Allen Returns To ECU As Volunteer Assistant Coach
December 15, 2017 | Baseball
GREENVILLE, N.C. – Hunter Allen has been named ECU's Volunteer Assistant Coach according to an announcement by head baseball coach Cliff Godwin on Friday.
A two-year letterwinner for the Pirates, Allen will work directly with the outfielders while also assisting with the hitters, base running and infield play. He will also coordinate all of ECU's summer, fall and winter camps.
Allen returns to ECU after spending the past eight months as the assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Brunswick Community College. Prior to that, he served as an assistant coach and infield instructor at Louisburg College helping the Hurricanes to a 26-24 overall record in his first year as a full-time coach. Under Allen's assistance, the Hurricane offense ranked among the league leaders in home runs (55/third), batting average (fourth) and runs (338/fourth), while sporting a .951 fielding percentage.
"We are thrilled to have one of our own back to coach in our program," Godwin said. "Hunter was a part of our 2015 AAC championship team as a player and he was a student assistant coach on our 2016 regional championship squad. He is an up and coming star in coaching and we are excited to have him back full time to help us get better each day!"
Serving as a student coach under Godwin in 2016, Allen helped direct a club that posted a 38-23 overall record, claimed the 2016 Charlottesville Regional crown and came one win away from making its first appearance in the College World Series.
During his career, Allen started 93 of 104 games for the Pirates boasting a .334 average with 109 hits, 28 RBI, 56 runs and producing 28 multi-hit games. Allen helped ECU to 73 wins in two seasons, including a 40-win campaign in 2015 – the Pirates first since 2011. He was also instrumental in guiding ECU to the 2015 American Athletic Conference Tournament title, where he was named Most Outstanding Player, and a No. 2 seed in the Coral Gables Regional.
A co-captain and Brooks Wallace Shortstop-of-the-Year Watch List candidate in 2015, Allen closed out his senior season starting 56 of 58 games at shortstop and leading the team in batting average (.349), hits (73) and on-base percentage (.408), while standing among the team leaders (top 4) in eight other statistical categories. He batted an impressive .500 (9-for-16) with two extra base hits and scored six runs in four AAC Tournament games earning MOP honors. Allen ranked among the conference leaders in batting average (third), assists (173/fifth), fielding double plays (37/t8th), hits (t8th) and on-base percentage (.408/t11th). Nationally he was one of the toughest hitters to strikeout, fanning just once in every 13.9 at-bats, and ranking 36th in the country.
As a junior, he started 37 of 46 games at shortstop batting .308 with 11 RBI and 18 runs scored. Allen led the club with 14 sac bunts (second in Conference USA), collected a pair of game-winning RBI (UNC and Southern Miss), recorded nine multi-hit games and ranked among the team leaders in average (third) and on-base percentage (4th/.362).
Prior to his arrival in Greenville, Allen was a two-year letterwinner at Brunswick Community College where he batted .359 (116-for-323) with 10 doubles, 51 RBI and 69 runs scored in 88 career games. As a sophomore he earned second-team All-America and first-team all-conference honors after batting .371 (62-for-167) with seven doubles and 35 RBI, while also taking home first-team all-defensive accolades. As a freshman, he helped the Dolphins to their fourth-straight 30-win season and a spot in the Region X DII championship game against Catawba Valley Community College following a season where he batted .346 (54-for-156) with three doubles, 16 RBI and 33 runs scored.
A native of Shallotte, N.C., Allen received his undergraduate degree in recreation and park management from ECU in 2016.
A two-year letterwinner for the Pirates, Allen will work directly with the outfielders while also assisting with the hitters, base running and infield play. He will also coordinate all of ECU's summer, fall and winter camps.
Allen returns to ECU after spending the past eight months as the assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Brunswick Community College. Prior to that, he served as an assistant coach and infield instructor at Louisburg College helping the Hurricanes to a 26-24 overall record in his first year as a full-time coach. Under Allen's assistance, the Hurricane offense ranked among the league leaders in home runs (55/third), batting average (fourth) and runs (338/fourth), while sporting a .951 fielding percentage.
"We are thrilled to have one of our own back to coach in our program," Godwin said. "Hunter was a part of our 2015 AAC championship team as a player and he was a student assistant coach on our 2016 regional championship squad. He is an up and coming star in coaching and we are excited to have him back full time to help us get better each day!"
Serving as a student coach under Godwin in 2016, Allen helped direct a club that posted a 38-23 overall record, claimed the 2016 Charlottesville Regional crown and came one win away from making its first appearance in the College World Series.
During his career, Allen started 93 of 104 games for the Pirates boasting a .334 average with 109 hits, 28 RBI, 56 runs and producing 28 multi-hit games. Allen helped ECU to 73 wins in two seasons, including a 40-win campaign in 2015 – the Pirates first since 2011. He was also instrumental in guiding ECU to the 2015 American Athletic Conference Tournament title, where he was named Most Outstanding Player, and a No. 2 seed in the Coral Gables Regional.
A co-captain and Brooks Wallace Shortstop-of-the-Year Watch List candidate in 2015, Allen closed out his senior season starting 56 of 58 games at shortstop and leading the team in batting average (.349), hits (73) and on-base percentage (.408), while standing among the team leaders (top 4) in eight other statistical categories. He batted an impressive .500 (9-for-16) with two extra base hits and scored six runs in four AAC Tournament games earning MOP honors. Allen ranked among the conference leaders in batting average (third), assists (173/fifth), fielding double plays (37/t8th), hits (t8th) and on-base percentage (.408/t11th). Nationally he was one of the toughest hitters to strikeout, fanning just once in every 13.9 at-bats, and ranking 36th in the country.
As a junior, he started 37 of 46 games at shortstop batting .308 with 11 RBI and 18 runs scored. Allen led the club with 14 sac bunts (second in Conference USA), collected a pair of game-winning RBI (UNC and Southern Miss), recorded nine multi-hit games and ranked among the team leaders in average (third) and on-base percentage (4th/.362).
Prior to his arrival in Greenville, Allen was a two-year letterwinner at Brunswick Community College where he batted .359 (116-for-323) with 10 doubles, 51 RBI and 69 runs scored in 88 career games. As a sophomore he earned second-team All-America and first-team all-conference honors after batting .371 (62-for-167) with seven doubles and 35 RBI, while also taking home first-team all-defensive accolades. As a freshman, he helped the Dolphins to their fourth-straight 30-win season and a spot in the Region X DII championship game against Catawba Valley Community College following a season where he batted .346 (54-for-156) with three doubles, 16 RBI and 33 runs scored.
A native of Shallotte, N.C., Allen received his undergraduate degree in recreation and park management from ECU in 2016.
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