2025 Coastal Baseball Yearbook

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COASTAL BASEBALL 2025

The Sun Belt Conference (SBC) has established itself as a leader among intercollegiate athletics leagues since its move to the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) in 2001. Founded in 1976, the Sun Belt now features 14 dynamic member institutions across 10 contiguous states. The Sun Belt boasts broad-based excellence across its 18 sponsored sports, in the classroom and in the communities across the league’s footprint. The Sun Belt supports more than 5,500 student-athletes in sponsoring 18 NCAA sports.

THE SUN BELT’S 14 MEMBER INSTITUTIONS INCLUDE:

• App State

• Arkansas State

• Coastal Carolina

• Georgia Southern

• Georgia State

• James Madison

• Louisiana

• ULM

• Marshall

• Old Dominion

• South Alabama

• Southern Miss

• Texas State

• Troy

2025 COASTAL CAROLINA BASEBALL SCHEDULE

MARCH

MARCH (cont’d)

2025 COASTAL CAROLINA BASEBALL SCHEDULE

APRIL

Cullen McKay RHP Jr. R/R 6-1 210 Norfolk, Va. Virginia

26 Riley Eikhoff RHP R-Sr. R/R 5-10 185 Bristow, Va. Patriot

27 Freddy Rodriguez INF Jr. R/R 5-10 160 Wellington, Fla. Barry University

29 Matthew Potok RHP R-Jr. R/R 6-4 220 Jackson, N.J. Jackson Memorial

30 Andrew Bowers RHP So. R/R 6-2 215 Mount Pleasant, S.C. Oceanside Collegiate

31 Scott Doran RHP Fr. R/R 6-4 220 Erdenheim, Pa. William Penn Charter

32 Ryan Perez OF So. L/R 5-9 190 Greenwich, Conn. Longwood

33 Tadan Bell LHP R-So. L/L 6-2 197 Columbus, Neb. Columbus

34 Dawson Newman LHP Fr. L/L 6-1 180 Chesapeake, Va. Great Bridge

35 Chance Mako RHP So. R/R 6-5 190 Salisbury, N.C. NC State

36 Dylan Hansen RHP Fr. R/R 6-0 200 Exton, Pa. Downington East

37 Kylen Watson OF Fr. L/R 6-0 195 Lititz, Pa. Manheim Central

38 Elias Holbert RHP R-Jr. R/R 6-4 244 Sherwood, Ore. Everett C.C.

39 Darin Horn RHP R-Jr. R/R 6-4 200 Bluffton, S.C. May River

40 Dominick Carbone LHP So. L/L 5-10 180 Rocky Point, N.Y.

Oliver Ellison RHP So. R/R 6-1 199 Knoxville, Md.

Point

43 Matt Joyce RHP R-Sr. R/R 5-11 185 Braintree, Mass. St. Sebastian’s

44 Kaleb Huffman 1B/OF Jr. L/L 5-11 210 Locust Grove, Ga. Gordan State College

45 Luke Jones RHP Fr. R/R 5-10 185 Greenville, S.C. JL Mann

47 Hudson Lance

Amanda Roithmayr

Michael

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Matt Pepin

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THE SCHNALL FILE

Hometown

Alma Mater

KEVIN SCHNALL HEAD COACH

FIRST SEASON AS HEAD COACH • 22ND SEASON AT COASTAL

COACHING CAREER

Mercerville, N.J.

Coastal Carolina ‘99

Wife Megan (Magee)

Children Sydney, Fallon, Jayden

Kevin Schnall enters his first season as Coastal Carolina’s baseball head coach, his 22nd year at his alma mater.

He takes the reins from Gary Gilmore, who retired after the 2024 campaign following a 29-year career at the helm for the Chants.

Schnall previous served as the program’s associate head coach (2015-24) and assistant coach (2001-12). He played catcher for the Chanticleers from 1995-99 and was inducted into the George F. “Buddy” Sasser Athletics Hall of Fame in 2005.

In 2024, the Chants led the Sun Belt Conference in runs and RBI and ranked first in the league in batting average, runs scored, hits, doubles, RBI, total bases, slugging percentage, and on-base percentage in 2023.

Schnall has mentored 10 players who have earned conference Player of the Year Honors. Under Schnall’s guidance, Daniel Bowman set CCU career records for hits, RBI, and total bases, while Matt Beaird ended his career behind the plate as Coastal’s career and single-season leader in runners caught stealing.

The Chants have led the conference in home runs in 12 of Schnall’s seasons on staff and have been the league leaders in runs scored 12 times, including each of the past two seasons.

CCU has scored at least 500 runs seven times in Schnall’s last 14 seasons on staff after failing to crack 500 in each of the program’s first 22 seasons.

The 1999 Big South Conference Player of the Year, Schnall set the CCU single-season record for on-base percentage

and was hired by his alma mater as an assistant coach in 2001. He coached at Coastal from 2001-12 before spending three seasons as UCF’s hitting instructor and recruiting coordinator. Schnall returned to CCU in 2016 and helped guide the Chanticleers to a national championship in his first season back on staff. The Chants swept the regular season and Big South Tournament titles before winning the NCAA Raleigh Regional and the NCAA Baton Rouge Super Regional en route to the program’s first trip ever to the College World Series in Omaha, Neb.

