Baseball
- Title:
- Volunteer Assistant Coach
- Email:
- jjboles@liberty.edu
Former Flames standout Jeremiah Boles returns to Liberty for his first season as an assistant coach. Boles works with the team’s outfielders, coaches first base, coordinates camps and maintains Worthington Stadium.
“We are excited to add Jeremiah Boles to our baseball staff. He had a tremendous career here at Liberty and has done a great job helping Young Harris College reach the Junior College World Series,” stated Liberty Head Coach Jim Toman. “He is an outstanding addition to our staff and is someone Liberty fans are familiar with.”
In 2005, Boles returned to Young Harris, where he had started his collegiate playing career, to begin his coaching career as an assistant coach under Head Coach Rick Robinson. Boles oversaw the outfielder and base-running instruction, led the Mountain Lions’ speed and conditioning training and assisted with hitting. In his three seasons at Young Harris, the Mountain Lions were ranked as high as No. 2 in the country in the national Junior College polls. Boles became the Recruiting Coordinator in the summer of 2005. Last season, he played a large role in leading Young Harris, a team which he recruited, to the school’s first Junior College World Series appearance in Grand Junction, Colo. The Mountain Lions posted a 46-22 record in 2007, capturing district and regional titles.
During the summer of 2006, Boles assisted Mike Roberts with the Cotuit Kettlers of the Cape Cod League (CCL). Under their guidance, the Kettlers won the Western Division Championship and finished the summer with the league’s second-best record. The squad was recognized by Baseball America, as the best summer team in the country and had more players participate in the 2006 CCL All-Star game than any other team.
Boles patrolled the Liberty outfield during the 2003 and 2004 seasons. In his senior season, he led the Big South Conference with a .398 batting average and 90 hits, while finishing second with 61 runs scored and 31 stolen bases. Boles’ conference-leading marks ranked him among the nation’s elite in 2004. The outfielder finished 22nd in the country in stolen bases per game, 31st in batting average and 39th in runs scored per game. His 2004 totals also rank him third all-time on the Liberty single-season list in hits, sixth in runs scored and fourth in stolen bases.
Boles went on to earn an American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) All-Atlantic Region first team selection. He also garnered Virginia Sports Information Directors (VaSID) All-State and Big South all-conference first-team honors.
In two seasons with the Flames, Boles batted .355 with 139 hits in 103 games. He swiped 47 bases and scored 92 runs, leading Liberty in both categories in each of his two seasons in Lynchburg.
During the summer of 2004, Boles was named to the Coastal Plains League All-Star team, as a starter in centerfielder.
Prior to his two years at Liberty, Boles played two seasons at Young Harris College. In his first season of college baseball in 2001, he hit .375 with 35 stolen bases, and the following season, posted a .315 batting average and swiped a then-Young Harris program-record 45 bases, finishing second in the country.
Boles is currently completing work on a bachelors of science in history from Liberty. The native of Cumming, Ga., is single.
