Kory Hartman enters his second season as head coach of the UNOH baseball program. The Racers posted an overall record of 20-28 and finished 11-10 in the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference in their first season.

In their first season, the Racers had two players named to the All-WHAC first team in Kyle Jeffries and Kael Campbell. Six players were placed on the honorable mention list. Dylan Brammer and Austin Park were named WHAC All-Academic as well.

The Racers hit .292 as a team, with 261 runs, 49 doubles, nine triples and 12 home runs. They drew 172 walks and 60 HBP's. UNOH had the third best team batting average in the WHAC, the third most triples and the third most stolen bass (69).

The pitchers had 10 complete games, a team ERA of 5.74 and 258 strikeouts against 191 walks.

As for fielding statistics, the Racers had the third most assists in the WHAC.

Coach Hartman was named the first coach in the history of UNOH baseball on June 18, 2009. He came to UNOH with several years of coaching experience. Most recently, Hartman spent the last four seasons as the Pitching Coach at former American Mideast Conference rival, Ohio Dominican. Under Coach Hartman's tutelage, the Panthers pitching staff led the AMC in ERA for three straight seasons.

Hartman's coaching career began in 2002 at Johnstown (Ohio) High School. He then went on to coach at Denison University in the fall of 2003 and, before joining the Panther staff, was the pitching coach at Columbus State Community College from 2003-05. Hartman spent two seasons as the pitching coach of the Granville Settlers of the Great Lakes Collegiate Baseball League.

Hartman is a 1995 graduate of Granville (Ohio) High School where he was a highly touted baseball prospect. Hartman's long list of high school accolades include: three-time selection to the All-State Team (1993-95); two-time Ohio Mr. Baseball (1994-95); Honorable Mention All-American (1994-95); two-time All-Mizuno First Team; and a member of the 1995 Team USA.

While pitching at Kent State University, he was a four year letterwinner and a member of the 1996 Mid-American Conference Championship team. Coach Hartman holds a number of Kent State pitching records along with Ohio High School records, including strikeouts, career ERA and most wins. His playing days ended after spending three years in the Independent Professional Baseball League.

Hartman and his wife, Ashley, reside in Newark, Ohio, with their daughter, Madison (5) and son, Cooper (1).

Coach Greg Eaton came to UNOH with 20 years of coaching experience. His past coaching posts include the Stars Baseball Club, Rawlings Nationals, Lumber Company Baseball Club, Miami Valley Express and varsity coach at Carlisle High School. Coach Eaton has had nearly 100 former players go on to play college baseball, while coaching two National Championship teams. Coach Eaton will act as the Racers Recruiting Coordinator, Hitting Coach and Catcher's Coach.

A 1983 graduate of Tecumseh High School in New Carlisle, Ohio, Coach Eaton played for the legendary Bob Pyle and powerhouse WBLY teams that won five Connie Mack World Series Championships in the late 1970's and early '80's. After being plagued with recurring injuries, his playing career came to an end at Eastern Kentucky University in 1984.

As Hitting Coach for the Racers, Coach Eaton led the 2011 freshmen dominated squad to a .292 batting average. The team achievement ranked second in the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference, landing five hitters on the All-Conference team. Kyle Jeffries led the Racers offense with a .361 batting average and two triples. Jeffries also led the Racers in HBP (11). Kael Cambell hit .303 while leading the team in home runs (five) and doubles (eight). Both freshmen were selected first team All-Conference. Pichi Torres (freshman), Ben Schubert (freshman) and Dylan Brammer (junior) were selected honorable mention All-Conference performers. Outfielder Pichi Torres hit .328, leading the team in hits (41). First baseman Ben Schubert hit .315, and third baseman Dylan Brammer hit .301 while leading the team in hits (41), Triples (two), and RBI (26).

Coming from a diverse background of management and sales, Coach Eaton spent six years in the U.S. Army. After spending three years as a paratrooper in the 82d Airborne Division and 18^th Airborne Corps, he spent three years as an Army Recruiter - earning "Recruiter of the Year" honors twice. After leaving the military, Coach Eaton spent the next 20 years in manufacturing management, evolving in his final position as President and Chief Operating Officer of a Cincinnati based company.