Twice, Schnall has been recognized by Baseball America in a survey of the nation’s head coaches as one of the nation’s top assistant coaches, ranking seventh prior to the 2013 season and sixth in another poll that came out in December of 2017. In the summer of 2018, Schnall was named one of the top assistant coaches in the NCAA as D1Baseball.com released its list of the top 15 premier assistant coaches for 2018. Since returning to CCU as the recruiting coordinator in 2016, the Chants have had three classes ranked nationally by Collegiate Baseball (2017, 2018, 2019), D1Baseball (2018), Baseball America (2018), and Perfect Game (2019) with the 2018 class perhaps the most highly rated recruiting class in Coastal history at No. 14 (D1Baseball), No. 18 (Collegiate Baseball), and No. 25 (Baseball America).

Offensively, the Chants ranked in the top five in the Sun Belt in 2023 in a number of statistical categories, including first in runs (528), RBI (494), sacrifice flies (36), and batters hit by pitch (132). CCU also ranked second in the conference in walks (325), doubles per game (2.10), and on-base percentage (.418) The Chants were also third in batting average (.296), doubles (128), hits (609), home runs (89), home runs per game (1.46), and runs per game (8.7) on the season.

In 2020, Schnall served as acting head coach during the absence of Gilmore, helping Coastal go 11-5 in the pandemicshortened season.

During his three seasons at UCF, Schnall was responsible for a trio of nationally ranked recruiting classes and helped Chris Taladay earn Conference USA Player of the Year honors.

In Schnall’s first stint in Conway, the Chanticleers made 11 NCAA Tournament appearances in 12 years, advancing to the NCAA Super Regionals in 2008 and 2010. The Chants were No. 1 seeds in four NCAA Regionals and were the No. 4 national seed in 2010.

From 2001-12, Schnall helped guide Coastal to eight Big South regular-season championships and eight Big South tournament titles.

A native of Mercerville, N.J., Schnall posted a .360 career batting average during his time at Coastal Carolina. He became the program’s first NCBWA All-American, earning second-team honors in 1999, and was Coastal’s first and only finalist for the R.E. “Bob” Smith Award, given to the College Player of the Year.

After college, Schnall was drafted by Cincinnati in the 25th round and spent two seasons playing professionally, batting .322 in the minor leagues.

He is married to the former Megan Magee. The couple has two daughters, Sydney and Fallon, and a son, Jayden.

CHAD OXENDINE

ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH / RECRUITING COORDINATOR

FORMER CCU PLAYER AND STAFF MEMBER CHAD OXENDINE RETURNS TO CONWAY AS THE BASEBALL PROGRAM’S ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH AND RECRUITING COORDINATOR.

Oxendine returns to his alma mater after three seasons as the head coach at Longwood (2022-24).

He has helped lead his teams to four conference titles and four NCAA Regionals, including back-to-back Sun Belt championships (2018, 2019) and a Big South championship (2012) at Coastal and a Colonial Athletic Association title (2006) with UNCW. He has career stops at Alabama, Coastal Carolina, Longwood, Richmond, UNC Wilmington and in pro baseball.

A 2004 graduate of Coastal Carolina, he helped guide Longwood to 20 or more wins in each of his three seasons as head coach. His also spent time as an assistant coach with the Lancers from 2015-17.

Oxendine previously worked at CCU from 2018-21 as the director of baseball of operations director of player development, operations, and analytics. He was the Chanticleers volunteer assistant in 2012.

Oxendine spent the 2011 season as the hitting coach for the Myrtle Beach Pelicans, a High-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers and three years as an assistant coach at Richmond from 2008-10. That stint at Richmond was his first full-time coaching job following a pair of volunteer assistant coach roles at Alabama in 2007 and UNC Wilmington in 2006.

A decorated catcher at Coastal Carolina from 200104, Oxendine helped the Chanticleers capture four consecutive Big South titles and advance to an NCAA Regional every year. An All-Big South second team and All-Big South Tournament selection as a senior, Oxendine was a career .281 hitter while playing in 198 games. Following his collegiate career, he played professionally with the Chicago White Sox short-season affiliate in the Appalachian League.

A native of Rowland, N.C., Oxendine graduated from Coastal Carolina with a bachelor’s degree in physical education. Oxendine is married to the former Adrienne Waack. He has two sons, CJ and Gavyn, and two daughters, Madison and Blakley.

MATT SCHILLING

ASSISTANT COACH — HITTING

COASTAL CAROLINA ‘94

MATT SCHILLING ENTERS HIS 20TH SEASON OVERALL ON THE CCU STAFF. HE COACHES THE INFIELDERS, WORKS WITH THE HITTERS AND IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE CHANTICLEER BASEBALL CAMPS.

Schilling played at Coastal from 1993-94, served as an assistant coach for the Chants from 1995-00 and returned to his alma mater to serve as a volunteer assistant baseball coach in the summer of 2012.

During his time in Conway, Schilling has been part of the staff to guide Coastal to the 2016 NCAA National Championship along with nine NCAA Tournament appearances, six regular-season league championships and three conference tournament championship titles.

Both Coastal’s offense and defense have excelled, regularly finishing among the NCAA and Sun Belt Conference leaders in double plays turned and numerous offensive categories.

Schilling has 12 years of player development under his belt from his stint as senior director of on-field instruction at the Baseball Factory (Columbia, Md.) — where he worked one-on-one with many future college and professional players — from 2000-12. He also served three years as an associate scout with the Atlanta Braves, working under current Kansas City Royals General Manager J.J Picollo.

