Graham Sikes

Assistant Coach

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Michigan State

Division 1

Sikes primarily works with the Spartan outfielders and hitters while also coordinating the base running program. In his first two seasons on the Spartan staff, Sikes has played an integral role in helping the Spartans win the Big Ten Championship in 2011 and earn a berth in the NCAA Tournament in 2012. During his tenure at MSU, the Spartans have had 23 MLB Draft selections, including a program-record eight in 2015. Sikes helped tutor a Spartan offense that posted the Big Ten's third-best batting average (.283) in 2016. For the second straight year, MSU also produced a league batting champion as Jordan Zimmerman's .376 average in Big Ten play led all players. Ryan Krill was the 2015 Big Ten batting champ, hitting .451 in league games. In 2015, the Spartans posted a .290 team batting average, which ranked third in the Big Ten, while MSU's .422 slugging percentage was second best in the league. The Spartans also combined for 45 home runs, which ranked third in the conference. Sikes helped the Spartan offense rank in the top half of the conference in several key categories in 2014, including ranking first in stolen bases with 88 - the second-highest total in program history. Individually, Anthony Cheky led the Big Ten in steals with 29, while Bliase Salter ranked third in RBIs with 50. The Spartans ranked in the top four in the Big Ten in in 2013 in several key offensive categories, including: batting average (.281), slugging percentage (.377) and on-base percentage (.357). Spartan hitters also struck out fewer times than any other team in the league. In 2012, Michigan State ranked in the top three in the Big Ten Conference in batting average (.297), on-base percentage (.378), runs (345), hits (645), RBIs (319), walks (228) and total bases (858). In addition, MSU finished 16th in the nation in hits and 35th in batting average. The 645 hits were the second most in a single-season in MSU history, while the 356 runs were eighth most, the 97 doubles tied for ninth most, and the 319 RBIs were 10th most in the school record books. During Sikes' first season in 2011, Michigan State led the Big Ten and ranked seventh in the nation with a .318 batting average. The Spartans also ranked among the conference's leaders in hits (first with 639), slugging (second at .427), on-base percentage (second at .385), runs scored (second with 348), RBIs (second with 317) and doubles (second with 115). In addition, the Spartans were fourth in the Big Ten with 77 stolen bases, which also ranked seventh most in an MSU season. Spartan center fielder Brandon Eckerle, a first-team All-Big Ten selection, not only won the Big Ten batting title with his .379 average, but was also one of the top defensive players in the nation. The Spartan outfield helped MSU turn in an overall fielding percentage of .976, which was tops in the Big Ten and 24th in the nation. Prior to arriving in East Lansing, Sikes spent three seasons (2008-10) as the volunteer assistant coach at Notre Dame and has also coached at James Madison, Young Harris (Ga.) College, Nicholls State and Independence Community College (KS). Throughout his career, Sikes has coached 71 players who have been selected in the Major League Baseball Draft, including seven who have reached the Major Leagues. While at Notre Dame, Sikes primarily coached the catchers and outfielders and coached 14 players who were drafted during his three seasons at Notre Dame. In working with the Irish catchers, Sikes tutored Cameron McConnell, who threw out 26 base stealers in 2009 - the seventh most in the nation. In addition, Sikes coached Will Harford, who was selected in the 45th round by the Cincinnati Reds in the 2010 MLB Draft. An assistant at James Madison for the 2007 season, Sikes helped instruct the Dukes hitters while working directly with the catchers, the position he played at Liberty University. While at JMU, Sikes coached Kellen Kulbacki who was named First-Team All-American in 2006 & 2007, CAA Player of the Year in 2006 & 2007 and Co-National Player of the Year (NCAA).  Sikes previously was the recruiting coordinator, hitting coach and catcher's coach at Young Harris (Ga.) College in 2006, helping direct a Mountain Lions team that racked up 48 wins while being ranked eighth among the nation's junior college teams.  Sikes' first coaching position came in the fall of 2004, when he was named the assistant coach for Independence (Kan.) Community College and worked primarily with the team's hitters, catchers and outfielders. After the fall season at Independence, Sikes earned an assistant coaching position at Nicholls State (La.) University and went on to work with the team's catchers while assisting with the hitters during the 2005 season. From 2005-07, Sikes worked for the Pittsburgh Pirates as an associate MLB scout. Sikes was a four-year letterman at Liberty in Lynchburg, Va., helping lead the Flames to a pair of Big South Conference championships and two NCAA Regional appearances. During his career as the Flames' catcher, Sikes threw out better than 50 percent of attempted base-stealers. He started behind the plate for the team's win over Seton Hall in the South Atlantic Regional. Sikes earned his undergraduate degree from Liberty in 2002 and went on to earn a master's degree in health and physical education from Emporia (Kan.) State University in 2006. 45

