Please join us on May 14th, as we commemorate the closing of another athletic year at St Stephens Lutheran School.

During the evening we will celebrate each of our sports teams, and awards will be presented to some of our school's top athletes.

This year's event will be moved to a more intimate venue (off campus). Warehouse 18 (in downtown Hickory) will be hosting and catering our dinner this year. Meal information will be released as soon as it is finalized.

Dinner begins at 5:30pm. There will be no charge for all coaches and student athletes from the past school year. Children's dinner tickets are $15 and adults' dinner tickets are $25. Please get your tickets now (seating is limited).

Matt Barkley will be our Guest Speaker this year.

Matt is a graduate of Hickory High School. Upon graduation from high school, Matt received a scholarship to play baseball at The Citadel in Charleston, SC. During his senior year at The Citadel, Matt had the privilege of being a player/assistant coach under the legendary baseball coach Chal Port.

After college, Matt became a middle school physical education teacher before beginning his career as a State Farm Insurance Agent.

Matt is in his 36th year as the director of Barkley Baseball School. He has worked with thousands of baseball and softball players ranging from 5 years of age to the college athlete. He has been a head baseball coach for 38 teams in area youth baseball leagues as well as an assistant coach for 9 baseball teams.

Matt’s greatest passion is to teach young players how to maximize their skills thru hard work, drills, practice and to include Christ in everything they do - especially baseball. He draws on his experiences as a high school athlete, a college athlete and as a parent. Matt, his wife Karen attend Soma Church in Hickory, NC.

*Also, we have changed our auction format this year. Instead of it being a 1 night only silent auction, it is now a multi-day online auction. At the top of the Givebutter page you will see a tab for "Auction" that will lead you to all of our current items. Good luck!*

Baseball Package