McLean County Times

Illinois State University has announced the addition of Gavin Weyman as an assistant coach for its baseball team. Weyman will join the staff under head coach Steve Holm.

Weyman previously served as Director of Pitching with X2 Baseball in Concord, North Carolina, and as Pitching Coach for the Forest City Owls of the Coastal Plain League since 2023. Before that, he was Director of Player Development/Analytics at High Point University from August 2021 to June 2023. His coaching career began in 2020 with Rappoli Baseball Inc./Garciaparra Baseball Group as a Pitching Instructor and Assistant Coach.

"Gavin will be a great addition to Redbird baseball. He will assist me with the pitchers, bridge the gap with all of the data and analytics. He has an extensive amount of experience in a pitching lab and we want to be able to couple that with our program's track record of producing elite pitchers," said Holm. "In our time here, we have six pitchers drafted and two have already made it to the MLB. Having Gavin's knowledge on board, we are hoping to take that to the next level."

Weyman holds a degree in economics from Towson University, where he played baseball for two seasons. During his junior year, he made 19 appearances with six starts, striking out 46 batters over 54 innings. In his final collegiate season, he led Towson in ERA (3.26), wins (four), games started (13), strikeouts (56), and complete games (one).

"I'm excited to join the Illinois State coaching staff. Coach Holm wants to win and his actions reflect that," stated Weyman. "I'm looking forward to helping an already talented pitching staff build off of the momentum that was created last year."

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