Sean Repay has been hired to join the Lakeland College baseball program for the 2014-15 school year, Muskies head coach Mike Bachar has announced.
Repay comes to Lakeland from the University of Antelope Valley. He was an assistant coach last year at the NAIA school in Lancaster, Calif., helping the Pioneers to a 27-23 record.
“I am definitely excited to work with Sean,” said Bachar. “He has a great background being a professional pitcher and has a great passion for player success. He is a great addition for the baseball program and we are lucky to have him.”
Repay began his college coaching career at Dominican (N.Y.) College, where he was a pitching coach for the NCAA Division II school. Repay helped coach a team that finished second in its conference, and as pitching coach he oversaw a first team all-conference selection, as well as seven pitchers on the staff with an earned run average below 3.50.
Repay also has coached in the high school and summer league ranks. He spent the summer of 2013 as an assistant coach for the Park Ridge Indians of the Metro Collegiate Summer league. Repay has also won an American Legion National Championship while coaching for the Crown Point (Ind.) American Legion team. In addition, he spent one season as an assistant coach at Hebron High School in Hebron, Ind., helping lead them to its best record in 10 years.
Repay also had a successful professional playing career, spending time with three different independent professional baseball organizations from 2009-12. He played for the Desert Valley Mountain Lions of the Continental League as well as the Kenosha Fielders and McAllen Thunder of the North American League. Repay also was in minor league spring training camp with the Toronto Blue Jays organization during his professional playing campaign.
Repay also serves as a baseball scout, previously working for the Baltimore Orioles organization in the Chicago area and as a scout in the greater Los Angeles area.
A Midwest native, Repay played collegiately at the NCAA Division III level at Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa. He graduated in 2008 with a bachelor's degree in political science.
