Head Coach: Bryan Wolf – 9th year
Assistant Coaches: Jason Brown, Nolan Fry, Austin Hahn, Jason Mohap, Tyler Pastor, Owen Panovec, and Kevin Wolf
Team Name: Nazareth Blue Eagles
Sport: Baseball
League: Eastern Pennsylvania Conference
2019 Record: 11-10 in 2019
Key Players Lost:
Kyle Mahady- SS/P- now playing at Saint Peter’s University
Austin Hahn- OF
Owen Panovec- P
Jake Wilson- 1B/P – Now playing football at PSU
Key Returning Players:
Sr. – Nathan Bogar – OF
Sr. – Ashton Johnson – P (Northampton Community College commit)
Sr. – Dan Novak- SS/P
Sr.- Jamen Palladino- 1B
Sr. – Michael Peterson- OF
Sr. – Ben Pinel- P – In 2019- 1-0 with 2 saves – 20.1 IP, 2.75 ERA and a 1.18 WHIP
Sr.- Kolby Robertson- 3B
Key Newcomers:
Sr.- Brayden Saylor- P
Sr.- Owen Slimm- P
Jr.- Peyton Wapelhorst- OF
Soph.- Jake Dally- SS/P
Soph.- Preston Warne- C
Soph.- Collin Grohotolski- DH
Soph.- Jack Bacolo- OF/P
Soph.- Jacoby Sauer- OF/P
Soph.- Zach Smethers- 3B/P
Soph.- Cole Dibilio- OF/P
Outlook: First and foremost, we are beyond excited to be able to compete this season and get back to doing what we love and that’s playing the game of baseball. When we do take the field this year, our team will have a very nice mix of experience and youth as we have 12 seniors and 7 sophomores with a few juniors sprinkled in as well.
We feel that our strength heading into the season will be our pitching staff as that is where we return the most experience. Offensively, we believe that we should be able to compete in the batter’s box and score runs. In a very tough EPC, wins are never easy. We believe we can compete with the upper echelon teams, however, to do so, we need to play smart baseball and keep physical and mental errors at a minimum.
We’re excited to get started and be back on the field competing against the other schools in the Lehigh Valley.
