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December 2016
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Delmarva Aces Baseball & Softball, Inc.
TWO MORE ANNOUNCE THEIR
COLLEGE COMMITMENTS! Last week, two players made their decisions on where they
will be student-athletes at the collegiate level. A member
of the 2018 Mizuno Aces squad, Pryce Jones gave his ver-
bal commitment to take his talents to Army West Point.
Jones, the lefty, is currently a junior at Indian River High
School and can’t wait to get rolling for spring baseball.
Also, giving his commitment last week was 18U Will
Geppert of Cape Henlopen High School. The speedy
outfielder will be heading north next fall for the Massachu-
setts Maritime Academy. While Geppert will be following
his path the be a riverboat pilot at the academy, he will
also get a chance to play some ball in the process.
The Aces are very proud of both these young men on their
commitments. They deserve every bit of it! #GoAces
THE POWER OF SOCIAL MEDIA: IN A POSITIVE LIGHT Just as much as social media can be negative for an individual or company, it also can have its
perks. While we use our Delmarva Aces Facebook, Twitter and Instagram profiles for reasons such
as camps, communication and updates, we also use it to profile players whether it be hitting or
pitching techniques. Now, marketing our older players to colleges is happening more frequently.
Just last week, an Instagram video was posted by the Aces on Jake Shockley, a member of the
2018 Mizuno Aces team and senior at Stephen Decatur. As we did not expect, the post went viral.
In just a week, it has been viewed close to 60,000 times, while also having 1,000 likes. Along with
those views and likes came eight colleges from all around the country who inquired about Shock-
ley. A powerful thing social media can be. Shockley can now attest to that, who has a few college
visits already set.
OWEN WEST
TEAM: 10U EAST
FRANKFORD, DEL.
Highlighting one of our 10U players for the month of December is
Owen West from the 10U East squad, coached by Shawn Phillips.
West is in his second year with the Aces where he has been
working hard to develop his game non-stop. After the first evalu-
ations, the 10U sits in the top five in pitching velocity amongst his
age group.
Owen is the son of Wayne and Denise West who hail from Frank-
ford, Del. Owen is usually at the Acs facility 3-4 times a week with
pratices, academy, speed and agility or hitting and pitching les-
sons. Keep up the hard work, Owen!!
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SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT:
ACTION ISLAND IMPRINTERS
CHRISTMAS PARTY BRINGS
OUT HOLIDAY SPIRIT TO ALL! This past Saturday, December 17th the Delmarva Aces hosted their
annual Christmas Party at the Indoor Training Facility in Berlin. From
6-8pm, kids and families were able to come over and be around each
other for a few hours of fun, games and food. An array of snacks was
spread out by the awesome families that attended. Just like always,
the kids were able to play games such as dodgeball and football.
Aside from the games, there were a few new additions that were
also incorporated in the evening. Teams were set up accordingly and
set up for a gingerbread house making contest. However, to no sur-
prise, it was the group of girls who won the neatest and most put
together house over the boys. Toward the end of the night, a gift
exchange game took place and brought ear to ear smiles throughout
the facility!
Thank you to all that attended the Christmas Party and the evening
of holiday spirit. While the Aces are on break for the next few weeks,
we hope that you have a happy holiday season and we will see you
after the new year! #GoAces
The Delmarva Aces would like to send a huge thank you to
their newest sponsor, ACTION ISLAND IMPRINTERS. The
company is owned by Kim and Bonnie Hardt and have been
working with the Aces for over a year now. All t-shirts,
shorts, sweatshirts, academy jerseys etc. that the Aces
wear go through Action Island. We are very happy to work
with this company and look forward to working with them
for a long time.
ACTION ISLAND IMPRINTERS is located at 6 Grice Street
Berlin, Md. 21811. They can be reached at
www.actionislandimprinters.com or by phone at 410-641-
4878. Again, we thank you for your support!
