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Jeff Mayes joined the Valpo coaching staff prior to the 2023 season. He serves as the team's infield coach.
Mayes spent the previous three seasons on the coaching staff at Aurora University, a Division-III institution in Illinois, where the program amassed an 83-21 record during his tenure. At Aurora, Mayes duties included recruiting, defense and pitch development. The Spartans were among the Top 15 in Division-III in team fielding percentage and defensive doubles plays in two of the three seasons with Mayes instructing the infielders.
Prior to joining the Aurora coaching staff in fall 2019, Mayes had a standout playing career as a shortstop for the Spartans. He was tabbed the schools 2018-2019 Male Athlete of the Year and earned CoSIDA Academic All-American honors as a senior to go along with first team all-conference recognition. He shattered the program record for career hits with 240 and batted .402 as a senior with 40 runs scored and 31 runs batted in.
Mayes also received the Richard Rickey Award given to a senior male student-athlete who exemplifies the characteristics of dedication, determination, sportsmanship and faith. He was a three-year captain and led the program to a 115-61 record and two conference tournament titles during his four-year playing career.
Ryan Gaines joined the Centre baseball coaching staff in the summer of 2017, and helped guide the Colonels to a 17-22 mark and appearance in the SAA Tournament semifinals in 2018. Gaines's pitching staff has steadily improved as the Centre baseball program has broken many single season records including ERA in 2019 (4.40). The Centre Baseball Team has also set records for program wins in 2019 (24) and again in 2023 (28).
Gaines graduated cum laude with a degree in Business Administration from Birmingham-Southern in 2017 and is the all-time wins leader at both BSC as well as the Southern Athletic Association. Head coach Drew Briese coached Gaines from 2014-16 as the BSC assistant coach.
Gaines was the SAA Pitcher of the Year in 2016, also earning ABCA All-American and All-South Region Honors.
He followed that up with an All-SAA first team selection in 2017 and his second consecutive All-South Region Honor.
In 2020, Gaines was named to the D3baseball.com 2010's All-Decade Team.
Gaines is a graduate of Dunwoody High School in Dunwoody, Ga.
I am in my second season as an Assistant Baseball Coach at Hanover College. We compete in the HCAC Conference in Division III Baseball. I played collegiately at Transylvania University, I was a pitcher. My career was cut short due to injury, however I was able to learn from the coaching staff filling as best I could to help the coaching staff with any needs.
Spalding University (Lousville, KY) Hitting and Catching Coach
Career Synopsis
The 2025 season was Fitzgerald's 11th season as head coach and 18th year overall as a part of the Heidelberg baseball program. Oversees all facets of the program, working closely with the Berg pitching staffNamed 2019 Mideast Region Coach of the Year from D3baseball.com and ABCA
2021
Led HU to a 24-16-1 (20-14-1 OAC) record in the shortened season and a trip to the second round of the OAC tournamentMentored Keaton Mark and Marc Ochoa to all-region honorsCoached seven All-OAC selectionsGuided 11 student-athletes to academic All-OAC honors
2020
Led Heidelberg to a 7-5 record in the shortened season
2019
Guided the Student Princes to a 35-15 (14-4 OAC) record Led the team to a Regular Season OAC, Regional, and Super Regional Championship before making an appearance at the World SeriesMentored 11 players to All-OAC nods, five players to All-Region accolades and one to All-American statusAssisted in leading 12 to the Academic All-OAC team
2018
Guided Heidelberg to a 27-13 record, with a 11-7 mark in OAC playMentored seven All-OAC selections and three All-Region playersHelped guide eight players to Academic All-OAC honors
2017
Coached the Berg to a 22-17 record, including 10-8 in OAC playMentored five All-OAC selections and six Academic All-Conference playersHelped guide Evan Long to first team All-OAC and third team All-Region honors
2016
Coached Heidelberg to an 18-22 record, including a 7-11 mark in the OACGuided Derek Hug to Academic All-American status for the second consecutive season as well as All-Region honors for the third-straight yearCoached six All-OAC selections and eight Academic All-OAC honorees
2015
Went 33-14 with a 14-4 OAC record in his first season as head coachLed Heidelberg to an OAC regular-season championship and an at-large berth to the NCAA Mideast RegionalGuided Derek Hug and Derek Hendrixson to All-America honorsMentored Derek Hug to a 3rd team CoSIDA Academic All-American selection, just the 2nd in Heidelberg baseball historyCoached 9 All-OAC honorees and 7 academic all-conference performers
2014
Coached the Berg to a 31-13 overall record and an at-large berth to the NCAA Midwest Regional Tournament
2013
Assisted Heidelberg to a 20-20 record
2012
Helped guide the Student Princes to a 27-17 record and an appearance in the championship game of the OAC Tournament
2011
Awarded the title of associate head coach in January of 2011Guided Heidelberg to a 36-13 record, including an at-large berth to the NCAA Mideast Regional Tournament
2010
Named a full-time assistant coach prior to the 2009-10 season.Assisted the Student Princes to a 42-8 record and their first NCAA Regional Championship in school history, earning a trip to the Division III College World SeriesMentored the Mideast Region and OAC Pitcher of the Year, Andy Lowe
Anderson will transition into the head coaching role following three seasons as an assistant coach at EIU.
Jason Anderson emerged as the top candidate we wanted to be the next leader of our baseball program here at Eastern Illinois, said Michael. Jason is a coach that brings with him a wealth of baseball knowledge having played the game at every level including three years in the Major Leagues. With the strong tradition of EIU baseball we had more than 100 applicants for the position. During the screening and interview process Jason was a candidate we felt was the right choice to lead the program with his understanding of the program and respect he has from baseball people at all levels of the game.
Anderson served three years as the Panthers top assistant coaching two pitchers that were selected in the Major League Baseball Draft with Joe Greenfield selected in 2013 by the Minnesota Twins and Matt Borens selected by the New York Yankees in 2014.
I am honored to have the opportunity to lead the Eastern Illinois baseball program, said Anderson. This university has had a long history of great coaches that have produced tremendous players and winning teams. I will do my very best to continue to keep that tradition alive and get the program back to the prominence that it has experienced in the past. My family and I are also excited to continue our involvement in this community that we have been fortunate enough to call home for the past few years. The foundation that has been put in place with our current and incoming players is very strong. We will not only strive for excellence on the field but also in the classroom and in the community.
Originally from Danville, Ill., Anderson spent time in his professional career with the New York Mets, New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians, San Diego Padres and Philadelphia Phillies organizations from 2000-10. He played the 2011 season with the Somerset Patriots. He made his Major League debut in 2003 with the New York Yankees before playing with the Mets later that season. He saw action in the big leagues with Indians in 2004 and the Yankees in 2005.
Anderson played collegiately at Illinois from 1998-2000 where he was the Big Ten Pitcher of the Year in 2000 earning first team All-American honors. He was drafted by the Yankees in the 10th round of the 2000 MLB Draft. During his collegiate career he earned Academic All-American honors in 1999.
He began his collegiate coaching career in 2010 as an assistant coach at Danville Community College. He was an assistant coach at Illinois before joining the Panthers staff for the 2013 season. Anderson earned his degree from Illinois.
Anderson and his wife Brittany have two children, Aiden and Mason.
What others are saying about Jason Anderson
"As both a college and professional teammate, I have always been impressed with Jason's character and intense competitive drive. His experience as a collegiate athlete, major league pitcher & college coach provide him with a unique insight into the development of young players. His will to succeed is undeniable and is an excellent example to the student athletes whose lives he affects."
Jason Anderson has the background to be a very successful college baseball coach. A sound college background followed by a professional baseball career that got him to the big leagues. He will be able to recruit the caliber of student athlete to make Eastern Illinois a contender in the Ohio Valley Conference.
Jason Anderson is an outstanding young coach and will do great things at Eastern Illinois and for the OVC. Ive had the pleasure to coach Jason as a player, watch him grow as a professional and make it to the major leagues only to work with him again as a coach. Jason is a great fit for Eastern Illinois. He is a great family man, understands and teaches the game, and will bring a competitive edge to his players. He will also be a relentless recruiter. The Eastern Illinois family will embrace him as a head coach.
After Jason completed his professional baseball career, it was exciting when he showed interest in becoming a college coach. Being an EIU graduate and former baseball player myself, I was thrilled to recommend him as EIU's pitching coach in 2013. Jason's knowledge of baseball at the college and professional level will allow him to have tremendous success at Eastern Illinois as the head coach. He will recognize and recruit talented players throughout the state of Illinois and beyond. He will win games and graduate players. He will develop talent to play professionally.
I am extremely excited for Jason. He will provide great leadership for the baseball team at Eastern Illinois University. He is an important part of our history at the University of Illinois and an extremely knowledgeable baseball coach who will operate with high energy and the utmost integrity. EIU could not have found a better person to lead its program from this point forward.
Grant Bellak will enter his eighth season as the Head Coach of the Hanover College baseball team.
In his seven seasons with the Panthers, Bellak has landed one All-American in Alex Christie (2024), 30 All-Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference honorees as well garnered HCAC Newcomer of the Year accolades in Andrew Littlefield (2019) and HCAC Pitcher of the Year honors in Marcus Goodpaster (2023) and John Girard (2024). Bellak was named the HCAC Coach of the Year in 2024 after guiding his team to the program's first NCAA Tournament berth.