A two-sport student-athlete at Coastal, Schilling played baseball for John Vrooman and was a member of Paul Banta’s Coastal soccer team that advanced to the quarterfinals of the 1992 NCAA tournament. He earned first team All-Big South honors as a second baseman in 1994 and was a nominee for the Rotary Smith Award, which goes to the nation’s top collegiate player. In 1993, he helped the Chants win the Big South regular season championship.

After his playing days, Schilling was an assistant for Coach Vrooman for one season and stayed on for the first four seasons of the Gary Gilmore era.

A native of Hightstown, N.J., Schilling received his bachelor’s degree from Coastal Carolina in history in 1994. He and his wife, Colleen, have two sons, TJ and Brayden, and a daughter, Camden.

COACHES & STAFF

MATT WILLIAMS

ASSISTANT COACH — PITCHING LIMESTONE ‘13

TWENTY-YEAR VETERAN COLLEGIATE PITCHING COACH MATT WILLIAMS ENTERS HIS FIRST YEAR ON THE COASTAL CAROLINA STAFF AFTER SPENDING LAST SEASON AT SOUTH CAROLINA.

He has spent 19 years as a collegiate pitching coach and worked at South Carolina for one year after four seasons as the associate head coach/pitching coach at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va.

Williams has seen 38 pitchers sign professional contracts while five of his former pitchers have gone on to pitch in the majors. Four of his proteges have Conference Pitcher of the Year and numerous others go on to earn All-Conference honors.

Under Williams’ tutelage, Liberty advanced to the NCAA Tournament in both 2021 and 2022, advancing to the final of the 2021 Knoxville Regional and playing in the 2022 Gainesville Regional.

In 2019 Williams worked in a couple of different roles with the San Diego Padres. He began as an International Crosschecker before transitioning to pitching coach at Fort Wayne (Ind.) the Midwest League Affiliate of the Padres.

In five seasons as the pitching coach at UNCW, he helped lead the Seahawks to record-setting success on the mound. He worked with 17 pitchers that would hear their names selected in the Major League Baseball Draft.

At UNCW, Williams helped the Seahawks to three NCAA regional championship games (Baton Rouge, 2015; Columbia, 2016; Greenville, 2018).

Prior to UNCW Williams worked eight years as the Pitching Coach and Recruiting Coordinator at Junior College Power Spartanburg Methodist where he helped the Pioneers make four trips (2007,2009,2012,2013) to the NJCAA World Series in Grand Junction Colorado.

Williams prepped at Lancaster High School (S.C.) before moving on to Spartanburg Methodist College where he helped his sophomore class to 101 victories in two years and a trip to the NJCAA World Series. He is a graduate of Limestone College with a degree in Liberal Studies.

Williams and his wife, Denton have a three-year-old son, Calahan.

CAROLINA ‘04

MICKEY BEACH

DIRECTOR/BASEBALL OPERATIONS

COASTAL CAROLINA ‘18

Mickey Beach returns to Coastal Carolina after a four-year stint at Longwood University as an assistant coach. He will be the Director of Baseball Operations under new head coach Kevin Schnall.

He joined the Longwood baseball staff as a volunteer assistant before becoming a full-timer in 2022. In 2023, he helped the team post its best-ever fielding percentage.

Beach joined Longwood in the summer of 2021 from his alma mater at Coastal Carolina, where he had spent five years on staff as both a graduate assistant and a student manager, helping the Chants win a pair of Sun Belt titles, including the conference tournament in both 2018 and 2019.

He earned a pair of master’s degrees at CCU while also fulfilling coaching duties that included assisting infielders, liaising with the analytics team and directing the student managers.

Beach is married to former Coastal Carolina beach volleyball player Anaiah Boyer.

MATT PEPIN

DIRECTOR/BASEBALL ANALYTICS

COASTAL CAROLINA ‘24

Matt Pepin — a former Coastal Carolina student manager — returns to Conway in his first season as the director of analytics for the Chants baseball program under new head coach Kevin Schnall.

As a student manager, Pepin managed the nine-person analytics and video staff, providing data for the coaching staff and players, including scouting reports, positioning reports, player development insights, and breaking down film throughout the season.

“His recent work at Coastal as a student manager has demonstrated his tireless work ethic and the significant value he brings to our program,” stated Schnall. “To succeed in college baseball, it is essential to provide student-athletes and coaches with all the analytical data they need to perform at their best.”

Pepin graduated in May 2024 with a bachelor’s degree in recreation and sport management.

COACHES & STAFF

TYLER SHEWMAKER

DIRECTOR/PLAYER DEVELOPMENT AND RECRUITING KENTUCKY WESLEYAN ‘16

Tyler Shewmaker enters his first season with the Chanticleers after having spent the last three seasons as an assistant coach with the Vanderbilt baseball program.

In his third season with the Commodores, Shewmaker helped lead Vanderbilt to its 18th consecutive NCAA Tournament berth, appearing in the NCAA Clemson Regional. Vanderbilt finished 2024 with a 38-23 overall record.

