University of Pennsylvania - Penn Men's Baseball

Mike Santello was promoted to the role of Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator in July of 2013. Following two seasons cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic, Penn set a slew of program records in 2022 and 2023, most notably breaking the 30-win plateau for the first time in program history with 33 victories in 2022 and 34 in 2023. That included a program-record 17 wins in Ivy League play in 2022 and 16 more in 2023 as Penn won the Ivy League regular-season title both years and took 13 of 14 conference series across the two seasons. The Quakers also hosted and won the Ivy League Tournament in 2023, the first year the Ivy League conducted a four-team postseason, and advanced to the NCAA Championship for the first time since 1995. At the Auburn regional, fourth-seeded Penn made more history by becoming the first Ivy League team to win its first two games since the NCAA went to four-team regional play in 1999 but dropped a pair of games to second-seeded Southern Miss which allowed the Golden Eagles to advance to the Super Regional. Wyatt Henseler earned first-team All-Ivy after crushing a program-record 18 home runs and leading the Ancient Eight with 142 total bases and 63 RBI. He also was second among Ivy players with 69 hits and third with 48 runs scored overall, just behind teammate Jackson Appel who was second with 50. Appel also tied for the Ivy lead with five triples. In Ivy play, Penn led the league in doubles (49) and triples (12) and was third with 209 hits. Individually, Cole Palis and Appel tied for the league lead in triples (4) and were among four players who tied for the league lead in runs scored (23), and Palis led the way with 59 total bases followed by Henseler (57) and Appel (54) who were second and third. Palis also was second with 34 hits, while Henseler was second with nine homers and third with 24 RBI.  All three players were first-team All-Ivy selections by the coaches.   Under Santello’s guidance, the Quakers emerged as one of the nation’s top offensive powerhouses in 2019. Penn finished the season ranked within the top five of all Division I programs in many offensive categories. After the conclusion of the College World Series, Penn held the nation’s second-best batting average (.334), ranked second in doubles per game (2.66), and third in triples per game (.54). Practicing increased plate discipline and utilizing increased opportunities in the batting cages, Santello helped lead Penn to rank third in on-base percentage (.422) and scoring (8.6 runs per game). The Quakers looked primed to post similar numbers in 2020. Unfortunately, the opportunity was halted by the season's cancellation due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Through eight games in 2020, Penn had a .292 batting average with 82 hits and 42 runs scored. Comparatively, the 2019 Quakers posted a .273 batting average with 85 hits and 52 runs scored.   Santello managed one of Penn's most experienced offensive units to date in 2018, returning eight-of-nine starters from the 2017 batting order. Coincidentally enough, the group's top performer came from non-other than one of the new additions, as Eduardo Malinowski emerged as not only Penn's, by also the Ivy's, best bat. Under Santello's tutelage, the freshman led the league in batting average (.347) and total hits (59), eventually earning him Ivy League Rookie of the Year and first-team All-Ivy honors. Penn's other first-team All-Ivy selection -- Matt McGeagh -- also thrived under Santello, pacing the league in both RBIs (43) and slugging percentage (.508). As a unit, Santello's corps ranked second amongst Ivy programs in overall batting average (.268) while leading the conference in doubles (73).   In addition to helping lead Penn to its first Ivy League Championship Series since 2007, Santello oversaw an offense in 2017 that totaled a .282 average and 88 doubles - a mark that ranked second in the Ivies on the season. He was instrumental in helping catcher Matt O'Neill attain his second consecutive All-Ivy Honorable Mention distinction, as well as overseeing 2017 Ivy League batting champion Tim Graul reign in a unanimous First-Team selection. The sixth-year assistant worked primarily with the catching corps in addition to the hitters throughout the season, and oversaw O'Neill throw out 40 percent (14-35) of attempted base-stealers.   In 2016, Santello helped the Quakers to an Ivy League-best .282 average and 32 home runs. He also helped both catchers capture Ivy League honors with Tim Graul winning Ivy League Player of the Year and Matt O'Neill winning Ivy League Rookie of the Year.   In 2015, Santello assisted in guiding Penn to a 22-15 overall record, with a 16-4 Ivy League mark. The 16 wins in league play were the most in program history. The Quakers fell to Columbia, 4-2, in a playoff game to determine the Ivy League Gehrig Division title.   The Quakers were ninth in the nation in slugging percentage at .494 and seventh in doubles per game. Penn also led the Ivy League in earned run average on the mound and slugging percentage at the plate, while finishing second in batting average and home runs offensively.    Senior catcher Austin Bossart was named Co-Ivy League Player of the Year, the first under Yurkow, and the fifth in program history. He was also a semifinalist for the Johnny Bench Award recognizing the nation's best catcher. Bossart was drafted in the 14th round by the Philadelphia Phillies in 2015.   