Leigh Neuage first homepage which he made at age 15. This is here in memory
of Leigh Neuage - whose memorial page is at http://www.neuage.org/leigh.htm
FULL NAME:Leigh Sebastien-Kenneth Neuage
CURRENT TEAMS:Southern Districts Hawks Under 18,
Seniors Div. 2; South Australian State, South Australian Institute of Sports,
South Australian Schoolboys U-17, Australian National Team U-17 )
POSITION:Pitcher, First Base
AGE, HEIGHT,WEIGHT:15 (born July 06, 1983)
, 6'5", 170
HOME:Hackham, South Australia
telephone Adelaide - 8326 5519 (lives with father - Terrell and
brother Sacha (age 18)
HOBBIES: Basketball, Internet, Baseball Trivia,
Baseball Card Collecting
FAVORITE MOVIES:All The Baseball Ones
FAVORITE TELEVISION SHOW:Seinfeld,
Simpsons
FAVORITE FOOD: Italian, Chinese, and Mexican
FAVORITE RESTAURANT:The Buffalo, Glenelg South
Australia
BASEBALL EVENTS THAT I HAVE PARTICIPATED IN:
- 1991/92 One season T-Ball. Southern Districts
- 1992 One season Rookie-Ball. Southern Districts
- 1992/93 One Season Pee Wee. Henley and Grange
- 1993/94 and 1994/95 Two Seasons Pee Wee. Southern Districts
- 1993/94 and 1994/95 Two Seasons Pee Wee All Stars. Southern Districts
- 1994 One season of SASI U/14 Winterball at West Beach-there were no
divisions
- 1994 One Glenelg coaching clinic with the Adelaide Giants
- 1994 One Pitching clinic with Canadian Pitching Coach
- 1995 One Glenelg coaching clinic with the Adelaide Giants
- 1995 One Season of SASI U/14 Division One Winterball at Seaton High School
- 1995 February 27-March 3rd Year Seven Baseball Camp (45 were chosen from
South Australia)
- 1995 June 7. Tried out for Seaton High School's Special Interest Baseball
Programme.
- 1995 July 11. Told I made Seaton High School Team - Decided not to attend.
- 1995 July 8-12 Played for South Australian Baseball League All Stars
against Seaton High School and the East-West Ambassadors, from America, in the
Annual Friendship Series. (was selected along with 18 others from the 1995
Winterball season).
- 1995 August Coaching clinic at my school (Morphett Vale East Primary) with
Mark Chandler
- 1995 August-September tried out for Southern District U/14 for the 1995-96
season. Made Division two.
- 1995 September 2 asked to try out for a squad of 30 from South Australia
to play in Pre-Season State Series against teams from Victoria and Mt. Gambier
in Mount Gambier, as try outs for the 1996 State team. I made the team of 30
and played the series in Mount Gambier and stayed with the team until the
final cut.
- 1995 October played in three-day pre-season carnival for composite team
from around the league.
- 1995/96 One Season U/14 Southern Districts Division two - Selected as MVP
- 1996 March played for Wirreanda High School's Varsity Baseball Team.
- 1996 One term of baseball at Wirreanda High School through its Community
Activities Programme, including games against Seaton High School.
- 1996 One Season U/14 SASI Division One Winter-Ball with a round-robin at
the end.
- 1996 Tried out for squad of 30 from South Australia to play in Pre -Season
State Series against teams from Victoria and Mt.Gambier in Mt.Gambier as part
of tryouts for the 1997 State Team and made the team of 30 and played the
series in Mt. Gambier. I made the final SABL U/14 State Squad.
- 1996 October. Played in three day pre-season carnival for Southern
Districts U/14 Division One Team - We were champions of the series.
- 1997. January 4 - 15. U/14 Australian National Championships. Played for
South Australia - finished fifth.
- One of two South Australians selected for the U-15 Australian National
Team
- With the South Australian baseball Sports Institute seven games against
the Victorian baseball Institute in Victoria: March 26-30th 1997
- With the u-15 National Team - Brisbane October 1997
- December 1997 Made the U-16s South Australia State Squad - playing in
Canberra January 1998
- PITCHED PERFECT GAME -
South Australia vs. Northern Territory - January 08, 1998 -
- April 1998 member of the South Australian Institute of Sports playing
in Institute Games in Canberra
- May 1998 member of the SOuth Australian School Boy Team - playing in Brisbane
Queensland
- June 1998 National Camp - Melbourne
- July 1998 - selected in the U 16 Australian National Team
playing July 11-19 in the World Championships in
Fairfield Heights, Illin
- December 1998 Finalist (top ten) Messenger sports person of the year
- December 1998 Friendship series against USA - at Woodville
- January 1999 SA State team (Third year in a row) played in Alice Springs
- February 1999 Selected for the Australian National Team (third year in a
row) to play in South Africa in July 1999
- March 9th South Australian States' Sports Association winner
- March 17 - selected to be on South Australia schoolboy team
to play in National titles in Perth in May 1999.
- April 3-5 with Seaton HS to Melbourne
- April 10 Southern Districts
Baseball Club Junior Player of the year
- April 23 given full-scholarship (Third-year running) to SASI
- May 3-10 Perth Schoolboy
National titles: MVP - two games; selected to National
All-Stars team; Selected to Schoolboys National Team; selected as PITCHER OF TOURNAMENT