Art Senato, Head Coach - Varsity

Coach Senato begins his second year at Marcus.  In his first season as the Marauder's skipper, Coach Senato led the program to new heights.  The Marauders finished with 26 wins and 14 losses.  Their playoff run began by defeating Keller Fossil Ridge in three games after losing one.  In the Area round of the playoffs, the Marauders scored 2 runs in the top of the seventh inning to beat Plano 2-0 in a 1 game playoff.  Then in the Regional Quarter-Finals, Marcus defeated a tough Plano East team 2 games to 1 to advance farther than any Marcus Baseball team ever had.  Next, the Marauders played Odessa High (#5 ranked 5A team in the state), in the Regional Semi-Finals at Abilene's Hardin-Simmons University.  Marcus swept Odessa and allowed only 1 run in the two games which included a win by the 10 run mercy rule in Game 2.  In the Regional Finals the Marauders again traveled to West Texas, this time to Midland to face El Paso Socorro.  The Marauders put up a valiant fight, but could not overcome the hot bats of Socorro, which would go on to win the 5A State Championship the next weekend.

In addition to the Team Honors, the Marcus Baseball Program enjoyed unprecedented individual success.  The following is a list of the individual honors garnered by this year's team.

***Five marcus players were named to the 6-5A All-Team District, 3 on the 1st Team, 2 on the 2nd Team.

***Two players were selected to the Dallas Morning News All-Area Team.

***Coach Senato was named Coach of the Year by the Dallas Morning News.

***One player was named to the Texas Sports Writers Association All-State Team.

***Two players were named to the Texas High School Baseball Coaches Association Academic All-State team.

***Two players were selected to play in the North texas High School Baseball Coaches Association All-Star Game.

***Eight players are going on to play baseball at the college level in 2010.

Coach Senato has a career record of 239 wins, 153 losses.  He has served as an Associate Scout for the Cleveland Indians Baseball Club and as an instructor at Skip Bertman's LSU Tiger Baseball camps.  Coach Senato is married to Michelle and they have 4 children, Anna, Ben, Danielle and Gabrielle.  They also have 3 dogs, Big Papi, Jeter, and Bella.

Dustin Sykora, Assistant Coach - Varsity

Coach Dustin Sykora will be entering his first year at Marcus High School and will serve as the Assistant Head Baseball Coach.  He was previously coaching at Waco Connally High School for two years, Coppell High School for one year, and most recently at West High School for the past two years.

Coach Sykora graduated from Waco Connally High School in 1999.  He earned a baseball scholarship to McLennan Community College and played outfield for the Highlanders for two years before transferring to Baylor Univeristy where he graduated in 2003.

Coach Sykora has a beautiful girlfriend of the past five years named Fallin and looks forward to an engagement in the near future.

"It is a blessing that I have been given the opportunity to teach and coach at Marcus High School.  Head Coach Art Senato has taken the Marcus baseball team to a new level and I look forward to continuing the success in the upcoming season." --- Dustin Sykora

Craig Owen - JV Coach

Coach Craig Owen is in his first year here at Marcus and 13th year of coaching/teaching overall.  He will be in charge of coaching the Junior Varsity baseball team.  He came to Marcus from Fossill Ridge High School.  He will teach Social Studies.

Coach Owen is a graduate of L.D. Bell High School and UTA.  Craig was a two year letterman in baseball at Bell and also played at North Lake College.

He has been married to his wife Jessica for seven years.  Craig and Jessica have three wonderful children, Jackson - 6, Garrett - 2, and Olivia who will turn 1 in November.

Bill Wells - Freshman Coach