Prior to joining the Vanderbilt staff, Shewmaker spent two seasons as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for Campbell after serving as the volunteer assistant coach for one year and the director of baseball operations in his initial season. He also served as an assistant coach at his alma mater, Kentucky Wesleyan College, in 2017. H

As a player, Shewmaker was a career .306 hitter in three seasons at Kentucky Wesleyan. Between 34 hits, he tallied four doubles and three triples. He also drove in 17 runs and drew 17 walks.

CONNOR OWINGS

VOLUNTEER ASST. — PLAYER DEVELOPMENT COASTAL CAROLINA ‘16

Former Coastal Carolina University baseball standout

Connor Owings was added to the 2025 staff as volunteer assistant for player development.

Owings, a native of Gilbert, S.C., was a three-time All-Big South selection while playing at Coastal Carolina University. In 2016, he hit .352 with 16 homers and 57 RBI in leading the Chanticleers to the College Worlds Series championship, beating Arizona in the best-of-three series finale.

He recently had a playing stint with Ponce in the Roberto Clemente Professional Baseball League and Margarita in the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League.

Baseball-reference.com lists him as playing in 842 games during his career at all levels thus far, hitting 271 with 814 hits, 480 runs scored, 81 home runs and 118 doubles.

The 2016 Big South Player of the Year, Owings also snagged First-Team All-America honors from the ABCA and NCBWA.

AMANDA ROITHMAYR

ATHLETIC TRAINER USF ‘12

Amanda Roithmayr started working at Coastal Carolina University in August of 2023.

She oversees the Baseball and Golf teams.

Prior to Coastal, Amanda was the Intern Athletic Trainer for the LSU baseball team from 2021-2023.

During this time, she was a part of LSU Baseball’s 2023 national championship team. She also worked with the LSU dance team, the Tiger Girls, for the 2021-2022 season and won a national championship with them as well.

Amanda is originally from Tampa, Florida and received her Masters of Athletic Training degree from the University of South Florida.

COACHES & STAFF

MICHAEL THOMSON

SPEED, STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING PACIFIC ‘16

Michael Thomson joined the Coastal Carolina University as an assistant director of speed, strength and conditioning in February 2023. He works directly with the baseball and golf programs.

Thomson came to Coastal after working over two years as a strength and conditioning coach in the Baltimore Orioles organization. He worked specifically with the Orioles’ Rookie League in 2021, their High-A team in 2022, and most recently with their Double-A team in 2023. For his work, he was named the 2021 Florida Coast League Strength Coach of the Year (PBSCCS).

Prior to his time in professional baseball, Thomson worked at Clemson (2021) and Richmond (2018-20).

An NSCA-Certified strength and conditioning specialist, Thomson is a member of the National Strength and Conditioning Association. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in exercise science from Pacific University and earned his master’s degree in kinesiology from Long Beach State.

EQUIPMENT MANAGER CHARLOTTE ‘24

STUDENT MANAGER

STUDENT PITCHING ASSISTANT

ANDREW ARNDT

STUDENT MANAGER

STUDENT MANAGER

JORDAN BOWMAN
LIAM FODOR
BRYSON BAXTER
RILEY DONNELLY
JEREMY FAUCI
JUSTIN SALLADINO
MASON ZANDER
OWEN LALLY
JENNA PLESZ
RYAN PREMO
BROGAN REIHART

SPRINGS BROOKS STADIUM

STADIUM

• Baseball/Softball complex dedicated March 28, 2015 Baseball def. Winthrop (6-0) and Softball swept Winthrop (6-0 and 5-0)

• Baseball Commemoration May 21, 2016 CCU def. Campbell, 23-4 (7 innings)

VROOMAN FIELD (named for Irv and Bernice Vrooman and the Vrooman Family by former CCU head baseball coach, John Vrooman)

Dedicated March 13, 2004; CCU def. George Mason, 13-4

TD SPORTS COMPLEX (named for TD Bank and encompasses all CCU athletics facilities)

• Dedicated: Sept. 12, 2014

• First game: Feb. 13, 2015 — Maryland def. Western Kentucky, 7-3

• First CCU game: Feb. 13, 2015 — Coastal Carolina def. old Dominion, 4-0

CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE

• State approval for Phase I: Feb. 8, 2011

• State approval for Phase II: Dec. 15, 2011

• Fencing off of construction area: aug. 12, 2012

• Watson Stadium demolition: Sept. 12, 2012

• Official CCU Groundbreaking Ceremony: March 12, 2013 Construction began: March 26, 2013

COST: $15.2 million (combined cost for baseball and softball)

WELCOME TO THE PALACE!

SEATING: 2,500 permanent seats

CAPACITY: 3,463 (standing room only in main grandstand) 5,400 (with berms and City of Conway Boardwalk)

RECORD CROWD: 4,130 (Coastal Carolina vs. #10 Clemson, March 20, 2018)

DIMENSIONS: LF: 320 —

OUTFIELD WALL: 10 feet tall — Batter’s eye: 20 feet tall

VROOMAN FIELD

• Grass: Tifton 419 Bermuda (perennial rye over seed)

• Dirt: Custom blend of clay/silt/sand by Duraedge Products Inc.

