Erie Community College Men's Baseball

Bauth has developed and guided the Erie Community College baseball program into a regional and national power in NJCAA baseball. Consistently ranked in the NJCAA Division 3 poll, the Erie Kats have posted 23 consecutive winning seasons and have advanced to the Region 3 championship game in 10 of the last 18 years.   Entering his 25 season, Bauth ranks second in the country among active NJCAA Division 3 coaches in wins with an 881-497-4 record. He is a three-time ABCA Coach of the Year (1998, 2000 and 2003), a four-time NJCAA District Coach of the Year (1998, 2000, 2003 and 2005) and three-time Region 3 Coach of the Year (2005, 2006 and 2011). He also received the Louisville Slugger Award for Coaching Excellence in 1998, 2003 and 2011.   Under coach Bauth, Erie baseball has won the competitive Western New York Athletic Conference five times since 2003 and advanced to the NJCAA Division 3 Baseball World Series in 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005 and 2011.   An astounding 67 players have earned All-Region recognition under Coach Bauths tutelage, which includes 12 student-athletes that have been named NJCAA Division 3 All-Americans. Seven of Bauths players have gone on to play professional baseball.   Bauth is a professor in the colleges Health, Wellness and Physical Education Department and holds a bachelors and masters degree from Canisius College. He is an active member of the American Baseball Coaches Association where he currently serves as Vice President of the NJCAA Organizational Committee. He lives in Lancaster with his wife, Suzanne.