Central College Athletics

Baseball player

Adam Stevens
Head coach

The 2005 Iowa Conference co-coach of the year, Adam Stevens has turned the Central College baseball program into a consistent contender.

Stevens' squads have averaged nearly 21 wins a game in six seasons, the most successful run in the program's history. He piloted the Dutch to a share of the 2006 Iowa Conference crown, the school's first league baseball title since 1975.

Heading into in his seventh year after inheriting a club that was 12-24 in 2003, Stevens is 125-15 overall. Central's 26-14 mark in 2006 was the program's highest win total ever as the Dutch rallied for a share of the league title at 11-5. Central shattered 24 school records during the 2006 campaign.

Coach Adam Stevens Stevens, previously served as an assistant coach at Wabash College (Ind.) for a year, helping the squad post its first winning season in five years. Earlier he was an administrative assistant in the baseball office at Ball State University (Ind. ) where he received his master's degree in physical education/athletic administration.

A graduate of Morningside College , where he was a four-year starter, Stevens played in 110 consecutive games. He was team captain his senior year. Stevens also served as assistant coach at Sioux City West High School for two years.

Phone: (641) 628-5396
E-mail: stevensa@central.edu

Brandon Townsend
Assistant coach

Brandon Townsend is in his third year as an assistant baseball coach at Central, serving as pitching coach. He also serves as assistant men's basketball coach.

Townsend spent the 2006-07 year as head pitching coach, recruiting coordinator and junior varsity coach at North Central College ( Ill. ) after a year as pitching coach and assistant recruiting coordinator at North Park College ( Ill. ). He is a 2005 graduate of North Central where he was a two-year team captain. He also has experience as a youth league coach and as a private pitching instructor.

Phone: (641) 628-5397
E-mail: townsendb@central.edu

Shea Stamp
Assistant coach

Shea Stamp, a 2006 Central graduate, is going into his third season as assistant baseball coach.

A four-year letterwinner, Stamp was a two-time first-team all-Iowa Conference selection for the Dutch as an outfielder. Stamp helped lead Central to a share of the 2006 league title. He ranks first in career on-base percentage (.471) fourth on Central's career hits list (157) and set school records for most season walks (26, 2006), career walks (74), career hit by pitch (50) and hits in a doubleheader (7, April 1, 2006). He had a career batting mark of .337 with 19 homers and 100 runs batted in.

Stamp is in his third year as an admission counselor at Central.

E-mail: stamps@central.edu
Phone: (641) 628-7601

Michael Edwards
Assistant coach

Michael Edwards is entering his second season as a volunteer assistant coach for the Central College baseball squad.

A 2008 Central graduate and a Pella native, Edwards earned first-team all-Iowa Conference honors in 2008 after being named to the second team in 2007. He set the school career record for games started (143) and is tied for first in career doubles (41). He also ranks third on the school career charts in hits (163), fourth in RBIs (113) and runs (111) and 10th in batting average (.333) and on-base percentage (.420).

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