Gill’s LMU teams have made the West Coast Conference Tournament (top four teams in the conference) five of the last six years, with the Lions winning the tournament title this past season and a regular season title in 2017. Hartsell, Tyler In total, Gill has been to the postseason nine times as a coach. Butterick, Apoorv Assistant Coach. In his final campaign, Andrews hit .297 with 13 stolen bases and 23 RBI. You have permission to edit this article. Pritchard, Carson In light of everything, it has been asked by Kenny and other community members to cancel this Friday's rally in his honor. Alvarez has helped develop four All-Pac-12 first team infielders during his tenure and coached third baseman Brandon Perez to Gold Glove honors in 2018. He has made a total of four trips to Omaha as a player and coach, reaching the College World Series as a player with Cal State Fullerton in 1994 and then returning as an undergraduate assistant under legendary coach Augie Garrido with the Titans’ 1995 National Championship squad. Andrews was drafted out of Cal State Fullerton in 2005, going in the seventh round to the Orioles. A standout infielder himself, Alvarez has helped the Trojans develop one of the best defensive infields in the nation during his tenure. Gill, Gabe Beller, Ben The team’s official recruiting coordinator since 2015, Alvarez has helped produce multiple Top 25 recruiting classes and was named one of the nation’s Top 30 recruiters by D1Baseball.com in 2016. menfinger@aikenstandard.com. A Southern California native, Silva attended Redondo Union High School, where he graduated in 1992. USC home's field is Dedeaux Field, which is named in honor of former head coach and National College Baseball Hall of Fame inductee Rod Dedeaux. He also spent a year pitching overseas in Taiwan and played one year of independent ball in the Atlantic League. Olmstead, Miko Kenny Thomas, USC Aiken's baseball coach at the center of a controversial social media post, has called for a rally organized in his honor to be canceled. “I promise you will never see anything like this on my field. Staff reporters Colin Demarest and Kristina Rackley contributed to this report. Assistant Coach. Hoopingarner, Adrian Generally cloudy. The El Monte native and graduate from Bishop Amat High has one daughter, Madison. Established in 1888, the team is a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association and the Pac-12 Conference. Cirillo, Rhylan Esqueda, Alex Low 66F. Silva served the three preceding seasons (2008-10) at UC Irvine under legendary skipper Mike Gillespie, helping the Anteater pitchers to 19 combined All-America awards and some of the best numbers in program history. Silva, Bobby There is no additional information to display: Halsema, Ethan Known as an outstanding recruiter and developer of talent, Gill has seen 31 Lions selected in the MLB Draft during his tenure at LMU and three of them have reached the big leagues, including David Fletcher with the Angels. Coach does not want any more division for the school or our community. Colon-Rosado, Clay Skylar Meade. View Full Bio, Tyler On the recruiting side, Silva’s 2019 class was ranked as high as No. Bobby Andrews enters his first season as a volunteer assistant at USC in 2020. The USC Trojans are one of the mo… Acker, Bart Alvarez also serves as the recruiting coordinator for the Trojans. He was drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 1997 expansion draft before being traded to the Detroit Tigers. Prior to his time in Lincoln, Silva served as Gill’s pitching coach in his inaugural season at LMU in 2011, helping the Lions’ pitchers cut their ERA nearly in half from the previous season to 3.25, which was good for 30th in the country. University officials said they expect to take personnel action against Thomas, who is the school's winningest baseball coach. "I think I can speak for Kenny and say he is overwhelmed by the community's support of him," Oremus said in a Facebook post. Martin Butterick Gill comes to USC after 11 seasons at Loyola Marymount, where he posted a 322-286-1 (.530) overall record. At UC Irvine, he helped guide the program back from extinction and worked alongside then UCI head coach John Savage to get the Anteaters back to the postseason in 2004. As a teammate of Gill, he helped lead the 1994 team to Omaha and then played a central role on the 1995 National Championship squad, earning the win in the title game against USC. Prior to heading to Fullerton, Andrews was a standout player at Rancho Buena Vista High School, in Vista, Calif.