in the State Division 3 State Championship that year. His team’s record is 313 wins, 197 losses for a wining percentage of 61%. He is a member of the MBCA 300 Victory Club.

Neil’s teams have consistently qualified for tournament play and are the only teams in the school’s history that have participated in the MIAA state finals. For a school with a very small population he has always had very competitive and hardworking teams that exemplified the meaning of good sportsmanship.

Joel Peckham

Sharon High School
1975 – Present
 
Coach Peckham graduated from Winchester High School where he played football, basketball and baseball. While at Tufts University in his senior year he was the captain of both the basketball and baseball teams and was selected to the ABCA All-American Team in 1962. He is a member of the Winchester Sports Foundation and Tufts Jumbo Club Hall of Fames.

His record at Sharon High School is 424 wins and 391 losses. His team won 2 Hockomack Championships and qualified for the State Tournament 21 times. In 1999 they reached the South Sectional Finals.
Joel has devoted 40 years of his life to the sport of baseball. He has enriched the baseball experience for his players by planning annual trips to Cooperstown or other special tournaments and by conducting annual clinics for the youth teams in Sharon.

John Seed

New Bedford High School
1982 –Present

John was an outstanding New Bedford athlete who attended the University of Massachusetts. He captained the 1976 team and compiled a career batting average of .312, earning first team All-New England honors in his senior year.

Coach Seed’s career at New Bedford spans 29 years, 21 as head coach. His coaching record speaks for itself as his 295 wins, 10 Conference Championships, and 3 State Division I Championships would attest.
Opposing coaches could not only count on a competitive game but also face a team that respected the game, opponents, and officials. Coach Seed is considered a first-rate baseball coach and first-rate gentleman as well.