• Foul territory/home plate: astro Turf Game Day 3-D

FEATURES

Team Club House • Team Locker Room • Coaches’ Locker Room

Umpire Locker Room • Former Player Locker Room

Coaches’ Offices • Athletic Training Room • Laundry Facility

Equipment Room • Interview Room/Player Enhancement Room

Luxury Suite • Party Deck • Two Grass Berms • Boardwalk

Two Concession Areas • Souvenir Shop • Ticket Office • Video Board/Scoreboard

Four Broadcast Booths • Media Booth • Game Operations Booth

STADIUM FIRSTS

FIRST PITCH (FEB. 13, 2015)

OVERALL: WKU’s John Harman (11:04 a.m. — Strike) vs. Maryland BY COASTAL: Alex Cunningham (4:15 p.m. — Strike) vs. Old Dominion

FIRST PLAY (FEB. 13, 2015)

OVERALL: Maryland’s Brandon Lowe lined out to WKU’s 2B Leiff Clarkson BY COASTAL: Old Dominion’s Nick Walker grounded out to CCU’s 2B Connor owings

FIRST HIT (FEB. 13, 2015)

OVERALL: Maryland’s Jose Cuas single up the middle (1st) vs. WKU BY COASTAL: Dalton Ewing bunt single to 3rd base (3rd) vs. Old Dominion

FIRST RUN SCORED (FEB. 13, 2015)

OVERALL: WKU’s Cody Wofford off Ryan Church double (1st) vs. Maryland BY COASTAL: Dalton Ewing off Michael Paez home run (3rd) vs. Old Dominion

FIRST RBI (FEB. 13, 2015)

OVERALL: WKU’s Ryan Church double scored Cody Wofford (1st) vs. Maryland BY COASTAL: Michael Paez’s two-run HR scored Dalton Ewing (3rd) vs. Old Dominion

FIRST DOUBLE (FEB. 13, 2015)

OVERALL: WKU’s Ryan Church to left field (1st) vs. Maryland BY COASTAL: Casey Schroeder off left-field fence (6th) vs. Old Dominion

FIRST TRIPLE (FEB. 13, 2015)

OVERALL: Maryland’s Kevin Smith down right-field line (4th) vs. WKU BY COASTAL: Anthony Marks down left-field line (3rd) vs. Old Dominion

FIRST HOME RUN (FEB. 13, 2015)

OVERALL: Maryland’s Anthony Papio hit a solo HR to right field (4th) vs. WKU BY COASTAL: Michael Paez two-run HR to left field (3rd) vs. Old Dominion

FIRST STRIKEOUT (FEB. 13, 2015)

OVERALL: Maryland’s LaMonte Wade (swinging) by WKU’s John Harman (1st) BY COASTAL: Old Dominion’s PJ Higgins (swinging) by CCU’s Alex Cunningham (1st)

FIRST WALK (FEB. 13, 2015)

OVERALL: Maryland’s andrew Bechtold (4-0) by John Harman of WKU (2nd) BY COASTAL: Zach Remillard (3-1) by Old Dominion’s Nick Hartman (6th)

FIRST WIN (FEB. 13, 2015)

OVERALL: Maryland’s Mike Shawaryn (6.0 IP — 3 H — 3 R — 3 ER — 2 BB — 7 K) vs. WKU BY COASTAL: Alex Cunningham (5.2 IP — 2 H — 0 R — 0 eR — 3 BB — 4 Ks) vs. ODU

FIRST SAVE (FEB. 13, 2015)

OVERALL: Maryland’s Brian Shaffer (3.0 IP — 1 H — 0 R — 0 eR — 1 BB — 2 Ks) vs. WKU BY COASTAL: Mike Morrison (0.1 IP — 0 H — 0 R — 0 eR — 0

— 1 K) vs. oDU

FIRST STOLEN BASE:

OVERALL: Maryland’s Jose Cuas stole second vs. WKU (1st) (Feb. 13, 2015) BY COASTAL: Connor Owings stole third vs. Canisius (5th) (Feb. 16, 2015)

FIRST GRAND SLAM:

OVERALL: Georgia Tech’s a.J. Murray cleared the batter’s eye (9th) vs. FIU (Feb. 21, 2015) BY COASTAL: David Parrett gave CCU a 6-1 lead (3rd) vs. Clemson (March 17, 2015)

FIRST TO CLEAR THE BATTER’S EYE:

OVERALL: Georgia Tech’s a.J. Murray grand slam (9th) vs. FIU (Feb. 21, 2015) BY COASTAL: Tyler Chadwick grand slam (4th) vs. Stetson (March 25, 2016)

FIRST WALK-OFF HOME RUN:

OVERALL: Ga. Tech’s Arden Pabst three-run HR to left (9th), beat a Albany 9-8 (Feb. 22, 2015) BY COASTAL: G.K. Young hit (1st pitch of 13th) RF line, beat West Va. 4-3 (Feb. 27, 2015)

The $1.2 million Boni Belle practice & hitting Facility, built adjacent to Springs Brooks Stadium, includes a full, artificial turf practice infield (17,424 square feet) with as many as 12 hitting cages featuring a mechanical netting system that can be raised and lowered accordingly from the ceiling. The covered facility allows the program to practice in the event of inclement weather and provides an alternate area for individual instruction of student-athletes.

BONI BELLE PRACTICE FACILITY

WHAT IS A CHANTICLEER?

Chanticleer (SHAWN-tuh-clear) gives Coastal Carolina one of the most unique nicknames in all of sports.

Chanticleer comes from Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales and came to Coastal Carolina when the University was a member of the University of South Carolina system.

A Chanticleer is a rooster who rules the barnyard with cunning and wit. His competitiveness never wanes as he battles to the end, using his brains to come out on top every time.

