Tour Guides

Hometown: Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Education: University of South Carolina (B.A.,Broadcast Journalism) and School of Law (J.D. degree)

Occupations: Radio and TV news reporter in Columbia, SC; Attorney in Atlanta, GA

Favorite Tour Stop: Press Box

Favorite Tour Stat/Fact: Atlanta Braves winning an unprecedented 14 straight division titles from 1991-2005

Favorite Player (all-time): Hank Aaron

Favorite Braves Moment: Meeting Hank Aaron and his wife, Billye

Favorite Sports Memory: Scoring a hole in one golfing with my sons at Druid Hills Golf Club in Atlanta

Favorite Team as a Kid: The Braves (both in Milwaukee and Atlanta)

Why I Enjoy Giving Tours: Braves baseball has provided many enjoyable moments for me, family members and friends for many years. I am happy to share the passion I have for Braves baseball with folks who now attend tours at Truist Park.

Hometown: Hillsdale, NJ

Education: BA Tennessee Wesleyan College

Occupations: Retired from John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Sales and Sales Management in college textbook publishing/ Usher & Usher Supervisor Turner Field and Truist Park

Favorite Tour Stop: Below the Chop, Hank Aaron Terrace

Favorite Tour Stat/Fact: Hank Aaron's 715 home run

Favorite Player (all time): Brooklyn Dodgers short-stop Pee Wee Reese

Favorite Braves Moment: Working as an usher supervisor at the 2021 World Series

Favorite Sports Memory: Seeing my first major league game at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, NY/meeting Joe DiMaggio & Ted Williams

Favorite Team as a Kid: Brooklyn Dodgers

Why I Enjoy Giving Tours: I love baseball, the Braves and meeting new people with every tour I work.

Hometown: Cartersville, Georgia

Education: Kennesaw State University, BBA major/Marketing, Argosy University, Doctorate in Educational Leadership

Occupation: Retired Teacher

Favorite Tour Stop: Below the Chop

Favorite Tour Stat/Fact: Braves are the longest continuously operating franchise in sports

Favorite Player (all-time): Hank Aaron - The Hammer

Favorite Braves Moment: Being in attendance for win #13-for 13 in a row to start the 1982 season

Favorite Sports Memory: Visiting Dodgertown during spring training 1972 in Vero Beach, Florida

Favorite Team as a Kid: Atlanta Braves

Why I Enjoy Giving Tours: I enjoy giving tours because it allows me to combine two of my favorite things-entertaining people and baseball!

Hometown: Bay Village, Ohio

Education: Ohio State University

Favorite Tour Stop: Below the Chop

Favorite Tour Stat/Fact: I love talking about our retired numbers

Favorite Player (all-time): Hank Aaron

Favorite Braves Moment: Giving two Make-a-Wish tours with two young men that are still miraculously alive

Favorite Sports Memory: Ohio State winning the National College Football Championship in 2014

Favorite Team as a Kid: Growing up in Ohio, it was the Cleveland Indians

Why I Enjoy Giving Tours: Showing off our great ballpark, our history, and putting a smile on the fans’ faces. You don’t know what’s going on in their lives and it’s great to be able to change their life for an hour or so.

Hometown: Atlanta, Georgia

Education: Georgia State University, current student

Occupation: Braves Tour Guide, college student

Favorite Tour Stop: Monument Garden

Favorite Player (all-time): Madison Bumgarner

Favorite Tour Stat/Fact: Hank Aaron is 3rd in hits in MLB history after Pete Rose and Ty Cobb and is a member of the 3,000-hit club, even without counting his home runs.

Favorite Braves Moment: Braves winning the 2021 World Series

Favorite Sports Memory: Watching the Virginia Cavaliers win the 2019 NCAA National Championship (men’s college basketball

Favorite Team as a Kid: Virginia Cavaliers (I did not closely follow baseball until 2014)

Why I Enjoy Giving Tours: Being a tour guide gives me the opportunity to meet baseball fans from all over the country and world. Talking with them and learning what brought them to the ballpark is always interesting. Then, showing them our beautiful ballpark and discussing the rich history of the Braves is so much fun.

Hometown: Baltimore, Maryland

Education: Carnegie Mellon University, B.S. in Applied Mathematics

Occupations: Software engineer

Favorite Tour Stop: Rooftop, for the view of the ballpark and the Battery

Favorite Tour Stat/Fact: Explaining the batter's eye, since most people are not familiar with it

Favorite Player (all-time): Hank Aaron

Favorite Braves Moment: Sid slides – 1992 NLCS

Favorite Sports Memory: Witnessing all 19 innings of the Braves vs. Pirates in 2011; also witnessing Randy Johnson's perfect game against the Braves in 2004

Favorite Team as a Kid: Baltimore Orioles

Why I Enjoy Giving Tours: Letting the fans see the areas of the ballpark that they would not normally see

Hometown: Charleston, South Carolina

Education: Jacksonville University

Occupation: Trauma RN

Favorite Tour Stop: Below the Chop

Favorite Tour Stat/Fact: The details on the 2021 World Series ring

Favorite Player (all-time): Javy Lopez

Favorite Braves Moment: When Ronald Acuna Jr., as a rookie, hit a grand slam against LA. The stadium was shaking as everyone cheered for him.