The Quakers had five players selected First-team All-Ivy, three Second-team All-Ivy, and two named All-Ivy Honorable mention. The 10 players recognized as All-Ivy is the most in program history, breaking last seasons mark of nine players earning All-Ivy recognition.   In 2014, Penn finished tied atop the Ivy League Gehrig Division at the end of the regular season and faced off against Columbia, falling 4-0, in a one game playoff for the right to play in the Ivy League Championship series.   A program record nine players were named All-Ivy at the end of the season, with four first-team selections, two second-team selections, and three named honorable mention. Throughout the course of the spring, the Quakers earned four Ivy League Player of the Week awards, also a program record.   Working with hitters and catchers, Santello has helped guide a Penn offense that has scored over 200 runs the past two seasons, and in 2014 the Quakers finished ranked 21st in the nation in slugging percentage (0.419), 10th in doubles per game, and 13th in home runs per game. He's also worked with catcher Austin Bossart, who was named to the Johnny Bench Award watch list the past two seasons.    Prior to Penn, Santello previously served at his alma mater, Eastern, where he spent three seasons as the recruiting coordinator and assistant coach as well.   A four-year standout at Eastern on the field for the Eagles, Santello earned All-PAC honors in his senior season. A three-year captain of the Eagles, Santello was consistently at or near the top of his club's offensive categories while carrying a .980 fielding percentage at second base.   In addition to his stint coaching at Eastern, Santello has served as Camp Director for the Last Chance Camp at Eastern University and Swarthmore College, a camp he developed. During the offseasons, he has also worked as an instructor at the Triple Crown Academy in Limerick, Pa. while guest instructing at John Cole's Baseball Camps, the Best in Virginia Camp, the Naval Academy Baseball Camp, and the Top 96 Baseball Camp.   A native of Pottstown, Pa., Santello graduated from Eastern in 2008 with an undergraduate degree in history and earned his Masters of Education at Eastern in December of 2012. Mike is happily married to his wife, Nicole. 

Ryan Weise (pronounced WEE-see) joined the Penn Women's Basketball coaching staff in May 2025.   Weise comes to University City from Worcester, Mass. where she served as the Director of Basketball Operations for Holy Cross the last two seasons.   Most notably during her two seasons with the Crusaders, Weise helped Holy Cross to its 13th Patriot League Tournament Championship and the 2023-24 Patriot League Regular Season title, appearing in the NCAA Tournament. Weise arrived on The Hill after a spring internship with Division II East Stroudsburg women's basketball where she assisted the coaching staff by executing scouting reports and film breakdown, participated in on court player instruction, coordinated team meals, promoted the program's golf outing and camps while also helped promote the team on social media channels. In the spring, she was named to the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) class for the 20th "So You Want To Be A Coach" program, a two-day workshop during the 2023 WBCA Convention in Dallas. As a graduate student and one-time team captain at East Stroudsburg, Weise was a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) All-First Team honoree in 2022-23, was the Division II Conference Information Directors (D2CIDA) National Player of the Week on November 15, 2022 was named to the November DII Women's Basketball All-Stats Starting Five and selected to the Lehigh Valley Small College Basketball Organization's Pete Nevins Player of the Year and to Scholar-Athlete Team. In just a short time, Weise etched her name in the record books setting the program record in three-point percentage (40.3), free throw percentage (82.3), while ranking second in three-pointers (158), 10th in scoring average (14.7) and 12th in assists (235). In the single-season records, Weise holds two of the top three marks for most three-pointers in a season (97, 2022-23) and ranks third (61, 2021-22) while also coming in at third in three-point percentage (42.7%). She also matched the single-game record for three pointers made with eight in three consecutive contests. On January 29, 2022, Weise recorded the program's second ever triple double (10 points, 11 rebounds, 10 assists) and first since the 1993. Before ESU, Weise competed for Long Island University from 2018-2021 and was a two-time team captain her sophomore and junior year. She was named a Northeast Conference (NEC) Prime Performer of the Week three times. On February 18, 2020, Weise banked in a running 30-foot game-winning triple which was the no. 1 play on SportsCenter. She finished her collegiate career between the two stops with 1,381 points, 507 rebounds, 442 assists and 210 steals. Off the court, Weise was selected to be a member on the East Stroudsburg 14th Presidential Inaugural Committee and worked alongside football coach Jimmy Terwilliger to organize the event, which welcomed the new President and his family to campus which took place at the spring game. In the classroom, Weise was a two-time NEC Commissioners Honor Roll honoree and a three-time NEC Scholar-Athlete award winner. She earned PSAC Scholar Athlete honors twice and was a College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District Team winner. Weise graduated from Long Island in May 2021 with a bachelor of science in business; sports management and graduated from East Stroudsburg in May 2023 with a Master of Science in Management and Leadership. 

