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Grad Assistant Coach-University of Nebraska, Lincoln-2005-2007
Assistant Coach-St Cloud Riverbats Northwoods League- Summer 2006
Assistant Coach-University of Northern Colorado-2007-2010
Assistant Coach-Southern Illinois University-Carbondale-2011-2017
Head Baseball Coach-Metro State University of Denver-2017-Current
Entering my 10th year at Colorado Christian University, I am the Swiss army of coaching. I currently work with the pitching staff and oversee baserunning and recruiting. During my 10 years at CCU I have worked with catchers and outfielders with many of my players being awarded All Conference selections.
Joseph Joey Rosenblum is in his first season as assistant coach with Cal State University Dominguez Hills. He works with all hitters, coaches first base, and specifically works with the Outfielders.
Joey spent summer 2023 as an assistant coach with the Bismarck Larks in the Northwoods League. Joey graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2017 with his BA in psychology and a minor in sport management.
During his time in Santa Barbara, Joey played for the club team all four years. His accolades included earning 3rd team All-Southern Pacific Conference at second base (2016) and 2nd team All-Conference at designated hitter (2017).
Joey is no stranger to summer baseball. He spent his college summers playing middle infield in the Premier Collegiate Baseball League. The highlight for him was winning it all in 2016 with the Santa Barbara Grizzlies. In 2022, Joey was an assistant coach for the Waterloo Bucks in the Northwoods League coaching third base and conducting scouting reports on opposing teams.
In 2022, Joey was an assistant coach for the Arizona Western College Matadors. He worked hands-on with position players, primarily in the outfield. Off the field, Joey is conversant in Spanish and was a social worker for mental health services in Los Angeles from 2019-2021.
Assistant/pitching coach for Otero College 21-present. Drafted 02 in the 5th rd. San Diego Padres out of High School. Played in the Rockies, Royals, Dodgers, Phillies, and Padres Organization. Highest level AAA. Little insight in my beliefs as a pitcher and as a coach..Hitters dont get hitswe as pitchers make mistakes.
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Strovink is in his first season as a volunteer assistant with Princeton in 2022.
Prior to Princeton, Strovink started his coaching career with the East Coast Lumberjacks in 2020. The following year he was an assistant coach for Mt. Sinai High who went onto win a Long Island Championship.
As a player, Strovink played five years of college baseball between USC Lancaster and Limestone University. While in high school, as a wrestler he was a league finalist. As a two-year team captain on the baseball team, he was two-time All-State, while also becoming Rocky Points first All-American baseball player. Strovink also was named the Gold-Glove catcher for Suffolk County in 2016.
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Wagner College baseball coach Craig Noto has announced the hiring of Matthew Johnson as the director of baseball operations for the 2024 season.
"Coach Johnson has been brought up in and around a great baseball culture," Noto said. "He is a serious young coach who has done a great job at St. Thomas Aquinas under the guidance of John Garvey. Offensively, Matt understands what hitters need to do to be successful in the box. On the recruiting trail, he has already proven to be very astute in his evaluations of players. I'm excited for Matt. He has a bright future in this game."
Johnson spent two years at Nyack College before transferring to St. Thomas Aquinas to finish out his final three years of eligibility. He totaled 174 hits and 108 RBIs during his collegiate career and was honored as an ECC All-Conference member in 2021 and 2022.
Following his playing career, Johnson joined the staff of St. Thomas Aquinas as a hitting coach. Across 50 games in 2023 the team averaged 6.64 runs per game under his guidance. The Spartans as a whole maintained a .283/.391/.416 slash line in Johnsons lone year as hitting coach.
As a result of the successful offense, six players received ECC All-Conference honors in 2023.
I am in my Third year coaching at Manhattan College in New York. We are a Division I team that plays in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC). I am the head pitching coach at Manhattan with also a background in working with hitters and infielders
Clint Marsh
Director of Baseball Operations at UNCG
July 2023-Current
Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator at NCWU
January 2022-July 2023
Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator at Andrew College
June 2020-December 2021
Graduate Assistant at Barton College
August 2019-May2020
Cal Poly Mustangs - Big West Conference
A Second Team All-SoCon selection at third base as a juniorLed the Bulldogs with a .299 average and 60 hits in starting all 51 gamesAlso led the Bulldogs with 10 home runs, a .376 on-base percentage, 31 RBIs, and 101 total basesAlso led the Bulldogs with 17 multi-hit games and nine multi-RBI gamesHad a Citadel-best nine-game hitting streak from Feb. 24-March 10
Chris Rodriguez joined the Jacksonville baseball staff in August of 2020 to serve as the Director of Baseball Operations.
