My name is Maddie Atkins, I live in Madisonville TN! I have played softball since I was 6 years old! I played travel ball from the age of 7 all the way up to my senior year of high school. I graduated from Sequoyah High School where I was a 4 year infield/ outfield starter for the TSCAA All-Academic Team award my junior and senior year. My junior year I was offered a spot on the Clarks Summit University Defenders softball team and I signed to play my senior year. I now attend CSU and I am a Counseling major, specializing in sports psychology. I was a pitcher/ infield starter my freshman year of college where I also received All Conference Rookie of the Year and all conference 2nd team Pitcher. When I graduate college I want to open my own practice and help athletes with the mental side of the game. I’m excited to start offering lessons to pour into lives of young athletes like my pitching/ hitting coaches have poured and continue to pour into my life.

My name is Danielle Abell, and I am so excited to be teaching at Bat Breakers. I started playing softball when I was 5 years old, and continued through to the collegiate level as a pitcher at Maryville College. I have been trained under Tincher Pitching, and enjoy teaching pitching at all levels. My favorite thing to teach is spin pitches!

My name is Karli Hammontree, and I just graduated Greenback High school.

Josh Pitts brings a combined over 30 years of playing and coaching experience to Bat Breakers Academy.  As a graduate of Heritage high school, Josh accrued multiple All District and All County honors, before signing with Cleveland St to further his playing career out of high school.  As a player, Josh also played at Maryville College and compiled several state titles through various sanctions.  As a coach and instructor, Pitts has worked with and coached over 25-30+ student athletes that have went on to play at the collegiate level within the past 3-4 years alone.  After his son Nate graduated high school and went on to play (currently) at the University of the Cumberlands (KY), Josh still finds no greater joy than seeing a student athlete succeed.  He currently coaches and has reloaded his experience by coaching a local high level 9U team as well as working with student athletes of all ages.  His goals and philosophies are to help as many young players as possible through God, Country, Family, discipline, team work, self confidence, work ethic, respect, and all things necessary to be a successful student athlete.  "I'm extremely excited to be a part of the Bat Breakers staff.  Bat Breakers provides all the tools needed for ANY young player to achieve their goals at any level.  Very grateful to be in a position to help with that."

Miles Allen brings a combined 15+ years of playing and coaching experience to Bat Breakers Academy. He currently resides and is originally from Maryville, TN. As a 2009 graduate from Maryville High School, Miles accrued All District and All County honors while also playing for some of the top baseball prospect organizations throughout his high school career. He was invited and apart of the Under Armour Baseball Factory National Team, as well as Perfect Game and Top Gun Prospects. During his high school days, Miles also worked for Cherokee Baseball Academy and was mentored by Ed Bloom and Doug Bochtler (former MLB pitcher and current pitching coach for the Detroit Tigers). Miles went on to sign with the University of the Cumberlands to further his playing career out of high school, and after his freshmen year transferred to Tennessee Wesleyan University where he was apart of the 2012 NAIA National Championship Team. Upon finishing his playing career and graduating with a bachelor of science, Miles stayed around the game of baseball coaching and instructing young athletes at Dr. K’s Baseball Academy. He continues to coach locally as an assistant for the Grind Rangers Arsenal 10u team. Coach Miles is very excited to be apart of the Bat Breakers family! “If you’re serious about becoming or being apart of greatness on or off the field, you have to go through uncomfortable situations in life. Stop trying to dodge the process. It’s the only way we grow!

My name is Sam Raper and I am from Madisonville, TN. I have been playing baseball since I was 4 and started pitching when I was 9. I grew up playing rec ball in Madisonville and played a few summers of travel ball. I played for the Middle School team and played all 4 years at Sequoyah High School. My last summer of travel ball, I got the opportunity to play for a very competitive team and play against really good competition. I had a pretty successful senior year. I finished the season with 106 strikeouts in 50 innings and finished 9th in the State. I earned a couple different awards that year. I ended up earning a scholarship at Bryan College in Dayton, TN to be a Varsity pitcher. I am now going into my Junior year. I’ve been blessed to learn from really knowledgeable pitching instructors over the years. My goal with giving pitching lessons is to try and develop young pitchers in the area and try to make them the best pitchers they can be.