Tristan Toorie will enter his second season as an assistant coach in 2016.
Toorie worked primarily with the team’s hitters and catchers in 2015, guiding the Blue Hose to a .290 batting average—PC's third-best in the Division I era and highest since 2012—and helping catcher Cam McRae to a First Team All-Big South selection. He helped the program to a PC Division I-record 27 wins that included victories over South Carolina, Clemson, No. 7 UCF and No. 22 Indiana. PC ended the season by winning its final seven midweek games and won 21 non-conference games, another program Division I record. The Blue Hose also posted winning records at the PC Baseball Complex and against other South Carolina programs.
Toorie arrived at PC after serving as the assistant head coach for the St. Cloud Rox for the past year, a collegiate summer league team in St. Cloud, Minnesota. Toorie managed daily conditioning work, directed hitting instruction, managed defensive formations, formulated the pitching rotations and coached third base. Eight of Toorie’s players were drafted in the 2014 Major League Baseball draft.
Prior to St. Cloud, Toorie played for Georgia Regents University (formerly Augusta State University). Toorie served as captain for the Jaguars and led the team in many offensive categories. He also played a year professionally at the Independent League Level, where he served as co-captain.
In 2010 and 2011, Toorie completed an internship with the Augusta Greenjackets, a Class A affiliate of the San Francisco Giants. While there, he assisted with workouts, observed and completed daily duties around the organization.
