University of Central Missouri Men's Baseball

Crookes has coached three All-Americans, 32 All-MIAA performers, six All-Region players and a Rawlings/ABCA Gold Glove award winner. Three players have gone on to the affiliated professional ranks either through the Major League Baseball Draft or free agent signings. Prior to coming to Warrensburg, Crookes spent the previous eight seasons as the head coach at Hutchinson Community College in Hutchinson, Kan. He compiled a 292-164 overall record in eight seasons leading the Blue Dragons. His teams won or shared three Jayhawk West championships, won two Region VI crowns, and made two trips to the NJCAA World Series, including a third place finish at the 2010 World Series. He is second on the career wins list at HCC and his .640 winning percentage ranks third among 10 HCC coaches and his 456 games coached are second all-time at the school. During his tenure he coached four NJCAA All-Americans, 46 All-Conference players, 11 All-Region VI selections, a Jayhawk West MVP, Conference Freshman of the Year, and Region VI Defensive Player of the Year. Nine of his players were drafted and four players have reached the major leagues. Crookes will be inducted in to the Hutchinson Community College Hall of Fame in the spring of 2016. Before taking over as the head man at Hutchinson Community College, Crookes served four seasons as an assistant coach for the Blue Dragons, helping the squad to a 159-70-1 record during that span. He played collegiately, first at San Jose Junior College, and then at Centenary where he earned his bachelors degree in history in 1999. Crookes and his wife, Delayna, have two children; a daughter, Kennedy and a son, Kannon.   Kyle Crookes Year-by-Year