Austin Slam Baseball Club

 Coach Boggs started the Austin SLAM Program in 1986 when he retired from professional baseball. He was the 2nd overall pick of the 1974 Major League Player Draft by the Texas Rangers. He played professionally for 13 years and pitched for the Atlanta Braves and the Texas Rangers for almost 7 years at the Major League level before an injury to his rotator cuff ended his career. 

During his Major League experience he was priviledged to play for  legendary managers such as Jackie Moore, Billy Martin, Bobby Cox, Joe Torre, Bobby Valentine to name a few. He pitched against many notable players such as Willie Stargell, Pete Rose, Rickey Henderson, Nolan Ryan and the list goes on and on. He was a part of the 1982 National League Western Division Championship team with the Atlanta Braves. This same team also set an All-Time start of the season record (which still stands) by recording a 13 game winning streak to start the 1982 season! He considers himself to be blessed at having been able to reach the Major Leagues and be a part of the history of it.

 Tommy graduated from Austin Lanier High School in 1974. He was a High School All American in baseball in 1974. He also lettered and received many awards in football, basketball, and track. It has often been stated that Tommy was one of the top All-Around athletes to ever come out of the city of Austin. He was recruited heavily to play college football but eventually chose the baseball route. Tommy was planning to attend the University of Texas to play baseball for Cliff Gustafson before being drafted to play professionally after his senior year of high school.

Tom has been married to his wife Suzette for over 30 years. They have a daughter, Brooke, who graduated from the University of Texas in May, 2005. Their son, Austin, graduated from Texas A&M.

Tommy has spent his life near a baseball field both as a player and a coach. His accomplishments in baseball were recognized by the "Jackie Moore Lifetime Achievement Award" at the Round Rock Express baseball banquet in February 2008.

Tommy Boggs will enter his third season as the head coach of the Concordia University Texas baseball program in 2012. He is the 10th head coach in program history.

 In his second year on the sidelines this past spring, Boggs piloted the Concordia program to one of its biggest turnaround seasons in program history. After winning just 15 games in 2010 and being picked to finish sixth among eight schools in the 2011 American Southwest Conference West Division Preseason Poll, the Tornados more than doubled their win total, won a share of the West Division title for the third time in school history and captured their second ASC Conference Championship by knocking off the host school - Texas-Dallas - on its home field twice. 

 Boggs' squad ended the 2011 campaign by defeating two nationally-ranked opponents at the NCAA West Regional in a span of three days, beginning with a 5-2 upset of then-No. 5 Linfield before being eliminated by Chapman, which fell to Marietta in the national championship game. Concordia's 32 victories in 2011 were the second most in the program's NCAA Division III era, only trailing the 35 wins that were recorded by the 2002 squad. Led by ASC West Division Player of the Year Collin Janssen and ASC West Division Pitcher of the Year Colin Butschek, 11 players received postseason recognition from the ASC. In addition, Concordia finished the season ranked 24th in the final D3baseball.com/NCBWA National poll.

Coach Boggs has spent many years within the realms of a baseball field! He thoroughly enjoys working with young sports athletes and has a strong desire to pass to the younger generations the knowledge of the sport which he has gained through a lifetime of work.

Suzette has worked beside her husband, Tommy Boggs, as long as Austin Slam Baseball has been around. She's a 4th generation native Austinite. Her great-grandfather was one of 5 members on the very first City Commission for the City of Austin in 1909.  His company, Gracy Title Co., is the oldest company in Austin to hold the same name.

Suz and Tommy have been involved in baseball together since they were children. She was 7 yrs old and Tommy was 12 yrs old when he played on the same Little League All-Star team with her brother and their dads coached the team together.

 She is an avid sports fan and played basketball, softball, ran track and was a cheerleader at Pflugerville High School.

Suz has handled many things in the background for Austin Slam Baseball since it originated in 1986. She currently organizes many special events for Slam such as the Annual Reverse Raffle at Dell Diamond.

Coach Toenjes has been a hitting instructor with Austin SLAM Baseball and private instructor for over 30 years. He was a Major League Baseball Scout with the Kansas City Royals and Texas Rangers and an instructor at the Hitting Zone in Round Rock, Texas.

Ron played professional baseball in 1976 with the Texas City Stars under skipper "Dirty Al" Gallagher in Independent Professional Baseball. He graduated from and played baseball at St. Edwards University in Austin, Texas in 1972 with a Degree in Social Studies. He was an All-Conference Pitcher in 1970 and 1972. He also attended Southwestern Illinois Junior College in 1969. Coach Toenjes graduated from Bishop Althoff High School in Belleville, Illinois in 1968. Ron was a high school baseball coach for many years.

