Coach Mason Heyne
This season will be Head Coach, Mason Heyne’s fourth full season at the helm of the Trojans Baseball Program. In his first full season, he guided the Trojans to a Region 20 playoff berth as well as a 27-19 record. 2023, Coach Heyne led the Trojans to 28-21 and another Region 20 playoff berth as well as 2024 with a record of 28-23.
Prior to ACM, Coach Heyne was the Head Coach of NCAA Division 2, Davis and Elkins College for five years (2015-2020). Under his tutelage, Heyne saw newcomers Johnny Liu and Derek Sicca earn All-Freshman and All-Conference honors, respectively, in 2017. In 2018, he guided four Senators, including three more newcomers to all-conference honors. In 2015, Seniors Lance VanNoy and Travis Phelps earned G-MAC All-Conference First Team honors in Heyne's first season. Bragg Eastin and Robbie McKinney also received recognition, being named to the G-MAC All-Freshman team.
Also, recently, Heyne coached during the summer of 2021 for the North Adams SteepleCats in the New England Collegiate Baseball League, where he saw three of his players get drafted in the 2022 Major League Baseball draft.
Heyne was a key four-year player for Rider University under head coach Barry Davis. Heyne helped lead the Broncs to four consecutive winning seasons, hitting .309 in 209 career games for the Division I program. In 2008 Heyne was named to the Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American Team, NJCBA All-Rookie Team, as well as the 2008 MAAC All-Tournament Team. In 2009, Heyne was a MAAC All-Academic Team member and earned a spot on the MAAC All-Tournament Team and All-NJCBA Team honors in 2010. In his four-year career, Heyne tallied 247 career hits (fourth in school history), 67 doubles, four triples and 24 home runs. Heyne currently holds the Rider University career record for RBI with 186 and he also holds the career record for doubles with 67.
edited cc 8/29/2023
