Jason Middleton has been an assistant coach for the JMU baseball program since 2008. His responsibilities at JMU include being the outfield coach, first base coach, and assists in recruiting. Before coming to the JMU baseball program, Jason was a coach at Redlands Community College in Oklahoma, Kansas City Kansas Community College, and the University of North Alabama. He is a native of Blue Springs, Mo. and played collegiately for Longview Community College.
I had a chance to sit down with Jason to discuss baseball and what he looks for when he is recruiting. People often ask me about suggestions for getting recruited and I'm not positive what to tell them because recruiting is not an exact science. I covered this topic along with a few others in this interview that is the first of many interviews to come while I am training at JMU. Hope you enjoy it!
On a side note, as I mentioned in the interview JMU started their 2011 season against Bucknell. I missed the first inning, so you would assume that I didn't miss too much. However when I got to the field the Dukes led 15-0. They had hit 6 home runs during the inning including going back-to-back-back on 2 separate occasions. JMU went on to win 37-7 and set school records for runs, hits, RBIs, extra-base hits, and total bases. The Dukes went back-to-back-to-back again later in the game. Jake Lowery and David Herbek both started off the season in good fashion hitting 3 homers each. JMU plays Bucknell 3 more times this weekend. You can also see a few highlights from JMU's opening game on ESPNews.
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