By Jerry Shank
Maryland Director of Scouting

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HEAD COACH: Jon Dupski

CONFERENCE:  3-A Howard County

2014 RECORD: 19-2

FINISH: 1^st

RETURNING STARTERS: 3

TOP RETURNERS: 
Blake James
Nick Raulin
Jordan Patterson
Josh Pickens
Sammy Feuerman
Kevin Silverstein

TEAM STRENGTHS
Atholton may not return a high amount of experience, but a good thing is that they have a good core group of pitchers in the rotatation. Junior Blake James and senior Nick Raulin (Roanoke commit) are going to head up the rotation. Senior Jordan Patterson (Hood) will be the teams number three while also manning the shortstop position.      

QUESTION MARK
Offense. Atholton looks to be in a good position with their pitching staff and good middle defense, but they are going to have to put up some runs. They are going to need some new players to step in and be run producers for the program.      

WILDCARD
Sammy Feuerman will be taking over the starting job behind the plate for Atholton. The senior has had to wait his time and the coaching staff is excited for him to step into the role. Keep an eye out for Feuerman to be a player to step up for the program and put together a nice season.

OVERALL
Even though Atholton will be replacing plenty of returning starters, it should still be a quality season from the program. It may not be quite as great as the 2014 campaign, but look for this team to mold together through the season and finish nicely.