Georgia Southern University Baseball

964-664-1 Overall Record (29th Season) 883-626 at Georgia Southern (27th Season) 2000 SoCon Coach of the Year 2001 SoCon Coach of the Year Hennon completed his historic 26th season in 2025, seeing him pass Jack Stallings for the most win all-time in school history with a 6-5 win over Campbell on 2/28 that saw the Eagles score three in the ninth to force extras. Hennon would lead his Eagles to another Sun Belt Tournament appearance on the season while also developing Josh Tate to be the leadin ghitter in the conference. In 2024, Hennon finished his 25th season at the helm with a 17-13 Sun Belt record. Hennon would lead his Eagles to a magical run at the end of the year, winning five of their last six to end 2024. It culminated in a magical run in the Sun Belt Tournament, ultimately falling in the title game to Southern Miss. It was the fifth time since rejoining the Sun Belt where Hennon has taken his team to the championship game. Georgia Southern head coach Rodney Hennon finished his 24th season in the Blue and White in 2023, which saw him with both his 800th game at Georgia Southern and his 900th game in his head coaching career. Hennon also tied legendary Eagles skipper Jack Stallings for the longest tenured baseball coach in school history with 24 seasons under his belt. Hennon completed his 23rd season at Georgia Southern in 2022, where he led the Eagles to its first NCAA Regional since the 2014 season. The Eagles were labeled as the #16 National Seed and hosted the Stat

Chris serves as the graduate assistant for the Eagles baseball team. He is entering his third year with the team, first year as a graduate assistant, working...

Cody Wofford returned to Georgia Southern for the 2023 season as the Eagles' hitting coach after spending two years at Eastern Kentucky. Just last season in 2025, Wofford led the Eagles' offense to be a top-five team in many offensive categories in the Sun Belt, including average (.274), hits (538), home runs (69), SLG (.446), and first in triples (18). He helped guide the then junior Josh Tate to be selected in the eighth round of the 2025 MLB Draft to the Pirates after Tate led the Sun Belt with his .362 average. Along with Tate, he also helped Sean Smith to a top-three finish in the conference's batting average leaders and the duo also finished in the top five in their SLG. In 2023, Wofford helped the Eagles take a more patient approach to the plate, which resulted in the Eagles taking 288 walks in 2023, 25 more than in 2022. Wofford also helped Jesse Sherrill reach an incredible batting average of .409 in his final season, which sits alone at eighth all-time in Georgia Southern history for single season batting average. During his time at EKU, Wofford was responsible for coaching the infielders, team defense, and hitting. Wofford saw the Colonels post back-to-back program-highs in fielding percentage, posting a .972 fielding percentage in 2021 and a .975 in 2022. EKU posted a 38-20 record in 2022, which was the most wins the program has earned since 1990. In the 2022 season, EKU finished in the top five in most offensive categories in the Atlantic-Sun (ASUN) Conference, i

Dr. Megan Byrd is an assistant professor of Sport and Exercise Psychology in the Department of Health Sciences and Kinesiology at Georgia Southern University. Dr. Byrd is a Certified Mental Performance Consultant® and has worked extensively with youth, college, and professional athletes on performance enhancement and mental well-being. Additionally, Dr. Byrd teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in sport and exercise psychology, and supervises graduate students during their sport psychology practicum and internships. Dr. Byrd is involved in the sport psychology professional community and serves on committees for the Association for Applied Sport Psychology and American Psychological Association Division 47. She has numerous publications, book chapters, and national and international presentations in the field. Dr. Byrd has a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Eastern Kentucky University, a master’s degree in sport studies from Miami University, a master’s degree in counseling and a Ph.D. in sport and exercise psychology from West Virginia University.

Hunter Lakey joined the Georgia Southern strength & conditioning staff in January 2024, overseeing all aspects of the development of the Eagles' baseball and...

Jace Aymond serves as the media relations contact for baseball, men's soccer, and the swimming and diving teams. Jace graduated from Mississippi College with a bachelor's degree in Sports Media and a minor in Psychology. He is currently pursuing a Master of Science in Sport Management at Georgia Southern. While at Mississippi College, Jace worked in the sports information department for two years and was the main contact for the men's soccer team. He handled statistical duties for men's basketball, men's and women's soccer, and softball. Also during his undergraduate at MC, Jace worked as the managing editor for MCTV, a weekly newscast, where he anchored and produced the show. He has also been the voice of the Choctaws' women's basketball team and for other local high school and junior college teams. A native of Effie, Louisiana, he is the son of Lynn and Andrea Aymond, and has two siblings, Jaxson and Jacob. In his spare time, Jace enjoys traveling the country to do escape rooms, and rooting for the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Jack Kyle was hired in January of 2024 at Georgia Southern University as the Assistant Equipment Manager for Olympic Sports for GS after a six-year career as an undergraduate and graduate student at Troy University (2018 - 2024) where he worked with the football team. He was promoted to the Assistant Equipment Manager for Football in 2026 and oversees women's tennis, men's tennis and women's rifle. In his current role he assists with football equipment, including daily practice set up, equipment distribution, equipment fitting, student supervision, laundry services, recruiting, gameday setup and packing for away football games. Prior to his current role with football, Kyle oversaw the day to day equipment operations for nine different Olympic sports which included the athletes, coaching staff, and support staff for each team. He managed the ordering, inventory, and distribution of equipment for each team and also directed and managed laundry services and transportation of all equipment on road trips. Prior to joining Georgia Southern, Jack was an undergraduate and graduate student at Troy University. He was a crucial component and leader of equipment operations for the football team. Was a part of three 10+ win seasons and three bowl game appearances and won two Sun Belt conference championships in 2022 and 2023. All while being heavily involved with different organizations on campus, Greek life where he served on the Executive Cabinet (FarmHouse Fraternity), and volunteer wo

Jason Beverlin, a long-time college coach who has head coaching experience and ties to Georgia Southern, was named the new pitching coach of the Eagle baseball program for the 2026 season. Previously, Beverlin coached in the same role at Sun Belt rival Coastal Carolina from 2022 to 2024. In his first season with the Chanticleers, his staff led the Sun Belt in both strikeout-to-walk ratio (2.54) and fewest walks allowed per nine innings (3.58) and ranked fourth in the conference in both WHIP (1.40) and strikeouts per nine innings (9.1) on the season. Before his stint in Conway, Beverlin served as a recruiting coordinator for the Toronto Blue Jays from 2017-2020. He also served as the head coach for Bethune-Cookman from 2011 to 2017, where he won 179 games, four MEAC Tournament titles, and is the only coach in program history to compete for an NCAA Regional title in his final season with the program. Beverlin is no stranger to Statesboro, however, as before serving as the pitching coach for Tennessee from 2010-2011, he served in the same role under Hennon in 2008 and 2009. The improvements to the pitching staff were reflected on the field, as the Eagles would win the Southern Conference title in 2009. Collegiately, Beverlin was a teammate of Hennon at Western Carolina, where he won Southern Conference Pitcher of the Year in 1994, and even garnered second-team All-American honors. For this, he was inducted into the Western Carolina Hall of Fame. Beverlin would go on to play prof

Minjarez serves as an assistant coach for the Eagles baseball team and is entering his second year with the program. He arrives to Georgia Southern with inti...

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Owens is in his fifth season with the Georgia Southern baseball staff, his fourth year assuming the role of Director of Player Development and Baseball Opera...