Sneads' Green signs with Wallace

By: Dustin Kent | Jackson County Floridan
Published: February 05, 2012

Sneads Pirates senior shortstop Aaron Green has made his college choice and accepted a scholarship offer from Wallace Community College in Dothan.

Green batted .328 as a junior in 2011 with six doubles, eight RBI, and 21 runs scored.

He’ll also play shortstop for Wallace and coach Mackey Sasser, who Green said he hit it off with during the recruiting process, a process that he said he’s glad is over.

“I like coach Mackey and I’m glad to get this done before my senior year so I don’t have to worry about it all year long,” he said. “I’m glad I did it. I feel good about it.”

Sneads coach Mark Guerra said he believed it was a good fit between player and program and that he thought Green would excel at Wallace.

“I think it’s going to be great,” he said. “I talked to coach Sasser a little bit and he’s very excited. Right now, they’re projecting Aaron to be their starting shortstop, so I think it’s going to be good for him and good for them.”

Green’s signing marks the second straight year a Pirates player has signed a scholarship offer before the start of his senior season, with Trevin Hall inking with Gulf Coast before the start of last year.

Hall was batting .300 with four RBI through his first three games with the Commodores, and Guerra said he believed that Green could have similar success at Wallace.

“I believe in Aaron Green,” the coach said. “As long as he does everything right off the field, I think he’ll have a great career there. He can definitely play at that level. He’s that type of ballplayer. I don’t think he’ll get lost in the shuffle. He’s earned this, and I think he’s going to do great.”