After a somewhat stressful Spring season with the Katy High School Sophomore team, where Matthew played the entire season as the starting right fielder and ended the season with close to a .400 batting average, we are excited to start another season with the Allen Baseball Club.

The Allen Club is a Nationally competitive program for High School athletes that is designed to prepare them for College level baseball, giving the opportunities to showcase their talents in front of many College coaches and scouts.

This blog is created to follow the upcoming baseball exploits of Matthew Chilton, recording both triumphs and failures as he continues to pursue his goal to play College Baseball.
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Matthew has played at every level in the Nations program and been very successful over the years; although we have had some issues finding coaches that he has the proper chemistry with.
After traveling to the Nations 14U World Series in Colorado last year where Matthew pitched 2 one-hitters and hit well over .500 for the tournament, we decided that it w time for him to look for some more challenging opportunities.  After many conversations, Internet searches and phone conversations, we made contact with Skip Allen with the Allen Baseball Club.  I had several long conversations with him before I ever introduced Matthew to him and his program.

We attended two rigorous four-hour practice sessions on consecutive days at the beginning of last Fall's baseball season as a tryout, where Matthew decided that he found exactly what he was looking for.

The Allen Baseball program has proven to be by far the best program that we have ever been involved with.  Everyone is treated like they are part of his family.  There is absolutely no favoritism, that I have been able to see, as all are recognized for hard work and improvement and any who slack-off are chastised and inspired to work harder, just as any good father would treat his own son.
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I will be posting personal statistics, as well as photos and information about fellow team mates and team activity throughout the season and beyond.