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Webb baseball skipper Wormsley to be inducted into ETBCA Hall of Fame
Staff Reports - Thu, Aug, 16, 2007
Clark Wormsley, longtime Webb School of Knoxville varsity head baseball coach, will be inducted into the East Tennessee Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame beginning at 7 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 25, at Smokies Park in Kodak prior to the Tennessee Smokies versus Mobile BayBears Southern League game.
Wormsley has headed up the varsity program for more than 21 years, compiling a 348-197 record.
A six-time District Coach of the Year honoree, Wormsley has coached seven district champions, five regional titlist and led the Spartans to five state tourney appearances, including Division II state runner-up finishes in 2003 and 2005.
In 2005, the American Baseball Coaches Association named Wormsley southeast Regional Coach of the Year. He is a four-time TSSAA Region Coach of the Year who has sent 24 players on to the college level — three have played professionally.
Twenty-two players have earned All-State recognition under Wormsley’s tutelage, and five have been named Louisville Slugger All-Americans.
The son of Ralph and Pat Wormsley of Lake City, Clark was a baseball standout at Lake City High School for coach Murrell Albright, who is also in the ETBCA Hall of Fame.
In college, Clark was a two-time All-Conference player at Lincoln Memorial University.
During his first two years at Webb as an assistant, Clark helped the Spartans capture the 1985 Class A state baseball crown.
Also serving as Middle School dean of students, Clark is an assistant coach with the Spartan varsity football team, helping lead Webb to the 2006 Division II-AA state crown.
Clark and his wife, Jody, have two sons: Jordan (Webb Class of 2006), a sophomore baseball player at Vanderbilt, and Parker Wormsley, a freshman at Webb.
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