John Wagle is in his second season as an assistant with the Vikings. He works with the Viking infielders and outfielders and assists in hitting instruction. Wagle’s College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin pedigree is superb and it will serve him well at North Park.
“John will do a great job with us. He’s a young coach with a future, and hopefully he can spread his wings with us. His playing record speaks for itself. He’s played in NCAA tournaments and been ultra successful. From an opponents’ perspective, in watching him go about his business for the last four years, I know he gets what we’re about,” said sixth-year head coach Luke Johnson.
Wagle graduated in 2009 from CCIW rival Augustana, earning degrees in physics and business management while carrying a 3.42 GPA. He is also a recipient of the NCAA’s prestigious post-graduate scholarship. Wagle is completing his MBA at Loyola University. His name is firmly planted in the Augustana baseball record book. An NCAA Division III All-American in 2008 and a pre-season All-American selection in 2009 by D3baseball.com, John was also a two-time Rawlings/ABCA All-Region first team member, as well as a three-time All-CCIW first team selection.
He holds Augustana’s career school record for runs-batted-in (154) and the single season school marks for home runs (11 in 2008) and RBI (60 in 2008).Wagle also appears on the top-ten list in nine career offensive categories. In addition to his record-setting RBI total, he is second in at-bats (653), hits (243) and triples (12), third in doubles (43), fifth in home runs (17) and runs scored (142), and eighth in batting average (.372) and stolen bases (38).
“John has shown a real desire to make baseball a career. It’s gratifying when very good opponents think enough of your program to want to be a part of it. We plan on utilizing John in every way we can”, said Johnson.
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