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Greg Suire - President (greg@hitoms.com)

Entering his 12th season as team President, Greg Suire has overseen the growth of the HiToms from a singular entity in the Coastal Plain League to an organization sponsoring amateur squads from the American Legion level to middle school. Instrumental in the 2006 refurbishment of historic Finch Field, Suire has also pioneered the HiToms efforts to enhance youth baseball in the High Point/Thomasville community through the club's spring youth baseball clinic, instructional camps and high school fall league.

A 12 year- veteran of Ford Motor Credit Company, Suire launched his career in baseball at Louisiana State University where he served as a seven-year camp counselor and director under legendary LSU head coach Skip Bertman. Following his time with Skip Bertman's Baseball camps, Suire moved to fellow SEC member South Carolina where he served on June Raines' staff as a graduate assistant in 1996 and as a camp director for the June Raines' Baseball School from 1992 - 1996.

Following a two-year stint as an assistant coach at Ooltewah High School in Chattanooga, TN, Suire assumed the position of associate head coach at Ooltewah in 1999 and led the Owls to their first district championship in 20 years. Transferred to Greensboro with Ford Credit in 1999, Suire's ownership group purchased the HiToms in the spring of 2000 before the franchise's second Coastal Plain League season. Overseeing the organization's seven division titles, three CPL championships and one Area III American Legion title, Suire's efforts have also helped over 82 former HiToms and Post 87 players be selected in the Major League Baseball amateur draft.

A native of Baton Rouge, LA, Suire was a three-year starter at Loyola University - New Orleans where he also served as team captain. Inducted into the Loyola Sports Hall of Fame in 1997, Suire earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism from the Jesuit University in 1992 and earned his Master of Educational Administration degree from the University of South Carolina in 1994.

Married to Heather Holland of Caldwell, NJ, Suire and his wife reside in Greensboro and have three daughters: Hope, Ella and Mary Kennedy.

Josh Massey - General Manager (josh@hitoms.com)

Entering his first year as the General Manager of the HiToms, Josh Massey spent last season working as the Director of Ticket Sales and Assistant GM of the Wilson Tobs of the Coastal Plain League.

Nine years after playing for the inaugural Post 87 Senior HiToms American Legion team, Massey now returns to his hometown of Thomasville, where he was a 2002 graduate of Ledford High School.

After being awarded the Edgar B. Welbourn Scholarship for Academic excellence, Massey attended East Carolina University, where he majored in Communications and Broadcast Journalism, while also minoring in Business Administration. There he walked onto the the baseball team before an ACL injury derailed his playing career.

After receiving his Bachelor of Science degree in 2007, Massey spent four years in the food service industry before deciding to get into baseball administration in late 2010.

In 2011, Massey was instrumental in the success of the organization in Wilson. He left his mark on the franchise by consistently exhibiting the ability to achieve success in all aspects of the job. His efforts led to the establishment of the first high school fall baseball league in Wilson, in which he served as a coach for two teams.

Josh Massey is the son of Cathy and David Massey who reside in Thomasville, along with his brother Sean.

Sean Walsh - Head Coach (info@hitoms.com)

Entering his first season as the HiToms top man, Sean Walsh becomes the 14th head coach in the HiToms CPL history and the second former HiTom player (Matt McCay, 2008) to be named the Tommies field manager.

Currently serving as the hitting coach at Brevard College, Walsh returns home to Finch Field 12 years after a Coastal Plain League All-Star season in 1999 with the HiToms.

Prior to coming to Brevard, Coach Walsh served as the Head Baseball Coach of the Carolina Naturals based in Durham, N.C. where he coached high school players aspiring to play college baseball with a focus on skill development.

Walsh worked from 2007-2008 with M.V.P. Baseball in Raleigh, N.C., serving as Assistant Baseball Coach where he coached the Showcase team, working primarily with players on hitting and fielding.

Before his coaching career, Walsh was drafted in the 47th round of the 2001 Major League Baseball draft by the Philadelphia Phillies and spent four years in the Phillies program playing in the minor leagues from levels of Low-A to Double A, where he spent time on the field as an infielder, outfielder and catcher. Walsh was also named the Organizational Player of the Month for June of 2003.

Walsh also played for the Fullerton Flyers in the Golden League in 2005 where he was a Golden League All-Star and Gold Glove Award Winner at Third Base, while finishing second in the league with a .357 batting average. In 2006, he played with the Winnipeg Goldeyes of the Northern League where he was a Northern League All-Star.
An infielder at North Carolina State University, Walsh was named to the Atlantic Coast Conference All-Tournament team in 2001. Prior to N.C. State, Walsh played at Radford University where he was on the Big South All-Conference team in 2000.