Favorite Sports Memory: Me placing high enough in swimming in high school to go to state finals

Favorite Team as a Kid: Atlanta Braves

Why I Enjoy Giving Tours: I love connecting with all fans of baseball and sharing my love of my adopted hometown and Truist Park.

Hometown: Cincinnati, Ohio

Education: University of Cincinnati, BBA and MBA

Occupation: Prior to Braves I spent 35 years in Information Technology most recently as SVP of Consulting Services for a large multinational database software company

Favorite Tour Stop: My favorite is the fans favorite which is usually getting down into the dugout to get the true feeling of the MLB players perspective and get a great photo

Favorite Tour Stat/Fact: Greg Maddux in his career faced over 20,000 batters and not counting intentional walks only went to a 3-0 count on 200 of those batters, less than 1%

Favorite Player (all-time): Hank Aaron

Favorite Braves Moment: Hank hitting 715 to break Babe Ruth’s record. I remember seeing it live even though I was not even living in Atlanta at the time.

Favorite Sports Memory: Seeing the Reds win the 1975 World Series Championship against the Boston Red Sox.

Favorite Team as a Kid: Cincinnati Reds and the Big Red Machine

Why I Enjoy Giving Tours: I enjoy getting to know people and their individual stories and on gameday getting to see their faces light up as they get to see the players up close and get that coveted autograph they have always wanted.

Hometown: Chicago, Illinois

Education: Southern Illinois University, Bachelor of Science Degree (Aviation Management) and Associate in Technology Degree

Occupation: Airline Captain (Ret.)-Flight Instructor.

Favorite Tour Stop: Monument Garden

Favorite Tour Stat/Fact: Babe Ruth hit three home runs on May 25, 1935

Favorite Player (all-time): Warren Spahn

Favorite Braves Moment: Jorge Soler’s home run in Game 6 of 2021 World Series

Favorite Sports Memory: Georgia Bulldogs - Jan. 2022 - Against Alabama.

Favorite Team as a Kid: Chicago White Sox

Why I Enjoy Giving Tours: Great people to work for and with. Happy customers. Get to see some amazing things!

Hometown: Riverton, New Jersey

Education: Georgetown University - BA in government / international relations

Occupation: Tour Guide (prior to that, I was a client relationship manager for large, corporate retirement plans)

Favorite Tour Stop: Tough one, but I’ll go with the Hank Aaron Terrace

Favorite Tour Stat/Fact: The unique information for each of our retired numbers

Favorite Player (all-time): Hank Aaron

Favorite Braves Moment: Being able to attend the playoff and World Series games in 2021

Favorite Sports Memory: Other than the World Series, being selected for a field hockey all-star team in college

Favorite Team as a Kid: Philadelphia Phillies (because I grew up there)

Why I Enjoy Giving Tours: The Braves and Truist Park have great stories to tell for people of all ages. I enjoy interacting with people and hearing their anecdotes as well.

Hometown: Dahlonega, Georgia

Education: Georgia Southern University. BBA

Occupation: Environmental Consultant

Favorite Tour Stop: Xfinity Club

Favorite Tour Stat: 363 wins (most all time by left hander-Warren Spahn)

Favorite Player (all-time): Warren Spahn

Favorite Braves Moment: Sid Slide (1992 NLCS)

Favorite Sports Memory: Watching Henry Aaron's 715th with my dad

Favorite Team as a Kid: Atlanta Braves (of course!)

Why You Enjoy Giving Tours: Seeing the excitement on our fans faces, particularly our younger fans!

Hometown: Marietta, Georgia

Education: University of Georgia, B.A. Journalism

Occupation: Healthcare Marketing Director, Atlanta GA; Facilities Manager, Atlanta GA

Favorite Tour Stop: Dugout (for a unique experience) AND the Hank Aaron Terrace (for the artifact)

Favorite Tour Stat/Fact: Hank Aaron's bat and ball are here at Truist Park because Mr. Aaron asked that they stay here and not go to Cooperstown.

Favorite Player (all-time): Hank Aaron

Favorite Braves Moment: Sid Bream slide getting us to the 1992 World Series

Favorite Sports Memory: 1995 and 2021 World Series Wins

Favorite Team as a Kid: Atlanta Braves

Why I Enjoy Giving Tours: I am so proud of our team and our beautiful ballpark and the Battery. To be able to share our history and our surroundings with visitors from all over the country and the world is a literal highlight of every week. What a privilege it is to be able to share all of this with our guests!

Hometown: Mountain Lakes, NJ

Education: Muhlenberg College, Accounting degree

Occupation: Sales Manager

Favorite Tour Stop: Hank Aaron Terrace (HAT)

Favorite Tour fact/Stat: Hank Aaron had 3771 hits in his career - even if you took away all of his home runs, he still had over 3000 hits

Favorite Braves Player: Dale Murphy

Favorite Braves Moment: Sid Slide – 1992 NLCS

Favorite Sports Memory: Being part of an undefeated HS football State championship team that only allowed seven points the whole season

Favorite Team as a Kid: I hate to say it but I grew up a Mets fan

Why I Enjoy Giving Tours: Besides working with great people; it’s meeting and talking baseball with people from all over.

