Nashville Storm Head Coach Charles Hunter (TSU) has announced 2 more opportunities for interested players to try out for the 2008 Nashville Storm team. The 2 tryout opportunities are at the following places, dates, and times:

SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 8:00 AM – PRACTICE FIELD IN FRONT OF THE TWO RIVERS GOLF COURSE CLUBHOUSE (BEHIND THE FOOTBALL STADIUM AT MCGAVOCK HIGH SCHOOL, 3160 MCGAVOCK PIKE, NASHVILLE, TN 37214)- Registration for this tryout will be between 8 and 9 AM, and the tryout testing and drills will precede the Nashville Storm’s first practice of 2008 at 10 AM. 

SATURDAY, MAY 10, 9:00 AM – STRATFORD HIGH SCHOOL, 1800 STRATFORD AVENUE, NASHVILLE, TN 37216. THIS TRYOUT WILL BE CONDUCTED ON THE STRATFORD HS PRACTICE FIELD TO THE IMMEDIATE LEFT OF THE FOOTBALL STADIUM.- This tryout is being conducted to give the many talented players from the Middle Tennessee Football League an opportunity to try out for the Nashville Storm (the MTFL’s Championship Game is on May 3), but is open to all player-applicants. 

Cost for a new Nashville Storm player-applicant to try out at our open tryouts is $45.00, payable in cash on the day of the tryout. The first hour of each tryout will be devoted to the filling out of registration forms and the collection of tryout fees at the Nashville Storm registration table.

All tryouts will include timing in the 40-yard dash and short shuttle. Player-applicants should wear weather-appropriate workout clothes and running shoes; wearing of football pads or helmets will not be necessary.

Anyone with questions about the process of trying out for the Nashville Storm should contact Nashville Storm Head Coach Charles Hunter (615-589-4920 or charles.hunter@state.tn.us). 

NASHVILLE STORM WR TARIO FREDERICK IS MAKING
AN IMPACT IN PRO ARENA FOOTBALL

Nashville Storm WR Tario Frederick (#6- 5’9”, 180 lbs- Bethel College) has been signed and is playing professional Indoor/Arena football for the Huntington  (WV) Heroes (http://www.heroesindoorfootball.com/) of the American Indoor Football Association, and Tario has been a major contributor to the Heroes 4-1 start to the AIFA season, playing in 4 of the Heroes’ first 5 games and catching 6 TD passes in his 4 played games. Frederick (pictured above) wears jersey #10 playing for the Huntington Heroes.

Frederick played as a slot WR for the 2006 and 2007 Nashville Storm teams, catching 18 passes for 273 yards and 2 TDs in 2006 and catching 19 passes for 301 yards and 5 TDs in 2007. He is expected to return to the Nashville Storm roster when the AIFA season ends in late July.



NASHVILLE STORM RB/KR ANTHONY “BATMAN” MARTIN IS HEADED TO PLAY COLLEGE FOOTBALL

The Nashville Storm are an amateur rather than a professional football program, so football players who have collegiate eligibility do not lose that eligibility by playing for the Nashville Storm. As a result, in addition to the many former college football players in the Nashville Storm program, the Nashville Storm attracts some talented young players just out of high school looking to sharpen their  skills for collegiate opportunities.

And today, one such Nashville Storm player is headed to play in a collegiate program.

2007 Nashville Storm RB/KR Anthony “Batman” Martin (Hillwood High School) has been signed to play college football at Mesa Community College in Mesa, Arizona, a traditionally powerful Junior College program that posted a 9-2 record in 2007. “Batman” was a favorite of Nashville Storm fans in 2007, gaining 77 yards in 17 carries at RB and leading the Nashville Storm in kickoff return average with an average of 40.5 yards per kickoff return.

Mesa Community College has sent numerous players to 4-year college football programs, including Nashville Storm WR Roger Moore (Missouri Western), who is, BTW, Anthony Martin’s uncle.

Congratulations to “Batman” Martin and best of luck at Mesa CC.

FORMER MTSU FOOTBALL/TRACK ATHLETE CHAUNCEY SMILEY JOINS NASHVILLE STORM COACHING STAFF

Chauncey Smiley, a former Cornerback/Tailback at Middle Tennessee State University in the early 1980’s under Boots  Donnelly, has joined the coaching staff of the Nashville Storm for the 2008 season. Smiley also competed in indoor track at MTSU as a sprinter, and after his college career was offered workouts by both the Dallas Cowboys and Minnesota Vikings.

Coach Smiley is a certified sports performance trainer with over 15 years of experience and has worked with Olympian track athletes, NFL  football players, and numerous Division I and II college football players. The Nashville Storm welcomes Coach Smiley to the 2008 coaching staff.

Every member of the Nashville Storm coaching staff is a former college football player from a college in the Middle Tennessee area. 


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