OPPORTUNITIES ABOUND

Coastal Carolina University is a dynamic, public liberal arts institution located in Conway, S.C., just minutes from the resort area of Myrtle Beach.

QUICK FACTS

Founded: 1954

Located: Conway, SC

Student Body: 11,000+

MISSION

Coastal Carolina University is a public comprehensive liberal arts institution that seeks to develop students who are both knowledgeable in their chosen fields and prepared to be productive, responsible, healthy citizens with a global perspective. To deliver on this commitment, Coastal Carolina recruits highly qualified and motivated students, faculty, and staff from the region, state, nation, and world to create a diverse and dynamic student-centered learning environment.

Because Coastal Carolina embraces the teacher-scholar model, it places primary emphasis on high quality teaching and engaged learning, and it supports faculty research, creative activities, and expert collaboration in the community, state, nation and world. This focus enables faculty and staff to mentor students in collaborative research, creative opportunities, and internships. To nurture this active learning community, Coastal Carolina maintains a broad range of contemporary technologies, programming, support services, and innovative course offerings and delivery methods. The result is alumni who are well prepared for professional careers or graduate programs in their chosen fields and who continue to be connected to Coastal Carolina.

Type: Liberal Arts

Student to faculty ratio: 16:1

University Colors: Teal, Bronze

Inspired by its founding in 1954 to serve the educational needs of the region, Coastal Carolina has a tradition of a strong liberal arts core. As such, Coastal Carolina commits its resources to building undergraduate and graduate degree programs of national and/or regional significance in the arts and sciences, business, humanities, education, and health and human services. Coastal Carolina fully embraces its leadership role as a regional center of economic and intellectual resources, lifelong learning, cultural and recreational opportunities, and athletic programs.

As Coastal Carolina executes this mission, it recognizes its responsibility to be a role model to the community and to the professions by assuring fair and honest treatment of people with whom it interacts and sustainable stewardship of resources entrusted to it, adopting the highest standards of integrity and accountability, and in committing itself to excellence through continuous assessment and improvement.

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1 R, 1 eR, 1 BB, 3 K)

Rds (1998; 2000)

mlB db: april 29, 2001: Blu Jys vs. agls (0-0 with  wlk s pich hittr) Trt Blu Jys (2001) Mtrl exps (2004)

david sappelt

9th rud pick: Ciciti, 2008

mlB db: aug. 7, 2011: Rds t Cubs (1-5 s ld-ff, strtig i LF) Ciciti Rds (2011) Chicg Cubs (2012-13)

luis lopeZ

mie CostanZo

2d rud pick: Phildlphi, 2005

mlB db:

My 13, 2012: Rds vs. ntils

(0-0 with  sc fly RBI s pich hittr)

Ciciti Rds (2012)

tommY la stella

8th rud pick: atlt, 2011

mlB db:

My 28, 2014: Brvs vs. Rd Sx

(2-4 s strtig scd bsm)

atlt Brvs (2014)

Chicg Cubs (2015-18)

Ls agls agls (2019-20)

okld athltics (2020)

S Frcisc Gits (2021-22)

riCo noel

5th rud pick: S Dig, 2010 mlB db: Spt. 2, 2015: Yks vs. Rd Sx (pich

(2015)

taYlor motter 17th rud pick: Tmp By, 2011

mlB db:

My 16, 2016: Rys vs. Blu Jys (1-4 with tw rus, SS/RF)

Tmp Rys (2016) Sttl Mrirs (2017-18)

Twis (2018)

(2021)

Rd Sx (2021)

eith hessler

28th rud pick: ariz, 2010

Sigd s  fr gt with ariz i 2011

mlB db: aug. 8, 2015: Dimdbcks vs. Rds (1.0 iig with tw strikuts i rlif) ariz Dimdbcks (2015-16) S Dig Pdrs (2016)

JaCoB maY

3rd rud pick: Chicg Whit Sx, 2013

mlB db: april 4, 2017: Whit Sx vs. Blu Jys (0-4 with

RBI,

Sx (2017)

ZaCh remillard

10th rud pick - Chicg Whit

Sx (2016)

mlB db:

Ju 17, 2023

Whit Sx vs. Mrirs

(3-3 with 2 RBIs; hit gm tyig RBI

sigl i 9th & hit g-hd RBI

anthonY veneZiano

10th rud pick - Kss City (2019)

mlB db:

Sptmbr 26, 2023 Ryls vs. TIgrs (1.0 iig i rlif)

Kss City Ryls (2023)

WHERE FRIENDS & NEIGHBORS COME TOGETHER

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PLAYER (YEARS AT COASTAL) ......................... YEAR INDUCTED

Kirt Manwaring (1984-86) .............................................................. 1993

Mickey Brantley (1981-83) .............................................................. 1994

John Vrooman (1974-77, 1987-95) ................................................ 1998

Tom Romano (1977-80) ................................................................... 1998

Terry Spires (1986-87) .................................................................... 1998

Randy “Red” Stokes (1987-90) ....................................................... 1999

Matt Logue (1986-89) 2000

Mark Clemons (1981-83) 2000

Mark Romer (1989-90) 2001

Luis Lopez (1991-94) 2002

Kevin Schnall (1995-99) 2005

Scott Sturkie (1998-2001) 2006

Brandon Powell (1999-2003) 2008

Steven Carter (2001-04) 2009

Adam Keim (2000-02) 2010

Justin Owens (1999-2002).............................................................. 2010

