KENT- Kent State head baseball coach Jeff Duncan has announced the hiring of two new assistants, Ryan Sloniger and Ryan Shawley in advance of the start of the upcoming season.
Sloniger rejoins the Golden Flashes as the third assistant on Duncan's staff while Shawley takes over as the Director of Player Development. He was a volunteer assistant for the Flashes for the 2022 season where he worked with the catchers and assisted with the pitching staff. He returns to the Flashes after spending last year as an assistant coach at Gardner Webb.
Sloniger spent three seasons in the Toronto Blue Jays' farm system.