Vassar College Men's Baseball

Vassar College Director of Athletics and Physical Education Michelle Walsh has announced the hiring of Tad Skelley as the new Head Baseball Coach in July 2024. Skelley will join the Brewers following a two-year stint as the Head Coach at Gordon College. "We're very excited that Tad accepted our offer to serve as the next head coach for our baseball program", said Walsh. "Throughout the interview process, Tad demonstrated a clear commitment to taking our program to the next level competitively while also working to build upon a strong and inclusive team culture aligned with team, department, and college values.  Tad's focus on player development along with his emphasis on serving as a positive role model for our student-athletes both on and off the field distinguished him among a deep pool of candidates and I'm looking forward to the future of the program under his leadership. Skelley was hired as the Gordon Head Coach in June of 2022 and led the Scots to an appearance in the Commonwealth Coast Conference Tournament in his first season. During his tenure, Skelley mentored two All-CCC First Team recipients along with two All-Region honorees. He also saw three College Sport Communicators Academic All-District selections and 13 named to the CCC All-Academic team. "I am honored to be entrusted with the Vassar Baseball program; I want to thank Michelle Walsh, Matt Brennie, the search committee and the entire leadership team in the Vassar Athletics Department", said Skelley. "Vassar is undoubtedly one of the premier academic institutions in the country, and I am beyond excited to build a championship culture both on and off the field." Prior to his time at Gordon, Skelley was the lead assistant at Colby from 2018-22 where he helped transform the Mules from a 7-25 regular season squad to a 24-13 New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) Tournament post-season contender for the first time in program history. At the conclusion of the 2022 regular season, Colby set a program record for overall wins and most conference wins in program history. Over the course of his tenure at Colby, seven student-athletes were named to the NESCAC All-Conference Team. Skelley also oversaw an offense that set program records for slugging percentage, on base percentage, on base plus slugging (OPS), runs per game, extra base hits per game, and home runs per game amongst others. Skelley was also an amateur scout and Southeast video coordinator for the Toronto Blue Jays in 2018 where he assisted the director of scouting as well as the front office with preparation for the Major League Baseball draft. Skelley was tasked with creating scouting reports on amateur, professional, and international players. In the summer of 2017, Skelley was the head coach for the Brockton Rox, supervising all aspects of managing a competitive summer collegiate baseball organization. Skelley was responsible for selecting and signing all players to the active roster. Skelley spent three years from 2015-18 as the assistant coach and camp coordinator at Northwestern University where he developed two MLB draft picks. In 2013, he was appointed as the Director of Baseball Operations at the University of Notre Dame where he coordinated all team travel, assisted with on-campus recruiting, and oversaw and directed all team video operations. A 2011 graduate of Wheaton College (Mass.) with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics, Skelley captained his team during his senior season and helped Wheaton to a 130-44 record in his four years. During his career, Wheaton won three conference and tournament championships. In 2017, Skelley also earned a Wildcat Initiative for Leadership Development certificate from Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management and is currently completing his master's degree in business administration from Thomas College.

Fuke returned to Vassar as a full-time assistant in 2014 after two seasons as the Vassar College baseball volunteer assistant coach in 2012 and 2011. "We are extremely fortunate to have Blayne Fuke come back to our coaching staff this year," said head coach Jon Martin. "Coach Fuke will assist with the hitting, fielding, and day-to-day operations of the program. He was a well-coached and talented player for Rochester." An accomplished four-year starter for Rochester, Fuke walked onto the team as a freshman and earned All-Liberty League First Team honors as a sophomore and Second Team honors as a senior. Fuke captained the team to a Liberty League first place regular season finish as a senior. He helped the team to a program best 30-13 record his junior year and a Liberty League first place regular season finish his sophomore year. He was a University Athletic Association All-Tournament First Team selection as a junior. A native of Kailua, HI, Fuke was a two year varsity starter at 3B for the Mid-Pacific Institute and twice earned All- Interscholastic League of Honolulu honorable mention honors. He was named captain as senior.

POUGHKEEPSIE, NY – Vassar College Head Baseball Coach Tad Skelley has announced the hiring of Beth Greenwood as the new assistant coach and facilities assistant for the 2025 season. Greenwood will be in charge of the pitchers as she comes to Poughkeepsie following a two-year stint with the Philadelphia Phillies organization. In November 2025, Greenwood was selected in the third round of the inaugural Women's Pro Baseball League by Boston on Thursday evening in the first ever WPBL Draft. This historic draft marks the first time in history that women's professional baseball players heard their names called in a draft by one of the league's four founding teams. Greenwood comes to Vassar following two years with the Phillies organization where she served as a Minor League Development coach with the high-A affiliate Jersey Shore BlueClaws last season. She was the catching coach for the BlueClaws and assisted in game planning,on-field activities and player development. "I am beyond excited to welcome Beth to the Vassar Baseball program. Despite being just a few years removed from college, she brings an incredible depth of experience that will undoubtedly benefit our players," said Skelley. "Beth played for a highly respected and competitive program, not just within our conference, but also on the national stage at Rochester. Her drive to continually challenge and push herself has already led her to coaching opportunities with the Phillies organization and now at the collegiate level." Prior to her time as a minor league development coach, Greenwood was a Baseball Research and Development Fellow from 2022-24. She was responsible for working as a catching instructor with the Florida Complex League and rehab, as well as working with technologies for bullpens, games, live BP's and the biomechanics lab. Greenwood also worked as an Engineering Intern in 2021 for All-Star Sporting Goods where she worked with the product development group involving prototype testing a Bat Swinger machine to enhance helmet research and material selection for concussion prevention. "Beth is a smart, talented, and dedicated individual. Her hard work and passion for the game will make an immediate and lasting impact on our program. We are fortunate to have someone of her caliber join the Vassar Baseball family. Our players and the entire community will be better for it."  Greenwood has spent time with multiple Girls Baseball organizations where she has helped coach and evaluate talent for the MLB GRIT: Girls ID Tour along with working with Baseball For All as a Board Member of the largest girls baseball organization in the country. She has also worked with multiple other Girls Baseball Organizations in regards to clinics and events for youth development. Greenwood has been a member of the USA Women's National Baseball team program since 2018 where she was on the USA Baseball National Development Roster/Top 40 from 2018-22 before making the Top 20 National Team roster in 2023 and is still on the roster currently. In 2023, Team USA went undefeated in the World Cup Qualifier and went on to win Silver in the 2024 World Cup, which boosted their WBSC World Ranking to second place. Greenwood was a two-year baseball student athlete at the University of Rochester where she made history as the first American female to catch in a NCAA baseball game in 2021 and was the first female baseball player in Liberty League history. Greenwood earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Rochester in 2022 where she graduated Magna Cum Laude.