The 2024 campaign saw the program reach new heights as they claimed the HCAC Regular Season Title and their first HCAC Tournament Title. The Panthers smashed 15 records, including seven team marks. Bellak's squad was also selected for the 60-team NCAA Division III Regional Tournament. Hanover ranked among the best in the country in combined doubles and doubles hit by an individual. Christie finished the 2024 campaign as the NCAA Division III leader in doubles in a season. Christie, alongside Girard and Matthew Alter (2024) were also honored by the ABCA/Rawling as All-Region honorees.
The 2023 campaign saw Bellak land two ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Division III All-Region honorees in Marcus Goodpaster and Alex Christie. Christie rewrote the record books for the Blue and Red becoming the Hanover all-time home run leader with a career 32. Under the guidance of Grant Bellak, the junior also set the single season home run record with a team and HCAC best 15.
The 2022 season saw Bellak return the program to the HCAC Tournament for the first time in 17 seasons, with the last trip coming in 2005. The Panthers finished the year at 10-8 in league play and landed among the top half of the HCAC for the third straight season under his guidance.
In 2021 he guided the program to a 20 win season, the most by any team dating back to the 2012 campaign.
Bellak comes to Hanover after spending the last seven seasons as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for fellow Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference institution, Franklin College. Bellak was also the co-coordinator of the Colleges Campus Wellness Program and a lecturer for the Physical Education Department.
During his most recent coaching stint, Bellak helped guide the Grizzlies to a 170-115 overall record, four HCAC Tournament appearances, two HCAC Tournament Final appearances, and one regular season and conference tournament championships. He also assisted Franklin to its first NCAA Division III National Tournament appearance since 2011, as the Grizzlies set a program record with 39 victories in 2018.
Prior to his time in Central Indiana, Bellak was an assistant coach for Concordia University in Chicago. In two years, the Cougars posted a 66-19 overall record and were nationally ranked during the 2010 and 2011 campaigns. He also spent one season as a student assistant for Webster University (Mo.) in 2009, when the Gorloks posted a 28-15 overall mark, including a perfect 24-0 record in St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play.
I would like to thank Lynn Hall and the search committee for the opportunity to lead the Panther baseball program and for trusting me with the vision for the future of the program, said Bellak. I cannot wait to get on campus with the team and take an active role in engaging with the Hanover baseball alumni base.
Overall, with three NCAA Division III institutions, Bellak has been a part of 322 victories to 218 losses, a .596 winning percentage. Additionally, his teams have accumulated three regular season conference championships, six conference tournament appearances, three conference tournament finals appearances and one national tournament bid.
Outside of his collegiate coaching experience, Bellak has been an associate head coach for the Indianapolis Pony Express Travel Baseball Club since 2011. He also spent one year as the head coach of the Dubois County Bombers of the Prospect League, an elite wood bat summer league for collegiate players. During his summer coaching experience, Bellak has had the opportunity to work with multiple Division I athletes and Major League Baseball draft picks.
Bellak played two seasons at Waubonsee Community College (Ill.) where he finished sixth in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) for stolen bases his sophomore year. He then played his final two collegiate season at Webster. During his time on the squad, the Gorloks went 36-6 in SLIAC play and participated in two NCAA Division III regionals.
A native of Big Rock, Illinois, Bellak graduated from Webster in 2009 with a bachelors degree in secondary education. He went on to add a masters degree in leadership and management from Liberty University (Va.) in 2013. Bellak and his wife, Natasha, have two daughters.
David Steele enters his second season as an assistant baseball coach at Wilmington College in 2023.
In his first season with the program, Steele, alongside Head Coach Tony Vittorio, guided the Quakers to a 21-19 overall record including an 8-10 mark in Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) contests. The 2022 campaign marked the first winning season for the program since 2005.
A native of Kettering, Ohio, Steele assumes the roles of pitching coach duties as well as strength and conditioning coaching for the program after spending the previous two seasons as the Head Coach at Waynesville High School.
Steele spent his time playing baseball at the University of Rio Grande as a pitcher and corner infielder. He was nominated as an All-Conference Pitcher and also won the All Conference Gold Glove Award. After college, Steele went on to play professionally as a pitcher where he was nominated as an All-Star participant for his Independent League.
Assistant coach at Maryville University. Maryville is a Division 2 program in the GLVC that finished with a record of 36-20 in the 2023 season.
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Tyler Rost is in his second season as the Director of Player Development for the Duke University Blue Devils.
In his role, Rost oversees all technology, analytics and data collection and implementation for individual player development. In addition, he coordinates efforts with sports performance coaches, team nutritionists and the athletic training staff.
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Logan Moon is in his second season in 2022 at Saint Louis, serving as an assistant coach and working primarily with hitters. He joined the staff as volunteer coach in September 2020 and was elevated to assistant coach following the 2021 season.
Moon helped the Billikens to a 29-24 overall record in 2022, with a 14-9 mark in A-10 play. SLU earned the No. 3 seed in the A-10 Championship and reached the third day of tournament play. Designated hitter Cam Redding was named to the All-Conference first team after batting for a .360 average on the season, including a .379 mark in league play.
Moon was drafted in the sixth round by the Kansas City Royals out of Missouri Southern State University in the 2014 MLB Draft. In five seasons of professional ball, he reached the AAA level.
Personal accolades of Moon include winning the 2014 Appalachian League batting title, breaking the Burlington Royals single-season hits record, breaking the Melbourne Aces single-season hits record and earning the 2017 Mike Sweeney Award (Kansas City Royals Minor League player who represents the Royals on and off the field).
Moon spent the 2019-20 season as an assistant coach at Oklahoma Wesleyan University, working with hitters and outfielders, as well as assisting with recruiting. He helped the Eagles to top-10 rankings in home runs per game, total runs and RBIs, as well as having two players in the top 15 individually in home runs.
Joslyn was named the head coach of the Chicago State baseball program in August of 2012. The 2015 campaign will be his third as Chicago State skipper.
Joslyn brought in his first recruiting class in 2014 and the 15-member group made an immediate impact. The 2014 club raised the team batting average 68 points, on base percentage 70 points and the slugging percentage 94 points from the previous season. Chicago States fielding percentage in 2014 (.960) was the teams best since 1996. After posting the programs best team ERA in 2013 (5.99) since 1994, the 2014 club improved that total to a 5.79 mark. It gave the Cougars their first back-to-back years of sub 6.00 ERAs since 1991.
Individually, catcher Robert Swenson threw out the most would be base stealers in the nation (36). Jordan Stroschein recorded 66 hits, the fifth highest single-season total in program history. Eric Hall turned in a 3.45 ERA, the ninth best single season total in CSU history. Infielder Mattingly Romanin was named to the All-Western Athletic Conference Second Team and Julian Russell picked up a WAC Hitter of the Week honor.
The Cougars finished with 17 wins in 2014, the most for the program in 14 years. Chicago State swept both games from city rival UIC, a feat last accomplished by a CSU team in 1988.
In 2013, Joslyn guided the Cougars to a fourth place finish in the Great West Conference during his first campaign as the CSU skipper. Thanks to wins over three-time defending champion Utah Valley and Texas-Pan American in the GWC Tournament the Cougars put together CSUs best conference tournament performance since 1999.
Romanin earned All-GWC First Team, All-GWC Tournament Team and GWC Player of the Week honors in 2013. Sophomore Andrew Wellwerts earned GWC Tournament Team honors.
Before arriving at Chicago State, Joslyn spent 10 years on the staff at Northern Illinois University under Ed Mathey. As NIUs main assistant, Joslyn earned the title of associate head coach in 2008.
Joslyns efforts at NIU helped the Huskies bring in three nationally ranked recruiting classes to DeKalb.
NIU racked up a 70-33 record against Illinois in-state Division I opponents during Joslyns 10 seasons in the dugout. All told, Joslyn helped the Huskies to 255 victories and five Mid-American Conference Tournament appearances. NIUs 2003 and 2007 clubs each won a school-record 34 games.
Under the supervision of Joslyn, the Huskies set the two highest fielding percentage marks in NIUs Division I history. In 2011, NIU committed the fewest errors (74) than any other previous team during Joslyns time at NIU. Due in large part to his defense and his bat, shortstop Alex Jones was a quarterfinalist for the Brooks Wallace Player of the Year Award in 2011.
Nearly every graduating outfielder tutored by Joslyn at Northern Illinois signed a professional baseball contract, including Jeff Thomas in 2008 who led the Huskies with a .350 batting average. Also in 2008, Guerin Prep product shortstop Bobby Stevens was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 16th round of the MLB Amateur Draft.
Off the field, NIUs Troy White was named one of 30 finalists for the 2012 Lowes Senior CLASS Award. The honor is annually given to an NCAA Division I senior with notable achievements in four areas of excellence community, classroom, character and competition. White, a Whitney Young graduate, was also an All-MAC performer at NIU.
Joslyn served as an assistant for the Quincy Gems of the Central Illinois Collegiate League during the summer of 2005 and helped the team capture the league championship.
