WSC Baseball
Coaching Staff
Alex Koch
Assistant Coach
Alex Koch is in his third season as an assistant coach with the Wildcat baseball program for the 2011-12 season. Koch's duties include working with hitters and infielders while also serving as the team's third base coach.
The Millard South High School graduate was a standout player for the Wildcats from 2006-09, earning First Team All-Northern Sun Conference honors three seasons (2007, '08 and '09) and was a two-time ABCA/Rawlings All-Central Region selection (2nd Team in 2008 and 1st Team in 2009). Koch is Wayne State's all-time leader in career doubles (53) and currently ranks third in career RBI's with 181 and is tied for fifth in career hits with 217. He played on four NSIC regular season championship teams and each year was on the Wildcats' NCAA Division II national tournament qualifying teams.
Ryan Lennerton
Student Assistant Coach
Ryan Lennerton enters his fifth year on the Wayne State College baseball coaching staff for the 2011-12 season and will work with pitchers and catchers. Lennerton spent the 2007 season as pitching coach at Galveston College in Galveston, Texas. Prior to that, he served as head coach of the U16 Langley British Columbia Blaze Team and served as pitching coach of the U18 Langley Blaze of the British Columbia Premier Baseball League.
Lennerton, a native of Langley, British Columbia, played collegiate baseball for Eastern Oklahoma State College for two years before transferring to the University of Arkansas. Playing under Razorbacks head coach Dave Van Horn, Lennerton was a member of Arkansas' 2004 team that reached the College World Series that also captured the 2004 Southeastern Conference Championship. He was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2001 (24th round) and 2002 (42nd round).
Lennerton earned his bachelor's degree in health and physical education (K-12) at Wayne State College and is currently pursuing a master's degree in sport management at WSC.
Joe Wendte
Graduate Assistant Baseball Coach
Joe Wendte begins his second season as a graduate assistant coach with Wayne State College baseball and will work with outfielders during the 2011-12 season.
Wendte just completed a stellar playing career with the Wildcats from 2007-10. The Sioux City Heelan (Iowa) graduate was the NSIC Freshman of the Year in 2007 and was a First Team All-Northern Sun Conference selection from 2008-10. He was named the 2009 NSIC Player of the Year after hitting .396 with 14 homers and 67 RBI's, resulting in Wendte being named First Team All-American by ABCA/Rawlings. Wendte closed his WSC career in 2010 by earning First Team All-Central Region honors by hitting .416 with 11 homers and 41 RBI's.
Wendte finished his Wildcat playing career as the school's all-time leader in walks (138) and total bases (431) while ranking second in career home runs (34) and runs scored (229), third in hits (261) and at bats (653) and fifth in runs batted in with 177.
Bruce Schlecht
Assistant Baseball Coach
Bruce Schlecht will be in his 15th year as a volunteer assistant on the Wildcat coaching staff for 2012 season. He serves as the team's bench coach.
Schlecht brings a wealth of experience to the WSC bench. He presently is the coach of the West Point Bombers, a semi-professional team. In addition, he was the head coach of the West Point Legion program for nearly 25 years. During that time, his teams were perennial Class B state title contenders, winning four times.