Ryan Mcgraw (2001-04) .................................................................. 2011

Mike Costanzo (2003-05) ................................................................ 2012

Ron Deubel (1998-99)...................................................................... 2016

Tommy La Stella (2009-11) ............................................................ 2016

David Sappelt (2006-08) ................................................................. 2016

David Anderson (2007-09) .............................................................. 2017

PLAYER (YEARS AT COASTAL) ......................... YEAR INDUCTED

Anthony Meo (2009-11) ................................................................... 2017

Frank Talotta (1982-83) .................................................................. 2017

Jose Iglesias (2008-10) ................................................................... 2018

Cody Wheeler (2008-10) ................................................................. 2018

Daniel Bowman (2009-12) .............................................................. 2019

Rico Noel (2008-10) ......................................................................... 2019

2016 CWS National Championship Team 2021

Mike Morrison (2012-16) 2021

Connor Owings (2012-16) 2021 Michael Paez (2013-16) 2021

Zach Remillard (2012-16) 2021

G.K. Young (2013-16) 2021

Andrew Beckwith (2012-17) 2022

Alex Cunningham (2012-17) 2022

Dock Doyle (2004-08) 2022

Taylor Motter (2008-11) .................................................................. 2022

Billy Cooke (2014-17) ...................................................................... 2023

SASSER HALL OF FAME

MICHAEL T. BENSON

PRESIDENT

Since his arrival, Benson has secured the largest donation in school history: a $10 million gift from Conway Medical Center. The endowed fund supports the University’s newest college – the Conway Medical Center College of Health and Human Performance – that opened on July 1, 2022. In May 2022, he led the groundbreaking ceremony for the Thompson Library, a $29.8 million, two-story, 64,000-square-foot facility. Benson established the President’s Council for Sustainability and Coastal Resilience, which is charged with transforming CCU into a more sustainable campus, centering sustainability in the University’s curriculum and student services, and serving the surrounding communities to build toward a sustainable future. During Fall 2023, Benson taught a graduate seminar on World War I and has also taught a class on the history of the American university.

Actively involved in community service, Benson is a member of the Myrtle Beach Chamber of Commerce board of trustees. He worked closely with community partners to secure the renewal of the Horry County Penny Sales Tax, which supports local education. More than 68% of voters supported the tax in November 2022 that is now in place until 2039 and will provide over $300 million in capital funding for the University. In recognition of his service and commitment to local issues, Horry-Georgetown Technical College granted him the Distinguished Patron award in May 2023. CCU capital projects completely funded and currently underway include a library facility, and expanded soccer complex, additional parking, PGM academic building and clubhouse at the Hackler Golf Course, and indoor practice facility. Additional projects in the approval pipeline include an expansion of the Lib Jackson Student Union, a new home for the Conway Medical Center College of Health and Human Performance, and an expanded track and field complex.

Nationally, Benson serves on the Council of Presidents of the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, and as the FBS presidential representative on the NCAA Board of Governors Committee to Promote Cultural Diversity and Equity. He also is the board chair of Omicron Delta Kappa, the national leadership honor society. Recently, he was appointed as a member of the education-focused advisory council for the Global Tech Security Commission and elected by his peers to be treasurer of the Sun Belt Conference Executive Committee.

Benson is president emeritus at Eastern Kentucky University, where he served as the 13th president from 2013 to 2020. Prior to EKU, Benson was the 15th president of Southern Utah University. He helped secure SUU’s designation as the state’s public liberal arts and sciences university; established the Hispanic Center for Academic Excellence; gained admission into the Big Sky Conference for all athletic teams; and directed the development and implementation of SUU’s largest comprehensive fundraising effort, which raised a record $105 million.

MICHAEL T. BENSON, A VETERAN OF HIGHER EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION, BECAME THE THIRD PRESIDENT OF COASTAL CAROLINA UNIVERSITY ON JAN. 1, 2021. HE ALSO HOLDS THE TITLE OF PROFESSOR OF HISTORY AT THE UNIVERSITY.

Benson also served for five years as the 14th president of Snow College in Ephraim, Utah, where he helped raise more private money for the institution during his tenure than had been secured in the previous 115 years of the college’s history combined. Appointed at age 36, Benson was the youngest college president in the history of the Utah System of Higher Education.

His scholarly work has focused on the development of the research university and its impact on society. Benson’s latest book, Daniel Coit Gilman and the Birth of the American Research University, was released by Johns Hopkins University (JHU) Press in October 2022. He was a visiting professor in the Department of the History of Science and Technology at JHU in 2020. Benson’s biography of Gilman was named to the list of Best Higher Education Books of 2023 by Forbes magazine.

Benson is regularly sought after for public speeches and appearances. He was a featured contributor to the Huffington Post for five years; has written articles for The Jerusalem Post, Lexington Herald-Leader, Louisville Courier Journal, The Kansas City Star, Deseret News, and The Salt Lake Tribune, among others; and appeared on ESPN’s The Paul Finebaum Show.

