McLean County Times

Illinois State baseball head coach Steve Holm has announced the addition of Max Wright to the Redbird coaching staff.

Wright joins the Redbirds after a four-year professional career, reaching as high as the AAA level in the San Francisco Giants organization. He is familiar with the Missouri Valley Conference, having played from 2017-2021 as a member of the Indiana State baseball program, where he played both catcher and outfielder.

"Having competed in the Missouri Valley Conference as a player, I am very familiar with the conference. I played against the Redbirds during my playing career and always had a respect for the Illinois State teams I played against," Wright stated. "I was really drawn to the facilities at ISU, the beautiful campus, and most of all, the quality and character of the other coaches on staff."

As an undergraduate player for Indiana State, Wright played in 12 games with four starts during his first year in 2017. In 2018, he became a mainstay behind the plate for Indiana State with 45 appearances (44 starts) at catcher. In 2019, Wright became only the fourth Sycamore in program history to earn Google Cloud Academic All-American status and also received MVC First Team Scholar-Athlete honors. In his final year, he earned American Baseball Coaches Association Second Team All-Region honors and was an All-MVC First Team selection.

"I cannot wait to have the players get back on campus and start our work as a team," Wright continued. "I think we have a very strong roster this year and I am really looking forward to helping this program work towards our next MVC Championship and beyond! Go Birds!"

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