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- Jess Cutler, Class of '10, from FL

St. Andrews
Baseball Coaching Staff

 
 

Matt Boykin
Head Coach

 


Matt Boykin enters his second season as the head baseball coach at St. Andrews University after being hired in the summer of 2010.

After only one season, Boykin is dramatically increasing the size of the baseball program at St. Andrews. Not only is he bringing in players for the varsity team, but the up coming season will mark the start of a JV team for Knights Baseball.

Boykin joined the SAU athletics department after spending six years as an assistant coach at NCAA Division I Appalachian State University in Boone, NC After a very successful tenure at ASU, Boykin was rewarded with his first head coaching position when he came to St. Andrews and returned to the league where he played collegiate baseball.

Boykin was an integral component of the Appalachian State baseball coaching staff, helping in all aspects of the program including recruiting coordinator, primary hitting & infield instructor, third base coach, strength & conditioning, practices, and compliance.

Mountaineer fans witnessed a transformation in the baseball program in his six seasons at ASU. Boykin helped guide ASU from a 10-43 season with a 261 RBI rating in 2004 (year before his arrival to Boone) to a 38-18-1 record with RPI rating of 50 in his final season of 2010. The 38 wins last year were the second-most in school history and the fourth consecutive 30-plus win season for ASU.

Boykin coached nine MLB draft picks in his tenure at Appalachian State. The institution did not have any draft picks for the decade prior to his arrival at ASU. Boykin also instructed 12 All-Conference and four All-Americans.

The Apex, NC, product played four seasons at Conference Carolinas rival Barton College (Wilson, NC). Boykin was a two-time Academic All-Conference and All-Tournament honoree for the Bulldogs before earning a pair of bachelor’s degrees in business administration and sports management from Barton in 2003. Boykin added master’s degree in sports coaching from the United States Sports Academy in 2005.

In addition to spending the 2004 season as an assistant coach at his alma mater, Boykin was the head coach of the Asheboro Copperheads of the Coastal Plain League and served as an assistant coach with the CPL’s Wilson Tobs in 2004. He has also gained experience working at several camps throughout the Southeast and has been an assistant coach for American Legion squads in Wilson and Apex, NC.

Boykin currently resides in Laurinburg, NC.


 
 

Drew Roberts
Assistant Coach

 

Drew Roberts is entering his second season as part of the St. Andrews staff, after being hired as an assistant coach for the Knights baseball program under Head Coach Matt Boykin in 2010.

Roberts came to St. Andrews from Ohio University (Athens, OH) where he gained experience by being a volunteer coach while attending graduate school. Also, during the summer of 2010, Roberts served as the head coach for Edmonton Prospects- Western Major Baseball League’s summer collegiate team. Roberts also has recent coaching experience with the Great Lakes Collegiate Baseball League and the Cincinnati Six Amateur Baseball Organization.

As a student-athlete, Roberts played at Xavier University (Cincinnati, OH) on an athletic scholarship. During his collegiate career, he was chosen as the Atlantic 10 Conference Player of the Week Award multiple times and was also picked as the 2003 Preseason Atlantic 10 Rookie of the year.

Roberts holds a B.A. in Public Relations from Xavier University and recently finished an M.A. in Coaching Education at Ohio University. He now resides in Laurinburg, NC.


 
 

Jason Kuhn
Assistant Coach
 

Jason Kuhn is starting his second season at St. Andrews, after being hired in the summer of 2010 as an assistant coach for the SAU baseball program.

Coach Kuhn has spent the majority of his time at St. Andrews working with the pitchers in the program. This year, in addition to being a pitching coach, Kuhn will be the Head Coach of the JV team that the program is starting this year.

Kuhn made his way to St. Andrews after attending James Madison University (Harrisonburg, VA) for his undergraduate degree. As a student-athlete at JMU, the left-handed pitcher was a valuable addition to the Dukes. Kuhn and his teammates were able to out-play the competition in 2008 and took home a Conference title. Coach Kuhn’s collegiate play earned him such honors as CAA Pitcher of the Week and Ping! Baseball Spotlight Performance of the week.

The Eagle Scout completed his studies at James Madison University in 2010 and holds a B.A. in History. Kuhn currently resides in Laurinburg, NC.


 
 
 



 
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St. Andrews University
A branch of Webber International University
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