Coach Wood help start the Bulls in 2009.  He has served as the head coach for the Elite 17u teams from 2009-2012.  In 2013 he was named Director of Player Development.  He also sits on the board and you'll see him still roaming the sidelines at games.

 

Coach Wood graduated from Holcomb High School where he lettered (4) years in Baseball and Basketball. He went on to play baseball at Mineral Area College where he earned his Associates Degree. He received his B.S.E. Degree from Arkansas State University and later his Masters and Specialist in Education from Southeast Missouri State University.

 

He has 20 plus years of experience coaching high school baseball and basketball. He was head baseball / asst. basketball coach at Hayti High School for 3 years (1989-1992). He has been at Oran High School for the past 17 years where he has served as head baseball and basketball coach(1992-99), high school principal, head baseball and basketball coach(2000-03), Superintendent, head baseball coach (2003-2014). 

 

Mitch took the Superintendent job at Dexter High School in 2015.

 

He also coached Scott County Legion from 1999-2003, Rawlings Legends in 2008 and Missouri Bulls 17u from 2009-2012.

 

While at Oran, he has obtained 8 conference titles, 13 district titles, 8 final four appearances and Scott Miss. Conference Coach of the year five times.  He won his first State Championship in 2014.

 

 

Coach Wood  lives in Oran, Mo. with his wife Shawn. They have two children, Ryne (27) will graduate from UMSL School of Optometry in May 2011 and Mandi (23) who will graduate from SEMO in May 2011 and pursue a degree in Physical Therapy. Coach Wood enjoys golf, spending time with friends and family and repairing/restoring vehicles

 

Danny played 2 summers for the Bulls during his junior and senior years in high school.  He is a 2012 graduate of Kennett HS.  His junior season Kennett went to State and lost in the finals.  His team that year boasted 5 Division 1 baseball players all who played 2+ summers with the Bulls.

 

He parlayed his successful high school career into a scholarship to play baseball at the University of North Dakota.  he was a 4 year starter for UND and had a very successful college career.

 

After he graduated college in 2016 he moved back to Southeast Missouri and joined the Bulls in the summer of 2017 to help other kids from the area see their dreams come true of playing baseball at the college level.  We are happy that he is back for a second summer.

 

 

 

 

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15U Asst Coach – Joe Bickings--8th year with the Bulls

 

Coach Bickings is a 2003 graduate of Oran High School where he played baseball for four years (2002 3rd place Class 1 & 2003 Class 1). He is also a 2009 graduate from Missouri State University where he received his B.S. in Physical Education. While attending

 

Missouri State, he played for the Missouri State Club baseball team where he received 2nd team All-American Honors for the NCBA in 2008.

 

He was an assistant coach at Strafford High School for two years(2007 Sectional Champs & 2009 Class 2 State runner-Up) and is currently an assistant coach for Chaffee High School(2010 Class 1 District #2 Champs). Coach Bickings taught Physical Education and was the Jr. High/High School strength and conditioning coach at Chaffee from 2010-2013.   Coach Bickings is currently teaching History at Oran High School.  He is also the assistant Boys Basketball coach and is starting his 4th year as the Head Boys Baseball Coach at Oran.

 

Coach Bickings is very passionate about the game of baseball and enjoys teaching others the game.  He is starting his 8th summer with the Bulls.

 

Brent has been part of the Bulls for many summers and will be taking the reigns as head coach this summer of our 14u team.

 

 

Josh played 4 summers for the Missouri Bulls and was a baseball standout at Notre Dame high school and graduated in 2014.  He took his skills to Mineral Area where he played 2 seasons up there.

 

He came back to Southeast Missouri State in 2017 and played for the Red hawks.  He had a nice season where he played OF, 1B and pitched.  Injuries cut his college career short but he will get his degree in the spring of 2019.

 

He decided he wanted to go into coaching and we're excited to have another Ex Bulls player back teaching and coaching young men.

 

 

13U  Head Coach - Jeff Graviett - 7th season with the Bulls

 

Coach Graviett graduated from Chaffe High School in 1994 where he lettered in both baseball and basketball. 

 

He received his B.S.E degree from SEMO and later his masters in administration from William Woods University.  He coached legion baseball in both Chaffee and Cape for 10+ years winning a Mid-West Regional Title in 1997 (Jr. Legion) and the Missouri State Championship in 2001 (Sr. Legion).

 

He began coaching baseball at Notre Dame as an assistant in 1997 and became the head coach in 1999.  Since that time Notre Dame has won 6 SEMO Conference Titles, 10 District Championships and made 7 Final Fours appearances winning the State Title in 2009 and 2015. 

 

He was named Missouri High School Baseball Coach of the Year for the 2009-2010 school year.  His career high school baseball record is 327-92.

  

Coach Graviett has also been the girls head softball coach for the past 11 seasons with a record of 295-48.  They have won 8 district titles and been to 6 final fours, winning the State Title in 2009.

 

Just recently Coach Graviett was also named the Athletic Director (2017) for Notre Dame High School and was inducted into Missouri High School Softball Hall of Fame. (2018)

 

He lives in Cape with his wife (Angie) and their four kids Garrett, Kirstan, Miranda, and Blake.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adam lettered and started all 4 years in baseball at Shawnee, HS in Illinois.  He pitched, played 1B and OF.  Had a 29-5 career high school record and a 1.03 ERA with 491 strike outs in 268 Innings pitched.  He was named First Team All Conference and All State his junior year.  Shawnee won four regional titles, two sectional titles and a 3rd place in State Class 1A in 2013.

 

He parlayed his high school achievements into a scholarship to Three Rivers CC.  Had some injuries the two year there and pitched sparingly.  He still had 3 years of eligibility left when Southeast Missouri reached out and offered him a spot in 2016.

 

he had a good sophomore season for the Redhawks with a 4-1 record and a 4.07 ERA in 19 appearances (tied for most on team).  Adam had 37 k's is 48 innings and recorded 2 saves.

One of his most memorable moments thus far was when he got his first career division 1 collegiate start vs Ole Miss down in Oxford, MS.  He struck out 6 in 7 innings of work.  He is now finishing up his junior season with the Redhawks.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Matt graduated from Venice, HS in Sarasota Florida in 2010.     He was a two sport athlete, basketball and baseball for Venice being named all district in both and all region in baseball.

Matt made his way to Missouri after high school as he attended Lindenwood College in St. Louis 2011-2012.  Matt finished his college baseball career playing for Southeast Missouri State his junior and senior seasons from 2012-2014.  SEMO won their first OVC title since 2002 his senior season, 2014,  when he had his best year.  He was named OVC Player of the Year.  His stats read:  .386 batting average, 15 homeruns, 71 runs batted in (still a school record).  He was in the top 10 for the Nation in 5 offensive categories and was 1st team all OVC and was a National Collegiate Baseball All American.

It was no surprise he drew interest in the 2014 draft.  The Braves selected him in the 10th round (pick #313).  He played for the Danville Braves and the Rome Braves from 2014-2016.  He was voted fan favorite in 2014 and was named the best defensive 1B in the Braves organization in 2015.

His career unfortunately was cut short with injuries and his misfortune was our good fortune.  Matt moved back to Cape and is finishing up his Masters at Southeast. 

 

 

 

Alex is a former Missouri Bulls who just completed his college career and is coming back to coach some young Bulls.  he played 3 summers for the Bulls and had success.

 

He played his high school baseball at Oran under Coach Mitch Wood.  He was a 4 year starter and his senior year Oran won the 1A State Championship. 

 

He then went on to play college baseball at Three Rivers CC where he was a two year starter at Catcher, 1B and pitcher.