From Staff Reports
TRUSSVILLE – The Trussville Area Chamber of Commerce (TACC) will feature UAB Baseball Coach Brian Shoop as the featured speaker for the April chamber luncheon.
Under Shoop’s guidance, UAB went 9-6 vs. teams in the 2015 NCAA Tournament, including a doubleheader sweep over Ole Miss in Oxford, three wins over Florida Atlantic, two wins over FIU and two over Rice, claiming that series over the Owls for the first time in four years. To cap the very successful 2015 season was the MLB draft, where three Blazers were taken.
On March 22, Shoop’s Blazers shut out No. 22 Alabama at Regions Field. Hewitt-Trussville graduate Carter Pharis was a factor in the win, adding an RBI single in the third inning.
The luncheon will be held on Thursday, April 21, at the Trussville Civic Center, located at 5381 Trussville-Clay Road in Trussville.
Reservations are $17 each and are needed by noon on Tuesday, April 19. Network development time begins at 11:30 a.m., and lunch is served at noon, followed by Coach Shoop’s presentation at approximately 12:30 p.m. The chamber will also recognize its April Customer Service Award recipient.
For more information, please visit www.trussvillechamber.com, call the chamber at (205) 655-7535.