 Cory Stevens
Head Baseball Coach
Office phone: 765 • 361 • 6454
email: stevensc@wabash.edu
Cory Stevens enters his third season as the head baseball coach at Wabash, his sixth 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). Last year Stevens' Wabash team posted 20 wins — the first time a Little Giant squad reached the 20-win mark since 2003.
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 with their newborn daughter, Isla Elaine.
 Ryan Flynn
Assistant Baseball Coach
Office phone: 765 • 361 • 6167
email: flynnr@wabash.edu
Ryan Flynn is in his third season as an assistant coach at Wabash.
Flynn was a three-time All-Steel Valley Conference infielder at Cardinal Mooney High School in Youngstown, Ohio. The three-year letterwinner was coached by his father, Tom Flynn, Sr. before 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.
 Mike Schultz
Assistant Baseball Coach
Mike Schultz is in his first season as a full time assistant coach for the Little Giants after serving as a student assistant pitching coach for Wabash last year.
A religion major and member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity, Schultz graduated from Wabash in 2008. A three-year member of the Little Giant baseball team, his career was cut short by an arm injury. He earned two varsity letters as a member of the Wabash team. He played in eight games, including three relief appearances as a freshman, allowing just one earned run for the year.
Under his guidance the Wabash squad finished third in the North Coast Athletic Conference in pitching last season with a 4.59 ERA and 20 victories. Opposing teams batted .261 against his staff. Schultz has recently been named the pitching coach for the Waterloo Bucks of the Northwoods Baseball Summer League.
A native of Crown Point, Indiana, Schultz currently resides in Crawfordsville.
 Shaun Rico
Hitting Instructor
Shaun Rico is in his first season as an assistant baseball coach for the Little Giants.
A religion major and member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity, Rico graduated from Wabash in 2008. He earned three varsity letters as a member of the Little Giant baseball team. A 2008 All-North Coast Athletic Conference Honorable Mention selection, Rico was voted the Wabash Offensive Player of the Year as a senior after hitting seven home runs and tallying 35 RBIs. His home run total tied for fourth in Wabash single season history, while his RBI total tied for eighth-most in a season by a Little Giant player. Rico hit 12 career home runs, tying him for fourth on the Wabash all-time list. He set the Little Giant record for total chances in a season (330) and putouts (306) in 2007, one year after being named the top fielder by his teammates.
A native of San Diego, California, Rico came to Wabash from Desert Vista High School in Phoenix, Arizona where he was a three-year baseball letterman and earned two varsity football letters. His brother, Nick, is a 2006 graduate of Wabash and played football and baseball for the Little Giants.
Rico was invited to a two-day closed summer tryout in 2008 for the possibility to earn a 2009 spring training roster spot by the Philadelphia Phillies.
Rico resides in Crawfordsville.
 Tom Perkins
Assistant Baseball Coach
Equipment Manager
Assistant to the Athletics Director
Tom Perkins enters his seventh 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.
 David Basan
Assistant Baseball Coach
David Basan enters his first season as an assistant baseball coach at Wabash.
Coach Basan spent the past two seasons as head baseball coach at PORTA High School near Springfield, IL. In his first season at the helm of the Bluejays, PORTA won the Sangamo Conference championship and a Class A Regional title and four of his players went on to play baseball at the collegiate level.
Prior to his stint as a high school coach, Basan served as an assistant coach for two years at Illinois State University under head coach Jim Brownlee. Coach Basan’s duties included working with outfielders and hitters. He was also the bullpen coach on game days. Basan’s outfielders improved their defensive numbers dramatically during his tenure at ISU, finishing the 2006 season with a fielding percentage of .989.
Before arriving at Illinois State, Coach Basan was the pitching coach at Kankakee Community College under head coach Todd Post. Basan helped the Cavaliers set a school record for wins in a season (45) and post one of the lowest team earned run averages in school history.
Coach Basan earned his Bachelor of Science degree at Illinois State University in 2006 and currently teaches Technology Education at North Putnam High School. He resides in Roachdale with his two daughters, Kaleigh (13) and Kelcie (11).
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