The South Florida native will handle day to day operations, as well as video, analytics, and technologies to aid player development. He comes to JU after serving in the Arizona Diamondbacks Player Development Department as a Video Coordinator for their AA affiliate (Jackson Generals). Rodriguez assisted in baseball technology, scouting and analysis along with pitch design protocols for their minor league personnel.
Rodriguez, an alum of Wright State, served as the Volunteer Assistant for the Raiders in 2018 before taking on the Director of Player Development role in the spring of 2019. Rodriguez served as the Coordinator of Player Development for the University of Central Florida in the fall of 2019 before being hired by the Arizona Diamondbacks in January of 2020. Rodriguez also has a background in international coaching, serving as an assistant in the summer of 2018 for the Lithuanian National Team for a bid to the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. He helped lead the team to a Pool B Championship in the Confederation of European Baseball (CEB), where they defeated Ukraine in the championship game. Their run came to end, losing to Team Israel for a spot in the European Cup. Rodriguez handled the pitchers, scouting, and strength and conditioning programs for Team Lithuania during his time.
His playing career started at Spring Hill College back in 2012 before transferring to Volunteer State in 2013. He underwent Tommy John surgery in 2014 where he recovered in his hometown of Pembroke Pines, FL, and returned to play for Kishwaukee College during the 2016 season for coach Josh Pethoud. During his time there, he led the Kougars to an Arrowhead Conference championship and was named to the Junior College All-Region IV team where he went 8-2 with 97 Ks in 74 innings. He finished his career at Wright State University as part of the 2018 Horizon League Champions and Stanford Regional team for Coach Jeff Mercer.
Rodriguez received his Bachelors degree in Organizational Leadership from Wright State University and is currently working towards his Masters in Kinesiology here at Jacksonville University. He is the son of Ozzie and Christine Rodriguez.
Bennett Schiltz has been with the Wheaton College Thunder for two years. In his first year, 2019, the Thunder finished with 24 wins, which ties the school record. Wheaton pitchers improved in many statistical categories from the season before. The Thunder were 6-1 before the 2020 season was cut short. Schiltz has also coached at Frostburg State University and Washington College, both in Maryland.
Eric Ma joined Caltech Baseball as Pitching Coach for the 2023 season.
Reigning from nearby La Crescenta, Ma pitched at Village Christian High School before attending Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington. He immediately made an impact on the Blues, earning the Freshman of the Year distinction in 2017. He received All-Northwest Conference honors for his outstanding performance in the 2019 season, recording eight wins including five in conference, and striking out 67 batters in 89 innings. He dealt a complete-game win in the NCAA tournament over Chapman University. In 2022, Ma pitched in the World Baseball Classic Qualifiers for the Argentina National Baseball Team.
Jason Staub was named pitching coach by head coach Frank Pericolosi in August of 2021. He was given assistant athletic performance coach responsibilities for baseball in addition to his role as pitching coach.
In his first year with the Sagehens, Pomona-Pitzer set a program record for NCAA Tournament Wins (3) and finished with the third most wins in program history (32). The pitching staff set the program record for strikeouts (400). The staffs opponent batting average from their last full season, in 2019, dropped from .292 to .258 in 2022. 6 Sagehens received all-conference and 4 all-region selections, including one starting pitcher.
Before arriving at Pomona-Pitzer, Staub served as a voluntary assistant coach with Eastern Connecticut State University in the fall of 2020. Staub also spent a year as an assistant coach at Portland High School with the Varsity baseball program. He was a strength and conditioning intern with TCU, UConn, Elon, Springfield College, Quinnipiac University, and ECSU.
Staub attended Springfield College from 2019-2021 to earn his masters degree in Strength and Conditioning.
Jason is a 2019 graduate of ECSU with a degree in Sports and Leisure Management. He was a four-year member of the baseball program where he split time as a starting and relief pitcher. Staub helped ECSU win a LEC conference tournament in 2016.
Staub is a native of Portland, Connecticut and attended Portland High School where he was a Class S Baseball State Championship winner in 2014.
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.