Born in Utah and raised in Texas and Indiana, Benson has worked and studied abroad for nearly seven years in Italy, England, and Israel. He graduated cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in political science and double minors in English and history from Brigham Young University in 1990. He completed his doctorate in modern history from the University of Oxford (St. Antony’s College) in 1995, where he was a Rotary Foundation Scholar and recipient of the Oxford Graduate Overseas Fellowship. He also earned a master’s degree cum laude in nonprofit administration in 2011 from the University of Notre Dame Mendoza College of Business, where he was the recipient of the prestigious Father Theodore Hesburgh Founder’s Award. Benson graduated with a Master of Liberal Arts from Johns Hopkins University in August 2021 and was elected to the Honor Society of the Association of Graduate Liberal Studies Programs.

An accomplished athlete, Benson played basketball at both BYU and Oxford, and his best marathon time – 2 hours and 41 minutes – won his age division in the St. George (Utah) Marathon, one of the largest marathons in the U.S. He also finished among the top 15% of all runners in the 1984 Boston Marathon.

Benson and his wife, Debi, are the parents of three children – Truman, Tatum, and Talmage. He also has two older children from a previous marriage. Emma is a TV reporter for KSL in Salt Lake City, Utah; and Samuel is the national correspondent for the Deseret News, covering the 2024 presidential campaign and election.

COASTAL CAROLINA UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES

The South Carolina General Assembly passed legislation establishing Coastal Carolina University as an independent, public institution, effective July 1, 1993.

The legislation established the governing body of Coastal Carolina University, the Board of Trustees, which by statute is responsible for overseeing the effective governance of the University. The Board of Trustees defines the mission, role, and scope of the University, establishes the general policies of the University, approves the budget, and provides accountability to the public and the General Assembly.

The Board of Trustees for Coastal Carolina University is composed of the Governor of the State or his designee, who is an ex officio member of the Board, and sixteen (16) members, with fifteen (15) of those members to be elected by the General Assembly and one (1) member to be appointed from the State at large by the Governor.

The University’s first Board of Trustees met on July 1, 1993.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

The Honorable Henry McMaster, Governor of South Carolina, ex officio chairman

H. Delan Stevens ’79, chairman

Natasha M. Hanna ’94, vice chairman

Patrick S. Sparks ’95, secretary/treasurer

John H. Bartell Jr.

Lee A. Belcher

William S. Biggs

Lisa Davis

Dalton B. Floyd Jr.

Joe N. Jarrett Jr.

Sherry I. Johnson ’96

Mark S. Kelley

George E. Mullen

Bradley J. Poston ’16

Jason M. Repak ’07

Oran P. Smith

Eugene C. Spivey ’91

William E. Turner III ’97

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

PRESIDENT’S COUNCIL

The President’s Council is a group of senior-level administrators representing all areas of Coastal Carolina University.

These individuals serve as executive-level support to the University president and generally meet every two weeks. This is a non-voting body.

Michael T. Benson President

Amanda Bailey University Counsel

Mariel Pagan Smith Interim Vice President for Student Affairs

Chance Miller Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics and University Recreation

Gibbs Knotts Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs

Christopher Johnson Chief Executive Officer, Coastal Educational Foundation

Thomas A. Koczara Vice President for Human Resources and Operations

Diane Sanders Vice President for Advancement and Alumni Engagement

Alan West Vice President for Finance and Administration/Chief Financial Officer

Every Tuesday, all season long

CHANCE MILLER

VICE PRESIDENT FOR INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS AND UNIVERSITY RECREATION

Chance Miller, J.D., was named Coastal Carolina University’s vice president for intercollegiate athletics and University recreation on June 13, 2024. Miller began his new role on July 16, 2024, and serves on the President’s Cabinet and the Executive Council.

Miller provides leadership for CCU’s National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I intercollegiate athletics program consisting of 19 sports, nearly 200 coaches and staff members, and more than 550 student-athletes. Additionally, Miller provides executive leadership for University Recreation, Sports Turf and Golf Course Operations, and Teal Nation retail.

Miller served as senior deputy athletics director at the University of South Carolina for five years prior to arriving in Conway and previously held various roles in the Office of Compliance Services from April of 2013 until July of 2019. His primary responsibilities include serving as a member of the athletics department’s executive management team, overseeing day-to-day internal and external operations and initiatives, serving as the senior associate general counsel, providing executive oversight for the Office of Compliance Services as well as serving as the sport administrator for football.

He has led facility and project planning, helped to fundraise and complete a $35 million capital campaign, raised $3 million for institutional name, image, and likeness (NIL) initiatives, designed the department’s NIL educational programming, and worked with a collective to establish tax, marketing, and branding assistance for USC’s student-athletes.

Prior to USC, Miller worked from 2009-13 at the NCAA, where he served as an assistant and associate director on the enforcement staff. He was the lead investigator on several NCAA Division I Committee on Infractions cases. Miller also served on the NCAA Committee on Sportsmanship and Ethical Conduct, NCAA Football Issues Working Group, and NCAA and NFL Agent Regulation Working Group.

Before joining the NCAA, Miller practiced law in New York City. He served as the assistant corporation counsel for the New York City Law Department, where he represented all New York City agencies, including the NYPD, FDNY, and New York City Teachers Union. Miller also worked at the National Football League in its legal department assisting with player conduct and disciplinary issues and coaches’ contract approvals.

A native of Johnson City, Tenn., Miller earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Tennessee in 2004 and a juris doctorate from New York Law School in 2008. He and his wife, Lauren, have two children, Cason and Caylor.

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