The Oswego, Ill., native began his college baseball coaching career at his alma mater, North Central College, where he first worked with Mathey in 1996 and immediately helped guide the Cardinals to a conference title. Two years later, NCC generated a 28-15-1 record, a runner-up finish at the NCAA Central Regional and a No. 15 final national ranking by Collegiate Baseball.
Associate Head Baseball Coach / Recruiting Coordinator
Northern Colorado
Division 1
Garrett DeGallier was named a volunteer assistant coach for the Pacific baseball program in the fall of 2019. He comes to Pacific after serving three seasons at the University of Concordia-Portland. With the Cavaliers, he was the primary contact for recruiting while also maintaining his role as outfield and offensive assistant coach.
During his time with the Cavaliers' program, DeGallier coached and recruited five players receiving all GNAC and West Region Recognition.
The native of Bellevue, Washington, DeGallier played his college baseball at the University of South Alabama and helped the Jaguars to the 2015 Sun Belt championship. DeGallier made 38 starts and 45 appearances in the outfield for the Jaguars that season. He finished with a .275 batting average in two seasons with the Jaguars after transferring from Tacoma Community College.
DeGallier graduated in 2015 with a degree in Interdisciplinary Studies and received his Master's in Business Administration from Concordia in 2017.
Pitching Coordinator | Assistant Recruiting Coordinator
Akron
Division 1
Connor Faix joins the Akron coaching staff after serving as the volunteer assistant at Campbell University in The Big South Conference for the 2019-2020 season that was shortened by COVID-19. At Campbell, Faix assisted with the development of the pitching staff while coordinating camps.
Faix joined the Campbell coaching staff after wrapping up a successful season as the pitching coach at NCAA DII member Mercyhurst University in Erie, Pa.
He helped lead the Lakers to the semifinals of the 2019 NCAA DII College World Series, the programs furthest postseason finish in school history.
The Mercyhurst pitching staff struck out 536 batters over 409.1 innings, good for an 11.8 strikeouts per nine innings pitched average, which ranked second nationally. Additionally, two of Faixs pitchers Tyler Garbee and Matthew Minnick were selected in the 2019 MLB Draft, taken in the 19th and 23rd rounds, respectively. Both pitchers hurled no-hitters during the season, making Mercyhurst the only Division II team to toss multiple no-hitters during the 2019 campaign.
Along with his pitching coach duties, Faix also managed much of the Mercyhurst recruiting process for prospective athletes and prepared scouting reports of upcoming opponents.
Before Mercyhurst, Faix was an assistant coach at North Iowa Area Community College in 2018. During his time in Mason City, Iowa, he again contributed to the development of two pitchers selected in that years MLB Draft. He also created and monitored the Trojans preseason lifting program for position players.
Faix earned his first collegiate coaching stint after graduation, joining NCAA Division III Oberlin College in Ohio as the pitching coach in the Fall of 2017.
A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Faix is a 2017 graduate of Case Western Reserve University, where he graduated magna cum laude with a bachelors of science in finance.
Along with collegiate coaching, Faix was also a throwing coordinator at Prospect Performance Academy in Aurora, Ohio, and The Yard in Mason City, Iowa. In those roles, he created individualized throwing-related training programs for high school and college pitchers and position players. Two college arms that he worked with during the summer at PPA Ohio were drafted in the 25th and 29th rounds of the 2019 MLB Draft.
With experience coaching at all three levels of the NCAA as well as in the NJCAA and at various pitching academies, Coach Faix has coached six pitchers who were selected in the MLB Draft since 2018.
During the summer of 2018, Faix also spent time as a Colorado Rockies associate scout in the Great Plains area.
Sherman Reed, the 2022 MEAC Championship Most Outstanding Coach and 2018 MEAC Coach of the Year and winningest skipper in school-history, enters his 14th season as the head coach of the Coppin State baseball program in 2024. Reed took Coppin State to the School's very first ever NCAA Regional Championship in 2022. Over the last five seasons, the Eagle enjoyed unprecedented success by recording four 20-plus win seasons. During the final three full seasons as members in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, arguably the three bests in school-history, the Eagles have gone a league-best 50-26 in MEAC games.
During his first three seasons at the helm, Reed worked tirelessly on the recruiting trail to help turn the Coppin State baseball program around. The 2012 edition of the Eagles featured 20 freshmen and sophomores laying the foundation for success in the coming years. The fruits of his labor really paid off in the 2018 season when the Eagles won their first MEAC Northern Division Title since 1996 with an 18-4 record in conference play, shattering the old single-season wins record by five games. Finishing with a school-record 21 victories, Coppin earned the top overall seed in the MEAC Tournament and earned a win over Florida A&M before falling in an extra-inning affair in the Semifinals.
The 2018 season also showed dividends for several individuals with the Navy & Gold. Derek Lohr and Nazier McIlwain both earned First Team All-Conference honors with Lohr being named a Freshman All-American. Four others (Erik Crossman, Caleb Duhay, Allen Saar and Jahmon Taylor) earned Second Team recognition as the six All-Conference selections was also a program-record. Elsewhere, Marcos Castillo and Corey Treyes took home All-Black College Nines accolades.
In the final regular season game of the 2018 campaign at UMBC on May 9, one that seemed to reflect the fight and effort put forth by the Eagles all year, Coppin came from behind to defeat the Retrievers, 13-11. In doing so, Reed won his 84th career game at Coppin, breaking Jason Booker's old mark which stood for 21 years.
In 2019, Reed led the Navy & Gold to a school-record 24 victories with 15 coming in conference play. Starting out 2-0 for the first time since 1985, CSU won five of its first six games and also took a game from Charlotte prior to the start of MEAC competition. Some other big wins came in the second game of a doubleheader on April 6 at Maryland Eastern Shore where Reed picked up his 100th career win, and on April 17 at Towson which was the 20th win of the year and the first time in program-history that the Eagles defeated their crosstown rival.
Following the record-breaking year, Coppin put six players on All-MEAC teams, matching the school-record they set the year prior. Justin Banks earned First Team accolades and put up several numbers that ranked in the Top 20 nationally.
CoVID-19 cut the 2020 campaign short after just 13 games on March 12. Despite the early cancellation of the season, Coppin pulled off victories over Richmond, Georgetown and Lehigh. The 6-5 win over Georgetown was Reed's first against the Hoyas and snapped a 13-game losing streak to their rival from the Nation's Capital which dated back to 2008. The following day, Coppin held on for a 5-4 victory at Lehigh, its first over the Mountain Hawks since 2010.
Coppin has qualified for the MEAC Championship seven out of the past ten years (no Tournament in 2020) with a total of six tournament game wins. Coppin State was a semi-finalist in the 2013 Tournament after beating Bethune-Cookman and NC A&T, as well as 2018 with a win over Florida A&M. They came close to duplicating that feat in 2016 before losing a 12th inning hardly fought contest to Norfolk State 7-6. Under Reed, the 2013 Eagles had the nations highest win turnaround percentage while winning 18 games.
Reed became Coppins second-winningest coach in school history after the 9-5 victory over NC A&T on February 18, 2018, and just completed his fifth year serving as President of the MEAC Baseball Coaches Association. Reed is also finished his fifth year serving on the NCAA Division I Baseball Regional Advisory Committee for the Atlantic Region.
Reed was an assistant coach at Coppin State in 2008 under former head coach Harvey Lee and in 2009 working with Mike Scolinos.
This is like coming home for me, said Reed. I was raised in west Baltimore, I went to public schools here and I have family members that graduated from Coppin State.
I recognize that there are only 301 Division I coaching jobs and am very honored that the University believes than I am the right person to turn the program around.
Reed was inducted into the Oldtimers Baseball Association of Maryland Hall of Fame in October 2013.
Reed played collegiately at Towson State under former Baltimore Orioles and Texas Rangers manager Billy Hunter. He then spent 10 seasons playing independent baseball prior to beginning his coaching career.
The Baltimore native has coached at various levels, including Western Tech and Catonsville High Schools, pony league and Cal Ripken collegiate baseball.
Additionally, he was the director of the Yankee Rebels Baseball Club from 2005-10 which is one of the oldest amateur baseball club in Maryland and was the coordinator of the Urban Baseball Camp for the Kansas City Royals in 2008-09.
He graduated from Towson in 1983 with a degree in instructional technology and later earned his M.B.A. from Johns Hopkins in 1999.
Reed and his wife, Dorothy have three children, Tynetta, Candice and Sherman, Jr. and reside in Catonsville.
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Sherman Reed, the 2018 MEAC Coach of the Year and winningest skipper in school-history, enters his 11th season as the head coach of the Coppin State baseball program in 2021 after previously spending two seasons as an assistant. During the last two full seasons, arguably the two best in school-history, the Eagles have gone a league-best 33-13 in MEAC games.
During his first three seasons at the helm, Reed worked tirelessly on the recruiting trail to help turn the Coppin State baseball program around. The 2012 edition of the Eagles featured 20 freshmen and sophomores laying the foundation for success in the coming years. The fruits of his labor really paid off in the 2018 season when the Eagles won their first MEAC Northern Division Title since 1996 with an 18-4 record in conference play, shattering the old single-season wins record by five games. Finishing with a school-record 21 victories, Coppin earned the top overall seed in the MEAC Tournament and earned a win over Florida A&M before falling in an extra-inning affair in the Semifinals.