David Miller

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La Salle

Division 1

Lasalle university head baseball coach.  Former 1st round draft pick by Cleveland Indians and A10 former a10 coach of the year

Kyle Brooks

Assistant Coach

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North Florida

Division 1

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.

Jeff Mayes

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Valparaiso

Division 1

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.

Ross Learnard

Assistant Coach/Director of Camps

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Illinois State

Division 1

Played junior college ball at Parkland College (15,16) and then at Purdue University (17,18). A 2x All-American pitcher out of the pen at Purdue and 3rd team all-Big Ten reliever in 2018. Also broke the single season ERA and saves record at Purdue. 




Moved into the operations role at Illinois State in 2018 when Steve Holm took over as head coach. 

Fred Reynolds

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Wofford

Division 1

Frederic Reynolds joined the Wofford staff as director of player development in July of 2023. He spent the previous season as a graduate student manager at Ole Miss. The team was 25-29 overall last season as he assisted with daily practices and operations. He also assisted the director of analytics with advance scouting of opponents. He received a masters of sports analytics from Ole Miss in 2023 with a concentration in sports business.

 

Frederic is a young man who has put in his time and has shown he is willing to work hard to make any program he touches better, said Edwards. He did a great job at Ole Miss and we are excited to see what he can do for our program.

 

A native of Pascagoula, Mississippi, he was a catcher at East Mississippi Community College during the 2019 and 2020 seasons, earning MACCC All-Academic first team honors. He was also a NJCAA first team Academic All-American. He earned his bachelor degree in biochemistry from Mississippi State in 2022, where he was a Presidential Scholar.

Chris Clare

Assistant Coach

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Winthrop

Division 1

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 

Chris Rodriguez

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Jacksonville (FL)

Division 1

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.

Kyle Sprague

Assistant Coach

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Cincinnati

Division 1

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.

Nick Wagner

Assistant Coach

[email protected]

Claremont McKenna

Division 3

2018 Assistant Coach Pasadena Poly HS (CIF Champions 2018)

2019 Head Coach Pasadena Poly HS (CIF Runner-Up)
2019 Catching Coach Providence Christian College
2020-Present Pitching/Catching Coach Claremont-Mudd-Scripps

Todd Carroll

Pitching Coach, Recruiting Coordinator

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Massachusetts Institute of Tech

Division 3

Carroll was named the MIT pitching coach in January of 2010.  He was named the NEIBA's assistant coach of the year in 2015.  No stranger to northeast baseball, he had previously been an assistant coach at UMass-Boston, Salem Community College and Harvard University. At UMass-Boston, Carroll helped the Beacons to their first winning record in school history in 2002. At Salem, both of Carroll's pitching staffs finished the year with earned run averages under four and in 2007, Harvard's pitching staff led the Ivy League by nearly a full run. At MIT his pitching staffs have consistently ranked among the best in Division III; in 2013-14 the Engineers finished among the top-20 in ERA, strikeout-to-walk ratio, WHIP and walks allowed per nine innings.

Carroll has also gained experience through summer baseball, coaching in three of the most prestigious leagues in the country. From 2002-2005 he was the pitching coach of the Mill City All Americans of the New England Collegiate Baseball League, working under current MIT assistant coach Chip Forrest. In 2007, Carroll served as an assistant coach with the Wareham Gatemen of the Cape Cod Baseball League, and in 2008, he served as the Head Coach of the Bennington Bombers of the New York Collegiate League. Carroll has also spent a year as an associate scout with the Major League Baseball scouting bureau. A noted clinic instructor, Carroll has worked clinics at Boston College, Harvard and the University of Arizona, amongst others. Sixty five of Carroll's former players have signed professional contracts, including Austin Filiere, the highest drafted D3 hitter from New England in over 30 years.