Coach Eaton went back to school in 2009 and earned his Bachelor's degree in Management from Antioch University in 2010. He is currently in graduate school at the University of Northwestern Ohio pursuing his Master's in Business Administration.

Coach Eaton resides in Kettering, Ohio with Becky, his wife of 24 years and their two labs - Hershey and Boofy. He has four children, David, Justin, Chelsea and Tyler, and two grandchildren, J.J. and Gracie.

Eric Best will enter into his second year with the Racers and continue to coach the pitchers. Last year the staff was very young, but was led by Zachary Petrick, Austin Park, Justin Binegar and Dylan Brammer, who were all selected to the WHAC All-Conference Honorable Mention Team. With another year of growth and the additions of new talent the pitching staff should be a catalyst for this year's Racer's team.

In 2010, Eric completed his bachelor's degree in Human Ecology while playing baseball for The Ohio State University Buckeyes over a five year stint. In that short period Eric proved to be one of the most valuable pitchers on the staff succeeding in any situation in which he was needed. He concluded his career with a 16-9 record, including a 7-4 mark in 2009 when Ohio State won the Big Ten championship, and saved 14 games, which currently ranks fourth all time at Ohio State. He also appeared in 91 career games to rank third all-time at Ohio State, trailing only the 96 and 92 appearances, respectively, by Cory Cox and Jake Hale.

Eric has just recently completed a master's degree in Secondary Education at Grand Canyon University and will receive his diploma after the conclusion of his student teaching. Coach Best is a native of Lewis Center, Ohio, and an alumnus of Olentangy Liberty High School where he first met Carolyn Cypret, who after eight years of dating just recently became his fiancée.

Lou Ross comes to UNOH after graduating from Indian Lake High School. Coach Ross started his coaching career when he coached for the Marysville Playmakers in 2007. He then coached for the Diamond Dawg travel team in 2008, where Coach Ross led the team to a 40 and 10 record. After a successful stint with the Diamond Dawg organization, Coach Ross continued his profession with the Tipp City Lumber Company in 2009, which competed in two state championships. Coach Ross's last stop before joining the Racers coaching staff was at the helm of Indian Lake's summer team. During his stretch with Indian Lake, Coach Ross won their sectionals and placed 3^rd in districts.

Coach Ross is currently attending UNOH and is majoring in Sport Management & Marketing. He resides in Indian Lake and is married to Misty Ross and has one son Brandon who is freshman at the Lake.

Joshua Simmons is entering is his first year in the Racer program, as well at the collegiate level. After a California State High School Championship, played at Angels Stadium, as a shortstop at San Luis Obispo High in 1990 and a fourth-place finish in 1992 in the CCCAA World Series with Cuesta College, Josh enjoyed a brief professional career with the Chicago Cubs.

Josh was blessed with excellent coaches as an amateur and professional. He played for Larry Lee and with Jason Gill while at Cuesta College. Coach Lee now enters his 10^th season as the head coach of Cal Poly- San Luis Obispo of California, while Coach Gill enters his 3^rd season at the helm of Loyola Marymount of California.

After being names MVP of Cuestas 1992 baseball team, Josh was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 28^th round. He played his first year of professional baseball in the Appalachian League in Huntington, West Virginia, and a second year in the Midwest League for the Peoria Chiefs. As a utility player Josh had the fortune of being coached by Sandy Alomar Sr., as an infielder, and Jimmy Piersall, as an outfielder.

"With the addition of Coach Simmons, my staff is complete. His experience of playing professional baseball with Cubs organization is invaluable not only for my players, but my staff as well," UNOH head baseball coach Kory Hartman said. "He will be looked upon to help assist Coach Lou Ross in his efforts to lead a very young and talented JV program, along with helping Coach Aaron Lee work with our infielders."

Josh is currently earning his bachelor's degree in business at UNOH. He resides in Marysville, Ohio, with his wife and three children.