Mark DeMichael
Head Coach
Mark DeMichael begins his 9th season as Head Baseball Coach at Indiana Wesleyan University. The Wildcats have reached 6 NCCAA World Series in the last 8 years with 3rd place finishes in 1998, 2003 and 2005 while averaging 26 wins a season over that same 8 year span.
 
Coach DeMichael graduated from Eastern Nazarene College in Quincy, MA in 1988. Upon graduation he moved to Southern California where he taught Physical Education in the San Bernardino California Public School System for 6 years. While teaching at San Bernardino, Coach was the Head Baseball Coach at San Bernardino High School from 1991 - 1995.
 
In 1995 Coach DeMichael accepted the Head Baseball Coaching position at Eastern Nazarene College where he remained for 3 years. Coach was named the Commonwealth Coast Conference Coach Of The Year twice in his three years at ENC, leading the Crusaders to their first ever appearance in the CCC Conference Championship game in 1997.
 
Coach DeMichael moved to IWU during the summer of 1997. In addition to his coaching duties, Coach is also an Assistant Professor of Physical Education as well as the Program Coordinator for the Physical Education Major. He is an active member in NAIA Baseball, where he serves as NAIA Region VIII Baseball Chair, and is a member of the NIAI National Baseball Rules Committee and the NAIA National Tournament Procedures Committee.
 

Coach DeMichael lives in Marion with Kim, his wife of 17 years who is a Professor of Secondary Education at IWU, and his two daughters, Ashley,14 and Kasey,11.

 

2008 Baseball Roster
#NameClassPos.Ht.Wt.Hometown
2Ryan MooreSRC5-8175Kokomo, Indiana
3Dave WagleySROF5-8160Fort Wayne, Indiana
4Kreigh HirschySORHP5-11155Plymouth, Indiana
5Derek FredsFRIF/P5-11178Warsaw, Indiana
7Kory HollensteinerJROF5-11170Quincy, Illinois
8Nicholas MillspaughSR1B6-1225Sweetser, Ind.
9Ben ZacharySOIF6-0175Crawfordsville, Indiana
10Brandon MooreSRRHP6-4190Crawfordsville, Indiana
11Jeff PierceSRIF6-2190Newfane, New York
12Shay HardenSROF6-0200Russiaville, Indiana
13Clinton ColeSOOF5-8165West Lafayette, Indiana
14Jake ScholfieldJRRHP5-11185Elkhart, Indiana
15Matt BurthaySRP/OF6-0180Kokomo, Indiana
17Jonathan BastianFRP/IF6-0180Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
20Dan WagleySROF/C5-8160Fort Wayne, Indiana
21Kyle BeachyFRIF6-0190Kokomo, Indiana
24Tim PauleySRLHP6-3240Marion, Indiana
25Brandon BeachyJRIF/P6-2215Kokomo, Indiana
26Jeremy WorrellFRP/OF6-2220St. Louis, Missouri
30Kyle MockSRRHP6-6260Defiance, Ohio
31Joshua WorrellJRRHP6-5230St. Louis, Missouri
 Mark DeMichael - Head Coach
 George Phares - Assistant Coach
 Josh Stearns - Assistant Coach