Team

Season

Athletics Interest Form

Baseball - Varsity

2024 - 2025

Head Coach: Kevin Barnaby

Captains: Cam Cirone and Kiran Sen

Groton's baseball team strives to build a culture of respect, transparency, and honesty. We believe in staying positive and mentally tough, always holding ourselves accountable for our actions. Our team is a family, bonded together through trust and a commitment to continuous learning. We value leadership at all levels and encourage every player to step up and lead when the situation calls for it. At the same time, we believe in keeping things loose and comfortable, fostering a calm and upbeat environment where everyone can enjoy the game while fully developing their talents as baseball players.

AJ Colarusso '22 and the Boston College Eagles Take Down No. 14 Virginia at Fenway Park

Coaches

Head Coach: Kevin Barnaby

kbarnaby@groton.org

Bio
Prior to arriving at Groton, Coach Barnaby coached college baseball for eight years—five years at Fitchburg State (four as head coach and one as assistant coach) and three years as assistant coach at UMass Lowell.

As head coach at Fitchburg State, Coach Barnaby finished with the second most wins in program history and twice was named the league’s coach of the year. In his final year, the team set ten program records while reaching the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) title game. He helped develop fourteen all-conference players and two all-region players. As MASCAC's chair and co-chair, Coach Barnaby was instrumental in implementing a new conference format.

Before Fitchburg State, Coach Barnaby was assistant coach for UMass Lowell and head coach in the Futures Collegiate League. During that two-year span, he coached five players who were drafted by Major League Baseball teams.

Coach Barnaby was a four-year starter at Leominster High School in Leominster, Massachusetts. His team earned the #1 overall seed in the state tournament during his sophomore year. He continued playing at Worcester State University, where his team won the 2005 MASCAC championship. After graduation, Mr. Barnaby coached three seasons of football and seven seasons of basketball at Leominster High School. He also assisted the Leominster Legion baseball team for six seasons.

With Nor’easters Baseball Academy, Coach Barnaby oversees five hundred athletes’ baseball development and has helped more than seventy players reach college baseball programs. He lives in Leominster with his wife, Brittany, and their two children.
Assistant Coach: Preston Bannard

978-448-7336

pbannard@groton.org

Bio
Preston Bannard played baseball as a student at Groton under Groton Hall of Fame coach Jim Waugh. He was part of the 1998 ISL champion team his freshman year and helped lead the team to a second-place finish his senior year, earning ALL-ISL honors as a pitcher and second baseman and leading the league in ERA and IP while batting over .350. He joined Groton’s varsity coaching staff in 2018 after coaching JV for three years. Before Groton, he was the varsity head softball coach and a teacher at the Baldwin School. After high school, Preston played club baseball at Princeton and has continued to play men's league baseball in the summer. Off the field, he is a Groton Classics teacher and lives in a dorm with his wife and children.
Assistant Coach: Kyle Gillis

kyle.gillis1122@gmail.com
Assistant Coach: Ian Gracey

978-448-7514

igracey@groton.org

Bio
Ian Gracey was a first baseman and pitcher at Tufts University. A veteran of more than twenty-five varsity baseball seasons, he has coached at Avon Old Farms, the Lawrenceville School, and Groton School.