Hornets Baseball
Hornets Baseball
Coach Wear has been with the Eureka Hornets Program since 2001. He has been the Varsity Head Coach since 2006, and the Middle School Head Coach since 2004. He is a native of Rushville, IL where he earned Illinois West Baseball All State Team and All State Honors in Football as well. While attending Illinois College, Coach Wear earned Captain status 5 times in both Baseball and Football. In Baseball, he ended his Career as All Time leader in stolen bases and runs scored, 3rd in triples,and 7th in Hits all time. Coach Wear was selected as the 2000 Athlete of the Year award and was inducted into the Illinois College Hall of Fame in both sports in 2009.
Coach Miller joined the EHS baseball program during the 2007-08 school year. Coach Miller played four years of college baseball at Freed-Hardeman University in Henderson, TN. While at FHU, Coach Miller was awarded the FHU Baseball Leadership Award, named a 2005 Daktronics-NAIA Baseball All-American Scholar Athlete, named to the TranSouth All-Conference Second Team, and highlighted as a TranSouth Conference Pitcher of the Week. Coach Miller is currently number three on the list of Career Victories and number four on the list of Career ERA at FHU. Coach Miller graduated from FHU in 2005, married Mrs. Andrea Miller, and moved back to Central Illinois.
Coach Ben Studebaker has joined the coaching staff for this 2015 season. He will be the Assistant Varsity Bench/1st Base Coach. He brings with him 10 years of experience of being the Head Baseball Coach at Peoria Christian High School. Ben is a former player of Eureka High School under the direction of Coach Bob Gold.