Hometown: Essex Fells, New Jersey, but put Atlanta on my name tag, as I have been here for 60 of my 70 years.

Education: Georgia State University, Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in Real Estate.

Occupation: Retired from Commercial Real Estate (Shopping Centers/Retail)

Favorite Tour Stop: Xfinity Rooftop

Favorite Tour Fact: 2 1/2 years to build Truist & Battery simultaneously

Favorite Player (all-time): Chipper Jones

Favorite Braves Moment: Hank Aaron’s #715 (I was there)

Favorite Sports Memory: USA’s upset hockey “miracle victory“ over Russia in 1980 Winter Olympics (yea, I’m old)

Favorite Team as a Kid: New York Yankees until I was 10, Braves forever after

Why I Enjoy Giving Tours: Love talking baseball and seeing/hearing the expressions when guests first see the field from up top.

Hometown: Albany, Georgia

Education: Georgia Southern University, Bachelor of Science, Communication Arts/Broadcasting

Occupation: Retired, 30 years Radio/Television Talent, Advertising Sales, Commercial Voice Production

Favorite Tour Stop: Xfinity Rooftop

Favorite Tour Stat/Fact: Hank Aaron’s 6,856 total bases

Favorite Player (all-time): Dale Murphy

Favorite Braves Moment: The Braves 2021 World Series Championship year… becoming a Braves tour guide and attending every home game with my wife, Valerie.

Favorite Sports Memory: Attending the 1979 Masters in Augusta. As a twenty-year-old kid with broadcast dreams, I was invited into the tower overlooking the 16th green to meet CBS commentator Jack Whitaker

Favorite Team as a Kid: Atlanta Braves since 1967

Why I Enjoy Giving Tours: Sharing the story of the Braves and Truist Park with fans equally as passionate as I.

Hometown: Long Beach, New York

Education: Boise State University, MA; University of Miami, MBA; University of Buffalo, BA

Occupation: Retired

Favorite Tour Stop: Hank Aaron Terrace

Favorite Tour Stat/Fact: Hank Aaron’s 715 home run

Favorite Player (all-time): Hank Aaron

Favorite Braves Moment: Sid Slide – 1992 NLCS

Favorite Sports Memory: 1980 Winter Olympics Hockey Gold Medal Game USA vs USSR

Favorite Team as a Kid: New York Jets

Why I Enjoy Giving Tours: Great opportunity to meet people from all over the world.

Hometown: Roswell, Georgia

Education: Kennesaw State University, current student

Occupation: Tour Guide/Full-time student

Favorite Tour Stop: Hank Aaron Terrace

Favorite Stat: Greg Maddux threw 109 complete games in his career, 26 of which were done in 100 pitches or less.

Favorite Braves Moment: Watching the 2021 World Series on TV

Favorite Sports Memory: Atlanta Thrashers and Atlanta Braves games growing up

Favorite Team as a Kid: Atlanta Braves

Why I Enjoy Giving Tours: I love talking about baseball and showing off our beautiful stadium here in Atlanta.

Hometown: Rome, Georgia

Education: University of Georgia, BS in Computer Science

Occupation: Computer Systems Engineer (being a Braves Tour Guide is way more fun!)

Favorite Tour Stop: Warning Track (going on the field never gets old)

Favorite Tour Stat/Fact: (Tough one) Eddie Mathews is on the cover of the very first Sports Illustrated.

Favorite Player (all-time): Hank Aaron

Favorite Braves Moment: Sid Bream sliding into home to win the 1992 NL Championship.

Favorite Sports Memory: UGA beating Alabama to win the 2021 National Championship.

Favorite Team as a Kid: Braves since birth

Why I Enjoy Giving Tours: After spending all week looking at computers, it's so much fun to talk with people about baseball and the Braves.

Hometown: Albertson, NY

Education: Long Island University, B A Biology

Favorite Tour Stat/Fact: Braves have won a World Series Championship in all three cities they’ve called home

Favorite Player (all-time): Mickey Mantle

Favorite Braves Moment: Bob Horner hitting four home runs in one game.

Favorite Sports Memory: Catching a Willie Mays foul ball in his final year (1973 with the Mets)

Favorite Team as a Kid: New York Yankees

Why I Enjoy Giving Tours: Allowing our guests a sneak peek behind the scenes at our magnificent stadium, while hopefully exciting new fans of baseball as well as adding fun facts and knowledge to long term baseball fans.

Hometown: Hampton, Georgia

Education: Bachelors /Communications

Occupation: Retired/CNN

Favorite Tour Stop: Press Box

Favorite Player (all-time): Hank Aaron

Favorite Tour Stat/Fact: Braves Hall of Fame Player numbers

Favorite Braves Moment: Hank Aaron’s 715th home run

Favorite Sports Memory: Meeting Bill Lucas

Favorite Team as a Kid: Atlanta Braves

Why I Enjoy Giving Tours: It gives me an opportunity to talk about the Braves.