The 2018 season also showed dividends for several individuals with the Navy & Gold. Derek Lohr and Nazier McIlwain both earned First Team All-Conference honors with Lohr being named a Freshman All-American. Four others (Erik Crossman, Caleb Duhay, Allen Saar and Jahmon Taylor) earned Second Team recognition as the six All-Conference selections was also a program-record. Elsewhere, Marcos Castillo and Corey Treyes took home All-Black College Nines accolades.
In the final regular season game of the 2018 campaign at UMBC on May 9, one that seemed to reflect the fight and effort put forth by the Eagles all year, Coppin came from behind to defeat the Retrievers, 13-11. In doing so, Reed won his 84th career game at Coppin, breaking Jason Booker's old mark which stood for 21 years.
In 2019, Reed led the Navy & Gold to a school-record 24 victories with 15 coming in conference play. Starting out 2-0 for the first time since 1985, CSU won five of its first six games and also took a game from Charlotte prior to the start of MEAC competition. Some other big wins came in the second game of a doubleheader on April 6 at Maryland Eastern Shore where Reed picked up his 100th career win, and on April 17 at Towson which was the 20th win of the year and the first time in program-history that the Eagles defeated their crosstown rival.
Following the record-breaking year, Coppin put six players on All-MEAC teams, matching the school-record they set the year prior. Justin Banks earned First Team accolades and put up several numbers that ranked in the Top 20 nationally.
CoVID-19 cut the 2020 campaign short after just 13 games on March 12. Despite the early cancellation of the season, Coppin pulled off victories over Richmond, Georgetown and Lehigh. The 6-5 win over Georgetown was Reed's first against the Hoyas and snapped a 13-game losing streak to their rival from the Nation's Capital which dated back to 2008. The following day, Coppin held on for a 5-4 victory at Lehigh, its first over the Mountain Hawks since 2010.
Coppin has qualified for the MEAC Championship seven out of the past ten years (no Tournament in 2020) with a total of six tournament game wins. Coppin State was a semi-finalist in the 2013 Tournament after beating Bethune-Cookman and NC A&T, as well as 2018 with a win over Florida A&M. They came close to duplicating that feat in 2016 before losing a 12th inning hardly fought contest to Norfolk State 7-6. Under Reed, the 2013 Eagles had the nations highest win turnaround percentage while winning 18 games.
Reed became Coppins second-winningest coach in school history after the 9-5 victory over NC A&T on February 18, 2018, and just completed his fifth year serving as President of the MEAC Baseball Coaches Association. Reed is also finished his fifth year serving on the NCAA Division I Baseball Regional Advisory Committee for the Atlantic Region.
Reed was an assistant coach at Coppin State in 2008 under former head coach Harvey Lee and in 2009 working with Mike Scolinos.
This is like coming home for me, said Reed. I was raised in west Baltimore, I went to public schools here and I have family members that graduated from Coppin State.
I recognize that there are only 301 Division I coaching jobs and am very honored that the University believes than I am the right person to turn the program around.
Reed was inducted into the Oldtimers Baseball Association of Maryland Hall of Fame in October 2013.
Reed played collegiately at Towson State under former Baltimore Orioles and Texas Rangers manager Billy Hunter. He then spent 10 seasons playing independent baseball prior to beginning his coaching career.
The Baltimore native has coached at various levels, including Western Tech and Catonsville High Schools, pony league and Cal Ripken collegiate baseball.
Additionally, he was the director of the Yankee Rebels Baseball Club from 2005-10 which is one of the oldest amateur baseball club in Maryland and was the coordinator of the Urban Baseball Camp for the Kansas City Royals in 2008-09.
He graduated from Towson in 1983 with a degree in instructional technology and later earned his M.B.A. from Johns Hopkins in 1999.
Reed and his wife, Dorothy have three children, Tynetta, Candice and Sherman, Jr. and reside in Catonsville, Maryland
After a standout four-year career as a shortstop at UNF, Kyle Brooks returns to the Ospreys after rejoining as a volunteer assistant coach in September of 2018. The Alachua, Fla., accumulated countless conference and program accolades while in Jacksonville, finishing atop the career charts in a myriad of statistical categories. From 2016 to 2018 Brooks coached with Gatorball Baseball Academy as a head coach of a 14 and 15 and under team.
Calvin Peacock is in his first season with the Bradley baseball program as the teams volunteer assistant coach. Among his responsibilities on The Hilltop, Peacock will work with the outfielders and serve as BUs first-base coach.
Peacock joins the Braves after serving as head coach of the Normal CornBelters of the Prospect League a collegiate summer league throughout the Midwest. The youngest manager in Prospect League history, Peacock led the CornBelters to the playoffs after clinching the Great River Division title during the first-half of the 2021 campaign.
A native of Bartonville, Illinois, Peacock also served as pitching coach at Carl Sandburg College during the 2020 season, while leading the Hoots of the Kernels Collegiate League in the summer of 2020.
Peacock earned his bachelors degree in business marketing from Chicago State University, where he was a member of the baseball team and earned WAC All-Academic accolades. He was also a NJCAA Academic All-American during his time at Southeastern Illinois College.
Former All conference Big-South SS
Selected in 21st round of 2016 MLB draft by the Baltimore Orioles
6 seasons of professional baseball
Assistant coach at Winthrop University
Kyle Sprague joined the University of Cincinnati baseball staff in the summer of 2017.
His work on offense came through the loudest during the team's historic 2019 season when the Bearcats' bats went on a torrential pace during the postseason. During the 4-0 AAC Tournament run, UC broke the tournament records for runs (51), RBI (47) and hits (60). Seven homeruns and four in the championship game were also AAC Tournament records. The 22-5 title win over UConn was the largest margin of victory ever in the tournament while they tied for the most number of hits in a game. Eleven different players got a hit during the 4-0 tournament week. All six all-tournament honorees were offensive players with slugger AJ Bumpass named tournament MVP.
During the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, UC ranked 12th in the nation in triples per game, 14th in doubles per game, 21st in on-base percentage, 30th in scoring and 31st in slugging percentage.
Sprague came to UC after two seasons on Head Coach Scott Googins staff at Xavier University as the volunteer assistant coach. Sprague directed XUs camps, assisted in all facets of the program and coached first base during games.
Kyle has been with me the past two years and is a great addition to our staff here at UC, Googins said. He brings a lot to the table - he does an unbelievable job with developing infielders and is on the cutting edge with hitters. He's a young up-and-coming coach who's very energetic and passionate about what he does.
During his two seasons at Xavier, the Musketeers won a BIG EAST Conference regular season championship (2016), two-straight league tournament championships (2016 & 17) and played in consecutive regional finals in the NCAA Championship (2016 & 17).
Sprague worked with hitters and infielders and assisted with outfielders at Xavier. The Musketeers set a school record with a .977 fielding percentage in 2017 after tying the previous record with a .974 mark in 2016.
He mentored six Xavier players who went on to play professionally, including:
2017 second-round selection Zac Lowther, eighth-rounder Rylan Bannon, 18th-round pick Garrett Schilling and 22nd-round choice Greg Jacknewitz. Dan Rizzie and Andre Jernigan were 13th and 14th-round picks in 2016.
Sprague has previous experience in the American Athletic Conference having served as a volunteer assistant coach at UCF in 2015.
At UCF, Sprague was in charge of the Knights' outfielders and coached first base during games, while aiding the development of the team's infielders and catchers along with hitting responsibilities. The Knights achieved a program-best No. 6 ranking during the 2015 campaign.
Sprague guided seniors JoMarcos Woods and Erik Barber in 2015 to career bests in the outfield and at the plate, garnering recognition on The American All-Conference team. Woods posted a .323 avg. with five homers and 32 RBI, while Barber compiled a .313 avg. and a team-high 11 homers.
Under Sprague in 2014, all three of the Knights outfielders - Erik Barber, Sam Tolleson and Derrick Salberg - were honored to one of The American's three all-conference teams. Salberg tallied a .992 fielding pct., while junior JoMarcos Woods led all position players with a .994 pct.
While at UCF, Sprague aided the development of four players - Eric Skoglund (3rd), Dylan Moore (7th), James Vasquez (25th) and Mitchell Tripp (36th) - who were all selected in the MLB Draft.
Before coming to Orlando, Sprague held the volunteer assistant position during the 2012-13 season at Gardner-Webb. While with the Runnin' Bulldogs, catcher John Harris was a Johnny Bench Award nominee and the team set a program best in fielding pct. at .969.
Sprague has extensive experience as a camp instructor, working at the Marc Wilkins Baseball Academy from 2007-12 and for Cal Ripken Baseball in 2009. He also has served as a camp instructor at Clemson, Vanderbilt, Tennessee, LSU and Mississippi State, among others.
The Mansfield, Ohio, native graduated from Malone (Ohio) University with degrees in business administration and sports management. He played collegiately at Malone and Tiffin University.
Sprague and his wife Erin live in Cincinnati.
Mike Kunigonis has brought a grinders mentality and work ethic to the NIU baseball program in five seasons as head coach.
