Head Coach: Trent Mongero
Trent Mongero Playing Background: Coach Mongero played college baseball at Florida Southern College 1985 Division II National Champions, his freshmen year. His sophomore year he transferred and played at South Florida Junior College in Avon Park, where he played in the Florida Junior College state Championship and lost to the eventual Junior College National Champions. During his junior and senior years, he played at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, (Wilmington, N.C.) The 1989 Seahawks still hold the best single season winning percentage in CAA (Colonial Athletic Association – Division I) history with a 14 – 1 conference record. That same year the Seahawks finished 31-13 which is the third best UNCW winning percentage since the school went division one. This same year Trent was voted CAA (Colonial Athletic Association) Conference `Player of the Year. He was the first athlete, in any sport, in UNCW history to win such a coveted award. He is a current member of the UNC-W All-Decade Team, which represents the best baseball players from 1985 – 1995. Upon graduation, Trent played in the Atlanta Braves Organization and was a rookie the same year as Chipper Jones and Tony Graffanino. He was voted Braves “Most Popular Player” by his fans in Pulaski, Va. A few of Coach Mongero’s Playing Honors
1987 Co-Team Captain at South Florida Community College
1987 Played for the Florida Junior College State Championship
1987 Won Mr. Hustle Award at South Florida Community College
1988 Played in Stan Musial National Regional’s 1989 Won the CAA Conference Regular Season Championship at UNCW
1989 Won Conference Stolen Base Crown (CAA-Colonial Athletic Association)
1989 All-Conference Shortstop at UNC-Wilmington
1989 Won Conference `Player of the Year` Award for the CAA (Colonial Athletic Association) at UNC-W
1989 Won the “Valley League` Championship with the New Market Rebels
1990 Signed with the Atlanta Braves by Roy Clark (Current Director of Scouting for the Atlanta Braves)
* Played with many current and former Major Leaguers Coaching Background After his playing days were through, Trent became an assistant baseball coach at Laney high school (3 years). In 1985 he became the head coach at Laney High School (9 years) in Wilmington, NC (where Michael Jordan attended H.S.). Later in 2003, he became the head baseball coach at state perennial power Richmond Senior high school, in Rockingham, NC. In the fall of 2006, Trent became the head baseball coach at North Hall. He won his 200th career head high school coaching victory in his first season at NHHS. He is currently authoring three baseball instructional books and accompanying DVDs that will be released nationally by Sterling Publishing and Barnes and Noble in 2010. He is also a current Associate Scout for the Atlanta Braves. Trent is happily married to Sonya Mongero who teaches language arts at NHMS. They have two beautiful children, Taber (11) and Maris (9). They both attend River Bend Elementary School. A few of Coach Mongero’s Coaching Honors include:
1995 Defeat USA Today’s #1 nationally ranked H.S. baseball team
1995 Region 2 Coach of the year
1996 Pre-season ranked #1 team in the state by Baseball America
1999 Won Gold Medal with The State Games of North Carolina (NC Region 2)
2002 Defeat three separate #1 teams in the state
2002 Plays for the N.C. 4A Eastern Finals and birth to NC State Championship
2002 Coached NC East Team in the NC East/West Series
2003 Laney’s baseball field rated Top 20 in the State of North Carolina
2004 Richmond Senior’s baseball field rated #3 in the state of North Carolina
2004 Coached in the North Carolina vs. South Carolina Challenge (Best of NC vs SC) 2007 Reaches 200 victory as a high school baseball head coach 2007 Tie the school record at North Hall H.S. (50 years) for victories in a season with 21
* Coached 80+ Players that have gone on the play college baseball
* Coached 8 players that have signed to play Professionally
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