Josh Schwartz joined the Penn baseball coaching staff in July 2013 as the pitching coach after spending six successful seasons in the same position at Gloucester County College. During his tenure, the Roadrunners won two NJCAA Division III National Championships (2010, 2013). He also helped develop seven All-American pitchers. At Penn, Schwartz has coached the last three Ivy League Pitchers of the Year: Christian Scafidi in 2019; Kevin Eaise, a unanimous selection in 2022; and Ryan Dromboski in 2023. (Penn played just eight games in 2020 and 14 in 2021 due to Ivy League regulations regarding COVID-19.) Following two seasons cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic, Penn set a slew of program records in 2022 and 2023, most notably breaking the 30-win plateau for the first time in program history with 33 victories in 2022 and 34 in 2023. That included a program-record 17 wins in Ivy League play in 2022 and 16 more in 2023 as Penn won the Ivy League regular-season title both years and took 13 of 14 conference series across the two seasons. Under Schwartz' tutelage, the Quaker pitching staff struck out 484 batters in 2022 (shattering the previous mark of 358 set in 2018), then broke that record again in 2023 with 520 punchouts (235 in Ivy play). In 2022, Joe Miller became just the second pitcher in program history to strike out more than 80 batters in a season, finishing the year with 91, and then a year later Dromboski set the program mark with 97 K's while Cole Zaffiro also hit 80 for the season and Owen Coady fell one shy of the mark with 79. The 2023 was a particularly dominant season in the program annals, as Dromboski (.197), Coady (.209) and Zaffiro (.211) went 1-2-3 in overall opponent batting average and Carson Ozmer finished with a league-high six saves (four of them in Ivy play). All four of them earned All-Ivy with Dromboski and Zaffiro earning first-team honors, Coady getting second-team, and Ozmer earning honorable mention recognition. As a team, Penn's ERA was by far the lowest among the Ancient Eight programs both overall (4.15) and in Ivy play (3.29).  In a shortened 2020 season, Penn's pitching staff posted an Ivy League-low ERA (4.00) with 62 strikeouts, 41 walks, and held opponents to a league-low .224 batting average.    Entering the 2019 season with a trio of experienced starting pitchers, Schwartz was able to strike fear in Ivy League opposition with one of the best weekend rotations among Ancient Eight teams. Leading the rotation was the Quakers’ junior ace Christian Scafidi, who was named the Ivy League and Big 5’s Pitcher of the Year. Scafidi finished the season with the League’s lowest ERA (2.62) and finished the season with one of the conference’s best strikeout/walk ratios (45 K’s/9 BB’s). Scafidi and fellow junior starter Mitch Holcomb both finished the season with a 6-1 record after nine starts.   Following the loss of multiple pitchers to the MLB Draft, Schwartz was tasked with rebuilding the Quakers' bullpen nearly from scratch in 2018. The lone returning starter -- senior Gabe Kleiman -- anchored the group while several young arms developed, eventually leading to a dangerous staff eight deep. By year end, the 2018 Quakers had set a new bar for program strikeouts (358), surpassing last season's group by eight. Amongst the Ivy League, Penn finished second in ERA (4.63) and first in strikeouts, tossed four complete games and wrapped up the season with one shutout (at Yale, 5/13). Unsurprisingly, Kleiman served as the group's top performer, closing out the season with two complete games, a team-high 69 strikeouts -- good for 10th all-time in program history -- and 70.1 innings pitched.   Schwartz graduated his first class of pitchers on the staff in 2017, and saw the staff finish second in the Ivy League with a 4.16 ERA. The Quakers ran away with the strikeout lead, totaling 350 in 45 games to set a new all-time program record. The staff also posted three complete-game shutouts and three pitchers earned Ivy League or Big 5 Pitcher of the Week honors. Schwartz oversaw two All-Ivy performers in unanimous first-team selection Jake Cousins and honorable mention recipient Gabe Kleiman. Cousins' seven wins on the season gave him 20 for his career, ranking third on the program's all-time wins list while his 2.91 career ERA ranks sixth. Adam Bleday's 74 strikeouts on the year are the sixth-most in a single season in program history.   