Jeremy Ison Position: Assistant Coach Experience: Sixth Year Alma Mater: Miami '01

A standout infielder at Miami University from 1998-2001, Jeremy Ison begins his fifth season as a member of the RedHawk coaching staff. After spending 2006 as a volunteer assistant, Ison begins his fourth season coaching Miami's infielders and assisting with the offensive game plan.

Miami's offense flourished under Ison in 2009, as the team recorded its highest batting average (.310), slugging percentage (.487) and on-base percentage (.397) of the past five years. The RedHawks have also scored more runs than the previous year each season since Ison began working with the offense and produced their most hits in the last four years in 2009 (621). Under his guidance, Adam Eaton and Tommy Nurre earned First-Team All-MAC honors last year, as Ison has now helped produce six All-MAC sluggers, five of which were infielders, in his three years working with the offense. Nurre had one of the greatest offensive seasons in Miami history in 2009, batting .406 with 82 hits, 18 doubles, 17 home runs and 153 total bases, all of which rank in Miami's single-season top-10. Jordan Petraitis also finished his career as one of the top sluggers in RedHawk history in 2009, all under Ison's tutelage, as Petraitis finished in Miami's career top-five in eight offensive categories, including first in career doubles (55) and second in total bases (440), hits (289), runs (186) and triples (12). Both Petraitis and Nurre (both infielders at Miami) were drafted in the 2009 first-year MLB draft.

Ison spent four seasons as Miami's starting shortstop, appearing in 241 games and belting 38 home runs, which rank him second on Miami's career list. He appears among the top five on four other career lists at Miami as well, ranking second in runs batted in (175), third in total bases (387), fifth in hits (237) and fourth in runs scored (162), while ranking seventh in doubles (47).

As a junior, Ison belted a career-high 15 home runs on his way to earning Second-Team All-MAC honors and helping the RedHawks advance to the NCAA Tournament with the program's first Mid-American Conference Tournament title since 1983.

Following his years in Oxford, Ison signed as a free agent with the Chicago White Sox and spent the next five years at various levels of professional baseball, including a stint as a player/coach with the Florence Freedom of the independent Frontier League.