Meet Marlon

Marlon Anderson left Prattville for the University of South Alabama, and became a second round draft pick in 1995 by the Philadelphia Phillies. He played 5 seasons with the Phillies as a second baseman and lefty hitter.

Following the 2002 season, Marlon became a free agent and began a journey that would allow him to play with the Rays, Dodgers, Cardinals, Nationals, and Mets. Anderson hit one of the home runs on the legendary four-consecutive home run night with the Los Angeles Dodgers. The bat used is currently displayed in the baseball Hall of Fame.

Marlon finished out his Major League career with the Mets in 2009 and was inducted into the University of South Alabama's Distinguished Alumni Association the same year.

Marlon worked as a hitting coach with the Washington Nationals and New York Mets organizations and as a Baseball Analyst with Sirius XM, Comcast Sportsnet, and MLB.com. Throughout his career, Marlon worked with the MLB RBI program focused on helping minority youth learn the sport of baseball. He has also coached and mentored minority teens with the MLB Dream Center, preparing them for college scholarships.

Marlon resides in the Atlanta area with his wife and 3 children, but often returns to Prattville to mentor and work with youth in his home community.

Meet Marcus

Marcus Jackson was elected to serve the citizens of District 2 on the Prattville City Council in October of 2016. District 2 holds a special place in his life because he was raised there by two loving parents.

As a graduate of Prattville High School, Councilor Jackson served as his senior class president. He went on to attend Auburn University where he earned a bachelor’s degree in Management. After his college graduation, Councilor Jackson worked in the corporate sector in Atlanta before returning to Prattville to work in education. Councilor Jackson has coached football with Prattville High School and Autaugaville High School during his more than ten years as an educator in the classroom. Councilor Jackson currently works as a Behavior Coach with the Autauga County Board of Education and serves as a coach with the football staff of the Cats of Prattville Junior High School.

For more than 20 years, Councilor Marcus Jackson has mentored hundreds of young people through Brother2Brother, Sister2Sister, and Project Uplift. He also serves as a board member for Alabama E.D.G.E. –an innovative program that exposes young people to life and career skills in hands-on, real-world environments.

He serves as a member of The National Black Caucus of Local Elected Officials, The Autauga County 4-H Advisory Council, The Prattville Lions Club, and The Pride of Jemison/Clanton Masonic Lodge #630. The Autauga County Education Association honored Jackson with the Rookie Teacher Award in 2007, and the Prattville-Autauga Character Coalition awarded him the 2012 Service Organization of Character Award. In 2019, Councilor Jackson graduated as a Certified Municipal Official by the Alabama League of Municipalities and was appointed to The National League of Cities’ Community and Economic Development Committee. He is also a member of Leadership Autauga County’s graduating class of 2019.