In 2019, Kunigonis led NIU to the Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament where the Huskies reached the semifinals and won two games for the first time since 2008. NIU was 20-36 on the season and compiled a 14-12 MAC record, tied for the third-most conference wins in program history. On May 11, Kunigonis won his 100th career game as the Huskies shutout Toledo 4-0.
The Huskies went 20-36 in 2018, highlighted by a 5-3 win at Notre Dame on March 20 for the program's first win over the Fighting Irish since 1995. In 2017, Kunigonis led NIU to a 17-38 overall record and a 11-13 record in the Mid-American Conference. NIU hit for a combined .248 average with a .327 slugging percentage and got on base at a .358 clip. The Huskies averaged eight hits and 4.45 runs per game.
Kunigonis laid the Huskieball foundation for his program right away, during his first season in 2015, as the Huskies swept its opening weekend with a pair of wins over South Dakota State and another over Niagara. NIU would go on to finish the season 22-33, recording a 10-17 mark in Mid-American Conference play. The team improved its batting average by 32 points in Kunigonis first season and scored 1.24 more runs per game. The Huskies swept their midweek series with UIC, defeating the in-state foe home and away. NIU won 24 games in 2016, going 14-10 in the MAC West to finish second behind Ball State. The Huskies won seven straight games at the end of April into May that season, highlighted by a sweep of Bowling Green in which NIU outscored the Falcons 28-4 with back-to-back shutouts to close the series.
Kunigonis, a veteran Division I coach who spent seven years on the staff at Virginia Tech, was named head coach of the Northern Illinois University baseball program on January 5, 2015.
In seven years at Virginia Tech, Kunigonis worked his way up from volunteer assistant coach (2008-10), to assistant coach (2010-13) before being named associate head coach and recruiting coordinator his final two seasons ago. The Hokies twice advanced to the NCAA Regionals during his time in Blacksburg, earning a No. 1 seed and regional host bid in 2013 when they finished as Atlantic Coast Conference runners-up. He served as Virginia Techs hitting coach from 2010-15, and the Hokies ranked among the countrys top offenses in each of those seasons. Tech had the top offense in the ACC in 2014 and ranked in the top 25 nationally in five offensive categories in 2013. The 2011 Virginia Tech team ranked in the top 10 nationally in multiple categories as well.
Over his six seasons, the Hokies had 20 players chosen in the MLB draft, with at least two players drafted each year. In 2010, eight Virginia Tech players were drafted, while six Hokies were selected in the 2013 draft. During Kunigonis time with the Hokies, nine position players were chosen in the draft.
Prior to Virginia Tech, Kunigonis spent one season on the staff at Radford University in Virginia, where he coached the outfielders, worked with the hitters and directed the camps.
Kunigonis experience includes five seasons at two institutions in western New York. He was the assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Canisius College in Buffalo during the 2005, 2006 and 2007 seasons, where he also coached the hitters, catchers and outfielders and was also on the staff at Niagara University in a similar capacity for two seasons. Both teams advanced to the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament during Kunigonis time in their dugouts.
As a player, Kunigonis played four seasons at American International College. A native of Worcester, Massachusetts, Kunigonis earned a bachelors degree in criminal justice and sociology from AIC in 2001, and completed his masters degree in sports administration at Canisius in 2006. Kunigonis is married to the former Amy Miller and the couple has one daughter, Mary Alice.
He is the Huskies fifth head baseball coach since the program was resurrected in 1991 and the 14th since the teams first season in 1900.
THE MIKE KUNIGONIS FILE:
Education: American International College, 2001, BS criminal justice and sociology; Canisius, 2006, MS, sports administration
Hometown: Worcester, Mass.
Wife: Amy
Children: Mary Alice
PREVIOUS COACHING EXPERIENCE:
2013-14 Virginia Tech, Associate Head Coach
2010-13 Virginia Tech, Assistant Coach
2008-10 Virginia Tech, Volunteer Assistant Coach
2007-08 Radford, Volunteer Assistant Coach
2004-07 Canisius, Assistant Coach
2002-04 Niagara, Assistant Coach
NCAA TOURNAMENT EXPERIENCE
2010 Columbia Regional
2013 Blacksburg Regional
Rodgers is the recruiting coordinator as well as the hitting and infield coach. Under Rodgers tutelage, numerous players have re-written the Tigers record books and received national recognition. 2016- Devon DeRaad: 1st Team All-American, 1st Team All West Region, SCIAC Player of the Year, Single Season Home Run Record (16), Scott Ericksen: SCIAC Pitcher of the Year, 2nd Team All-West Region, Will Martel: 1st Team All-SCIAC, 3rd Team All-West Region, and Brady Fuller, 2nd Team All-SCIAC. 2015-Devon DeRaad: 1st Team All-SCIAC, 2nd Team All West Region, Single Season Home Run Record (13), Johnathan Brooks: Oxy Hitting Streak Record (28 games), and Victor Munoz: 2nd Team All-SCIAC. 2013-Logan Allen: 1st Team All-SCIAC, 3rd Team All-West Region, career hits and doubles records at Oxy, Scott Hong: 1st Team All-SCIAC and All-West Region, and Johnathan Brooks: All-West Region and All-SCIAC 2nd Team. 2012- Pedro Aldape: All-West Region and 2nd Team All-SCIAC, Scott Hong All-West Region and 2nd Team All-SCIAC. 2011- Logan Allen All-West Region and 2nd Team All SCIAC.
Education: Jesse attended the University of Portland (Portland, OR) from the fall of 2003 to the spring of 2008. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies in 06 and then received his Master of Science in Management Communication in 08.
Background: Jesse was born and raised in Olympia, WA. He graduated from Capital High School in 2003 where he was a three-year letter-winner in baseball. At Capital, Jesse was named 1st Team All-League his junior and senior years, as well as being named All-State his senior season. Jesse went on to become the starting shortstop for four years at the University of Portland (04-07). At the end of his career, he held the assists record for the Pilots with 528, was 2nd in career games played with 204, was the Team Captain his senior year, and was the All West Coast Conference Honorable Mention Shortstop in 2005. In the summer of 2004, Jesse played for the NBC World Series Champion Aloha Knights (now the Corvallis Knights). In 2006, he played in the NBC World Series for the Palm Springs Power, assisted by former Oxy Head Coach Jason Hawkins.
After finishing his playing career, Jesse jumped right into coaching, becoming the Volunteer Assistant for the University of Portland in 2008. He coached infielders and hitters as well as managed the baseball field and equipment.
From 08 to10, Jesse was the Head Assistant at Mt. Hood Community College in Gresham, OR. He worked with the infielders and hitters as well as being the academic advisor and assisting with recruiting. In 09, the Saints were 35-8, won the Southern Region, finished 3rd in the NWAACC Tournament and hit .328 as a team. In his two years at Mt. Hood, six of Jesses infielders continued their careers at four-year schools (three at the Division 1 level and three at the Division II level).
In the summer of 09, Jesse was the Head Coach of the Portland Ports (in the WCCBL-Portland League). In the summer of 10, Rodgers was an Assistant Coach for the Willmar Stingers (Willmar, MN) of the prestigious Northwoods League where he coached future major-leaguer Jacob Barnes (2016/Milwaukee Brewers).
Playing Experience: University of Portland (2004-2007)
Coaching Experience: Associate Head Coach, Occidental College (2010-present)
Head Assistant Coach, Mt. Hood Community College (2008-2010)
Assistant Coach, Willmar Stingers of the Northwoods League (Summer 2010)
Head Coach, Portland Ports of the WCCBL Portland (Summer 2009)
Volunteer Assistant Coach, University of Portland (2008)
Jesse and his wife, Kacy, currently reside in Eagle Rock.
Jake Ayers enters his third season as an assistant coach with Claremont-Mudd-Scripps in 2019-20, working with the catchers, outfielders and hitters.
A 12-year veteran of college coaching at the Division III level, Ayers came to CMS on a full-time basis in 2017 after working with Pomona-Pitzer (2013-2017), Juniata College (2011-2013) and Knox College (2007-2011). The past five seasons in Claremont, Ayers has worked to develop student-athletes that have earned the following awards: 15 All-SCIAC selections, 10 ABCA All-West Region, seven d3baseball.com All-West Region, four ABCA All-Americans, three SCIAC Athletes of the Year, two SCIAC Newcomer of the Year, two d3baseball.com West Region Players of the Year, and two Major League Baseballl signees.
In addition to his baseball duties, Ayers also serves as the Assistant Director, Events and Operations for Roberts Pavilion and CMS Athletics. In this position he manages game-day operations for all varsity athletic events in Roberts Pavilion as well as scheduling, care and maintenance of all athletic facilities. This position also manages the use of all athletic facilities pertaining to off-campus rentals, camps and conferences.
Ayers is a 2006 graduate of Knox College where he was a four-year letter winner in baseball and football. On the baseball field, Ayers was a four-year starting catcher and two-time unanimous all-Midwest Conference selection. On the football field, Ayers led the Prairie Fire at quarterback throughout his collegiate career.
During the 2008-2009 seasons, Ayers was the Bullpen Coach for the Lincoln Saltdogs of the independent professional American Association; winning the league title in 2009. In 2007, Ayers was signed to play in the inaugural Israel Baseball League and caught for the league champion Bet Shemesh Blue Sox.
