Sean Walsh, Community Contributor

Sean Walsh has been a staff writer, reporter, photographer, columnist, editor and editor-in-chief for The Beacon, The Ithaca Times, The Southboro Villager, Falmouth Enterprise, The Register, Sandwich Broadsider, Cape Cod News, The Boston Globe, On The Water Magazine, the Old Colony Memorial, Marshfield Reporter, Duxbury Reporter, Pembroke Reporter, Wareham Courier and The Cape Cod Sports Report.

In his 30-year career in journalism, Walsh has garnered regional and national awards in journalism and photojournalism from the American Cancer Society, The Suburban Newspaper Association of America, the New England Press Association and New England Outdoor Writers Association, to name a few.

He's also received numerous awards for community volunteerism, was the first official photographer of the Cape Cod Baseball League, is the former Director of Public Relations for the Cape Cod Baseball League and has served elected roles on numerous local boards and non-profit organizations and he was the founding president of the Barnstable High School Athletic Hall of Fame. He was also the general manager of the 2003 Western Division Champion Bourne Braves in the Cape Cod Baseball League and served for five years as the Director of Facilities for the Cotuit Athletic Association/Cotuit Kettleers of the Cape Cod Baseball League.

He has spent the last 28 years as both a volunteer and professional coach in baseball, football, basketball, soccer and track & field and is the longtime general manager and head coach of two-time Massachusetts State Champion Barnstable Post 206 American Legion baseball.

He is currently writing two books and lives in Marstons Mills with his wife and three children.

He has published articles and photographs in over 50 magazines, journals and newspapers across the United States in addition to his work in community and local news.

Walsh was recently named the District 10 American Legion Baseball Coach of the Year for the second straight season after leading Barnstable Post 206 to an unprecedented second straight American Legion State Baseball Championship in 2013. He was also named the District 10 American Legion Baseball General Manager of the Year for 2012 and 2013.