STAFF

Matt Jones
Owner

Matt is a native of Arvada, CO, and graduated from Ralston Valley High School in 2010. He helped lead Ralston Valley HS to the 2008 4A State Championship and was First Team All-Colorado in 2010.  In college, he played one year at #1 ranked Central Arizona College where he was ACCAC All-Conference and NJCAA All-Region 1 player. After graduating from CAC, he attended Southern Illinois University-Carbondale before signing as a free agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks. 

Matt played over 7 years of professional baseball as a catcher. He played 5 years with D-Backs and played at the AAA level. In 2020 he signed with the Toronto Blue Jays when the season was cut short because of the pandemic. He went on to sign with the Los Angeles Angels organization in 2021 where he retired. 

Jack McLaughlin
Director of Hitting

Jack joined the ONE6 staff full-time in August 2023 after spending the previous two years interning during the summer and winter.

Jack is a native of Golden and graduated from Golden High School in 2018. He helped lead Golden to its first Elite 8 in 10 years. He was a 2018 CHSAA First Team All-State player, leading the league in hits and hitting .490. He was a three-time First Team All-Conference honoree in ’16, ’17, and ’18.

In college, he attended Barstow CC for two years where he played shortstop and third base for the Vikings. He was Second Team All-Conference in 2019 and First Team All-Conference in 2020. After graduating from Barstow, he went on to Towson University, a Division 1 program in the CAA Conference. In 2022, Jack was All-CAA First Team first basemen after being one of the CAA’s leaders in batting average most of the season.

Judah Wilbur
Hitting & Infield Coach

Born and raised in Denver, CO, Judah attended Denver North HS where he was named to the 2017 All-State baseball team. Wilbur is currently the assistant varsity coach at Denver North HS. He has coached high school club teams for the past 3 years in Colorado.

Wilbur played 5 years of collegiate baseball, spending 2 seasons at the Division 1 level. He won a SWAC conference championship at Southern University and played in the 2021 NCAA Regional Tournament. He started at SS for Chicago State University in the 2020 pandemic shortened season. Holds 17 offensive records from his Junior College years at Barstow College including career HRs, RBIs, and Batting Average. While at BCC, he earned All-State and All-Conference honors in 2018 & 2019, ABCA All-American honors in 2019 and the Southern California “Big Stick” hitter of the year award as well as a conference gold glove award.

Noah McCandless
Director of Pitching

Noah was originally born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA before moving to Arvada in 2015. He graduated from Arvada West High School in 2020.

Noah just finished his five-year collegiate career this past spring at Regis University. Prior to Regis, Noah also attended Garden City CC and Mount Marty University. At MMU, he was named All-Conference both in 2023 and 2024, also tying the single season record for saves (10) while posting a 2.64 ERA in 2023.

In 2025, as the Rangers closer he was 4-2 overall, recording 7 saves and posting a 3.58 ERA. He was named First Team All-RMAC and also was named to the NCBWA First Team All-South Central Region. He graduated with a degree in Health and Exercise Science and plans to use this background in strength and conditioning on top of directing pitching at One6.

Shane Horan
High School Coach

Shane played for Dakota Ridge High School, where he graduated in 2011. He has coached for 12 years at the high school and youth levels, with 8 of those years spent at Dakota Ridge. He has been involved with ONE6 for multiple years, most recently coaching the 16u team in the summer. 

Shane is married to his wife, Brittany, and they have one daughter, Saylor. Shane works in sales, managing the state of Colorado.

Matt Verdugo
Director of Teams