In 2004, Ayers began his coaching career at the age of 19, when he took over the Farmington (IL) American Legion Post 140 baseball programs. Ayers was elected a member of Post 140s Hall of Fame in 2005, and is a member of the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA).
Assistant Coach, Recruiting Coordinator
Stevens Institute of Tech
Division 3
My college career was played at Kean University which is a small D3 in NJ where I was a pitcher. While there I was fortunate enough to be apart of some talented teams that were able to make two runs to the College World Series.
I was announced to the Ducks coaching staff on November 28, 2017. Prior to that I was able to gain experience coaching in summer leagues such as the Prospect & Northwoods League. As well as spending a couple seasons coaching High School (Franklin HS) & Summer Club Teams (Full Count Baseball).
Our coaching staff tries to give our players everything they need to succeed and we look forward to seeing our guys soon so we can get back to work!
Associate Baseball Coach/Assistant Equipment Manager
Gettysburg
Division 3
Justin Perry enters his fifth season as an assistant baseball coach and assistant equipment manager at Gettysburg College in 2019-20.
Perry has helped Gettysburg win at least 20 games in two of his seasons on the staff. The Bullets have won 76 games and qualified for the Centennial Conference playoffs twice during his tenure. In 2017, Perry helped coach the Bullets to a 22-17-2 overall record. The team went 10-8 in the Centennial Conference and qualified for the CC Tournament. He helped coach four Bullets who were tabbed all-conference, including CC Pitcher of the Year Chase Stopyra 17. In addition, two Bullets were named all-region while outfielder Connor Tom 17 captured Academic All-America First Team status.
Perry came to the Battlefield from Trinity (Conn.) College, where he served as pitching coach and recruiting coordinator for a sixth-month stint during the offseason. He also held the post of pitching coach at Westfield State University in 2011 and 2014-15. Over his last two seasons with the Owls, Perry worked under head coach Nate Bashaw 03, a former member of the Gettysburg College baseball team and an assistant coach for the Bullets from 2006-10. In addition, Perry was an assistant baseball coach at Anna Maria College for one season in 2010, serving as pitching coach.
A native of Feeding Hills, Mass., Perry was a four-year pitcher at Stonehill College where he graduated in 2009 with a degree in Criminology. He accumulated more than 100 innings of work in 37 appearances and nine starts, striking out 81 batters to finish with five collegiate wins and two saves.
Perry also earned a masters degree in Sport Management and a certificate in Athletic Administration from Southern New Hampshire University.
Ron Krsolovic, who will serve as the Lords' hitting coach, arrives on campus for the 2021-22 campaign after working as an assistant coach at NCAA Division II Lake Erie College. His main responsibilities with the Storm were working with the hitters and position players.
Krsolovic is a 2019 graduate of NCAA Division I Oakland University, where he was a two-year performer at third base, starting 76 of 78 games for the Golden Grizzlies. As a senior, he was named to the All-Horizon League Academic Team.
Prior to his time at Oakland, Krsolovic was a member of the baseball, cross-country and basketball teams at Harford Community College in Bel Air, Maryland. During his two years at Harford, the baseball team went a combined 105-21, winning 49 of 51 league games and appearing in the College World Series.
Currently, Krsolovic is a member of both the Croatian National Baseball Team and the Tupper Lake RiverPigs of the Empire Professional Baseball League.
Spratt the Griffins have developed into a consistent competitor for the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) crown and regional rankings. Reaching the CACC Championship Tournament in five of the last six seasons and the CACC Championship in two of the last three seasons, Spratt has produced 20 All-CACC performers and four Daktronics All-East Region selections, including the programs first National Athletic Collegiate Conference (NCAA) Daktronics Division II All-American and the 2015 CACC Pitcher of the Year (Dominic Raia III 15). To his credit, he has also produced the 2012 CACC Scholar Athlete of the Year (Jesse Daywalt 12), the 2013 CACC Rookie of the Year (Brendan Looby 16), and fostered three Griffins to professional contracts; Dominic Raia III 15 (Garden State Grays Canadian American Association of Professional Baseball), Richard Cavazza 14 (Watertown Bucks North Country Baseball League (NY)), and Brian Henry (Arizona Diamondbacks Major League Baseball, 2011 Draftee #1084). In 2016, Chestnut Hill College combatted a highly-competitive schedule and routinely received votes in the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) East Region poll with increased offense, a pair of quality starters, and a magnificent bullpen effort. The result was a 25-21 overall record, a 14-6 league standing, and a sixth CACC Championship Tournament appearance in the last seven seasons. A record six Griffins garnered All-CACC Second Team status in the process. A special class of seniors made the 2015 Chestnut Hill College baseball campaign unforgettable, a thrilling journey that stands as one of the best seasons in College history. Establishing program records for overall wins (29) and CACC wins (15); the Griffins employed a potent mixture of their trademark aggressive base-running, consistent pitching, and a balanced lineup to challenge top-seeded Wilmington University for the league crown. Unfortunately, the #3 Griffins saw their season come to an end in a highly dramatic 10-9, 12-inning slugfest for the ages. The Griffins garnered their first-ever National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) ranking (#9) on March 23 and they remained in the poll for the rest of the season, finishing a program-best sixth in the regions final standings. Until 2015, the 2014 campaign stood as the Griffins most successful regular season, finishing in a tie for third place (17-18, 12-8 CACC) in the conference and hosting their first-ever CACC playoff game. In 2013, as the sixth seed in the CACC Championship Tournament, Chestnut Hill College first survived #3 Concordia College (NY) in an 8-6 victory, before advancing to the double-elimination round, at Wilmington Universitys Wilson Field and Frawley Stadium. The Griffins dominated #2 Dominican College in a 10-1 victory on the first day of double-elimination play before splitting the next days competitions with #5 Felician College, a 13-6 win, and Wilmington University, a 10-0 loss, for the right to face the Wildcats for the league championship. But, the two-time defending CACC champions prevailed with a 15-0 victory. 2011 saw the graduation of the Griffins' inaugural class and a second straight trip to the CACC postseason. For a second consecutive season, the Griffins finished the regular season with a 16-22 record, this time posting a 10-10 CACC mark. They ranked third in stolen bases (92), fifth in runs scored (183), and sixth in batting average (.243, 295-for-1,216). The Griffins averaged 2.42 stolen bases-per-game to rank 13th nationally. In 2010, the Griffins reached their first CACC Tournament with an 11-9 league record and a 16-22 overall standing. The team ranked fourth nationally in double-plays per game (1.11) and stolen bases per game (2.87), while also ranking first in the CACC in stolen bases (109), third in team batting average (.274), and fourth in team slugging percentage (.375). At Penn State-Abington, Coach Spratt resurrected a baseball program that had been inoperative for 15 years. He served as head coach for eight seasons, 1997-2004, and earned Coach of the Year honors from the Commonwealth Campus Athletic Conference (CCAC) in 2002 and 2003. Under Spratt, the Nittany Lions made seven straight playoff appearances, won five CCAC Eastern Conference Championships, and a CCAC Championship in 2003. Spratt also led Penn State-Abington to three appearances in the Eastern Pennsylvania Community College Conference (EPCCC) finals. Spratt left Penn State-Abington with a 104-83 overall record, a mark of 49-22 in the CCAC, and a 72-46 record in the EPCCC. Coach Spratt also managed the dugout at Delaware Valley College in 1996 as an assistant coach and served as head coach at William Tennent High School in the spring of 2000. Spratt graduated from Delaware Valley College in 1995 with a bachelor's degree in criminal justice after leading the Aggies on the diamond as a four-year starter and captain. He earned his master's degree in education at Bloomsburg University in 2003. Spratt currently owns and operates Total Skills Baseball, which provides camps, clinics, and individual instruction to athletes in the Philadelphia area. He currently resides in the Philadelphia area with his wife, Melanie, and their four children, Thomas, Abigail, Theodore, and Emily.
Going into my second year as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Oglethorpe University.
Sherrer was added to the University of Mount Olive baseball coaching staff as an assistant coach prior to the spring of 2010. Sherrer is the Trojans' pitching coach and also performs athletic field maintenance.
Sherrer first came to Mount Olive in the fall of 2006 from Scottsdale Community College in Arizona, where he is originally from. He was the starting catcher and one of the captain's on Mount Olives 2008 NCAA Division II Baseball National Championship Team where he earned team MVP. His two-run single highlighted a four-run rally in the bottom of the ninth that lifted the Trojans to a dramatic 6-5 win over Ouachita Baptist in the first round of the NCAA II National Finals. Sherrer also reached on an error with two outs in the top of the first of the National Championship Game to keep the inning alive as the Trojans went on to score five runs in the inning and win the title game 6-2, also against Ouachita Baptist.
Jason Sherrer was added to the University of Mount Olive baseball coaching staff as an assistant coach after a brief stint in professional baseball playing in Canada, Chicago and St. Louis. prior to the spring of 2010. Sherrer is starting his 5th year as the Trojans' pitching coach after he shared that duty next to Coach Watt in 2011. Since Sherrer was added to the coaching staff, Mount Olive has reached the NCAA Tournament each year, including an NCAA Division II Southeast Regional Championship and a top three finish in the Division II National Finals in 2011. The Trojans have won four Conference Carolinas Championships in Sherrer's first six years.
