Baseball

Randy Rutschman returns to the George Fox baseball staff for his 4th season, with primary duties as the catching instructor, having previously worked as an assistant with the Bruins in the first year of former coach Pat Casey's tenure in 1988.

Rutschman was a star catcher for Linfield College from 1977-81, earning All-Northwest Conference and NAIA All-District 2 honors his junior and senior seasons. In 1981, he was named First Team All-West Coast and NAIA Honorable Mention All-American.

Born in Hillsboro, Ore., Rutschman moved to McMinnville as a child when his father, the legendary Ad Rutschman, took over as a coach at Linfield. The Ad Rutschman Award, given annually to the outstanding small-college athlete in the state by the Oregon Sports Awards, is named for Randy's father.

Rutschman earned his bachelor's degree in health and physical education in 1981 and a master's in education in 1986, both from Linfield. After two years as a graduate assistant coach at Linfield in 1982-83, he secured a position at Tigard (Ore.) High School, where he continues teach performance psychology.

In addition to assisting the baseball program at Tigard for 13 seasons, Rutschman has also helped the Aloha Knights, a semi-pro team in the Pacific Internatonal League coached by former Bruin assistant Geoff Loomis, for the past six summers. The Knights won the 2004 National Baseball Congress Championship, a 32-team tournament in Wichita, Kansas.

Rutschman enjoys listening to Christian music, traveling, and visiting the beach with his family in his spare time. He and his wife Carol, who also teaches at Tigard, have two children: son Adley, age 8, and daughter Josephine, age 6. The Rutschmans reside in Sherwood, Ore., and attend St. Paul's Lutheran Church