Coach Lee Berryhill has led baseball and softball championship programs for 30 years at Wheeler, Eupora, East Webster, and Starkville Academy.  He hails from Eupora where he was an honor graduate, Balfour Athletic Award winner, Presidential Academic Fitness Award winner, Class President, Mr. Eupora High, and a member of the school’s Hall of Fame.  He earned a baseball scholarship to Holmes Community College in 1988 and completed his college education at Mississippi State in 1994.  He launched his 30-year coaching career at Wheeler in 1994.  After one year, he arrived at his alma mater at Eupora and guided their baseball program for 17 seasons.  Coach Berryhill paced the Eagles diamond squad to 5 district titles, 2 North Half crowns, and two state championships in 2000 and 2003.  In 2012, Lee moved to Maben to lead the softball teams at East Webster.  For the next 8 years, he guided the Wolverine fast pitch and slow pitch teams to diamond success.  His slow pitch teams at East Webster claimed 4 district championships, 2 South and 1 North Half titles, a state runner-up finish in 2013, and state championships in 2014 and 2016.  Coach Berryhill’s fast pitch Wolverine teams won 6 district titles, 4 North Half championships, had a state runner-up finish in 2016 and three straight state championships in 2013, 2014, and 2015.  Overall, Lee coached 900 games with a record of 636 wins and only 264 losses for a 71% winning mark.  His diamond squads in baseball and softball racked up a total of 15 district crowns, 9 North or South half titles, two state runner-up finishes and 7 state championships.  Coach Berryhill has received numerous accolades for his team’s championships achievements.  He was named MAC Coach of the Year in 2015 and is a three-time Starkville Daily News Coach of the Year in 2010, 2015, and 2016.  He is also a two-time Northeast Mississippi Softball Coaches Association Coach of the Year as selected in 2015 and 2016.  Lee is a three-time All-Star coach with the MAC in 2003 and with the Northeast Mississippi Baseball Coaching Association in 2008 and 2012.  Coach Berryhill has served his profession as a longtime MAC member who served on the All-Star selection committee and the All-State selection committee.  He also was a member of the Northeast Mississippi Association Baseball and Softball Committees.  Lee worked diligently in his community with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Eupora Parks and Recreation and as an administrator with Dizzy Dean baseball.  Along with his MAC Hall of Fame membership, Coach Berryhill was inducted into the Northeast Mississippi Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2016.