Sherrer captured a number of individual honors at the end of the 2008 season, including Conference Carolinas Baseball Player of the Year and Conference Carolinas Male Athlete of the Year. He also earned All-America honors and All-South Atlantic Region Gold Glove honors. Sherrer was named to the All-Tournament Team at the South Atlantic Regional. Sherrer also excelled in the classroom and was named to the 2008 CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America First Team. Sherrer graduated from Mount Olive with a 3.89 cumulative grade point average majoring in sports management. In addition, Sherrer was the 2007-08 Conference Commissioners Association Division II South Atlantic Region Male Scholar Athlete of the Year. In addition to his role as the Trojan's pitching coach, he also is the head of all the athletic fields on campus. Last year he earned his Sports Turf Grass Management Certification from the University of Georgia. During the summers, he spent two years as Rob Watt's assistant to the local Wayne County Legion baseball team and has spent the last four years as the head coach. He has compiled a record of 68-33 with three regular season first place finishes, reaching the post season all four years, once a runner up in the Area 1 East finals and one appearance in the North Carolina American Legion State Tournament.
His family still resides in Arizona while Sherrer and his wife Katie live in Mount Olive. One of many major high points in Sherrer's coaching career was when he had the opportunity to coach his brother Cameron, who was a starting second baseman on the 2012 team. Cameron, who graduated in 2012 is currently still playing professional baseball and won the Frontier League Championship in 2014.
"Work hard, be accountable and trust the process, the results will happen"
Updated August 25, 2015
Jason Sherrer was added to the University of Mount Olive baseball coaching staff as an assistant coach prior to the spring of 2010. Sherrer is the Trojans' pitching coach and also performs athletic field maintenance.
Sherrer first came to Mount Olive in the fall of 2006 from Scottsdale Community College in Arizona, where he is originally from. He was the starting catcher and one of the captain's on Mount Olives 2008 NCAA Division II Baseball National Championship Team where he earned team MVP. His two-run single highlighted a four-run rally in the bottom of the ninth that lifted the Trojans to a dramatic 6-5 win over Ouachita Baptist in the first round of the NCAA II National Finals. Sherrer also reached on an error with two outs in the top of the first of the National Championship Game to keep the inning alive as the Trojans went on to score five runs in the inning and win the title game 6-2, also against Ouachita Baptist.
Jason Sherrer was added to the University of Mount Olive baseball coaching staff as an assistant coach after a brief stint in professional baseball playing in Canada, Chicago and St. Louis. prior to the spring of 2010. Sherrer is starting his 5th year as the Trojans' pitching coach after he shared that duty next to Coach Watt in 2011. Since Sherrer was added to the coaching staff, Mount Olive has reached the NCAA Tournament each year, including an NCAA Division II Southeast Regional Championship and a top three finish in the Division II National Finals in 2011. The Trojans have won four Conference Carolinas Championships in Sherrer's first six years.
Sherrer captured a number of individual honors at the end of the 2008 season, including Conference Carolinas Baseball Player of the Year and Conference Carolinas Male Athlete of the Year. He also earned All-America honors and All-South Atlantic Region Gold Glove honors. Sherrer was named to the All-Tournament Team at the South Atlantic Regional. Sherrer also excelled in the classroom and was named to the 2008 CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America First Team. Sherrer graduated from Mount Olive with a 3.89 cumulative grade point average majoring in sports management. In addition, Sherrer was the 2007-08 Conference Commissioners Association Division II South Atlantic Region Male Scholar Athlete of the Year. In addition to his role as the Trojan's pitching coach, he also is the head of all the athletic fields on campus. Last year he earned his Sports Turf Grass Management Certification from the University of Georgia. During the summers, he spent two years as Rob Watt's assistant to the local Wayne County Legion baseball team and has spent the last four years as the head coach. He has compiled a record of 68-33 with three regular season first place finishes, reaching the post season all four years, once a runner up in the Area 1 East finals and one appearance in the North Carolina American Legion State Tournament.
His family still resides in Arizona while Sherrer and his wife Katie live in Mount Olive. One of many major high points in Sherrer's coaching career was when he had the opportunity to coach his brother Cameron, who was a starting second baseman on the 2012 team. Cameron, who graduated in 2012 is currently still playing professional baseball and won the Frontier League Championship in 2014.
"Work hard, be accountable and trust the process, the results will happen"
Updated August 25, 2015
Spalding University (Lousville, KY) Hitting and Catching Coach
Josh Crummer joined the W&J staff as its postgraduate baseball intern in August of 2019.
During his time on Coach Mountain's staff, W&J has recorded consecutive PAC championships in 2021 and 2022. The Presidents finished with a 37-10 overall record and a 25-2 conference mark in 2022. W&J posted a 23-3 record at Ross Memorial Park and advanced into the NCAA Tournament for a ninth time.
The Red and Black finished with a 37-3 overall record and won its 13th PAC title during the 2021 season. The 37 wins were the third most in a single season in program history.
Crummer appeared in 92 games during his four-year playing career with the Presidents. He earned All-PAC First Team honors during his senior season. Crummer recorded a .329 batting average with 36 RBI and 32 runs scored in 2019. His 18 doubles tied for the most among conference players. Crummer also ranked among the top 10 in the PAC in RBI, hits, walks and total bases. During his senior season, Crummer was honored as the PAC Hitter of the Week on April 22 and named to the D3baseball.com Team of the Week on April 23.
Crummer graduated from W&J in May of 2019 with an undergraduate degree in Business Administration. Crummer then added a Masters of Science in Sports Management from West Virginia University in 2021.
I am Cameron Hollins. I played collegiate baseball for 2 years at Tuskegee University. Immediately after finishing my playing career. I began coaching at Tuskegee University and am now entering my 3rd year as an assistant coach. For Tuskegee, I coach Infield, hitting, and assistant strength and conditioning coach.
Coach Tyler Womer joined the Erskine College Baseball staff in September 2019. He brings an outstanding knowledge of the game as well as a passion for developing baseball players of all ages. Originally from New Castle, PA, Tyler played infield at Wingate University in Wingate, NC.
While playing at Wingate, Tyler was part of the 2011 Conference Tournament Championship winning team that finished the season 34-22 and advanced to the NCAA Division II Regional Tournament. After graduating with a degree in Sport Management in 2011, Tyler stayed at Wingate to be an assistant baseball coach while attending graduate school. As a volunteer assistant coach at Wingate, Tyler was responsible for running the youth camps, high school camps and organizing the annual team golf tournament. He also assisted with the coaching and development of Wingates infielders.
Tyler was then hired asthe Recruiting Coordinator/Assistant Baseball Coach at DeSales University in Center Valley, Pennsylvania in June 2012 where he coached until 2015. Womer coached the outfielders, infielders & hitters at DeSales while having the opportunity to be mentored by Head Coach, Tim Neiman, who has over 700 career victories & currently ranks 31stall-time among all NCAA Division III Coaches. During Coach Womers two seasons at DeSales, the Bulldogs compiled a 59-28 overall record.
In June 2017, Coach Womer was hired as the Director of Operations for the Mizuno Outlaws Travel Baseball Organization & Assistant Director of Baseball at Perfect Performance NOVA in Tysons Corner, VA. Tyler helped grow the Mizuno Outlaws organization from 5 teams in June 2017 to 11 teams in September 2019 before joining the Erskine College Baseball coaching staff this Fall.
Garrett Baker joined the American International College baseball coaching staff in fall 2018.
During the 2018 season, Baker served as the pitching coach and strength and conditioning coach for Westfield State University. While there, the team won the MASCAC championship and made their first regional appearance since 2010. Under Bakers guidance, one of his pitchers also earned the 2018 MASCAC Pitcher of the Year distinction and All-New England Honors from the ABCA. His coaching resume also includes serving as head coach and pitching coach on numerous youth, AAU, and high school teams, including Suffield High School, East Longmeadow High School, AAU championship teams, and three AABC youth state championship teams.
Baker has a bachelor of science in exercise science from Cedarville University, and he is currently completing his masters degree in sport and exercise psychology at Springfield College. He is also a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist. He has trained athletes at Enhance-U, a sports performance facility in Ohio, and he currently works at Powerhouse Training as a baseball instructor, strength and conditioning coach, and a mental performance coach.
At NCAA Division II Cedarville University, Baker was named team captain, and he achieved first-team all-conference and multiple player of the week distinctions. During his final collegiate season, he led his team in strikeouts, innings pitched, and ERA. He also distinguished himself in many conference pitching categories. Post-graduation, he began his professional independent baseball career by being contracted to pitch in the starting rotation of the Empire Leagues New Hampshire Wild, leading the team in innings pitched and pitching starts. The following summer he signed with the Tucson Saguaros where he became their closer, achieving the highest number of strikeouts per nine innings. While Baker was offered an additional professional contract the following season, he decided instead to dedicate his future energies to coaching.
Baker currently resides in East Longmeadow, Massachusetts.
Estevan Vasquez was named Athletic Director and Assistant Baseball Coach at Dallas College Mountain View in June 2022.
Vasquez comes to Mountain View after serving one year at Texas A&M International University as an assistant softball coach. Prior to that, he worked one season at Coastal Bend College as an assistant softball coach in 2021. In addition, he also spent eight years at Coastal Bend College, where he served as head softball coach from 2009-14, while moonlighting as athletic director from 2009-16.
