Baseball
- Title:
- Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator
- Email:
- bserrato@kent.edu
- Phone:
- 330-672-8433
Barrett Serrato was named the assistant coach and recruiting coordinator before the start of the 2020 season.
In 2022, the Flashes tied for the MAC lead in batting average and home runs. They led the MAC in slugging percentage at .495.
After a shortened 2020 season, Serrato helped the Flashes to a 30-26 record in 2021. The 2021 Flashes offense boasted the best batting average in the MAC.
Serrato was a volunteer assistant coach for the Golden Flashes from 2015-17, working with infielders and serving as the team’s hitting coach. During those three seasons, Kent State won two Mid-American Conference titles and three East Division crowns.
He spent the 2018 and 2019 seasons as an assistant coach with the Lee University Flames, a Division-II school in Tennessee. In fall of 2019, he served as a volunteer assistant at Central Florida.
A 2012 graduate of Purdue University, Serrato played and starred for Coach Duncan and the Boilermakers. In his senior season, he was an All-Big Ten, Big-Ten All-Tournament Team and NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team selection. He was drafted by the Texas Rangers and reached the Double-A level in his professional career.
