CORVALLIS, Ore. – Nate Yeskie, who led Oregon State to the national lead in several pitching categories, has been named the Assistant Coach of the Year for 2017 by D1Baseball.com, it was announced on Monday.
Yeskie, who completed his ninth season as the Beavers' pitching coach this past season, guided the staff to a program-record 1.93 earned run average, which was nearly one run better than No. 2 Illinois-Chicago's mark of 2.65.
The staff also finished with a national-best 6.27 hits allowed per nine innings, a 0.98 WHIP (walks plus hits per nine innings) and 14 shutouts.