Vasquez served as the seventh athletic director at Harford Community College from 2018-21. Under his watch, the Fighting Owls won four Maryland Junior College Athletic Conference regular season titles, five Region 20 Division I championships, one District C championship and one National Junior College Athletic Association National Championship in women's lacrosse. Thirteen student-athletes received NJCAA DI or Intercollegiate Tennis Association All-American honors, and 53 earned NJCAA All-Academic awards.
Vasquez was the athletic director and head baseball coach at the Atonement Academy in 2017-18. He served as a certified physical education teacher at Beeville Independent School District in Texas, with coaching duties at the high school and middle school levels in 2016-17. Vasquez worked as the baseball operations manager at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi University's baseball team in 2008. That year, he completed his internship with the Corpus Christi Hooks, a minor league affiliate of the Houston Astros organization. Vasquez also worked with the Coastal Bend Aviators, an independent professional baseball team, as a ticket manager and sales accountant from 2006-07.
Vasquez earned a bachelor's degree in sports management from Texas A&M-Corpus Christi in 2008. He earned a master's degree in secondary education from Texas A&M-Corpus Christi in 2011, with 18 graduate hours in kinesiology and curriculum of instruction. He has earned his Doctorate of Education in Educational Leaderships from Texas A&M-Corpus Christi in 2023
Baseball Assistant Coach / Strength & Conditioning Coach
Westmont
NAIA
My name is Cory Ewald and I have been involved with baseball all my life. I played at an NAIA my freshmen year in Nebraska at Hastings College, transferred to Colorado Northwestern CC for my sophomore year, and then finished my last two years here at Young Harris College. I was a middle of the order bat with above average defensive skill behind the plate. Was a catcher mainly through college, and played some OF throughout my 4 years. In high school and travel ball Ive played every position so I have a lot of knowledge all around the game. Finished my degree and stuck around to help coach with this coaching staff and haven't looked back since. Always trying to increase my baseball knowledge and strive to be a better coach day in and day out.
Anthony Essien begins his 7th year at Reedley College after spending 17 years as an Assistant Coach under legendary Valley coach James Patrick at Clovis High School. In his 1st season with the Tigers, Essien was instrumental in guiding the Tigers to the California State playoffs for the 1st time since 1963. Under Essiens tutelage, Tiger catcher Alan Crowley was selected Central Valley Conference Player of the Year, All-State, 2nd Team All American, and was selected and signed by the Atlanta Braves in the 2016 Amateur player draft in the 26th round. In Essiens 2nd season the Tigers advanced to the state playoffs again defeating Lassen before losing to eventual state runner-up Santa Rosa in game 3 of the 3 game series. In 2018 Essien took over the Pitching Coach duties and helped the Tigers to the State playoffs for the 3rd consecutive season. The Tigers Pitching staff finished 6th in the state with a 3.28 ERA. Cal State Fullerton commit, Brady Barcellos, was selected 1st team All Central Valley Conference along with closer Sid Lacy, who finished tied for Saves with 8 in the State. In 2020 the Tigers were 15-6 at the mid-point of the season before the Pandemic shut down the rest of the season. The Pitching staff at the time of the season stoppage was 2nd in the State of California in ERA with a 2.40 under Essien. In the Summer of 2021, Essien was the Pitching Coach for Manager Jack McDowell and the Burlington Sock Puppets in the inaugural year of the Appalachian Summer Collegiate League.
Ricky Walker enters his third season at Oregon Tech. Walker serves as the Owls Pitching Coach, Recruiting Coordinator, as well as oversees the nutrition of the Owls Baseball team.
While at Oregon Tech, Coach Walker has lead the pitching staff to the second lowest ERA, lowest OPPBA, most Strikeouts per 9, most saves. and most strikeouts, since the program restarted in 2002.
Prior to joining OIT, Coach Walker served as head baseball coach at Barstow Community College (CA) from 2018-2020 and was the lead assistant for BCC from 2014-2018.
In Walkers time with BCC, he led the Vikings to produce 33 All-Conference Players, 8 CCCAA Academic All-State honorees, 5 Southern California Players/Pitchers of the Week, one ABCA All American, one CCCBCA All-State Selection, one CCCBCA All So-Cal Team honoree, as well as a Rawlings Big Stick Award Winner. Walker played an integral part in the matriculation process helping student find four-year colleges to continue their student-athlete careers. Throughout Coach Walkers tenure at BCC, 36 student-athletes signed National Letters of Intent to continue their academic career and play baseball at four-year colleges/universities.
Walker has served as an assistant at Kansas Wesleyan University (2012-2014), an assistant at Willamette University (OR/2010-2012), and Colorado Christian University (2006-2010), where Walker helped lead the Cougars to three straight NCCAA Division I Regional Championships and World Series appearances, finishing 3rd in 2009
Coach Walker resides in Klamath Falls with his wife Shaila, their daughter Lainey, twins REX and Sydney, and their two dogs Pudge and Yadi
MORAGA, Calif. Saint Mary's Baseball has hired Jack Meggs to join the Gaels coaching staff after serving as the hitting coach at the University of Kansas during the 2021-22 school year.
Meggs will be in charge of working with Gael hitters and outfielders and will also be integral in coaching base running and in recruiting. Before becoming the full-time hitting coach at Kansas in August of 2021, he served as a graduate assistant with the Jayhawks while earning his master's degree in sports management.
"Jack Meggs is one of the brightest, most well-rounded, young coaches in the country," said SMC Head Coach [Greg Moore](https://smcgaels.com/coaches.aspxrc=1283). "He's the rare combo of knowledge, work-ethic, and genuine care for players. He guides them to be their best. With Coach Meggs, Saint Mary's will continue to be one of the best places in the country to develop as a pro and as a person."
The Seattle, Wash. native was a communications major at the University of Washington where he was a major part of the Husky lineup for four years. As a Husky, Meggs helped lead the team to regionals at both Ole Miss and Vanderbilt. He finished his career at Washington ranked fourth all time in both games started and games played.
In 2016, Meggs was an All-Pac 12 First Team selection as a center fielder and was also named to the All-Pac 12 Defensive Team. A two-year captain for the Huskies, Meggs was selected All-Pac 12 again in 2017 on his way to being a 10th round pick (291st overall) by the Oakland A's.
Shortly after his arrival, Meggs was selected New York Penn League Player of the Week after homering twice and hitting over .500 during week one of the 2017 season where hit .290 in 20 games that year.
After two years in the A's organization Meggs went on to sign a free-agent deal with the Milwaukee Brewers in 2020, but ultimately landed at KU following the cancellation of the 2020 Minor League Baseball season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
"I want to congratulate Coach Moore on hiring Jack Meggs as an assistant coach at Saint Mary's," said the recently-retired former Kansas Head Coach Ritch Price. "Coach Meggs is a rising star in our game. He brings energy, enthusiasm and passion to the ballpark every day. I know he will be successful in helping Saint. Mary's achieve their goals on the field, in the classroom, and in the community."
In his first year with the Jayhawk hitters he guided a potent offense that more than doubled home run output from the previous season, from 27 to 55. The team batting average jumped by six points, extra base hits by 30%, stolen bases by nearly 20%, and four hitters were named All Big 12.
"First off I'd like to thank Coach Price for the opportunity he gave me at the University of Kansas," Meggs said. "He is one of the great mentors in our game and a future Hall of Famer, I can't thank him enough. That being said I'm honored to have the chance to work with Coach Moore and his staff, and to join the SMC family. I've enjoyed getting to know the players and I can't wait until we're all on field together for day one. Go Gaels!"
Meggs was born in Chico, CA to Teresa and Lindsay Meggs. Lindsay was the Head Baseball Coach at the University of Washington from 2010-2022 and Teresa is a registered nurse in the Seattle area.
Meggs has an older brother, Joe, and older sister, Kelly. Joe served as an assistant coach at the University of Washington, where he played collegiately before spending time in the Los Angeles Dodgers farm system. Kelly played college basketball at UC Irvine and college softball at the University of Washington before becoming a physical therapist in the southern California area.
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Assistant Baseball Coach at Emmanuel College for last 7 years. Work with baserunning, infielders, outfielders, and assist with hitting.
Nate Kaffenbarger is in his first season as an assistant coach with the Ohio Northern baseball team.
Kaffenbarger came to ONU after spending the 2023 and 2024 season as the Graduate Assistant at Defiance College.
He graduated with a bachelor's degree in Integrated Social from Defiance College in 2022.
As part of our COVID-19 safety plan, the indoor sessions traditionally held on the first day of camp will be shared online.
Sessions will be accessible for the week prior to camp. They are available on-demand and can be completed at the athlete's
convenience.
This approach allows us to continue offering these valuable sessions so athletes arrive to camp ready to maximize the experience,
while still maintaining a safe experience.
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The most unique thing that makes EXACT different from other camps is how they teach the athletes how to talk to coaches and hold a conversation with a college coach. The camps offer a great opportunity to gain exposure that they wouldn't get otherwise. Not only do they allow players to showcase themselves in front of college coaches, they will also receive an evaluation on how they performed throughout the day.
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