On August 9th, Stevens Institute of Technology hired Kristaps
Aldins, formerly the assistant coach at Harvard University as the
college's head baseball coach for the 2011-12 academic school year.
Aldins is the 10th coach in program history.
I am honored and humbled to be named the head baseball coach of
Stevens Institute of Technology, said Aldins. Stevens is a special
place with a national reputation for both academic and athletic
excellence. I am grateful to Russell Rogers and the rest of the
search committee for giving me the opportunity to lead the program
and become a member of the Stevens community. I look forward to
helping our baseball program get back to the top of the New York
Region and into to the NCAAs
Aldins spent the last three seasons in Cambridge, Mass., under
Crimson head coach Joe Walsh. In addition to his on-the-field
duties as well as his recruiting, and summer league placement
responsibilities, Aldins also served as the director and owner of
the Rising Star Academic Prospect Camp. This annual event served as
a feeder system that helped attract top-notch student athletes to
Harvard.
He also serves as the Head Coach for the Latvian National team,
which recently competed in the European Championship Qualifier in
Antwerp, Belgium. At the tournament, Latvia competed against
Austria, Belgium, Poland and Slovakia. Aldins also organized and
planned the first-ever Major League Baseball Envoy assignment to
Latvia to help develop the talent, skill and awareness of baseball
within the country. The Envoy assignment also played a large role
in helping the national team prepare for the European Qualifier
appearance. MLB Envoy has helped make significant strides for the
sport in Latvia and has motivated the national team members to
develop a youth system.
Before traveling overseas and stepping on Harvard's campus, Aldins
was the pitching coach and recruiting coordinator at Massachusetts
Institute of Technology (MIT) from 2005-09. Aldins oversaw a
pitching staff of 16 student-athletes and helped lead the Engineers
to a school-record 25 victories in 2009 and two appearances in the
NEWMAC Tournament finals. In his tenure at MIT, he developed one
NEWMAC Player of the Year, one Academic All-American and numerous
All-New England and all-conference performers.
Aldins inherits a program on Castle Point that strives to compete
for an Empire 8 title each season. In 2011, the Ducks placed eight
members on the All-Conference team. With strong teams to the likes
of Ithaca College and St. John Fisher College in the conference, it
will be a challenge, but Aldins looks forward to the
opportunity.
We will strive everyday to get better and reach our goal of an
Empire 8 championship and a NCAA Tournament bid each season
expressed Aldins.
Director of Athletics, Russell Rogers feels the same way.
We are thrilled to have Kristaps join us at Stevens. He brings
with him a tremendous level of energy and enthusiasm along with a
very well demonstrated knowledge of the game of baseball. I look
forward to working with him and seeing the positive impact he will
have as the leader of our baseball program.
As a collegiate player, Aldins competed at Vassar College in
Poughkeepsie, N.Y. and was a three-time All-Academic
student-athlete as well as the 2005 Liberty League Player of the
Year his senior season. His accolades kept piling up in '05, as he
was named to the first-team in the ABCA/Rawlings New York State
All-Region and Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Upstate
All-Star team. His senior campaign did not end there, as his
teammates voted him as the MVP, Hitter and Pitcher of the Year for
the Brewers. He graduated from Vassar with a double major in
history and Russian studies in 2005 and authored History of Vassar
Baseball, a paper depicting the rise of Brewers baseball from club
to varsity status.
Aldins also just recently fulfilled the requirements for his
Master's Degree from Northeastern University in Sports Leadership
in June.
August 18, 2011
Aldins is the new head coach at Stevens
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