2025 Baseball Roster

INF Jr. 5' 11'' 180 lbs

Murrieta, Calif. Vista Murrieta HS

INF Jr. 5' 8'' 178 lbs

Naples. FL Gulf Coast (Calhoun College)

INF Sr. 6' 1'' 185 lbs

North Canton, Ohio Hoover

UTIL Fr. 5' 11'' 170 lbs

Wooster, Ohio Orrville

RHP So. 6' 3'' 185 lbs

Middlefield, OH Cardinal

C So. 5' 8'' 175 lbs

New Berlin, WI New Berlin West

RHP R-So. 5' 11'' 165 lbs

Worthington, Ohio Thomas Worthington

INF R-So. 6' 2'' 200 lbs

Ellicott City, Md. Mount Saint Joseph

OF Gr. 6' 1'' 185 lbs

Auburn, Pa. Blue Mountain (Penn State)

RHP Jr. 6' 0'' 180 lbs

Hartland, Mich. Orchard Lake St. Mary's Prep

INF Jr. 6' 1'' 170 lbs

Mount Horeb, Wis. Mount Horeb

LHP R-Jr. 5' 11'' 175 lbs

Wooster, Ohio Waynedale

INF R-Fr. 6' 3'' 195 lbs

New Albany, Ind. New Albany

OF So. 6' 3'' 190 lbs

Peninsula, Ohio Walsh Jesuit (Youngstown State)

OF R-Fr. 6' 1'' 200 lbs

Mount Pleasant, Mich. Mount Pleasant

C/INF So. 5' 7'' 175 lbs

Loveland, OH Tennessee

INF Jr. 6' 2'' 200 lbs

Akron, Ohio Wadsworth (Youngstown State)

LHP Sr. 6' 1'' 195 lbs

Bethel Park, Pennsylvania Bethel Park

OF Sr. 6' 2'' 190 lbs

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

C Jr. 6' 1'' 190 lbs

Eddyville, Ky. Lyon County

RHP So. 6' 0'' 200 lbs

Bay City, Mich. Bay City John Glenn (Oakland)

LHP R-Fr. 6' 1'' 175 lbs

Homewood, IL Homewood-Flossmoor

RHP R-Jr. 6' 5'' 220 lbs

New Castle, Pa. New Castle

UTIL Fr. 5' 11'' 195 lbs

Pittsburgh, PA Montour

RHP R-So. 6' 0'' 205 lbs

Lockport, Ill. Providence Catholic

RHP R-Fr. 6' 0'' 190 lbs

Parma, Ohio Normandy

UTIL Gr. 6' 5'' 230 lbs

Bay City, MI Bay City Central (Saginaw Valley State)

