Varsity Baseball

Additional Levels Offered:
Boys JV Baseball

MLB Draft Picks

Justin Dunn '13 - Drafted by Los Angeles Dodgers (2013) after his senior season at The Frederick Gunn School. Drafted by New York Mets (2016) from Boston College

PJ Higgins '12 - Drafted by Chicago Cubs (2015)

Brooks Belter '06 - Drafted by Tampa Bay Rays (2011)

Team Overview

The Frederick Gunn School Baseball Program has had a long and successful tradition. Baseball was one of the earliest sports established at Mr. Gunn’s school in 1858. The village green by the Washington First Congregational Church was the site of the first known photograph of a baseball game in 1869 between The Gunnery and New Milford teams and served as the inside cover to Ken Burn’s book and documentary “Baseball- An Illustrated History”.

The Frederick Gunn School competes in the New England Prep Baseball League with Berkshire, Canterbury, Cheshire, Millbrook, Pomfret, Salisbury, Suffield, Wilbraham & Monson, and Williston-Northhampton. The program has consistently finished near the top of the league standings and captured the league championship in 2004, 2007 and 2009. Frederick Gunn School baseball players have gone on to compete at the NCAA Division I, II, and III levels and a few have even continued their careers in professional baseball. Graduates have most recently gone off to play at Old Dominion, George Washington, Central Connecticut, and Boston College. Each year the program spends a week of spring training in Florida and also plays a game at Doubleday Field in Cooperstown, New York at the home of the Baseball Hall of Fame.

The program’s philosophy is a very simple one: to improve each day and to play hard and play smart, while developing a respect for the game itself. Through this philosophy a player is able to learn the game and best prepare himself to play at the next level, if that is his ambition.

Watch Justin Dunn '13 & Jeremy Cohen '87 Speak to the Gunn Community

Meet the Coaches

Shane Gorman

Assistant Coach
Richard Martin

Assistant Coach

Richard Martin P'20 '23 '25 arrived at Gunn in the summer of 2003. He is the chair of the English Department, teaches English, and coaches football and baseball. His interests include reading, hiking, and following the Michigan Wolverines. He lives in Benham House with his wife, Laura '90 P'20 '23 '25, and their three children – Isabel '20, Luke '23, and Amelia '25.
Noah Martinez

Head Coach

A Connecticut native, Coach Martinez brings professional baseball experience and a boarding school background to both the Athletics Department and Admissions Office at Gunn. Prior to joining Gunn in September as an Admissions Associate, Head Coach for Varsity Baseball, and Athletics Operations Coordinator, Martinez played first base for the Oakland Ballers, and led the MLB partner league team in homeruns, RBIs, and OPS.

During the Baller’s inaugural season, Martinez played under manager Micah Franklin, third base coach Aaron Miles, who played with the 2006 World Series-winning St. Louis Cardinals, and first base and bench coach J.T. Snow, who played in the 2002 World Series with the San Francisco Giants. Martinez is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, where he played and started in 55 games for the Panthers while earning a bachelor’s degree in sociology. He spent three seasons on the roster of the NCAA Division I Men’s Baseball Team at Central Connecticut State University, where he earned First Team All-Northeast Conference honors, “playing in 87 games over the last two and hitting .309 with 107 hits, 16 doubles, three triples, 22 home runs, 99 RBIs and 69 runs scored,” according to Pitt.

Martinez graduated from New Milford High School and completed a post-graduate year at Hotchkiss School, where he earned all-region honors playing for the Bearcats prior to being recruited to West Point to play baseball. His coaching philosophy centers around cohesiveness and camaraderie, and through his work in the Admissions Office, he is seeking to bring students to Gunn who will enhance the baseball program and the school. “At Gunn, we look for students who are multidimensional,” he said. “They are risk-takers, and they have many talents and interests. That’s what we embody as a school.”