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Director of Athletics and Head Baseball Coach  256.233.3778 Matt was born in Trowbridge, England and grew up in Toronto, Canada. He attended Catholic school and churches growing up but never had a relationship with Christ. Matt went through the motions spiritually until much later in life. He received a baseball scholarship to attend Central Alabama Community College in 1994. From there Matt received another baseball scholarship and an academic scholarship to move on to the University of Montevallo. Matt graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Elementary Education in 1999 and then later did his Master's degree also in Elementary Education at the University of Montevallo. Matt was team MVP his senior year as the starting catcher. From here Matt's baseball career really took off. In 1998 and 1999 he got to play for Team Canada in the World Championships in Italy, then he played again for Team Canada this time in the Pan Am Games. In 2001, Matt tried out for Great Britain's national squad and he made this as well. He played in 3 European Championships in '01 in Germany, '03 in Holland and '05 in Czech Republic. Matt served as the Team Chaplain as well as the starting catcher!! This was his first opportunity to play ball as a Christian. Matt was saved in 1999 at the age of 24 while attending The University of Montevallo. After 5 years of living in the SOUTH Matt realized he had to Let go and Let God! He had simply kept saying, “I’m not ready to be saved yet”. He thought he had to change all his sinful desires before he could become a Christian. He didn’t realize it’s all about Faith in Christ changing a person from the inside out! A few short months later Matt married his dream girl Nicole. They moved to Piney Chapel, AL in 2001 and began teaching and coaching at Elkmont High School later that year. In 2004 Tucker, their first child, was born. Within the next school year The Lord began calling Matt into ministry and he surrendered in 2006. In the meantime, Matt started to serve with the youth ministry at Lindsay Lane, eventually becoming the Jr High Youth Pastor (serving until 2009). God gave Matt a vision for Baseball For Christ at this time (2006). Matt taught baseball lessons and taught about Christ as well each day of the week. Matt's main goal is to teach young and old alike to glorify God with all they have!! He loves using sports obviously because this is near and dear to his heart. In 2007, God blessed Matt and Nicole with their second child, Denbree! In 2009, Matt began teaching P.E. at LLCA for the elementary and middle school grades. This year is Matt’s first year teaching P.E. to the high school students at the Den Campus. Matt is also the first year Athletic Director, Assistant Principal and Head Baseball Coach at Lindsay Lane Christian Academy. There again Matt is living his dream teaching youth how to Glorify God in all they do!
 
Dear LLCA Sports Parents:
From Coach Matt Stockman: Discount Cards are now on sale! There are 35 wonderful deals from local merchants and I hope you will purchase a card from our student/athletes or from one of the campuses. The cards are $10 ea and there are probably $100 of savings easy on each card if you used it just once or twice a wk. The funds raised from these cards will go to help each athlete pay for their athletic fees plus pay for some of the needs each sport has. These cards are a great way to bless a friend, relative, teacher or COACH!:) Thanks for your support of our Lions!!!
Also, an instruction letter for each athlete is attached to the Support LLCA Athletics page to help them understand how this fundraiser works.
August 27th Workday Update: Special thanks goes out to Chuck Robinson, Mike Keene, Randall Jackson, Joel Davis, Chris Holland, Terry Turpen, Kerwin Eddleman, Robert & Elisa Graham, Jeff Ralph, and Coach Stockman for all of the work that was able to be done on Saturday at our first work day on the softball field!
Special Thanks goes out to All Star Plumbers, Inc. for their donations of time and materials to help make our first work day a huge success!
  Please make plans to attend future work days that will be coming soon. Check back often for announcements on upcoming dates! |
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