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Steven Hay enters his third season as a member of the George Mason coaching staff and he is in his seventh season as a collegiate assistant coach. Hay came to Mason after five seasons at Webber International University where he was pitching coach and recruiting coordinator. In 2002 the NAIA school finished among the top five in the country in ERA and in 2003, WIU was among the top 15 in that category. The team also won the NAIA Baseball Scholar Team Award two years in a row. In his first season at Mason, Hay helped guide Jordan Flasher to the school record in single-season and career saves as he finished among the top five in the nation in that category. He also coached J.J. Pannell who was named second-team All-CAA and was selected in the Major League Baseball Amateur Draft. Pannell is one of nine pitchers that Hay has coached who has been drafted and he has also coached three pitchers who have gone on to professional careers. In his second season at Mason, Hay helped Ryan Brecko transition in midseason from starter to closer and he finished the year third-team All-CAA. Starter Dan Gerjets also was named third-team All-CAA. The 2008 season saw the Patriots have the fourth-most strikeouts in team history, the fourth-best strikeout-to-walk ratio and the seventh-best season in school history in terms of fewest walks allowed per nine innings. Hay also coached the Edenton Steamers in the Coastal Plains League, first as an assistant in 2002, then as head coach in 2003. Hay played collegiate baseball at Gulf Coast Community College before transferring to WIU. He set the single-season record at WIU for innings pitched and finished fifth all-time in school history in wins. He was the school's Pitcher of the Year in 1999 and that same season, he set Florida Sun Conference records for fewest walks with 100-plus innings pitched (10) and most innings pitched in a single game (13). Hay is a native of Somerset, Pa. He earned a bachelor's degree in business management from WIU in 1999 and an M.B. A. in Sport Management in 2005. |
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