Ron and his wife Debby met whle attending St. Edwards University where he was playing ball and she was a bat girl for the team. They will celebrate 37 years of marriage in July 2012! They have two children, Todd, 33, and Ryan, 30.

Mark plays a key role for Austin Slam Baseball. He has been involved with Austin Slam for many years and both of his sons played ball for Slam. He attended Lexington High School where he was an excellent tennis athlete.

Mark later attended Ohio State University and Central Connecticut University. He is an avid Boston Red Sox fan.

Mark has coached the Walnut Hills Swim Club and had two stints coaching with Delwood Pony/Colt from 1981-1982 and 1986-1991. He coached at Northwest Little League from 1991-1995. He has coached and been a key member of Austin Slam Baseball since 1991.

Mark is married to Renee and they have two sons, Shannon and Shaun. Renee too has been a very important part of Austin Slam via her efforts at our many fundraising events.

 Jeff started coaching with Austin Slam in 1993. After taking a 4 year break to go on the road with former SLAM player and Country and Western singer/songwriter Rick Trevino, he rejoined the coaching staff in 1997. He is currently in his 14th year coaching for Austin SLAM Baseball. Jeff works with the 15-16 year old teams.

Austin Boggs is currently in his 6th year of coaching on the Austin Slam staff. However, being the son of Tommy Boggs, he has spent his lifetime in the dugouts with Austin Slam Teams. He has captured much baseball knowledge through the years having grown up at the baseball field.

Austin graduated high school in 2003 from Connally High School where he was a four year starter for the Cougars and received All-State honors 3 years in a row. He was also was a two-time first team All-District quarterback while at Connally. He was a member of the Texas A&M Baseball team where he was the starting 3rd baseman for 3 years. He was a freshman All-American and was named the Big 12 Player of the Week and All-Conference Honorable Mention. He was on the 2004 Aggie team which made it to the Super-Regionals at LSU. Austin also attended Sam Houston State University for one semester and was on the Conference Championship team which was one game away from a Super Regional birth. 

Brooke graduated from Connally High School in 2000 where she played volleyball and was a four year letterman in basketball and softball. She attended the University of Texas where she was a Collegiate Handball "National Champion" of her division in 2003 and an officer of the Disch-Falk Diamonds. She graduated from Texas in May 2005 with a degree in Corporate Communications.

After graduation she moved to San Antonio where she was the Marketing Director for the Baseball Division of a sports agency representing professional athletes. In 2007 she moved back to Austin to work for Concordia University Texas where she was the Sports Information Director. She handled the Marketing and Media for the entire Athletic Department. Brooke currently lives in Houston and is a part of the Marketing Department for Brighton Homes based out of Houston.

Being the daughter of Tommy Boggs, she has worked many Austin Slam tournaments since she was a very young girl. Brooke has always loved sports and enjoys working with her family.

Clint played baseball with Austin Slam beginning at the age of 11! He was an outstanding player and pitcher for Austin Slam when he was in high school. Clint led the Taylor Ducks to back to back 3A Regional Finals as a Junior and Senior while earning All-State honors both years. He graduated from Taylor High School in 2000. Clint was drafted by the Kansas City Royals in June of 2000 after his Senior year of High School. After the draft, however, Clint decided to pursue his education. 

He then moved on to play college baseball at TCU where he received a scholarship to be a pitcher for the "Horned Frogs". He graduated from Texas Christian University in May of 2005 with a degree in Business Communications and Criminal Justice.

Clint is a very important part of Austin Slam Baseball. He not only coaches the Slam Senators in the Summer, but he also helps run the daily operations of the whole organization.

Clint is currently an Assistant Coach for Concordia University Baseball. He is in charge of the pitching staff at the university. He and his wife, Haley, were married in December, 2011.

Shepperd has been coaching Slam Baseball now for over 7 years. He is a coach on the 17 yr old age level.  

Scott Shepperd, a four-year letterwinner at Concordia, begins his fourth season as an assistant coach on the baseball staff at his alma mater in 2012. His main responsibilities include being the team's hitting coach and recruiting coordinator. He also works with the infielders and catchers and is the program's summer camp coordinator.

Drew was a 4 year letterwinner as a pitcher and first baseball for head coach Kyle Craighead's Wylie High School Pirates (2000-2003). While attending Wylie High Drew helped the pirates capture bi-district as well as area championships as both a junior and senior, while also aiding his team in winning the Region 1 and 2 titles en route to becoming Region 3 finalists in 2002. Drew tallied a combined 34-13 career record on the mound for the pirates as he went 15-2 as a junior on his way to capturing All-District as well as All-state accolades and collected 8 wins as a senior on his way to garnering All-District honors for the second year in a row and earing Preseaon All-State laurels. Drew was selceted in the 34th round of the 2003 Mlb Draft by the New York Mets. 