In 2016, Schwartz helped the Quakers to a 3.99 ERA, good for second in the Ivy League. Under his tutelage, Gabe Kleiman won Philadelphia Big Five Student-Athlete of the Year, as well as All-Ivy and All-Big Five selections.   In 2015, Penn finished with a 22-15 overall record, with a 16-4 Ivy League mark. The 16 wins in league play were the most in program history. The Quakers fell to Columbia, 4-2, in a playoff game to determine the Ivy League Gehrig Division title.   On the mound, the Quakers led the Ivy League in earned run average (3.34) setting a new mark besting the 2014 season for the lowest in Head Coach John Yurkow's association with the program. Penn also lead the league in WHIP (1.30), and finished with 209 strikeouts, averaging 6.53 per game.   Senior catcher Austin Bossart was named Co-Ivy League Player of the Year, the first under Yurkow, and the fifth in program history. He was also a semifinalist for the Johnny Bench Award recognizing the nation's best catcher.   The Quakers had five players selected First-team All-Ivy, three Second-team All-Ivy, and two named All-Ivy Honorable mention. The 10 players recognized as All-Ivy is the most in program history, breaking last season’s mark of nine players earning All-Ivy recognition.   In 2014, Penn finished tied atop the Ivy League Gehrig Division at the end of the regular season and faced off against Columbia, falling 4-0, in a one game playoff for the right to play in the Ivy League Championship series.   A program record nine players were named All-Ivy at the end of the season, with four first-team selections, two second-team selections, and three named honorable mention. Throughout the course of the spring, the Quakers earned four Ivy League Player of the Week awards, also a program record.   Schwartz's pitching staff recorded a 3.60 earned run average in 2014. The Quakers also led the Ivy League in strikeout-to-walk ratio (2.21) and were second in the league in strikeouts per nine innings (7.3).   As a player, Schwartz was a three-time All-America pitcher at Division III Rowan from 2002-05. During his time as an undergrad, he set the All-Division NCAA mark for consecutive victories with 37. Upon graduation, Schwartz went on to be drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals and played one season in their minor league system. He followed that with another season of professional ball with the New Jersey Jackals of the CAM-AM Independent League before joining GCC’s staff.

The 2024-25 season was Christine (McCollum) Woods' 10th as the Director of Basketball Operations for the Penn women's basketball program. Woods handles all administrative duties for the program and came to Penn after spending three seasons as an assistant coach at her alma mater, Holy Family. During that time, the Tigers won a regular season and two tournament conference titles, and made two NCAA Division II Tournament appearances. She played three seasons under Mike McLaughlin during her four-year playing career at HFU from 2006-10. Woods appeared in 130 games for the Tigers as the team went an impressive 117-13, including 77-0 in conference play. She was a member of two of McLaughlin's Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) championship teams (2007, 2008) and made four NCAA Division II Tournament appearances. The Tigers advanced to the East Region championship final twice during her career in 2008 and 2010. Woods was a three-time All-CACC selection, receiving the honors the final three years of her career. She earned second-team accolades in 2009 and 2010 and third-team honors in 2008. Woods was also a three-time CACC All-Academic selection. Her familiarity with McLaughlin's system deemed her a perfect addition to the Penn coaching staff, as she has been a part of three Ivy League championships (2016, '17, '19) and a Big Five title in 2018.  Woods graduated from Holy Family in 2010 with a Bachelor's degree in elementary/special education. She resides in the Philadelphia area with her husband, Sean, and their children Sean and Faith.