Services for Scott Mathew McGahan, 57, of Salado will be at 12:00PM, Saturday, May 11, 2013 at Broecker Funeral Home in Salado. Visitation will start at 11:00AM.

Scott died May 7, 2013 at his home. He was born in Miami, Florida, September 11, 1955, to Mr. and Mrs. Samuel McGahan, and grew up in Vienna, Virginia.

Scott earned his bachelor’s degree in recreation management from Lynchburg College. He was a star baseball player at the college level, later inducted in the College Hall of Fame, and led the nation in triples. He later played for the Atlanta Braves organization.

Scott settled and raised his family in Lynchburg where he was a Program Director at the local YMCA, a personal trainer, and owner/operator of a lawn care business. Most recently, he worked in the AAFES garden center on Fort Hood

He and Dawn met in Key West in 2005. They married in 2009 in Warrick, N.Y., and moved to Salado in September 2011.

Scott is preceded in death by his brother, Tim., and nephew, Michael.

He is survived by wife, Dawn, his daughters, Corey Mason Gilbreath of Johns Island, SC, and Kiley Rebecca, son-in-law, Tim Gilbreath, stepson, Troy McCall and spouse Gillian Parrish, stepdaughter and husband Caitlin and Richard Luciano, and two grandchildren, Hudson and Madelyn. He is also survived by his mother and father, Samuel and Katy of Orlando, FL, brothers, Samuel of Belcamp, MD, and Patrick of Haymarket, VA, sisters-in-laws Kathy and Carolyn, and nephews, Max, Matthew, and Nathan.

In lieu of flowers, please send donations to the National Association of Mental Illness.