Drew attended the University of Texas in 2003-04 and played for Head Coach Augie Garrido. Drew also attended Navarro Junior College in 2004-06 and played for Head Coach Skip Johnson. Drew was selected in the 21st round of the 2005 Mlb Draft by the Boston Red Sox. 

 Carlos Perez begins his second season working with Austin Slam Baseball and was an assistant coach on the Concordia University Texas baseball staff in 2012. He assists with all aspects of the program with an emphasis on developing and overseeing the team’s strength & conditioning workouts.

Perez helped the Concordia program post one of its biggest turnaround seasons in program history. After winning just 15 games in 2010 and being picked to finish sixth among eight schools in the 2011 American Southwest Conference West Division Preseason Poll, the Tornados more than doubled their win total, won a share of the West Division title for the third time in school history, captured their second ASC championship and recorded a pair of wins at the NCAA West Regional to finish the season ranked 24th in the final D3baseball.com/NCBWA National Poll. 

Prior to his arrival at Concordia, Perez was an assistant coach for the baseball team at Connally High School in Pflugerville from 1999 through 2006. The Cougars posted a winning ledger every season and won several district titles with Perez on the sidelines. During his tenure, Perez coached multiple players who earned scholarships at NCAA Division I institutions and one student-athlete - Greg Golson – who is a Major League Baseball player and a first-round draft pick of the Philadelphia Phillies.

Perez, who currently works with special needs students at Hendrickson High School in Pflugerville and has a personal training license, is a native of Killeen, Texas and currently resides in Round Rock with his wife, Karen, and daughter, Ailee (18). 

Coach Ponder started in the Slam program at the age of 13 and played in the program until he graduated from Westlake High School in 1999.  During his tenure at Westlake, he led the Chaparrals to 2 state semi-final appearances as a pitcher, first baseman and outfielder.

  His playing career continued at Texas A&M from 2000 through 2002 as a starting pitcher, middle relief pitcher and outfielder.  He was drafted by the Red Sox in the 28^th round of the 2001 draft and singed with the Rockies in 2002 after being drafted in the 17^th round.  During his stint with the Rockies organization, Ponder played in Casper Wyoming, Pasco Washington, and Tucson Arizona.

  Coach Ponder returned to Texas A&M in 2003 to earn his degree and begin his coaching career as a student assistant coach under Mark Johnson, who was the head coach at Texas A&M for 21 years.  He graduated in 2005 and currently works for David Weekley homes as a builder in north Austin.

  Coach Ponder and his wife Meghan live in Leander, Texas.  He been involved as a coach in the Slam organization since 2004. 

Kevin played 3 years varsity  baseball at Pflugerville High School. He won All District Honors and was once the district Newcomer of the Year.  He went to San Jacinto Junior College and played in the JuCo World Series twice. 

Kevin then transferred to Texas State University in San Marcos after his two years at San Jacinto. 

Kevin currently is working for Medtronic  in San Antonio which is a medical sales company selling insulin pumps.

 Bruce is currently starting his 3rd season coaching with Austin Slam Baseball. Cox is the Head Baseball Coach at Connally High School in Pflugerville ISD.

Coach Cox works with our 16 year old age group and brings a wealth of baseball knowledge to the athletes of Austin Slam.

Landan attended Pflugerville High School where he was a standout baseball player. He currently works with our 16 yr old groups.

 Kelso has been coaching with Austin Slam for a total of 5 years. He attended Texas State University where he got his degree in Business. 

He and his wife, Emily, are expecting their first child later this year.

Scott Leon runs the Austin SLam 13u and 14u teams in the Austin Area for Austin Slam. He trains and delevops the teams through his facilities and Postive Baseball. 

He attened Allen County Community College from 93-95, while he was there he was  All Conference and All Region Player. He was a All Jayhawk Conference player two years in a row for ACCC. After Allen County he went on to play at the University of Texas from 95-96 where he recived All SWC acolades. He was a Pitcher of the week in the SWC on two different occassions.

He played with the Tampa Bay Rays organzation from 1996-2000

Scott is currently the owner and Director of player Development at Positive Baseball Development, Inc. Positive baseball has been in business in the Lake Travis area since 1999

Scott and his wife, Erin Leon, have three children, Kinzi Jo, Kadyn and Kizer.