Tristan Toorie was named assistant baseball coach for the Erskine College baseball program in July of 2018.   Last season Toorie served as assistant coach/recruiting coordinator at Alcorn State. In his year at Alcorn, the Braves improved in every offensive statistical category and made it to the third round of the 2018 SWAC Baseball Championship Tournament. Toorie worked with hitters, infielders, and the defense. The Braves had one All-Conference nod and a pair of Player of the Week recipients.   Prior to Alcorn State, Toorie served as the defensive coordinator and coached the outfielders and hitters at Eastern Kentucky University. He also assisted with the team's recruiting efforts.   Through six years, Toorie coached 30 student-athletes that went on to continue their career in professional baseball, to include one major-leaguer.   In his first season at EKU, Toorie's efforts helped the program accomplish two things that had never been done before in program history. For the first time, EKU swept three-game series against non-conference opponents on back-to-back weekends. EKU also won three non-conference, three-game weekend series for the first time in program history.   The Colonel defense helped the team allow the fewest stolen bases in the Ohio Valley Conference.   His work with the outfielders was highlighted by freshman Nick Howie starting all 56 games, batting .290, hitting eight home runs, driving in 41 runners and scoring 46 times and was named to the OVC All-Freshman Team.  Fellow outfielder Daniel McFarland tied for the team lead with a .363 average.  Both committed just four errors all season.    As a team, EKU ranked among the top-50 in the nation in 2017 in home runs per game (17th), home runs (23rd), slugging percentage (29th), scoring (32nd), batting average (38th), doubles per game (44th), runs (47th) and hits (48th), and slugged 82 home runs as a team.   As an assistant academic liaison and community service coordinator, the Colonels locked down two major program awards. EKU became 1 of 36 Division I institutions to receive the 2016-2017 ABCA American Baseball Coaches Association Team Academic Excellence Award. The Colonels had a 3.17 team GPA. As strong members in the community, the EKU baseball team were recipients of the national Presidential Community Service Award amassing over 600 hours of community service.    Prior to EKU, Toorie worked at Presbyterian College where he coached the hitters and catchers, oversaw base running and coached first base. During his time at PC, Toorie helped turn a team that batted .246 with 11 home runs in 2014 into a team that hit .290 with 25 home runs in 2015.  He also helped the team set a new program record with 27 wins. Toorie tutored PC's first, first team all-conference catcher in school history.   Under Toorie's guidance, Weston Jackson earned All-America honors and finished second in the nation in doubles. It was one of three All-Americans that Toorie has developed in his career. He's also coached six All-Conference honorees, one Dick Howser Trophy Award semifinalist, one USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award Midseason Watch List candidate, two National Player of the Week award recipients and National Academic Player of the Year, Ben Fisher.