My name is Caleb Fierbaugh and I was born in Dunbar, WV. I have an older brother who graduated from WVU in a degree in computer engineering. My father works in the training department at Bayer Cropscience, while my mother works as a registered nurse for a case management company. After being born, we moved from Dunbar, WV to Scott Depot, WV where we lived for eight years. After we got settled in Scott Depot, I started playing baseball in a nearby town called Hurricane. As I got older that is all I would do over the summer. When every March rolled around I knew it was baseball season. In 1998, we moved back to Dunbar so that we could be closer to everyone else in my family. In 1999 it was found that my brother and I were diagnosed with a blood disease called Hemophilia. Hemophilia is a disease that doesn’t allow my blood to clot. This meant that wouldn’t be able to go out for football at all. The only option I had was baseball and the upside was that I was good at baseball. Hemophilia never really affected me until I got to high school. I had some – to no playing time in my three years I was part of the team. In that time I was moved from outfield, first base, third base, and finally to catcher. In those 3 years we won a state championship in the spring of 2006. In the summer of 2006 our senior league team went 9-0 to put another state title under our belt. Even though my playing time was limited, our coaching staff still believed in me and made feel like my job on the team was part of something great. They didn’t treat me like a back-up they gave me respect. They are the ones I have to thank for getting me started in wanting to coach. Mike Atkinson, the head coach of the senior league team, actually asked and offered me a position to coach. My goal is to graduate in spring of 2012 with a Bachelors’ in ACE along with minors in SEP and Business. From there I want to pursue graduate school.