Nolan Parks

Assistant Baseball Coach

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Whitman

Division 3

Nolan Parks joined the Whitman baseball program in the summer of 2018 having spent the previous three years at Northern State University (Aberdeen, S.D.) as an assistant coach. During his first season with the program he served as the infield coach, and in his final two seasons he served as the teams hitting coach. The Wolves reached the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NCAA II) tournament in two of the three seasons he was on staff under head coach Dean Berry.
 
In addition to his coaching duties at Northern State, Parks became the head coach of the Aberdeen Smittys legion team in 2017. In his first, and only season as the head coach, he helped guide Aberdeen to its first state tournament appearance in five years, where they finished third.

Nolan played at Monterey Peninsula College and the University of Jamestown during his college career. While at MPC, he was a second team all-conference selection in 2013 and was a member of the first Coast Conference Championship team in 42 years. The Jimmies were North Star Athletic Association regular season conference champions in his two seasons on the team, and were ranked in the top 25 nationally, including a 2014 NAIA Tournament playoff berth.

Academically, Parks received his Bachelor of Arts degree in History with a minor in English from the University of Jamestown. In addition, he also received his master's degree in Sport Performance and Leadership from Northern State University.

Parks will coach the outfielders and assistant Tommy Richards in running the offense.

Tyler Womer

Assistant Baseball Coach

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Erskine

Division 2

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.

Tk Kiernan

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Sacred Heart

Division 1

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

Kristaps Aldins

Head Coach

[email protected]

Stevens Institute of Tech

Division 3

Aldins will start his sixth season as the head coach of the Stevens baseball program after five solid seasons to begin his career at Castle Point.

Aldins led the 2014 Ducks to their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2002 and secured the programs first-ever NCAA Regionals victory, a 10-3 triumph over Union College. Additionally Stevens has captured two regular season CUNYAC titles (2012 and 2013) and one CUNYAC championship tournament title (2014) during Aldins tenure. His 129 victories over his first five campaigns are the most in a five-year span at the college. After completing his first season with the Ducks and leading the team to a 24-18 record and a ten win improvement from the previous year, Aldins was named 2012 Empire 8 co-Coach of the Year.

In 2015 the Ducks set a program-record for wins with 29 and the coaching staff garnered Coaching Staff of the Year recognition from the Empire 8. Formerly an assistant coach at Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Aldins is the 10th coach in program history.
 
I am honored and humbled to be the head baseball coach of Stevens Institute of Technology, a college that has a rich tradition of supporting America's Pastime dating back to 1906 said Aldins. Stevens is a special place with a national reputation for both academic and athletic excellence and is located in a perfect area for our student-athletes, overlooking the skyline of New York City. It is especially amazing to call Hoboken home, a city that is considered by some as the Birthplace of Baseball. I am grateful to Russell Rogers and the search committee for giving me the opportunity to lead this program and become a member of the Stevens community. The 2014 and 2015 seasons were big steps forward for us and I am looking forward to continuing to help our baseball program rise to the top of the New York Region and accomplishing our current on-the-field goal of reaching the World Series.

Stevens Baseball completed the 2016 campaign with a 26-15 record and appeared in both the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA)/Collegiate Baseball Newspaper and d3baseball.com national polls at various points during the season. Additionally the Ducks finished the 2016 season ranked 5th in the New York Region. Notable victories included two triumphs over local powerhouse rival Kean University as well as three combined wins against World Series participants St. John Fisher and Keystone. Individual honors included senior Jayson Yano being named d3baseball.com All-American, Empire 8 Player of the Year, Empire 8 Pitcher of the Year, as well as many other accolades. Senior Nick Sieber and junior Zeph Walters also received All-Region honors. In 2016 the Ducks' schedule was ranked as the 27th toughest in the nation, continuing our program's commitment to playing the best competition possible.
 
The Ducks set a new program record with 29 victories in 2015 and appeared in both the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA)/Collegiate Baseball Newspaper and d3baseball.com national polls for the first time in over ten years. Additionally Stevens finished the season ranked third in the New York Region.Upon the conclusion of the season, junior received several major awards including d3baseball.com 2 nd Team All-American, d3baseball.com New York Region Player of the Year, Empire 8 Player of the Year, Empire 8 Pitcher of the Year, ABCA/Rawlings First Team All-Region, ECAC Upstate All-Star, and d3baseball.com First Team All-Region. Junior also was recognized by being named d3baseball.com Third Team All-Region.
 
