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In just five seasons Head Coach Brendan Eygabroat already has led Beacons baseball to new heights. Eygabroat has shown the ability to sustain continued success in one of the nation's top baseball conferences. Coach Eygabroat holds the highest career winning percentage of any baseball coach in school history and he is already second on the career victories list at UMass Boston. Eygabroat is also the all time leader in conference and post-seasons victories. The 2009 season saw Eygabroat direct the Beacons to a new school record for conference victories with an 8-6 mark while winning a pair of Little East Conference playoff games. The Beacons made their fifth straight trip to the LEC Tournament in as many years under Eygabroat. Along the way, UMass Boston put up double-digit run totals in a school-record nine straight games, while Eygabroat's hitters smashed almost every offensive record in school history and established a number of individual hitting records. The Beacons finished their season with the second-highest win total in school history and broke every significant offensive record, including runs scored, runs batted in, hits, doubles, total bases, stolen bases and hit by pitch. A number of individual records fell during the 2009 season. Sophomore Ryan Walsh set the program record for hits (70) and total bases (98), and also tied freshman Mark McCormack for the doubles mark with 18. Walsh batted .424 for the season, the third-highest batting average in school history. McCormack broke the record for runs scored (55) and tied for most bases on balls with 24. Sophomore Dan Noonan set the new mark for runs batted in with 42 and was hit by more pitches than any UMB player in history with 19. The 2009 team also became the first Beacons squad to defeat thenumber oneteam in the nation with a 5-0 shutout of University of Southern Maine on the road. During Eygabroat's five years his program has produced the league's Pitcher of the Year twice, an All-New England Region honoree and nine players have been named to the Little East Conference All-Star squad. His players have also competed in prestigious summer leagues around New England such as the legendary Cape Cod League and New England Collegiate Baseball League. Recently Eygabroat had his first player sign a professional contract to play in the CanAm Independent League. Prior to his arrival at UMass Boston Eygabroat spent four seasons as an Assistant Coach at nearby Suffolk University where he worked with the Rams' hitters and catchers. Eygabroat also saw time as an assistant coach in the New England Collegiate Baseball League for the Mill City All-Americans working with the outfielders and hitters. Before joining the college coaching ranks, Eygabroat enjoyed an outstanding college playing career at Mary Washington College in Virginia, where he helped the Eagles to a pair of NCAA Regional tournament appearances in 2001 and 1998. The Rochester, New York, native was named captain for the Mary Washington College for his senior season and earned South Region Honorable Mention honors as a catcher. Eygabroat also earned a spot on the Capital Athletic Conference First Team. Eygabroat was also part of the Eagles CAC championship as a freshman in 1998. Eygabroat graduated from Mary Washington in 2001 with a bachelors of science in business administration. Eygabroat also earned a masters degree in higher education administration from Suffolk in 2003. He resides in Jamaica Plain with his wife, Joanna. |
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