Featuring Brent Alwine
Brent Alwine will enter his second season in 2010 as assistant coach for the Creighton baseball program. His primary duties will be working with the catchers, while also assisting with hitting. In his first year in Omaha, the Creighton hitters finished the season with a .299 average, their best mark since the 2005 team had a .312 average to finish the season. The team also had five players from its every day lineup named to the All-MVC team.
Prior to coming to Omaha, Alwine worked at IPFW, at the conclusion of his time as a player. As a player he concluded an impressive college career at IPFW in 2006 posting a .311 career batting average. Alwine also tallied a career fielding percentage as a four year starter at second base, of .951.
In July of 2008 he coached a team in Puerto Rico, as part of Coast to Coast Baseball.
Alwine spent the 2006 and 2007 summer as an instructor at Greylock sports camp. The Greylock camp is a prestigious summer camp for boys ages 6-16, that spans over two months, held in Becket, Massachusetts. He was responsible for fundamental instruction and coordinating work outs.
During his time in Fort Wayne, Ind., Coach Alwine worked with the IPFW infielders and hitters.
Brent is a graduate of North Miami High School in Mexico, Ind., and graduated from IPFW in 2006 with a degree in OLS. He is completing his masters degree in Liberal Studies from IPFW. Brent is engaged to Brandi Alspach.