Academically and off the field the Stevens baseball team also has continued to improve and shine. The Ducks baseball scholar-athletes posted a five-year best 3.563 team GPA in the spring 2016 semester and boast a 3.42 cumulative team GPA. For the seventh time in eight semesters, the Ducks were named an Empire 8 All-Academic team. Over the past five seasons baseball has participated in numerous initiatives including Stevens' Duckling Program, Hoboken Baseball Special Olympics, Friends of Jaclyn, Stevens Athletics' Brothers and Sisters Council, The Hoboken Boys & Girls Club, Hoboken Night Out, and The Hoboken Race.
 
Stevens 27-win NCAA Tournament campaign in 2014 resulted in the Ducks being ranked in numerous key categories including second nationally out of 369 schools in strikeouts per nine innings (9.6), second in hits allowed per nine innings (7.21), third in E.R.A. (2.27), third in strikeout to walk ratio (3.29), fifth in shutouts (5), tenth in stolen bases (113), and eighteenth in stolen bases per game (2.57). At the conclusion of the season seven student-athletes were named to the Empire 8 All-Conference Team, five to the CUNY All Conference Team, five New Jersey Collegiate Baseball Association (NJCBA) honorees (including D2/D3 Rookie Pitcher of the Year Zeph Walters), two to the D3baseball.com All-Region Team, and one to the ABCA All-Region Team.
 
Summer collegiate baseball achivements also continue to roll in for the Ducks as now senior right-handed pitcher/second baseman Jayson Yano was named to the 2015 Northwoods League All-Star Team en route to a stellar campaign for the Rochester Honkers franchise. Northwoods is considered by many to be the top summer collegiate baseball league in the nation. In summer 2014 Yano was named Perfect Game Collegiate League Pitcher of the Year, Third Team Summer All-American (only Division III player on this list), and the #30 Professional Pitching Prospect in the league. Yano's teammate Greg Jakusik, a junior left-handed pitcher, also spent the summer of 2015 with the Honkers and was one of the team's regular starters. Additionally senior Robert Robbins, a right-handed pitcher, played for the Forest City Owls of the equally prestigious Coastal Plain League. Robbins had an excellent 2015 summer finishing the season with a 6-3 win/loss record and a 3.80 E.R.A. against some of the best hitters in the nation. Fellow junior Zeph Walters also played for the Owls and batted a very respectable .263 in the wood-bat-only league. In addition to Northwoods, Coastal Plain, and Perfect Game, the Ducks have had placements in several top exposure environments including the Cal Ripken Collegiate Baseball League, Futures Collelegiate Baseball League, Texas Collegiate League, New York Collegiate Baseball League, Beach League and South Florida Collegiate Baseball League. Year round commitment to the game of baseball has quickly become a cornerstone of the Stevens Baseball experience.
 
The Ducks 23 victories in 2013 marked the eighth time in the previous ten seasons in which the Stevens baseball program has eclipsed the 20-win plateau. Aldins guided nine student-athletes (the most in school history) to Empire 8 All-Conference recognition, which included Empire 8 Co-Rookie of the Year, Jayson Yano. Junior Dan Allen racked up post season honors as he was named NJCBA Fireman of the Year and was a First-Team All-State Selection. Allen was also a D3Baseball.com and American Baseball Coaches Association/Rawlings All-Region performer in the New York Region in addition to being recognized as a First-Team Empire 8 honoree.
 
In 2012, Aldins first year at the helm of the Ducks, Stevens posted a 24-18 record, a ten-win improvement from the previous season. This turnaround resulted in Aldins and his staff garnering Empire 8 co-Coaching Staff of the Year honors. Stevens was named the No. 1 seed in the six-team ECAC Metro Tournament and advanced all the way to the tournament's championship game where the Ducks lost 2-1 in extra innings. During the year, Stevens tallied seven wins against regionally ranked teams. The Ducks also had seven wins against teams that went on to compete in the 2012 NCAA tournament. Stevens' strength of schedule was rated as the 35th most difficult in the nation amongst 371 teams. At the conclusion of the season senior first baseman Matt Glassman was named to the CoSIDA/Capital One Academic All-America Team. Additionally, a Stevens baseball player was recognized as either the Empire 8 Conference Player or Pitcher of the Week on eight separate occasions - the most in program history.
 
