2013 Purdue Baseball Media Guide

TRISTAN McINTYRE Assistant coach pitching coach 3rd YEAR • #12 • Became pitching coach in the fall of 2011 after spending his first season on staff as bullpen & first base coach • Purdue alumnus was a member of the pitching staff from 2003-08 • Helped Nick Wittgren twice earn All-Big Ten honors, break the Purdue alltime record for saves & get selected in the ninth round of 2012 MLB Draft • Worked with a Purdue pitching staff that set new school records in ERA, fewest walks per nine innings & WHIP while winning the 2012 Big Ten title • The 2012 pitching staff featured Big Ten Pitcher of the Year Joe Haase, Big Ten ERA leader Blake Mascarello and MLB draftees Lance Breedlove & Nick Wittgren • Joe Haase was Purdue’s first-ever Big Ten Pitcher of the Year winner after winning a school-record 11 games; the Boilers were 15-1 when he started • Purdue has issued the fewest walks in the Big Ten the last two seasons; seven different pitchers earned saves in 2011, setting a new team record of 21 • Served as an assistant coach & recruiting coordinator at Blufton University from 2008-10 while also earning an MBA • Spent the summer of 2010 as the pitching coach for the Lima Locos of the Great Lakes Collegiate Summer League • Two-time Academic All-Big Ten student-athlete at Purdue graduated in 2008 with a degree in history • As a senior, helped Lafayette McCutcheon High School win the 2003 IHSAA 4A state championship