OF Fr. 6' 2'' 180 lbs

Indianapolis, Ind. North Central

LHP R-Jr. 6' 2'' 200 lbs

Gibsonia, Pa. Pine-Richland

C Sr. 6' 3'' 205 lbs

Martinsburg, Pa. Central

RHP Sr. 6' 5'' 200 lbs

Mokena, Ill. Lincoln-Way Central

LHP Sr. 6' 1'' 220 lbs

Marietta, Georgia Pope

RHP R-Fr. 6' 5'' 195 lbs

Bethel Park, Pa. Bethel Park

UTIL Fr. 6' 5'' 225 lbs

North Olmsted, Ohio Saint Ignatius

RHP Gr. 6' 1'' 205 lbs

Flower Mound, Texas Marcus

C/OF So. 6' 0'' 190 lbs

Cleveland, Ohio Guilford Tech

UTIL Fr. 6' 2'' 205 lbs

Ravenna, Ohio Southeast

RHP R-So. 6' 3'' 190 lbs

Pittsburgh, Pa. Avonworth

RHP R-So. 6' 3'' 205 lbs

North Royalton, Ohio North Royalton

RHP Fr. 6' 3'' 195 lbs

Owensboro, Ky. Apollo

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Coaching Staff

Head Coach /Baseball

330-672-8432

Associate Head Coach /Baseball

330-672-8433

mbirkbec@kent.edu

Assistant Coach/ Recruiting Coordinator /Baseball

cpinkham@kent.edu

Assistant Coach /Baseball

dbertol1@kent.edu

Director of Pitching Development /Baseball

kmcclu19@kent.edu

Director of Player Development /Baseball

Lmacdon3@kent.edu

Support Staff

Sport Administrator /Baseball

330-672-8426

tstratto@kent.edu

Academic Services /Baseball

330-672-5294

cperry20@kent.edu

Athletic Communications /Baseball

ccotner@kent.edu

Sports Performance Coach /Baseball

clavign2@kent.edu

Athletic Trainer /Baseball

eschreye@kent.edu

	#	Name	Pos.	Year	Ht.	Wt.	Hometown/Previous School
	1	Luke Matthews	INF	Jr.	5' 11''	180	Murrieta, Calif. / Palomar College
	2	Lorenzo Soto	INF	Jr.	5' 8''	178	Naples. FL /
	3	Connor Ashby	INF	Sr.	6' 1''	185	North Canton, Ohio /
	4	Brady Marshall	UTIL	Fr.	5' 11''	170	Wooster, Ohio / null
	5	Jacob Bean	RHP	So.	6' 3''	185	Middlefield, OH /
	6	Dom Kibler	C	So.	5' 8''	175	New Berlin, WI /
	7	Gannon Wentz	RHP	R-So.	5' 11''	165	Worthington, Ohio /
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	8	Ripken Reese	INF	R-So.	6' 2''	200	Ellicott City, Md. / null
	9	Billy Gerlott	OF	Gr.	6' 1''	185	Auburn, Pa. /
	10	Ciaran Caughey	RHP	Jr.	6' 0''	180	Hartland, Mich. / null
	11	Kolton Schaller	INF	Jr.	6' 1''	170	Mount Horeb, Wis. / null
	12	Jaden Varner	LHP	R-Jr.	5' 11''	175	Wooster, Ohio / null
	13	Landon Tiesing	INF	R-Fr.	6' 3''	195	New Albany, Ind. / null
	14	Alejandro Covas	OF	So.	6' 3''	190	Peninsula, Ohio / null
	16	Max Humphrey	OF	R-Fr.	6' 1''	200	Mount Pleasant, Mich. / null
	17	Payton Ebbing	C/INF	So.	5' 7''	175	Loveland, OH / Tennessee
	18	Matt Thompson	INF	Jr.	6' 2''	200	Akron, Ohio / null
	19	Eric Chalus	LHP	Sr.	6' 1''	195	Bethel Park, Pennsylvania /
	21	Jake Casey	OF	Sr.	6' 2''	190	/ Upper St. Clair
	22	Brody Williams	C	Jr.	6' 1''	190	Eddyville, Ky. / null
	23	Brody Krzysiak	RHP	So.	6' 0''	200	Bay City, Mich. / null
	26	Vince Waterman	LHP	R-Fr.	6' 1''	175	Homewood, IL /
	27	Rocco Bernadina	RHP	R-Jr.	6' 5''	220	New Castle, Pa. / null
	28	Jake Robinson	UTIL	Fr.	5' 11''	195	Pittsburgh, PA /
	29	Alex Alberico	RHP	R-So.	6' 0''	205	Lockport, Ill. / null
	30	Ben Rabatin	RHP	R-Fr.	6' 0''	190	Parma, Ohio / null
	31	Hayden Jatczak	UTIL	Gr.	6' 5''	230	Bay City, MI /
	32	Micah Rienstra-Kiracofe	OF	Fr.	6' 2''	180	Indianapolis, Ind. /
	33	Nick Guidas	LHP	R-Jr.	6' 2''	200	Gibsonia, Pa. / null
	34	Hunter Klotz	C	Sr.	6' 3''	205	Martinsburg, Pa. / null
	35	Caden Leonard	RHP	Sr.	6' 5''	200	Mokena, Ill. / null
	36	Peyton Cariaco	LHP	Sr.	6' 1''	220	Marietta, Georgia /
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	37	Evan Holewinski	RHP	R-Fr.	6' 5''	195	Bethel Park, Pa. / null
	38	Sawyer Solitaria	UTIL	Fr.	6' 5''	225	North Olmsted, Ohio / null
	40	Benny Roebuck	RHP	Gr.	6' 1''	205	Flower Mound, Texas /
	42	Josh Cope	C/OF	So.	6' 0''	190	Cleveland, Ohio /
	45	Nate Muncy	UTIL	Fr.	6' 2''	205	Ravenna, Ohio / null
	51	Jordan Kolenda	RHP	R-So.	6' 3''	190	Pittsburgh, Pa. / null
	52	Gavin Jones	RHP	R-So.	6' 3''	205	North Royalton, Ohio / null
	67	Will Strode	RHP	Fr.	6' 3''	195	Owensboro, Ky. /
		Anthony Rosko		Rs.		null	/

Coaching Staff
Image	Name	Title	Email	Phone Number
	Jeff Duncan	Head Coach		330-672-8432
	Mike Birkbeck	Associate Head Coach	mbirkbec@kent.edu	330-672-8433
	Zeke Pinkham	Assistant Coach/ Recruiting Coordinator	cpinkham@kent.edu
	Dan Bertolini	Assistant Coach	dbertol1@kent.edu
	Kade McClure	Director of Pitching Development	kmcclu19@kent.edu
	Lance MacDonald	Director of Player Development	Lmacdon3@kent.edu

Support Staff
Image	Name	Title	Email	Phone Number
	Trent Stratton	Sport Administrator	tstratto@kent.edu	330-672-8426
	Chelsea Tizio	Academic Services	cperry20@kent.edu	330-672-5294
	Chase Cotner	Athletic Communications	ccotner@kent.edu
	Clay Lavigne	Sports Performance Coach	clavign2@kent.edu
	Evan Schreyer	Athletic Trainer	eschreye@kent.edu

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Luke Matthews

Lorenzo Soto

Connor Ashby

Brady Marshall

Jacob Bean

Dom Kibler

Gannon Wentz

Ripken Reese

Billy Gerlott

Ciaran Caughey

Kolton Schaller

Jaden Varner

Landon Tiesing

Alejandro Covas

Max Humphrey

Payton Ebbing

Matt Thompson

Eric Chalus

Jake Casey

Brody Williams

Brody Krzysiak

Vince Waterman

Rocco Bernadina

Jake Robinson

Alex Alberico

Ben Rabatin

Hayden Jatczak

Micah Rienstra-Kiracofe

Nick Guidas

Hunter Klotz

Caden Leonard

Peyton Cariaco

Evan Holewinski

Sawyer Solitaria

Benny Roebuck

Josh Cope

Nate Muncy

Jordan Kolenda

Gavin Jones

Will Strode

Anthony Rosko

Jeff Duncan

Mike Birkbeck

Zeke Pinkham

Dan Bertolini

Kade McClure

Lance MacDonald

Trent Stratton

Chelsea Tizio

Chase Cotner

Clay Lavigne

Evan Schreyer