Prior to his appointment at Stevens, Aldins spent two seasons in Cambridge, Mass. at Harvard University, under head coach Joe Walsh. In addition to his on-the-field and recruiting duties, he also served as the director and owner of the Rising Star Academic Prospect Camp. This annual event served as a feeder system that helped attract top-notch student athletes to Harvard.

While at Harvard, Aldins was responsible for the placement of the Crimson's players in some of the top summer collegiate leagues in the country including the Cape Cod League, Northwoods League, and many others. During the summer of 2011 he served as the director of the Cape Cod League Tryout in Wareham, Mass. He also has experience as an assistant coach for the North Shore Navigators of the New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL), enjoying two playoff appearances in consecutive seasons, helping the team to an overall 46-37 record, and assisting in the development of nine future Major League Baseball (MLB) draft picks.
 
Aldins also is the current Head Coach for the Latvian National team, which he coached in the 2014 European Championship Qualifier in Ljubljana, Slovenia. While there the club competed against the national teams from Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Norway, Romania, and Slovenia. Aldins led Latvia to its first-ever National Team victories over Norway (10-7) and Hungary (12-4). Latvia was also leading 3-0 in the 6 th inning versus tournament champion Israel and lost a tight 6-to-2 contest versus Pool B Qualifier Slovenia. In the November, 2014 International Baseball Federation (IBAF) World Rankings Latvia moved up six spots, the fifth biggest jump in the world from 2013 to 2014.
 
During the 2014 Qualifier, Aldins, who is a dual citizen, also competed as a player. He posted a 1-0 record in 11.0 innings with an ERA of 0.00 as a pitcher. He also batted .750 on the tournament with seven runs scored, eight walks, three hit by pitches, and a .933 on base percentage. In the summer of 2011 he managed the team in Antwerp, Belgium where Latvia competed in the Qualifier against Austria, Belgium, Poland and Slovakia. Aldins organized and planned the first-ever Major League Baseball Envoy assignment to Latvia to help develop the talent, skill and awareness of baseball within the country. The Envoy assignment, which took place both in 2011 and 2014, also played a large role in helping the national team prepare for the European Qualifier appearance. MLB Envoy has helped make significant strides for the sport in Latvia and has motivated the national team members to develop a youth system.
 
Before traveling overseas and stepping on Harvards campus, Aldins was the pitching coach and recruiting coordinator at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from 2005-09. Aldins oversaw a pitching staff of 16 student-athletes and helped lead the Engineers to a school-record 25 victories in 2009 and two appearances in the NEWMAC Tournament finals. In his tenure at MIT, he developed one NEWMAC Player of the Year, one Academic All-American and numerous All-New England and all-conference performers.
 
Aldins inherited a program on Castle Point that strives to compete for an Empire 8 title each season. With strong nationally recognized teams to the likes of Ithaca College and St. John Fisher College in the conference, it will be a challenge, but Aldins looks forward to the opportunity.
 
We will strive every day to live up to our teams three core covenants of family, passion and perseverance. If we can do this I have no doubt that we will annually compete for an Empire 8 championship, an NCAA Tournament bid, and a shot at the World Series expressed Aldins.
 
As a collegiate player, Aldins competed at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. and was a three-time All-Academic student-athlete as well as the 2005 Liberty League Player of the Year his senior season. His accolades kept piling up in 05, as he was named First-Team ABCA/Rawlings New York State All-Region and was selected to the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Upstate All-Star team. Aldins' teammates voted him as the MVP, Hitter and Pitcher of the Year for the Brewers. He graduated from Vassar with a double major in history and Russian studies in 2005 and authored A History of Vassar Baseball, a paper depicting the rise of Brewers baseball from club to varsity status.
 
Aldins received his Masters Degree in Sports Leadership from Northeastern University in June, 2011.
 
Currently he is serving as the ABCA NCAA Division III New York Region Organization Committee Chair and has also represented the Empire 8 as the conference's Sports Chair for baseball and the CUNYAC as the Games Committee Chair.

