North Dakota State University Men's Baseball

Oakes File: - 2014 Summit League tournament champions - 2014 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament Corvallis Regional qualifiers - Coached three All-Summit League performers and one Summit League Tournament MVP - Coached right-handed pitcher Jay Flaa, who was drafted in the sixth round of the 2015 MLB Draft by the Baltimore Orioles - Helped the 2016 NDSU pitching staff post a 4.20 team ERA, second-best in The Summit League Tyler Oakes joined the North Dakota State University baseball staff as the team's pitching coach in December, 2013. He was appointed as the recruiting coordinator for the Bison in the summer of 2016.   He worked with David Ernst and Parker Trewin, who were selected to the 2014 Summit League Baseball All-Tournament team and All-Summit League second team, as well as All-Summit League second team honoree Trevor Jaunich and 2014 Summit League Tournament MVP Reed Pfannenstein. Oakes also coached Jay Flaa, who was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the sixth round of the 2015 MLB Draft.  Oakes was a graduate assistant pitching coach at South Dakota State in 2010 and 2011 before spending two years as a volunteer assistant at Minnesota.  He was a three-time Academic All-Big Ten performer from 2006-09 at Minnesota, where he pitched in the starting rotation as a sophomore and worked out of the bullpen for three seasons. Oakes signed with the Tampa Bay Rays as an undrafted free agent and played one season with the Princeton Rays of the Appalachian League.