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JACK CITY is the home of the 11 and 12 year old 2008 and 2009 Back to Back USSSA World Series Champs!

Ryan Asmer
 Ryan was a three year started at Collins Hill High School where he played the position of pitcher and third baseman.  While in high school, Ryan had a .460 batting average and contributed to the teams success.

After high school, Ryan went on to play baseball at Gordon College and continued his hitting success with a .340 batting average.  Ryan continued to be a versatile player who could play multiple field positions and help the team offensively too.

In addition to Ryan's success at Collins Hill High School and Gordon College, he also played in the Cape Cod League in 1997 and the Frontier League, an Independent Professional Baseball League, from 1998-1999.

Currently and since 2004, Ryan assists Coach Keith with the Jack City Dodgers Baseball team.  Ryan is available for hitting and pitching lessons.
   
   
Shelley Jenkins Shelley played Softball for fifteen years.  While in High School, she played on the Varsity team for three of her four years.  While competing at the High School level, Shelley was acknowledged as the Gwinnett Player of the Month and the Gwinnett Player of the Year.  During her High School tenure, Shelley was named to the 1st Team All-County, 2nd team All-State, and Elite 8.  Furthermore, her team placed 3rd in the 2005 State Tournament and were the 2006 State Champs.

After being named the 2nd best catcher in 5A Softball and awarded the title of All County Player of the year, Shelley earned a full ride scholarship to GPC.  In 2007, Shelley batted .502, had thirty-two RBIs, and sixteen home runs; with those outstanding numbers, Shelley was named the JUCO Player of the Year, and her team placed 3rd at Nationals.

Shelley has experience, knowledge, and passion of the game and loves working with developing players.  She has been named the player and catcher of the Travel Ball World Series tournament, which she has competed at four times, and hopes to pass those experiences and love for the game to other softball players.


   
Samantha
Russo

 Samantha loves the game of softball, and has been extremely successful playing the game she loves.  While at South Gwinnett High School, Samantha was a three year varsity starter and team captain.  Her talents and leadership lead her team to win the 2005 Region 85A Championships.  In addition, Samantha was named First Team All-State and was voted MVP of the state All Star game.

After excelling at South Gwinnett, Samantha took her talents to Georgia Southern where she had an outstanding career.  Currently, Samantha ranks 9th in Georgia Southern history with 224 games played and 9th with 215 starts.  Furthermore, she is ranked 6th is school history with 17 career home runs and 6th at Georgia Southern with 94 career RBIs.

Samantha's strengths are her extensive knowledge of the sport and ability to connect with kids.  Samantha enjoys teaching kids the passion she has for the sport.
   
   
Adrienne
Walker-Cherry


Adrienne has eleven years of instructional and coaching experience.  Although she elected not to play High School Softball, due to her success through Travel Softball, Adrienne earned a full ride scholarship to Tennessee.  She was a member of the Lady Vols inaugural season and played for Tennessee from 1996-2000.  While at Tennessee, Adrienne became the first ever NFCA All-South Region Hurler and also earned 1st Team All SEC Honors and numerous SEC Pitcher of the week accolades.

Along with Adrienne’s many accomplishments with the Tennessee Lady Vols, she marked herself in Tennessee history by recording the first no-hitter in school history and ranked sixth in Division I with a .71 ERA under the program’s first head coach, Jim Beitia.

In addition to pitching instruction, Adrienne is also the founder of Today’s FACES Academy.
   
   
Danny Williams

 Danny is currently a student at Gainesville State College where he is studying for his Associates degree in International Business with a Minor in Acting.  He hopes to acquire his Bachelor’s degree at Georgia State University in fall 2010 and work in Corporate America.

Danny was born in the Dominican Republic where he was immersed in baseball.  He not only loves baseball, but he also loves teaching, which isn’t surprising being the son of two educators.

While playing high school baseball at Dacula High School, Danny began working at Jack City Sports Center in hopes of furthering his skills of coaching.  He understands the game of baseball and enjoys learning more everyday while teaching.

Danny plays on the Jack City collegiate off-season team where he is able to continue his passion and love for the game.  At Jack City, Danny handles coordinating youth baseball and sports as well as directs our many parties.

Away from work, Danny enjoys going to church, spending time with family and friends, working on his family’s farm, kite surfing, dancing all Latin styles, and playing sports.  With his family, danny has started a nonprofit organization called helpDRkids.org, which provides many underprivileged youth in the Dominican Republic with hope of playing baseball at a higher level and finding a better life through education.
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