Craig Hanson

Head Coach

[email protected]

Dickinson

Division 3

Hanson joined the Red Devil coaching staff in the fall of 2006 following a two-year stint at Division I Davidson College, in Davidson, N.C. In his second season at Davidson, Hanson stepped into the role of top assistant and helped the offense explode into the national rankings. The team was in the top 25-nationally in most offensive statistics, including team batting average and homeruns per game. Prior to his time at Davidson, Hanson served as the director of baseball operations for Stanford University. There he was an integral member of the 2004 Cardinal team that advanced to the NCAA tournament and spent the majority of the season ranked No. 1 in the nation. He coordinated certain aspects of recruiting, assisted in running practices and managed field duties. Hanson also provided individual hitting instruction and was responsible for electronically charting pitch sequence and elevation during games. Hanson is a 2003 graduate of Middlebury College in Vermont where he received his B.A. in psychology. While at Middlebury, Hanson was a two-sport athlete. He was four-year first baseman, designated hitter and pitcher on the baseball team and played football during the 1999 and 2000 seasons. During the summers of his collegiate years, Hanson stayed in Middlebury and served as an assistant coach and hitting instructor for the Addison County American Legion team, comprised of 15-18 year olds. Since his arrival in Carlisle, Hanson has dedicated himself to the recruitment of talented student-athletes nationwide. The Red Devils broke the school record for wins in a season, in both 2011 and 2012. Under Hanson, the Red Devils have virtually rewritten the school record book, filling the top ten in numerous categories, producing the Centennial Conference Pitcher of the Year in 2008. In 2015, the Red Devils broke school records for stolen bases and runners picked-off. The team played in two the of the longest games in both program and conference history, outlasting Ursinus 3-2, in an 18-inning affair in 2013. The went 16 innings at Haverford College in 2014, suffering the loss in a 17-16 thriller.

Blake Allen

Head Coach

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DePauw

Division 3

Blake Allen was named the DePauw University head baseball coach in August 2016.

Career Highlights
A former DePauw student-athlete and assistant coach, he was most recently a baseball assistant at Vanderbilt UniversityServed two stints (2004-08 and 2015-16) for a total of five seasons with the CommodoresAllen's responsibilities included first base coach, assistant hitting coach, bullpen coach and catching coach.With Vanderbilt the team appeared in four NCAA regionals with a 210-101 overall record including a Southeastern Conference championship.45 student-athletes were selected in the MLB draft including two MLB All-Stars and 12 total players currently or previously competing in the majorsVanderbilt players earned 50 All-SEC Academic accolades and 10 all-America honors during that timeAllen was an assistant baseball coach and recruiting coordinator for seven seasons (2009-15) at Western Kentucky Oversaw the Hilltoppers' as its hitting, pitching, and catching coachThe team was ranked in the NCAA Division I Top 25 three different seasons and made one NCAA regional appearance with one Sun Belt Conference titleThe team posted 10 consecutive semesters of at least a 3.0 grade point average with six Academic All-America® honorees.A total of 21 student-athletes were selected in the MLB draft and Hilltoppers players garnered seven All-America honors and 22 all-conference accolades during those seven seasons.For two seasons (2001-2003) came back to DePauw to serve as an assistant baseball couch and for one season coached footballWas an assistant coach for both baseball and football at Franklin College for the 2003-04 year and served as recruiting coordinator
Academic Highlights
Earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Blackburn College ('01)Earned a Master of Science degree from Indiana State University 
 

