Mike Stawski
Mike Stawski enters his 3rd year as Head Coach of the Spalding University Baseball Team. During his current tenure, the Spalding University Golden Eagles have an overall record of 50-33, after posting a 32-75 record in the previous three years before Stawski’s arrival. This past season the team posted a 30-13 record overall and a 20-4 record in the Saint Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference which placed the team 2nd in the league. The team also advanced to the Small College World Series, their first ever appearance, where they took 4th overall. As a result of the team’s success, Stawski was named the 2011 SLIAC Coach of the Year.
For the three years previous to arriving at Spalding, Stawski was the Head Assistant and Pitching coach at Webster University in St. Louis, MO. There, the team amassed 3 Conference Championships and 2 Tournament Championships along with a bid to the Central Region Championship game. While at Webster, the team compiled a 90-44 overall record with an astounding 63-6 mark in SLIAC Conference play. Coach Stawski’s pitching staff achieved incredible numbers leading the conference in 12 categories in each of his last two seasons. Those categories included E.R.A., strikeouts, and hits allowed. He had the privilege to coach numerous All-conference and All-Region Players, along with 3 Players of the Year, and 3 All-Americans. Last summer one of Stawski’s former pitchers signed a pro contract to play in Georgia.
Previous to his time at Webster, Stawski coached for one year in Wellsville, NY for the Alleghany Country Nitros of the New York Collegiate Baseball League as their Head Assistant and Pitching Coach. Under Coach Stawski, the Nitros finished second in the league in E.R.A. and led the league in shutouts. Also the team won their first ever divisional championship as well as their first birth into the NYCBL Championship series.
The Chicago, IL native and son of Mike and Marianne Stawski enjoyed a successful collegiate career where he attended St. Joseph’s College. There, Stawski was a starting pitcher and was named an All-Conference selection in the Great Lakes Valley Conference. Stawski was fortunate enough to win a conference championship while at St. Joseph’s and helped lead the team to a #1 seed in the North Central Region in 2005. Stawski also played for the Alleghany County Nitros where he currently holds one Nitro record and one New York State record. He was named Player of the Year in 2005.
Stawski graduated from St. Joseph’s College in 2006 with a degree in Business Management and will finish his Master’s Degree in Business at Webster University in the Winter of 2011.
Coach Stawski, his wife Melissa, and their son Michael reside in Jeffersonville, IN.