Pitching Coach and Recruiting Coordinator at CSUSB
Assistant Coach, Recruiting Coordinator
St. Thomas Aquinas
Division 2
John-Michael Guarino
Pitching Coach
St. Thomas Aquinas
Jon Koepf begins his third season as associate head coach of the Ohio Wesleyan University baseball team and his seventh season as a member of the Battling Bishop baseball coaching staff. He coaches the Bishop defense and serves as the team's recruiting coordinator.
Koepf came to Ohio Wesleyan after one season at Indiana-South Bend, where he served as recruiting coordinator and hitting coach. He was named interim head coach in midseason and went on to guide the Titans to their first-ever Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference tournament appearance.
Prior to IU-SB, Koepf was a graduate assistant at the University of Rio Grande for 2 seasons, working with the hitters and helping the RedStorm win a pair of conference titles and make NAIA national tournament appearances both years. He also served as the hitting coach and the third-base coach for the Lorain County Ironmen of the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League in 2016.
Koepf is a graduate of Notre Dame (Ohio) College. He was an infielder for head coach Len Barker from 2010-13, leading the Falcons in hitting in 2013, posting a .977 fielding percentage his junior season, and serving as a team captain. He completed his degree in middle childhood education in 2014 and continued his education with a master's degree in coaching leadership from Rio Grande in 2016.
Koepf is a native of Elyria, Ohio.
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.
Clark, a 2009 Knox College graduate, joined the Prairie Fire coaching staff in the fall of 2013.
Clark was a member of the 2008 Midwest Conference Championship baseball team and was a two-time Academic All-Midwest Conference honoree.
Clark was the head baseball coach at Spoon River College from 2009 to 2011 and at Eureka College during the 2012 season. He also assisted on the Quincy Gems staff in the summer of 2011. The Gems took home the Prospect League Championship with a record of 40-18. In 2014, Clark managed the Laramie Colts Baseball Club in their inaugural season in the Rocky Mountain Baseball League. The Colts finished with a record of 24-15 (23-10 in the RMBL). He returned in 2015 to lead the team to a 21-17 record.
Starting in the summer of 2006 Clark assisted his father, the late John Clark, with the Oneida American Legion Post 727 baseball program in Oneida, IL. He now manages the senior legion team and they won their first District Championship since 2000 in the summer of 2017.
Clark also serves as the Sports Information Director at Knox. He earned a masters degree in sport management from Western Illinois University.
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
Pitching coach for The Masters University
Bowen was named assistant baseball coach at UMBC in September 2011. He serves as the programs pitching coach and recruiting coordinator.
During his tenure at UMBC, Bowen has vastly improved the Retriever pitching staff, lowering the team ERA from 9.01 in 2012 to 3.30 in 2015, the best in the country over that span. The program set many pitching records in 2015, including Conrad Wozniak setting the best single season ERA (1.48), most strikeouts in a single season (351), and Denis Mikush recording the most saves in a season (6). During his tenure, two relievers earned First Team All-America East honors, with Wozniak earning Pitcher of the Year and Matt Chanin earning Rookie of the Year.
As a recruiting coordinator, Bowen has helped turn the program around. In 2015 the team won 34 games the most in a season since 2002. Since 2012, Bowen has recruited and coached three Freshman All-Americans, 13 All-Conference selections and seven All-Rookie selections in his four years in Baltimore.
Bowen came to Baltimore after working as the pitching coach for Lincoln Memorial during the 2011 season. The teams ERA fell from 7.67 the year before to 5.42 in 2011.
Before joining the Division II school, Bowen worked at St. Marys College (Md.) for four seasons, where the teams ERA dropped from 7.25 in 2006 to 4.60 in 2009.
Bowen earned a Bachelors degree in history from Macalester College in Minnesota in 2006. He was named All-Conference and also selected as the teams most valuable player in 2004.
My name is Isiah Daubon and I am from Poughkeepsie, NY.
I'm currently an assistant coach at Sacred Heart University.
I work with the hitters and outfielders.
This is my second year coaching overall
I played at Sacred Heart from 2017-2021
I played a graduate year at NJIT in 2022
Assistant coach for University of Rhode Island
Bobby Bordieri joined the Siena Baseball program in September 2022. He arrives in Loudonville after spending the past two seasons as the lead assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Division III Roger Williams University.
We are extremely happy to have Coach Bordieri with us, said head coach Tony Rossi upon Bordieri's hiring. Over the last several years, he has gained varied experience with several programs which will add valuable knowledge to the hitting and defensive areas of our team.
