Baseball - Varsity Boys

Coaches


Travis Dawkins, head coach
travis.dawkins@sdsgriffin.org

Travis “Gookie” Dawkins is from Newberry, SC where he graduated from Newberry High School and entered the 1997 MLB Draft. Gookie was selected in the 2nd round by the Cincinnati Reds where he played from 1997-2003. He played on 10 MLB teams spanning his career including the Cincinnati Reds, Los Angeles Dodgers, Kansas City Royals, Chicago Cubs, Detroit Tigers, Pittsburgh Pirates, Seattle Mariners, Philadelphia Phillies, Florida Marlins, and Chicago White Sox. Gookie was a member of the 1999 baseball team that won Silver at the Pan-American Games in Winnipeg, Canada, as well as being a member of the 2000 Olympic Baseball Team that won the Gold medal in Sydney, Australia.

To this day, Gookie shares his love for baseball as an instructor and business owner of Carolina Wheelhouse Academy.