Pro Players.
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Bill Sampen
OWNER AND INSTRUCTOR
Bill played baseball and basketball at MacMurray college. He was drafted in the 12th round of the 1985 MLB Draft by the Pittsburgh Pirates. He played 10 years professionally including 5 years at the Major League level with the Montreal Expos (1990-1992), Kansas City Royals (1992-1993), California Angels (1994).
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Tucker Barnhart
#SHACKLETE AND SON OF COACH KEVIN BARNHART
Tucker signed to play baseball at Georgia Tech University before being drafted in the 10th round of the 2009 MLB Draft by the Cincinnati Reds. Tucker is a 2x Gold Glove winner and current professional baseball player for the Chicago Cubs. He also played for the Cincinnati Reds (2014-2021) and Detroit Tigers (2022).
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Caleb Sampen
#SHACKLETE AND CURRENT SAMP’S HACK SHACK INSTRUCTOR
Caleb played 3 years at Wright State University before being drafted in the 20th round by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2018 MLB Draft. He is now in the Tampa Bay Rays organization.
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Jeremy Kehrt
CURRENT SAMP’S HACK SHACK INSTRUCTOR
Jeremy played his college baseball at the University of Southern Indiana before being drafted in the 47th round of the 2008 MLB Draft by the Boston Red Sox. Jeremy had a 10 year professional playing career (2008-2017) and is now a MLB Scout for the Arizona Diamondbacks.
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Derek Hankins
SAMP’S HACK SHACK INSTRUCTOR
Derek played his college baseball at Memphis University before being drafted in the 10th round of the 2004 MLB Draft by the Pittsburgh Pirates. Derek had a 12 year professional playing career (2004-2015).
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Jared Miller
#SHACKLETE
Jarod played his college baseball at Vanderbilt University before being drafted in the 11th round of the 2014 MLB Draft by the Arizona Diamondbacks. Jarod had a 6 year professional playing career (2014-2019).
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Hunter Speer
#SHACKLETE
Hunter played his college baseball at William Carey University before being drafted in the 25th round of the 2018 MLB Draft by Los Angeles Dodgers.
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Triston Polley
#SHACKLETE
Triston played his college baseball at Indiana State University before being drafted in the 16th round of the 2019 MLB Draft by the Texas Rangers. Triston is still currently in the Texas Rangers organization.
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Max Kuhn
#SHACKLETE
Max played his college baseball at Kentucky University before being drafted in the 13th round of the 2014 MLB Draft by the Oakland Athletics. Max had a 2 year professional playing career (2014-2015).
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Jacson McGowan
#SHACKLETE
Jacson played his college baseball at Purdue University before being drafted in the 11th round of the 2018 MLB Draft by the Tampa Bay Rays.