Three Chattanooga area players – Tyler Payne and Elliott Dockery of McCallie and Taylor Maxey of Baylor – have been selected to the 2014 D-II A/AA Tennessee Basebal Coaches Association (TBCA) all-state team.
Payne batted .354 as a shortstop for the D-II AA state champion Blue Tornado squad along with 17 RBIs, 12 doubles and 49 stolen bases. He also posted a 5-3 record on the mound with a 1.99 ERA with 52 strikeouts in 45.2 innings.
Dockery was 8-2 with 2.12 ERA struck out 54 batters in 66 innings and pitched a shutout in the state championship game. He missed his sophomore season due to Tommy John surgery in 2012.
Maxey led Baylor to a D-II AA state tournament appearance with a .283 batting average with 23 runs scored, 18 stolen bases and a .424 on base percentage. He led Baylor in stolen bases all four years and holds the single season school record for hit batsman with 14 as a freshman in 2011. He has signed a scholarship to play baseball at Tennessee Tech next season.
All-State Team - Division II A/AA
Pitchers
Jack Flannagan Father Ryan
John Wesley Ray CBHS
Chris Durham CBHS
Elliott Dockery McCallie
Alex Higley Knox. Webb
Outfield
Tayler Maxey Baylor
Matt Cogen BGA
Colton Neel MUS
Blain Curtis TRA
Joseph Patterson USJ
Infield
Kyle Congor BA
Tyler Payne McCallie
Michael Fitzsimmons MUS
Austin Orr USJ
Catcher
Walker Grisanti CBHS
Will Reddick DCA
Utility
Connor Alexander TRA
Corey Henderson CBHS
Ben Lowe ECS
Jackson Ward Harding Acad.
Will Morrow Knox. Webb
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