During his time at Roger Williams, he helped guide the Hawks to a stellar 47-21-2 (.686) overall record including a 21-10-1 (.672) mark in the Commonwealth Coast Conference, while coaching nine All-Region and 16 All-Conference honorees.
Last season, Bordieri helped guide Roger Williams to a 27-11-2 mark and a peak national ranking of No. 21 in the Apr. 27 Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Poll. Under his tutelage, the Hawks hit a whopping .299 while averaging 8.7 runs per contest, and shattered the program single-season records for runs scored (347), RBI (304), and stolen bases (104).
Bordieri first broke into the collegiate coaching ranks spending a year apiece as a graduate assistant at NAIA Keiser University, and as a volunteer assistant at DIII Westfield State University, where he worked with the hitters, outfielders, and assisted in player development. He also spent the summer of 2021 with the Ocean State Waves of the NECBL. Bordieri has also coached with the L&M travel baseball program for the past six years, where he helped develop 50 future collegiate baseball players including 19 Division I commits.
A native of Johnston, Rhode Island, Bordieri is a 2020 graduate of Springfield College, where he earned his degree in sport management and minored in athletic coaching, while also serving as a member of both the baseball and track and field teams. He received his Masters in organizational leadership from Southern New Hampshire University in 2021.
Director of On-Campus Recruiting
North Carolina-Charlotte
Division 1
Working primarily with Charlotte's catchers, Simmons has helped produce one of the most prolific defensive catchers the team has ever had in Kaden Hopson. Hopson calls all the pitches during the game and helped CLT set program records in 2023 for the best fielding percentage (.979), most putouts (1,678), and fewest passed balls (2). Hopson recorded the most putouts any single player has had in one season with 592 in 2023 and posted a .9968 fielding percentage for the seventh-best individual FLD% in a single season in program history. Under Simmons' guidance in his two years at Charlotte, Hopson has the second-best career fielding percentage (.996) and has already worked his way into the team's top 10 lists for most career chances and putouts.
In 2020, Simmons assisted in bringing modern technology to the Niners with the additions of P3 out of St. Louis, Rapsodo and Blast Motion. Simmons was a featured speaker at the 2020 ABCA Convention demonstrating how the 49ers use Rapsodo and Blast Motion hitting in today's tech world. The 49ers used those new forms of technology, including the implementation of high speed cameras, to improve in all facets both on and off the field. Simmons also became Driveline Hitting Certified in 2020.
From 2017-2019, Simmons had served as the Volunteer Assistant and Catching Coordinator with the 49ers. In 2018, catcher Harris Yett was named a semifinalist for the prestigious Johnny Bench award for the nation's top catchers and again in 2019. Yett went on to be drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 32nd round of the 2019 MLB Draft. Along with Yett, Simmons has helped six Niners go onto to play at the next level.
Tyler Schuch joined Oberlin College in the fall of 2022. He is the assistant coach, recruiting coordinator, and pitching coach.
Prior to Oberlin, he was apart of the Allegheny baseball program as an assistant coach beginning in October 2020.During his tenure there, his pitching staff set the single season strikeout record in the spring of 2022. Additionally, he helped produce 2 All-NCAC pitchers.
Prior to arriving in Meadville, Schuch spent the prior two years with the Ohio Elite Baseball program. He served as head coach of the 17U team while assisting the 16U team. During his stint, he handled both programs social media accounts while also tending to base coaching duties.
A 2017 graduate of The College of Wooster, Schuch enjoyed a stellar four-year career as a member of the Fighting Scots baseball program. A letter winner all four years and two-time NCAC champion, he was a utility player seeing time on the mound and in the outfield.
Upon graduating from Wooster, Schuch returned to his alma mater as an assistant coach from 2017-2019 and was a part of a staff that led the program to two more NCAC championships and an appearance in the Division III College World Series.
I have been coaching at Wabash College for the past 3 years. I have worked primarily with the outfielders on the defensive side and was named the Hitting Coach for this past season. I also have experience as a Head Coach overseas in Germany in the 1. Bundesliga as well as playing experience at D1 IPFW (now Purdue Fort Wayne) and 8 overseas seasons in Germany and Australia where I was named Top 5 Overseas Hitter by BBJO in 5 of those seasons.
4th year as head coach at Juniata College.
