Mark Wasikowski is in his second season as the Oregon’s recruiting coordinator and offensive expert. He made an immediate impact in his first recruiting class with the Ducks finishing with the nation’s sixth-ranked 2013 class according to Perfect Game.

In addition to serving as recruiting coordinator and running the offense, Wasikowski also coaches the outfielders and instructs UO’s base runners while sharing duties with assistant coach Jay Uhlman working with the Oregon hitters.

Wasikowski was instrumental in helping lead the Ducks to within one game of the College World Series in 2012 and a school-record 46 wins. Oregon finished ranked in the top 25 in all five major college baseball polls, including a No. 10 ranking in the USA Today Coaches Poll and the Perfect Game poll.  UO ended the season 11th in the Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association polls. 

In his first season with the Ducks, Oregon improved offensively from the previous season in batting average, home runs, slugging percentage, on-base percentage, hits and walks per game. UO batted .265 on the season, while finishing with a .370 slugging percentage and a .359 on-base percentage. One of Wasikowski’s outfielders, Aaron Jones, earned a spot on the honorable mention all-conference team in 2012.

Wasikowski came to Oregon with 10 years of experience in the Pac-12 Conference working at Arizona on Andy Lopez’s staff.

Known as a highly regarded and fastidious recruiter, his prowess on the recruiting trail paid dividends for Arizona. The Wildcats’ first four recruiting classes with Wasikowski on staff were tabbed in the top 10 in the nation (No. 10 in 2002, No. 4 in 2003, No 6 in 2004 and No. 7 in 2005 by Collegiate Baseball).

His endeavors on the diamond are equally impressive. Working with the hitters and infielders, the Wildcats batted over .300 as a team each of the last nine straight years, including leading the conference with a .320 average in 2011.

During his time with the Wildcats, Arizona made seven appearances in the postseason including advancing to the College World Series in 2004.

Before his arrival in Tucson, Wasikowski coached with Lopez at Florida for three years and one season at Pepperdine. The 2001 Gator team finished with a fielding percentage nine points higher than the 2000 squad, which in turn finished with 23 less errors than the 1999 team. All three seasons that Wasikowski worked with the Gator infield, the team averaged better than a double play per game and the 2001 team set a school single-season record with 74 double plays turned.

Prior to his stint at Florida, Wasikowski served two seasons as the graduate assistant at Southeast Missouri State. In 1998 he helped guide the Indians to a school record 32 wins and an appearance in the NCAA postseason in the Midwest Regional. SEMO hit a school record 90 home runs that season and had two players named All-America. While working on the diamond, he also earned his master’s degree in business at Southeast Missouri State.

In 1997 and again in `98 he served as the head coach of the El Dorado (Kan.) Broncos in the Jayhawk League, a summer collegiate wood bat league. His 1998 Bronco team won the national championship at the National Baseball Congress Championships in Wichita, Kan. He was recognized as the NBC Coach-of-the-Year that season after the championship.

A native of Seal Beach, Calif., Wasikowski graduated Los Alamitos High School in 1989 and began his collegiate playing career at the University of Hawaii. He transferred to Rancho Santiago Junior College after one season and then to Pepperdine in time for the 1992 national championship season. As the starting third baseman for the Waves, he was twice named All-West Coast Conference and hit .312 with 10 home runs. In 1999 he was elected to the Pepperdine Athletics Hall of Fame as part of the `92 title team.

Wasikowski is married to Lori Jo, and the couple has two daughters, Joelle and Kelsey.