Diamond Sports Coaching Staff
Pat Harrison | Keith Horn | Devin Hurt | Kaci Landers | JJ Meadors | Boyd Goodner | Carl Martinous | Jay Sawatski | Kevin Sheredy | Steve Miller
One of the owners and the Director of Instruction for Diamond Sports, Pat Harrison, has spent the majority of his professional life immersed in the world of American baseball. Starting with his days of being a two-time ‘Sporting News All American’ and NCAA Division I National Champion in 1968, Pat launched a career that began with him playing with the Los Angeles Dodgers Organization to being a Dodger hitting instructor just before he retired. In between those points in his life, he spent 28 years in collegiate coaching positions achieving 3 NCAA National Championships, 11 Division I League Championships and 16 All American Titles. While at Pepperdine University, he was named the West Coast Athletic Conference’s “Coach of the Year”. Coach Harrison has also spent years directing camps and clinics for both players and coaches. Most recently he has been instructing and mentoring players at Competitive Edge Sports Academy in Little Rock. In his personal time, he remains active in community programs and as a public speaker.
Keith Horn’s baseball career began at Pine Bluff High School, where he received several honors and represented the United States on the Silver Medal World Junior Olympics Team. He was the starting pitcher for Arkansas State University in Jonesboro for three years before being drafted by the Cleveland Indians Organization in 1995. After playing for the Indians Organization for three seasons, Horn has remained active in community baseball. He has been an instructor at the University of Arkansas Norm DeBryn Baseball Camps, the Mountain Valley Sports Center in Pine Bluff, and Competitive Edge Sports Academy.
Devin Hurt has been a part of the Bryant Athletic Association for 11 years. During that time, he was a part of 13 district/conference championships, 4 state championships, 1 regional championship, and competed in the 2007 American Legion World Series. He was also named MVP of the 2007 Tournament of Champions held in Alton, Illinois, and the 2007 American Legion State Tournament. After graduating from Bryant High School, he played shortstop for Henderson State University for two years before transferring to the University of Arkansas – Little Rock where he is currently pursuing a degree in kinesiology.
Kaci Landers played fastpitch softball in high school in Missouri where she was named Co-Player of the Year as a junior and Player of the Year as a senior. After graduating, she was recruited by North Arkansas College in Harrison. As the starting pitcher for the Lady Pioneers, Kaci was clocked at 67 mph. She has played for the Bryant Express ladies’ softball team for three years. She will be giving fastpitch and softball hitting lessons at Diamond Sports.
Boyd Goodner played high school baseball for Benton High School from 1998-2000. He won back-to-back state championships with Benton American Legion in 1999 and 2000, both years being awarded the Most Valuable Pitcher of the state. He was also awarded 2000 Pitcher of the Year for Arkansas. Boyd signed with Pratt Community College in Kansas where he played from 2000-2002 before signing with the Arkansas Razorbacks in 2003. As a Razorback, Boyd led the team in ERA for both 2003 (2.67) and 2004 (1.50, 4th lowest ever for a season in Razorback history). He was also awarded the win against Florida State in the 2004 Super Regional and participated in the 2004 College World Series. Boyd will be giving pitching lessons.
Kevin Sheredy is a graduate of East Kentwood High School in Kentwood, Michigan. After being a three sport athlete in high school Sheredy started his college career at the University of Arkansas in 1994. After two yeas with the Razorbacks Sheredy moved to the West Coast to finish his collegiate career at UCLA. From there Kevin was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 7th round of the Major League Baseball draft. After playing professionally for 9 seasons, including time spent with the Arkansas Travelers and Memphis Redbirds, Sheredy serves as an assistant coach at Little Rock Catholic High School. Kevin also spends the fall working with the Arkansas Baseball Academy as their lead pitching instructor and recently joined the Diamond Sports Staff of Instructors.
Steve Miller originally from Three Rivers, MI, began playing baseball at the age of five and fell in love with the game immediately. During his high school career, Miller served as team captain and received several awards such as Most Valuable Player and All-Conference. He held a career batting average of .415. After high school, Miller played right field and pitched for Evangel University in Springfield, Missouri. From the field, Miller had 56 put outs and no errors. He finished his senior season with a .384 batting average and was named Second Team All-Conference and Golden Glove Award recipient in the Heart of America Athletic Conference. Evangel awarded him the Most Valuable Player award and Highest Batting Average award. Miller joins the Diamond Sports Staff as a hitting and fielding instructor.
