Middlebury College Men's Baseball

Mike Leonard took over the reins of the Middlebury baseball program in June of 2016. He was named an Assistant Director of Athletics in 2025. AT MIDDLEBURY Coaching Record 3x NESCAC Championships (2022, 2024, 2025) 3x NESCAC Runner-Up (2017, 2019, 2023) Coached 3x NESCAC Player of the Year (2022, 2023, 2025) Coached 4x NESCAC Pitcher of the Year (2018, 2022, 2023, 2024)  Coached the 2018 Defensive Player of the Year Coached five CSC Academic All-America selections Led the program to a single-season record 32 wins in 2024 School-record 31 wins in 2022 (tied previous school record of 26 in 2019) Guided the team to the NCAA Regional Final in 2022 and the NCAA Regional in 2023, 2024 and 2025 Coached numerous All-Americans and program single-season and career record breakers AWARDS & HONORS 3x NESCAC Coach of the Year (2022, 2024, 2025) 2022 D3 Baseball Region 1 Coach of the Year 2013 Rockville (Conn.) High School Hall of Fame COACHING RESUME Head baseball coach - Middlebury College (2016-present) Head baseball coach - Bates College (2010-2016) Head baseball coach - Elms College (2010) Assistant baseball coach - St. Lawrence University (2009-2010) EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS Bachelor’s Degree - Political Science - University of Connecticut - 2004 Master’s Degree - Education - St. Lawrence University - 2009 Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) - Northeastern University - 2023 ATHLETIC CAREER Rockville High School (1997-2000) 2000 Connecticut Gatorade Player of the Year 2000 Hartford Courant Player of the Year University of Connecticut (2000-2004) All-Big East (2002, 2003) Huskies’ top-15 career list in hits (205), RBI (118), at-bats (648) and games played (177) Gulf Coast League Red Sox (2004) Lowell Spinners (2005) Greenville Drive (2006) Portland Sea Dogs (2007) Worcester Tornadoes (2009) The full history of the Middlebury baseball program can be found here.

Mike Phelps joined the baseball staff at Middlebury in 2005. He serves as the team's hitting and infield coach, while also coordinating the Panthers’ recruiting efforts. AT MIDDLEBURY 3x NESCAC Championships (2022, 2024, 2025) 2023 NESCAC Runner-up Coached 3x NESCAC Player of the Year (2022, 2023, 2025) Coached 4x NESCAC Pitcher of the Year (2018, 2022, 2023, 2024)  Coached the 2018 Defensive Player of the Year Helped coach five CSC Academic All-America selections Helped guide the program to a school-record 32 wins in 2024  Helped guide team to four consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances (2022-25) Panthers broke over two dozen individual and team records from 2022-2024 5x College Sports Communicators (formerly CoSIDA) Academic All-America Selections AWARDS & HONORS 2017 New England Intercollegiate Baseball Association's (NEIBA) Kevin Burr Assistant Coach Award COACHING RESUME Assistant baseball coach - Middlebury College (2005-present) Assistant football coach - Middlebury College (2005-2020) Assistant football coach - Middlebury Union High School EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS Bachelor’s Degree - Sports Administration minoring in business - Castleton University - 2006 ATHLETIC CAREER Three-year baseball player at Castleton University (2002-2006) Middlebury Union High School (1993-1996) Three-sport athlete in football, basketball and baseball Football team won the 1995 Vermont State championship, going undefeated 1996 Vermont Maple Sugar Shrine All-Star The full history of the Middlebury baseball program can be found here.

Devin Burke rejoined the Middlebury baseball staff as an assistant and pitching coach in January 2025. AT MIDDLEBURY 2025 NESCAC Champions 2x NESCAC Finalist (2019, 2025) 2x All-American Selections (2025) 7x All-NESCAC Selections Coached the 2025 NESCAC Player of the Year Coached the 2018 NESCAC Pitcher of the Year Coached the 2018 NESCAC Defensive Player of the Year Helped the 2019 squad to the ninth-lowest hits per nine innings in Division III (7.71) 1x College Sports Communicators (formerly CoSIDA) Academic All-America Selections COACHING RESUME Assistant/pitching coach - Middlebury College (2025-present) Pitching coach - La Crosse Loggers (2023-2024) Assistant coach/recruiting coordinator - Wagner College (2022-2023) Volunteer assistant coach - University of Massachusetts - Amherst (2021) Assistant/pitching coach - Middlebury College (2018-2020) EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS Bachelor of Arts Degree - Foreign Languages - Virginia Tech University - 2014 ATHLETIC CAREER Pitched for five seasons in the Colorado Rockies Organization Combined record of 18-24 with a 4.31 ERA Tallied 279 strikeouts over 344.2 innings pitched Virginia Tech University (2011-2013) NCAA Blacksburg Regional All-Tournament Team (2013) Gregg Olson Award Semifinalist (2013) Tallied an 11-4 mark over two seasons, including an 11-3 record in 2013 The full history of the Middlebury baseball program can be found here.