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Sean Moore

FOURTH YEAR (Coaching)

FIFTH YEAR (Penn State)

IOWA, 2015

Assistant Coach

Sean Moore is in his fifth season on the Penn State baseball staff and second as an assistant coach. His responsibilities include heavy involvement with the hitters and recruiting and oversight of the infielders.

In 2022, the Nittany Lions earned their first Big Ten Tournament appearance since 2012. The Nittany Lions finished the season with a 26-29 record, including an 11-13 mark in the Big Ten. Penn State earned the No. 6 seed in the Big Ten Tournament, picking up a 5-2 win over No. 3 seed Iowa to open the tournament.

The Nittany Lions won Big Ten series against Purdue, Minnesota and Michigan State, sweeping the Spartans. Penn State also earned a win in each series against Rutgers, No. 23 Maryland, Northwestern and Ohio State. In non-conference action, the Nittany Lions’ wins included a 14-3 victory over NEC Champion LIU, an 8-4 win at West Virginia and a 19-6 win over Pitt in PNC Park, highlighted by a 14-run top of the ninth.

Penn State had two All-Big Ten selections, led by first team selection Matt Wood. The junior catcher won the Big Ten batting average title in the regular season (.395) and led the Nittany Lions in average (.379), hits (75), runs (55), homers (12), RBI (53), total bases (132), slugging percentage (.667), on-base percentage (.480) and walks (36). Wood’s incredible season included a 26-game hit streak and a 36-game reached-base streak. Wood was PSU’s first All-Big Ten first-team selection since Jordan Steranka in 2012) and Penn State’s 16th first team selection in program history and the third catcher to earn first team honors.

Wood finished the season ranking fourth at PSU in runs (55), sixth in total bases (132), tied seventh in walks (36), tied eighth in hits (75) and RBI (53) and ninth in homers (12) and slugging percentage (.667).

Wood was selected in the fourth round (132nd overall) by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 2022 MLB Draft. Wood is the highest-selected position player in program history. The previous highest was catcher Ben Heath (fifth round, 153rd overall) by the Houston Astros.

Josh Spiegel was named All-Big Ten second team, batting .300 with a team-best 17 doubles. He had 10 homers and 43 RBI to go with 34 runs. Spiegel tied for the eighth-most doubles in a season at PSU, matching Chris Wright (2001). Anthony Steele was selected to the All-Big Ten freshman team.

In 24 Big Ten regular season games, Penn State collected 83 extrabase hits, including 43 doubles, 11 triples and 29 homers. Penn State set a program record with 19 triples in 2022. Tayven Kelley and Johnny Piacentino each had four triples, good to tie for eighth-most in a season at PSU.

Jay Harry batted .333 with 71 hits, including 10 doubles and five homers, 40 runs and 26 RBI. Billy Gerlott tallied 12 doubles, two triples and six homers to go with 33 RBI.

The Nittany Lions ended the 2021 season with an 18-24 record, playing against exclusively Big Ten opponents. The victories included a 3-2 win over No. 18 Michigan on March 26 and a series sweep over Michigan State in which Penn State outscored the Spartans, 39-13. Penn State scored 10 or more runs in six games.

Penn State led the Big Ten in doubles (93) and doubles per game (2.21), ranking 10th in the country in doubles per game. The Nittany Lions sat third in the conference in batting average (.269).

Moore joined the Nittany Lions ahead of the 2019 season in a newlycreated operations/player development position, where he oversaw the implementation of multiple analytical and video technology systems, worked with the coaching staff to further develop practice plans and ingame coaching strategies and handled team logistics.

Prior to joining Penn State, Moore served two years as the volunteer assistant coach at Iowa as the teams' hitting coach.

Moore's collegiate playing career consisted of three stops. He played two seasons at DMACC. He spent the 2013 season at Wichita State before transferring and wrapping up his career as a Hawkeye in 2015.

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Dallas Burke

FOURTH YEAR MISSOURI SOUTHERN, 2013

Volunteer Assistant Coach

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In 2022, the Nittany Lions earned their first Big Ten Tournament appearance since 2012. The blue and white finished the season with a 26-29 record, including an 11-13 mark in the Big Ten. Penn State earned the No. 6 seed in the Big Ten Tournament, picking up a 5-2 win over No. 3 seed Iowa to open the tournament.

Penn State had two All-Big Ten selections, led by first team selection Matt Wood. The junior catcher won the Big Ten batting average title in the regular season (.395) and led the Nittany Lions in average (.379), hits (75), runs (55), homers (12), RBI (53), total bases (132), slugging percentage (.667), on-base percentage (.480) and walks (36). Wood was PSU’s first AllBig Ten first-team selection since Jordan Steranka in 2012) and Penn State’s 16th first team selection in program history and the third catcher to earn first team honors.

Wood finished the season ranking fourth at PSU in runs (55), sixth in total bases (132), tied seventh in walks (36), tied eighth in hits (75) and RBI (53) and ninth in homers (12) and slugging percentage (.667).

Wood was selected in the fourth round (132nd overall) by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 2022 MLB Draft. Wood is the highest-selected position player in program history. The previous highest was catcher Ben Heath (fifth round, 153rd overall) by the Houston Astros.

Josh Spiegel was named All-Big Ten second team, batting .300 with a team-best 17 doubles. He had 10 homers and 43 RBI to go with 34 runs.

In 24 Big Ten regular season games, Penn State collected 83 extra-base hits, including 43 doubles, 11 triples and 29 homers. Penn State set a program record with 19 triples in 2022.

The Nittany Lions concluded the 2021 season with a 18 wins, playing against exclusively Big Ten opponents. The victories included a 3-2 win over No. 18 Michigan on March 26 and a series sweep over Michigan State in which Penn State outscored the Spartans, 39-13. Penn State scored 10 or more runs in six games.

The blue and white paced the Big Ten in doubles (93) and doubles per game (2.21), ranking 10th in the country in doubles per game. Penn State hit 34 home runs and had five players with four or more homers.

Sophomore Matt Wood collected Second Team All-Big Ten honors, batting .295 with four homers and 21 RBI. Senior Gavin Homer led the Nittany Lions with a .310 batting average, a .429 on-base percentage and tied with Johnny Piacentino for the team-lead in runs (30). Junior Justin Williams hit .302 and paced Penn State with 48 hits. Piacentino led the squad with eight homers and 32 RBI.

In his first season with the Nittany Lions in 2019, Burke worked with Ryan Sloniger, who became the seventh catcher drafted in Penn State history.

Burke has a Big Ten connection as he played at Iowa for two years before completing his career at Missouri Southern State University. He was also a volunteer assistant at Division I schools prior to arriving at Penn State with stops at Bowling Green (2016-17) and West Virginia (2017-18).

A catcher during his playing days, Burke continued his career after college at the professional level. He played one season with the Roswell Invaders of the Pecos League (Independent Professional Baseball) in New Mexico in 2013, before spending parts of 2014 with the Cologne Cardinals in Germany as a player and coach.

Burke began his collegiate playing career at the University of Iowa from 2008-10, where he was named a Freshman All-Big Ten selection as a catcher in 2009. He finished his collegiate career at Missouri Southern State University. In three seasons at Missouri Southern, Burke was named an AllMIAA selection twice and is ranked No. 10 in school history for career batting average and No. 12 in career fielding percentage. In 2013, he helped Missouri Southern win its first conference title in 21 years.