Played at Emory & Henry College
Played in Extraliga with the Tempo Titans in Prague, Czech Republic
Volunteer Coach at UMass Amherst
Assistant Coach at Belmont Abbey College
Rouse comes to Chicago after serving as head coach for four years at Salem University (W.Va.), where he led the Tigers to a program record in wins during the 2019 campaign. Five players under Rouse's guidance were named All-East Coast Athletic Conference selections, and the team earned the American Baseball Coaches Association's Team Academic Excellence Award in three of the past four seasons. In 2018, Rouse guided Salem to their best winning percentage since the program's move to NCAA Division II.
"We are thrilled to welcome Addison Rouse to our Saint Xavier Athletics team," said Allison Kern, Director of Athletics at Saint Xavier. "Our program has a storied history and Coach Rouse distinguished himself from an impressive pool of candidates throughout the search process."
"Coach Rouse has a reputation in the baseball community as an individual of integrity who develops his student-athletes on the field, in the classroom, and in the community. Countless individuals spoke to his superior knowledge of the game, and his talent as a recruiter. I am confident that Coach Rouse's experience and positive energy will translate to elite baseball."
"On behalf of me and my family, I am truly honored and humbled to be Saint Xavier University's next head baseball coach," added Rouse. "We know that this is a baseball program with a rich history, invested alumni, supportive community, and championship-caliber expectations."
"We ask for your support, care, and acceptance into the Cougar family; this is a bold and brave move for our family, with God leading the way as we strive to follow His mission and purpose for our life. We are prepared, eager, and all-in on SXU. Family is our creed; culture is what we do. Championships are what we will win."
Prior to Salem, Rouse was head coach at Eastern Nazarene College (Mass.), where he led his players to multiple All-Commonwealth Coast Conference selections and the CCAC Senior Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
Rouse graduated from Brescia University (Ky.), where as a student-athlete he won a KIAC championship and had two appearances in the NAIA tournament as a KIAC All-Academic Team selection.
Manny Cervantes (Head Baseball Coach: 10th Year)
Coaching Mission
Athletics, specifically baseball, is the tool that our coaching staff uses to relate to our program's student-athletes and speak into their lives. Our ultimate goal is to use baseball to develop strong Christian men who honor God, love their family, and make a positive impact for Jesus Christ. With Gods grace, our common love for baseball provides us the opportunity with its life analogies to help our guys reach their potential in their integrity, academics, and athletics. Education / Coaching CredentialsOklahoma State University 1992 B.S. (HRAD)University of Kentucky 1991 NutritionCoaching Experience Asbury University Head Coach (2014-Present)Coached in the Seattle Mariners Minor-League System (1993-1995)Stillwater High School Assistant Coach (2011-2012)Oklahoma Christian University Assistant Coach (2012-2014)Established private baseball coaching business in Stillwater, Okla.Baseball CareerDrafted by the New York Mets in 1987 out of high schoolPlayed at Oklahoma State 1988-1990, making it to the NCAA tournament three times and reaching the national title game in 1990.Named the Big Eight Conference Player of the week in April, 1988Two-Time Academic All-Big Eight Conference selection (1989 and 1990)Played at the University of Kentucky 1991Earned Second-Team All-Southeastern Conference honors in 1991 for the WildcatsSigned with the Seattle Mariners and played two seasons in the minor leagues (1992-1994)Personal Coach Cervantes resides in Wilmore, Kentucky with his wife Jami and their lab Jackie. They have three grown children Mikayla, Jacob, and Mia.Hometown | Whittier, Calif.
Manny Cervantes enters his 10th season as the Asbury head coach in 2023-24 after becoming the first full-time coach in Asbury baseball history in 2014.
The Asbury baseball program continued to strive forward under the leadership of Coach Cervantes in 2023, taking 23 wins with the NCCAA Mideast Region Player of the Year, Ethan Cartwright. Ten total Eagles were honored by NCCAA Regional awards including the Mideast Pitcher of the Year (Brody Bearden) and Mideast Freshman of the Year (Andrew Billington).
In 2022 Coach Cervantes led Asbury to 29 wins and an NCCAA Mideast Region Championship to earn a trip to the NCCAA World Series in Kansas City, Mo. The 29-16 season took AU to an 81-35 record since 2020. Asbury baseball also produced the NCCAA National Player of the Year in Walker Paris, alongside three Eagles named 2022 NCCAA All-Americans.
In his time at the helm Asbury baseball has become a program synonymous with development. The program takes pride in its ability to not only develop skilled players on the field, but also develop men of character off it.
