The Pointer UW-Stevens Point Student Newspaper
Pointers baseball has had a winning culture for as long as most can remember.
New Head Coach Jeremy Jirschele has been highly involved in this success and plans to keep the winning culture alive in his new role.
Courtesy of Jack McLaughlin.
Coach Jeremy Jirschele.
Jirschele had been an assistant coach under Pat Bloom, former head coach, for the last four years at University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. Bloom left in June to coach at Washington University in St. Louis.
Keeping the new hire in house could help maintain the continuity in a program that has been a top team in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference for most of the past decade, including three NCAA tournament appearances during Jirschele’s four years on staff.
Jirschele played college baseball at UW-Oshkosh, where he set the WIAC record for career doubles and was second in career hits. He was also one of two Wisconsin players to be named to the DIII All-Decade Team for the 2000’s.
As a student, he earned two WIAC Position Player of the Year, which lead to two First Team American Baseball Coaches Association All-American honors.
The Kansas City Royals selected Jirschele in the 30th round of the 2005 Major League Baseball Draft, and he was in the organization for three seasons before transitioning into coaching.
Before coming to UWSP, Jirschele coached at Wausau West for three years, where he led the Warriors to two state tournament berths.
Fall ball has started for Jirschele’s squad, and he will be rounding his team into form going into the spring season.
Charles Klumb
Reporter
charles.klumb@uwsp.edu
