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Justin Eclavea

Justin Eclavea begins his sixth season on the Aggie coaching staff. He serves as Pitching Coach & Recruiting Coordinator, as well as serving in a number of other capacities. During his tenure at Murray State Coach Eclavea has developed a reputation as one of the top recruiters and developers of talent in not just the region but in the country.
 
2025 marked another successful campaign for the Aggie pitching staff, reaching the 500 strike out plateau for the second time in three seasons good for the second most strikeouts in program history. The program single season strike out record set under Eclavea in 2022 (485 strikeouts) & again in 2023 (541 strikeouts). 2025 also saw the second Aggie pitcher in 3 seasons be drafted and sign in the MLB Draft, when Aggie pitcher Cash Kuiper was selected in the 12th Round by the Detroit Tigers.
 
In 2023 the Aggie pitching staff finished second in the country in strikeouts & saw the first draftee at Murray State since 1985 when the Houston Astros selected Colby Langford in the
17th round of the 2023 MLB Draft.
 
2022 the Aggie pitching staff saw great success in their run to the NJCAA II World Series setting the school record in strikeouts (485), and lowering their ERA nearly half of a run from the season prior. The pitching staff was in the top 3 nationally in strikeouts in 2022, and has made numerous appearances within the top 20 nationally.
 
In 2021 the strikeouts increased from the 2019 season rising from 351, to 382, and walks
decreased from 242, to 236. Since his arrival, Aggie pitchers have amassed 1,830 strikeouts
across 1,740 innings pitched.
 
Under Eclavea the Aggies have currently sent 29 pitchers on to the four-year level. Of the 29, 11 have moved on to NCAA Division I, 13 to NCAA Division II, 3 to NCAA Division III and 3 to the NAIA respectively.
 
Prior to joining the Aggies in the Fall of 2020, Eclavea spent the covid year at Edmond North High School. During the 2018 spring Eclavea was the pitching coach at Division III Blackburn
College, in Carlinville, IL. Prior to Blackburn Eclavea spent the 2016-2017 academic year, and the fall of the 2017 school year at NAIA St. Gregory’s University in Shawnee, OK before the college was unexpectedly shut down in November of 2017.
 
Eclavea, originally from South San Francisco, CA, earned a Bachelor’s in Business from Bloomfield College (Bloomfield, NJ) in 2016, and a Master’s in Secondary Education with an
emphasis in Sports Administration from East Central University (Ada, OK) in 2018.



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