Wichita, Kansas — Newman University Director of Athletics
Joanna Pryor has named
Drew Maus as new head baseball coach effective Aug. 5, 2019. He replaces
Zane Ehling, who moved to an administrative role within the Newman athletic department last month.
Maus has served as a college assistant coach for seven years. He served a total of five seasons during two separate stints (2010-2013 and 2015-2019) on staff at Henderson State University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. He also served as an assistant baseball coach at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock for two years.
"I want to thank Joanna and Zane and the university for this opportunity. I'm excited to get to work," Maus said. "I went to a Catholic school kindergarten through graduating high school. I was born and raised Catholic just like my entire family, so the fact that Newman is a Catholic school definitely caught my eye."
Pryor likes the baseball and coaching background Maus brings with him to the university.
"We believe we have an outstanding young coach to lead the Newman baseball program," Pryor said. "Drew comes from a family of coaches and he has great knowledge and a wonderful love for the game that will benefit our student-athletes."
Maus is a member of a "family coaching tree" that includes his father and grandfather. "Coaching is in my family. My dad is a hall of fame coach in Ohio. He won two state championships at the high school that I attended. My uncle coached at two different high schools. My cousin is the head football coach at Hamilton (Ohio) High School. My other cousin is the head baseball coach at Northwest High School and my grandpa coached forever. So I kind of always knew what I was going to do," Maus said.
Maus also played NCAA DII baseball. He was the starting shortstop for Ouachita Baptist University on its 2008 national runner-up team. From his playing and coaching experiences, he believes Newman has the potential to have consistent success on the collegiate diamond.
"Wichita is the crème de la crème in regards to talent in the region and has a great baseball tradition," Maus said.
"I want to bring back the consistent excellence that Coach (Paul) Sanagorski had when he built the Jets program. I want people to remember Newman as a baseball school and know that we're going to be a program that's going to be around for a while and competing for a long time."
Maus is a native of Hamilton, Ohio, approximately 35 miles north of Cincinnati. He and wife, Katy, have two sons, Reece, 6, and Dean, 4.
More on Maus:
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Drew Maus served as assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Henderson State from 2010-2013.
-Seven of his Henderson State players hit above .300 during the 2018-19 season
-Henderson State pitcher Chris Hunt was drafted by the St Louis Cardinals in 2017
-In 2016, Henderson State had the second highest fielding percentage in NCAA DII (.975)
-In 2014 at UALR, Maus coached first base and helped with team set a school record for stolen base percentage swiping 87 bases in 110 tries for a .791 percentage. The team finished fifth in the Sun Belt in home runs with 36 (31st nationally)
-As a college player in 2008-09, Maus hit .307 with 105 RBI, 98 runs, 30 doubles, three triples and 14 home runs.