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Pat Horvath

Head Coach/Coordinator of Community Engagement

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Jefferson

Division 2

Horvath has turned a five-win program into a perennial contender for the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Tournament.
In 2016, Horvath led the Rams to their best season in 21 seasons as Philadelphia racked up 23 victories and reached the championship game of the CACC Tournament for the first time since joining the conference in 2005. The 23 victories are the most for the team since a 25-win campaign in 1995. Philadelphia had one of the top offenses in the conference, leading the CACC in home runs (42) and ranking second in batting average (.283), slugging percentage (.421), hits (470), runs (303), doubles (86), total bases (700), walks (189), and runs batted in (269).
Pitcher/second baseman Fernando Garza was named the CACC Player of the Year and became the programs first All-American since 1998 with his selection to the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA), National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA), and Division II Conference Commissioners Association All-America teams. First baseman Steven Wells earned a place on the All-CACC first team, and ABCA and NCBWA All-East Region teams.
The Rams had a 17-23 overall record during the 2014 campaign and went 9-11 against the conference, missing the CACC Tournament by a single game. Philadelphia had John Sczepanski and Ken McCormick named to the All-CACC first team, marking the first time since 2008 that the Rams had two all-conference first-team players. McCormick went on to receive Daktronics Division II All-East Region second team recognition. Jordan Force was tabbed for the 2014 East Region American Baseball Coaches Association/Rawlings Gold Glove second team.
Philadelphia took major steps in the right direction in 2013. The Rams went 19-28-1, qualified for the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Tournament for the first time since 2008, and won the Bill Giles Invitational Tournament for the first time in 11 seasons with an 11-6 victory over Wilmington at Citizens Bank Park.
The 2012 season saw the Rams post an 11-33 overall record, a six-win improvement from Horvaths first season with the team. Center fielder Rick Reigner was tabbed All-CACC honorable mention and the team earned the conferences Team Sportsmanship Award.
Before coming to East Falls, Horvath spent the 2010 season as an assistant coach at Division I Rider University, where he worked with the catchers and also served as the third base coach. In his one season at Rider, the Broncs won the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference crown and went to the NCAA Regional Tournament in Austin, Texas.
In 2009, Horvath was the head coach at Santa Fe Catholic High School in Lakeland, Fla. He spent two seasons with San Diego Christian College (SDCC) as the head coach in 2008 and an assistant in 2007. At SDCC, Horvath had two players selected in the 2008 Major League Baseball Amateur Draft and the team had a cumulative grade point average of 3.0. Horvath also has coaching experience at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and Palm Beach Atlantic University, his alma mater.
At Palm Beach Atlantic, where he graduated in 2004 with a degree in history, Horvath was a catcher for the Sailfish during the 2002 and 2003 seasons. Horvath also attended Faulkner State Community College in Alabama.
Horvath resides in Huntingdon Valley, Pa., with his wife Jackie and two sons.
Pat Horvath's Coaching Record

Chris Reardon

Head Coach

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Queens

Division 2

Reardon completed his third season as head coach of the baseball team in 2016, and his tenth overall as a collegiate coach after enjoying a lengthy period at Caldwell University. At Queens, Reardon has compiled a 45-68 overall record after the Knights finished the 2016 season 22-26 and 9-15 in conference play, continuing a steady climb up the conference and region ladder. The Knights' 22 victories in 2016 were the most by a QC squad since the 1998 campaign.  The season was a marked improvement for the Knights, who scored more runs, stole more bases, collected more extra bases hits and registered higher team batting, on-base and slugging percentage.  The pitching staff struck out more batters and pitched to a lower earned run average than last season.  Four players tallied over forty hits and drove in over 20 runs. 
A Queens College graduate, Reardon returned to his alma mater in August 2013 following previous stints at the aforementioned Caldwell University, the New Jersey Institute of Technology and St. Johns University. While playing for the Knights baseball team and head coach Ed Tatarian during the 1997 and 1998 seasons, Reardon was tremendously successful, pitching for the top-ranked team in the region in 1998 and leading the team to a 29-9 overall record in addition to being selected to the All-Conference team that same year.   At the conclusion of his playing career, Reardon moved to the coaching ranks, accepting a volunteer position on head coach Ed Blankmeyers staff at St. Johns. With the Red Storm, Reardon assisted in all areas for a team that finished the 2000 season 31-22 and 13-13 in Big East play. Reardons time at St. Johns propelled him to the head coaching position at Division II Caldwell University in New Jersey. During his eight seasons in charge, the Cougars won 176 games, were two-time champions of the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference in 2004 and 2008, and made three appearances in the NCAA Tournament. Reardon also coached 37 All-Conference selections at Caldwell and spearheaded the Cougars to finish first in the conference in batting average and team earned run average in 2007 and 2008. After Caldwell, Reardon returned to the Division I level spending two seasons at NJIT before coaching at Boonton High School in New Jersey. He also spent a year as manager of the Jersey Pilots in the Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League. Outside of the dugout, Reardon directed the prestigious New Jersey Super 17 program in Flemington, which develops some of the top players in the state and surrounding area. Reardon graduated from Queens College in 1998 with a degree in History. He is married to his wife, Stephanie, and is the father to his nine-year-old daughter, Madison Faith.