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Aaron Gentry
Aaron Gentry
Title: Head Baseball Coach
Phone: 479-979-1465/903-241-5122
Email: agentry@ozarks.edu

Aaron Gentry begins his eighth season as the head coach. Gentry assumed the position in 2015.

At Ozarks

  • Two players named All-Region (2022)
  • Team earned the ABCA Team Academic Award (2022)
  • Seven players named All-Conference (2022)
  • 14 players on the ASC Academic All-Conference Team (2022)
  • Led team to ASC Championship Tournament (2021)
  • Had 11 players receive All-Conference honors (2021)
  • Had pitcher earn national Pitcher of the Week from NCBWA and D3Baseball.com (2021)
  • Eight players made the ASC All-Academic Team (2021)
  • Had players win ASC Player of the Week five times (2021)
  • Player won the 2021 conference batting title
  • Opened conference season 10-2 (2021)
  • Guided 2020 team to best start since 2008 season
  • 2020 team ranked among ASC's top-3 in batting average and ERA
  • Had one player named to the 2020 Academic All-America First Team
  • Team received the ABCA Team Academic Award for the first time in program history
  • Had 10 players on the Academic All-Conference Team in 2020
  • Led the 2018 team to the post-season for the first time in nearly a decade
  • 2018 team posted the program's first post-season victory since 2008
  • Guided the 2018 club to the most conference wins (14) since the 1996 season
  • Helped 2018 defense finish among the ASC's top-4 in fielding percentage (.959)
  • Team ranked among the NCAA's top-15 in home runs (2018)
  • Led conference with 40 home runs (2018)
  • Coached one Academic All-American (2019)
  • Had five players earn All-Conference (2019)
  • 11 player were on the ASC All-Academic Team (2019)
  • Has had two players on the D3Baseball.com All-Region Team 
  • Ten players were named to the ASC All-Academic Team (2018)
  • Nine players qualified for the ASC All-Academic Team (2017)
  • Seven players received All-Conference (2017)
  • Helped the pitching staff lower its ERA by nearly two runs from the previous season (2016)
  • Helped the pitching staff lower its opponent batting average (2016)
  • Had one player earn First Team All-Conference honors (2016)
  • Seven players made the ASC All-Academic Team (2016)

Assistant Coaching Experience

  • LeTourneau University (eight seasons)
  • Volunteer assistant at Rogers State University (three seasons)

Assistant Coaching Accomplishments

  • Two-time winner of the American Southwest Conference Coaching Staff of the Year award at LeTourneau University (2014, 2015)
  • Helped LeTourneau to its three most successful seasons in program history
  • Assisted LeTourneau to back-to-back ASC playoff appearances
  • Helped LeTourneau win one ASC title (2014)
  • Assisted LeTourneau in earning a berth in the NCAA III Regionals (2014)
  • Helped LeTourneau win an ASC Tournament championship (2014)
  • 2014 team won a program-best 33 games
  • Helped 2013 LeTourneau team post its first winning season since 1999

Collegiate Playing Career

  • University of Arkansas
  • Berry College

Collegiate Playing Accomplishments

  • Led Berry College to a TranSouth Conference championship as a senior
  • Hit .404 with three home runs and 38 RBI at Berry
  • Named conference tournament MVP at Berry

Professional Playing Career

  • St. Louis Cardinals (1997-2000) - drafted in the 12th round as a shortstop
  • Drafted three times by three different major league baseball teams

Camp Instructor

  • Rogers State
  • University of the Ozarks

Education

  • Bachelor's degree in behavioral and social science from Rogers State
  • Master’s degree in counseling psychology from Northeastern State University

Hometown

  • Claremore, Oklahoma

Personal

  • Married to Lauren and they are the parents of two sons, Brooks and Boone

 Aaron Gentry