VMI Baseball coach Sam Roberts has added two recent VMI alums, Ryan Smoot and Trey Morgan, to his coaching staff.
Smoot, a 2019 alum, returns to VMI after two seasons as an assistant at Winthrop, two and a half seasons as an assistant at Appalachian State and a season at George Washington.
The Strasburg native led the SoCon in on-base percentage in his senior season at VMI in 2019 with a .460 mark.
Smoot is the son of Jeff Smoot, who was a long-time high school baseball coach at Strasburg High School, winning more than 500 games from 1982-2016.
“I am grateful for the opportunity to return to the Institute and join the VMI Baseball program,” Smoot said. “I thank Coach Roberts for this opportunity, and I am excited to get to work with our staff and cadet-athletes.”
Morgan just finished his playing career at VMI, putting up a .317/.405./.446 slash line over his five seasons, with 14 homers, 127 RBIs and 63 stolen bases as an outfielder, and a 9-17 mark as a pitcher, with a 6.37 ERA and 1.58 WHIP.
Outside of VMI, Morgan has played several summer seasons under his father, Hank Morgan, a former VMI baseball player, for the Peninsula Pilots of the Coastal Plain League. Hank Morgan is the CPL’s all-time winningest manager. Henry Morgan, Trey’s grandfather and Hank’s father, is the owner of the team.
In 2024, Trey Morgan was named to the CPL Select Team to face the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Summer League Tour roster in Cary, N.C.
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