User:Sean.M.Walsh

Sean M. Walsh is an award-winning journalist, author and photographer who lives on Cape Cod with his wife and three children.

He is a direct descendant of the Thomas Joy Family (Hingham, MA), the Samuel Lincoln Family (Hingham, MA), Brig. Gen. Thomas Jonathan Jackson, Sir Arthur Jackson, Sir Martin Frobisher, the Lyon family, The Gilfillans, the Flynns and three-time national speed skating champion Andy Roesch, his great-grandfather.

He has worked and played an integral role in the Cape Cod Baseball League, has published over 1,000 articles since 1982 and is a graduate of Ithaca College and New York University. He is also a former United States Marine and member of the American Legion and has been a varsity-level baseball coach for the past 25 years.

Walsh has coached over 65 teams in baseball, basketball, football, soccer and track & field. He has garnered awards from the Suburban Newspaper Association of America, the New England Press Association, the New England Outdoor Writers Association, the American Cancer Society and has published works in such prestigious periodicals as Saltwater Sportsman, The Boston Globe, the Cornell Medical Newsletter, the Hartford Courant, the Ithaca Times and countless more.

He counts over 115 direct descendants who fought in King Philip's War, the Revolutionary War, The War of 1812, The Civil War, The Barbary Wars, the Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II, the Korean War and Vietnam. His 3rd Great Grand Uncle, Capt. William H. Gilfillan was killed at the Battle of Gettysburg on July 3, 1863 and his Great-Great-Great Grandfather Lt. John C. Walsh fought at the battle of Cedar Mountain, to name a few. He is a second cousin of General Stonewall Jackson.