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Coach Nathan Skeen of the Dallas Patriots

Email: NathanSkeen@dallaspatriots.com

3-year Letterman at White Oak High School while being a 2-Time All District and 2-Time All-East Texas selection as a Roughneck.

Played freshman season at Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas.  All-Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference selection as well as an All West Region selection as a catcher.

Transferred to UT-Tyler where he has played for 3 years under Coach James Vilade.
As a Junior, named 1st Team American Southwest Conference and awarded the West Region Gold Glove Award for catcher, helping the Patriots to their 1st ever conference championship. Also, he was named to the All-ASC Academic Team.

Played summer ball in 2009 in the Eastern Collegiate Baseball League in upstate New York helping the Utica Brewers to their first League Championship in addition to being named to the ECBL All-Star Game.

In 2010, named “Player to Watch” in the American Southwest Conference and currently serves as a Team Captain for the Patriots.

Skeen is currently finishing up a degree in Biology from UT-Tyler.