Cory Stevens
Head Baseball Coach
Office phone: 765 • 361 • 6454
email: stevensc@wabash.edu
Cory Stevens enters his second season as the head baseball coach at Wabash, his fifth overall with the Little Giant program.
In his first season as a head coach, the Wabash posted its biggest win of the 2007 campaign with a 3-2 victory at number-one ranked and undefeated Wooster. The Little Giants went on to post the most triples in a season in Wabash history (15), while Jake Thomas set the single season hits record (59) and Matt Dodaro set the single season total bases record (98).
Stevens served three seasons as an assistant baseball coach at Wabash, working primarily as the pitching coach and recruiting coordinator for the team. He spent the summers of 2004 and 2005 as pitching coach for the Stark County Terriers of the prestigious Great Lakes Collegiate Summer Baseball League. The Terriers won the 2005 Great Lakes League title.
Prior to coming to Wabash, Stevens spent the past two years as the head baseball coach at Mona Shores High School in Muskegon, Michigan -- the youngest head coach in school history. His teams produced eight All-Area, one All-District, four Academic All-District, and two Academic All-State players. Stevens also established the first Mona Shores Alumni Baseball Game and the first spring trip in school history. He also created the first baseball booster club at the school, which generated over $25,000 in a one-year period.
Stevens was a four-year letterman at North Central College in Naperville, Illinois, where he graduated cum laude with a bachelor of arts in 2000. He played baseball for former North Central College and current Northern Illinois University head coach Ed Mathey.
Stevens has also coached and worked with several Michigan and Illinois area youth organizations, including the Lakeshore Elite (MI) 18 traveling team, the Roosevelt Park (MI) Connie Mack 16-17 team, and the AABC Traveling Reds (IL) 18 team. He has served as an instructor at the Northern Illinois University baseball camps, Jack Perconte's Sports Academy, Lakeshore Elite Training Facility, Mona Shores baseball camps, Cardinal Catching Clinic, and the North Central College baseball camps.
Stevens is pursuing a masters degree in business administration. He and his wife, Megan, reside in Lafayette.
Ryan Flynn
Assistant Baseball Coach
Office phone: 765 • 361 • 6167
email: flynnr@wabash.edu
Ryan Flynn is in his second season as an assistant coach at Wabash. He also serves as an assistant football coach for the Little Giants.
Flynn was a three-time All-Steel Valley Conference infielder at Cardinal Mooney High Schoo in Youngstown, Ohio. The three-year letterwinner was coached by his father, Tom Flynn, Sr. before making concentrating full time on football.
Flynn played five season of football at the University of Maryland as a tight end and offensive lineman. A Maryland Scholar-Athlete in 2000 and 2001, he was named the team's Scholar-Athlete Award recipient at the 2002 Peach Bowl.
His brother, Tom, served as head baseball coach at Wabash for six seasons.
Flynn resides in Crawfordsville.
Nick Marsh
Assistant Baseball Coach
email: marshn@wabash.edu
Nick Marsh begins his first season as an assistant baseball coach at Wabash.
The Youngstown, Ohio native played high school baseball at Cardinal Mooney High School for Coach Tom Flynn Sr., father of current Wabash assistant Ryan Flynn and former Little Giant head coach Tom Flynn Jr. Marsh earned a scholarship to play baseball at Urbana University in Ohio, where he earned four varsity letters as a pitcher for the Blue Knights. He also played basketball at Urbana.
Marsh served as a coach at Liberty High School in Youngstown before coming to Wabash. He is currently pursuing a masters degree in American history from Youngstown State University.
Marsh resides in Crawfordsville.
Tom Perkins
Assistant Baseball Coach
Equipment Manager
Assistant to the Athletics Director
Office phone: 765 • 361 • 6234
email: perkinst@wabash.edu
Tom Perkins enters his sixth season as an assistant on the diamond for the Little Giants.
A native of Crawfordsville, Perkins graduated from Ball State University in 1972 with a bachelors in business administration. He is a member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity.
Perkins has been involved in many organizations in the Montgomery County area. He was a ten-year member of the Montgomery County Boys and Girls Club board of directors, serving as the program committee chair for five years. Perkins is also a member of the Crawfordsville Area Softball Association.
Perkins came to Wabash as the equipment manager and assistant to the athletics director in 2002.
Perkins and his wife, Heather, reside in Crawfordsville with their son, Matt. Perkins also has two grown children, Kelly and Kyle, from a previous marriage.
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