Transylvania University Men's Baseball

Head Baseball Coach at Transylvania University Most wins in a season in school history Went to 3 division 3 college world series as an assistant

Campbell will begin his 10th season as Transylvania's head baseball coach in 2015-16. He has guided the Pioneers through the most successful era of the program's history. The team had six players named to the HCAC All-Conference team in 2015, after having an impressive year in the field. The Pioneers committed the fewest errors in the league and led the conference in fielding percentage (.964). A Transy alum and former player, Campbell has posted a career record of 146-90 (61.8 percent), including a 78-56 (58.2 percent) mark in Heartland Conference play. He has won one HCAC regular season championship and one tournament title that led to an appearance in the NCAA Division III Championship in 2008. In his first two years as Transy's head coach, Campbell has led the Pioneers to their two highest single-season victory totals, compiling an overall record of 60-26 (69.7 percent) and a 31-13 mark in Heartland Conference play (70.4 percent). Transy won the HCAC regular season title in 2007 and captured the HCAC tournament and the school's first berth in the NCAA Division III Championship tournament in 2008. Transy won a school record 31 games during a 31-14 campaign in 2008 and finished fourth in the HCAC with a 15-7 mark, earning a third-straight appearance in the HCAC tournament. In 2007, the Pioneers were 29-12 record, 16-6 in Heartland Conference play. After guiding the Pioneers to their first HCAC regular season title in his first season at the helm, Campbell was named HCAC Coach of the Year. A 2000 Transy graduate, Campbell played baseball for the Pioneers. He has been a member of the Pioneers' baseball staff since 2004 and he has played or coached for Transy teams that have posted the six best records in the modern history of the baseball program. In 2006, Campbell was an assistant for a team that qualified for the HCAC tournament for the first time in school history and finished second in the HCAC regular season race for just the second time. The Pioneers set numerous team and individual records in 2004, Campbell's first season on the staff, a year highlighted by the first winning season in the modern history of the baseball program. Transy's 28-11 overall record was the first winning mark since baseball returned to Transy as a varsity sport in 1996 and the first winning season since 1963. The 28 wins were the all-time school record prior to the 2007 and 2008 seasons. Transy also finished second in the HCAC with a 13-8 mark in 2004. An infielder, Campbell was a four-year letterman for Transylvania, hitting a career-best .344 as a senior team captain. A native of Lexington, Campbell is a graduate of Lafayette High School. He graduated from Transylvania with a degree in business administration. 

Bray enters his third year as an assistant coach with the Transylvania womens basketball team and his fifth year as an assistant coach with Juli Fulks. Bray came to Transylvania in the summer of 2014 from Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon, where he served as an assistant womens basketball coach under Fulks for the prior two seasons. Alongside Fulks at both Lewis & Clark and Transylvania, Bray has been part of some of the most successful seasons at both programs; Transylvania won the HCAC Conference crown in 2014-15, while the Lewis & Clark Pioneers won the Northwest Conference regular season title in 2012-2013. Bray was part of a coaching staff that presided over the winningest era in Lewis & Clark womens basketball history, which included two conference titles, three NCAA Division III tournament appearances, and three consecutive seasons of being nationally ranked in the D3hoops.com and WBCA Top 25 polls. As part of the Transylvania coaching staff, Bray plays a key role in recruiting future Pioneers. Standout players at Transylvania during Brays tenure include HCAC all-Freshman team selection Kristen Hayes, Celia Kline, the leading freshman in 3-point percentage in 2016, and all-Northwest conference team selection Ayisat Afolabi at Lewis & Clark. Bray also serves as an assistant baseball coach for the Pioneers baseball program, specializing in recruiting, hitting, and player development. The third-year assistant coach was a two-year letterwinner and team captain for Lewis & Clark in baseball, hitting 10 home runs and 40 RBI during his time at Palatine Hill. 

Dixon joins the Transylvania University baseball staff for his second season in 2016, serving as the pitching assistant coach. Dixon is a 2014 alumnus of Transy, where he played under head coach Chris Campbell for four seasons as a left-handed pitcher. During his time at Transylvania, Dixon earned All-HCAC Honorable Mention and All-Sportsmanship honors in 2012 after appearing in 18 games and posting a 3.38 ERA in 26.2 innings and racking up 30 strikeouts out of the bullpen. He made the transition to the starting rotation in 2013 for his junior season. Dixon was named First Team All-HCAC after posting a 5-2 record in nine starts, tallying 52 strikeouts in 62 innings of work and holding opponents to a .258 batting average against. His 2013 ERA of 2.47 is good for the third lowest single-season ERA in program history. During his career, Dixon logged 135 strikeouts in 142.1 IP, giving him a K/9 rate of 8.54, good for second highest in Pioneer history. Dixon appeared in 59 games over his four years, ranking him second all-time in games pitched. In addition to pitching for the Pioneers, Dixon spent the summer of 2011 pitching for the Slippery Rock Sliders of the Prospect League and the summers of 2012 and 2013 as a member of the Alexandria Aces of the Cal Ripken Collegiate Baseball League. Dixon also serves as the head coach of the 15u Lexington Grays baseball team, furnished by the Lexington Baseball School. He also provides private instruction for youth players at the School. As an assistant coach, Dixon works with the pitching staff with a focus on daily development, throwing and conditioning programs and assists with recruiting for the Pioneers. He graduated with honors in Writing, Rhetoric and Communication and also currently serves as the Director of Sports Information.