Asbury baseball teams historic 2021 season sent the program to new heights and national recognition. The Eagles set a plethora of new team and individual records on their way to a program-best 38 wins. Asbury recorded a 52-16 (.765) record over the past two seasons, including a 14-4 start in 2020 which was the best start in the programs history before the year ended due to COVID-19. Their 14-4 record included multiple wins against top 25 ranked opponents.
Academically, AU Baseball was recognized by the American Baseball Coaches Association with the Team Academic Excellence Award after another successful year in the classroom. This marks the third consecutive year that AU has received the Team Academic Excellence Award. Additionally, Asbury was the only small college school in the state of Kentucky (NAIA, NCAA DIII, NCAA DII) to receive the award.
In 2019, Asbury created a historic season. A 24-22 record (the most wins since 2011) earned them their first spot in the River States Conference Tournament. Equally important is the number of young men who graduated from Asbury University. In that same period, more than 10 student athletes have received their degrees. Its about more than just baseball for Coach Cervantes, and it shows.
As a result of the 2019 season, Asbury baseball had five players named to the River States All Conference-Team, the most in the Cervantes era, including being named the River States Coach of the Year. He is the first coach in Asbury Baseball history to be given this award. Probably more impressive than the athletic performance is the academic performance. Nine Asbury players were named to the All-River States Conference Academic Team, and three of those were honored with NAIA Scholar-Athlete status.
The lines of the development of the program run directly through Coach Cervantes. He takes such pride in the development of men of faith, men of character, and winners on the field. In his words For me, coaching is about more than the game of baseball. Its an opportunity and a responsibility to make a positive impact on young men. Ive learned that a coach who demonstrates strong Christian leadership has the ability to make a lifelong impact on his players and develop them into Christs ambassadors to the world.
During his tenure at Asbury, the program has had numerous players earn All-Conference recognition, with most of his players graduating with their degrees. The interesting and beautiful thing about Coach Cervantes is the obvious unseen. The job he does daily making sure he pours into his players is unique. There is a focus on God, our Savior, as much as there is a focus on academics, and as much as there is a focus on winning. Its this daily consistency that laid the foundation for the programs current success.
2016 was the first year it was becoming clear Coach Cervantes was making the developmental progress he envisioned. The Eagles doubled their win total from the 2015 season, finishing with a 22-29 record. That season included multiple wins against a Top 25 ranked Rio Grande (OH) team, and an impressive 13-4 streak in the middle of the season.
Cervantes, originally from Whittier, Calif., was drafted by the New York Mets in 1987 out of high school, but instead opted to play in college. He played first base at Oklahoma State from 1988 to 1990, during which time the Cowboys made the NCAA tournament three times and reached the national title game in 1990. In April 1988 he was named as the Big Eight Conference player of the week and was a two-time Academic All-Big Eight Conference selection (1989 and 1990). He transferred to the University of Kentucky for his senior season and earned second-team All-Southeastern Conference honors in 1991 for the Wildcats.
He went on to sign with the Seattle Mariners and played two seasons in the minor leagues before becoming a coach in the Mariners minor-league system. He later established a private baseball coaching business in Stillwater, Okla. and worked as an assistant coach at Stillwater High School in 2011 and 2012. Prior to coming to Asbury, Cervantes served as an assistant at Oklahoma Christian University from 2012 until 2014, helping the Eagles finish '14 with a 38-17-1 record.
Coach Cervantes resides in Wilmore, Kentucky with his wife Jami and their lab Jackie. They have three grown children Mikayla (25), Jacob (22) and Mia (20).
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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Parent
My son attending your camp over the weekend and I must tell you that it was an amazing experience for both of us. I was very impressed with the one on one contact with the coaches representing California. This camp has opened my son's eyes to all the talented ball players that are competing for baseball positions within the organizations. He was given guidance to improve his performance on the field as well as in the classroom. I am so glad we were able to take part in this camp, again it was an amazing experience. Also, the attention given to the parents on understanding the process and knowing what to expect was an eye opener to us. I truly look forward to the next one and cannot wait to see how my son has improved on the field. He is also working on improving his GPA, like you mentioned it about their transcripts not how fast they can throw. Thank you for the wonderful insight and we look forward to future camps with ExactSports.
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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.
Coach
This camp was unique in that it embraced a competitive atmosphere for the majority of the time the kids were out on the field. It enabled the coaches to see not only a players skills on the diamond, but their competitive make up as well. This aspect of the EXACT Baseball Camp keeps the day up tempo and fun for everyone involved.
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This is a sample schedule. Registered athletes will receive a final schedule prior to camp.
