Head Baseball Coach Edwin Thompson - Eastern Kentucky University
Coach Edwin Thompson is the head baseball coach for Eastern Kentucky University. The Jay, Maine native played collegiately at Howard University and the University of Maryland before concluding his career at Webber University in Babson Park, Florida where he helped the team to a school record 37 wins, top 25 appearances and its first-ever regional appearance.\xa0 He earned a bachelor\u2019s of science degree in general business at Webber in 2003.\n\nCoach Thompson has been a college coach for 14 years. (4 years at University of Maine Farmington, 2 years Head Coach Bates College, 2 years at Duke University, 3 years at Georgia State University, and is now in his 3rd year at Head Coach at Eastern Kentucky University.\n\nKey Achievements:\n\nUSA Baseball Staff member for 2 Gold Medals 2015, and 2016\n\nPitching Coach for 17U NTDP\n\n33 players Coached and recruited\xa0moved on to play professional baseball (including Marcus Stroman Gold Glove Winner 2017 & Starting Pitcher Toronto Blue Jays)\n\nDeveloped 12 All-Americans\n\nDeveloped 2 Conference Players of the year and have had back to back NCAA DI in the NCAA DI 2016 and 2017\n\nTeam GPA during my time as a head coach at EKU 3.1 GPA and every semester team has had a 3.0 or better team GPA\n\nOn the ABCA (American Baseball Coaching Association) Ethics Committee\n\n100% of graduation rate of players that aren\u2019t not playing professional baseball during time at EKU\n\nTeam won Gold Level President\u2019s Volunteer Service Award - Served over 1,000 in 2016\n\nAcademic OVC Conference Champion in 2017