Lexington's Brian Hucks Closing in on 300 Wins

Lexington High School head baseball coach Brian Hucks recorded his 299th win in the Wildcats’ 12-2 win at Aiken on Wednesday.

Hucks is in his second season as head baseball coach and assistant athletic director at Lexington High School after spending 12 seasons as head coach at Brookland-Cayce High School. He has a 299-112 career coaching record including 41-7 at Lexington.

The top-ranked Wildcats play host to Region 5-AAAA opponent and 8th-ranked South Aiken in a 7 p.m. start on Tuesday, April 9. See the remainder of Lexington’s regular-season schedule below.

Hucks led Brookland-Cayce to a pair of AAA state championships, six Region titles and nine District championships.  Hucks has had 58 players commit to play baseball collegiately and 16 players have participated in the North/South All-Star game.  Lexington finished 27-4 last season, won region and district titles and finished runner-up in the AAAA lower state playoffs.

Hucks, a 1991 graduate of Lexington High School, was a four-year letterman and starter in baseball and a three-year letterman and starter on the football team.  He was named MVP of the football team and Most Valuable Offensive Player of the baseball team his senior year. He was named All-Area in football and baseball, as well as, All-Region and All-State in baseball. 
 
Hucks attended the University of South Carolina after stops at Anderson Junior College and Campbell University.  He was a three-year letterman in baseball at USC as well as a tri-captain his senior year.  He also won the Irby Raines award given annually to the most inspirational player.  Hucks earned a B.S. degree in physical education from South Carolina in 1996.  He was a 31st round selection by Cincinnati in the MLB Draft and played in the Reds’ organization through 1997.

Hucks is married to the former Stephanie Smith of Pickens, S.C. They have two children, Caroline (10) and Jackson (5).

Brian Hucks’ year-by-year records

Brookland-Cayce
Year       Rec., Titles
2000       31-3, State Champions, Region
2001       23-10, District
2002       26-7, Region, District
2003       14-9, District
2004       20-8, Region, District
2005       19-11, Region, District
2006       13-15, Region
2007       20-12, District
2008       30-2, State Champions, Region, District
2009       22-9, District
2010       25-7, District
2011       15-12

Lexington
Year       Rec., Titles
2012       27-4, Region, District
2013       14-3  ---

Brookland-Cayce: 258-105 (.711)
Lexington: 41-7 (.854)
Totals: 299-112 (.727)

Remaining 2013 Lexington regular season baseball schedule
Apr. 9  - Tue., SOUTH AIKEN • (7:00)
Apr. 11 - Thu., NORTH AUGUSTA • (7:00)
Apr. 13 - Sat., A.C. FLORA (Military Appreciation Day) (1:00)
Apr. 16 - Tue., at Dutch Fork • (7:00)
Apr. 17 - Wed., at Irmo (6:30)
Apr. 19 - Fri., at White Knoll • (7:00)
Apr. 22 - Mon., at A.C. Flora (7:00)
• Region 5-AAAA games
Home games in ALL CAPS

South Carolina AAAA State Playoffs
Apr. 25-May 1 - District Playoffs       
May 4-10 - Lower State Playoffs
May 13-18 - State Championship