University of Massachusets Athletics
Baseball
Royer, Mark
Mark Royer
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- mroyer@umass.edu
- Phone:
- (703) 346-8571
Mark Royer joined the University of Massachusetts baseball staff as an assistant coach in July 2017. Royer came to UMass from Penn, where he spent three seasons as a volunteer assistant coach, working with the Quakers' outfielders and assisting with the hitters. During his time at Penn, Royer helped coach six Major League Baseball draft picks and four All-Ivy First Team outfielders in three years.
Royer helped lead the Minutemen to a 24-29 overall record in the 2024 season, while going 13-11 in the Atlantic 10. UMass returned to the A-10 Championships for the first time since 2012, seeded sixth, marking the first trip with Royer on staff. Earlier in the year, Massachusetts knocked off the then-ranked No. 13 Virginia with a 10-5 victory, and went on to win its first non-conference series of the season at Seton Hall with a 5-2 win and an 11-1 triumph in a doubleheader. The Minutemen picked up four A-10 Conference series wins throughout the year, including back-to-back series sweeps over Saint Joseph's (4/26-28) and St. Bonaventure (5/3-4).
During the season, three Minutemen earned four A-10 weekly honors. Carter Hanson received A-10 Player of the Week, while Braden Sullivan tabbed A-10 Rookie of the Week. Sullivan became the first Minuteman to garner the award since former Minuteman Collin Shapiro in 2019. Robbie O'Connor collected both A-10 Rookie of the Week and A-10 Pitcher of the Week, becoming the first Minuteman pitcher to achieve the accolade since Justin Lasko in 2019.
Additionally, five members were honored by the A-10 with postseason awards. Mike Gervasi was named to the A-10 All-Conference First Team as a designated hitter, Jack Beverly and Austin Burgess were placed on the A-10 All-Academic Team and Justin Masteralexis and O'Connor were tabbed to the A-10 All-Rookie Team. Hanson, Beverly and Kevin Skagerlind earned a spot on the College Sports Communicators 2024 Academic All-District Team, as well. Gervasi was also selected to the American Baseball Coaces Association (ABCA)/Rawlings Northeast All-Region Second Team, as a designated hitter. He became the first Minuteman to earn an ABCA All-Region nod since Joe Popielarczyk was honored in 2012 and the first designated hitter to receive the accolade since Jim Macdonald was placed on the second team in 2009.
During the 2022 season, Royer assisted the Minutemen in making significant strides as the team picked up 22 victories for the first time since 2012. During the season, UMass returned to the Beanpot Finals with a matchup against Boston College, while also tabbing a spot on the NEIBA DIvision I Coaches Poll in back-to-back weeks, with the highest ranking of No. 2.
Capping off the season, graduate student Drew DeMartino garnered Atlantic 10 All-Conference Second Team honors, becoming the first Massachusetts player to notch the accolade since 2016, while freshman Will MacLean became the third player under Reynolds to be selected to the A-10 All-Rookie Team. Graduate student Cole Hebble also added his name to the A-10 All-Academic team list, after achieving A-10 Player of the Week (4/4/22) and Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Week (4/4/22) recognition, and landing on the Brooks Wallace Award Watchlist.
In 2017, Royer helped oversee a Penn offense that ranked first in the Ivy League in slugging percentage (.494), second in batting average (.282) and doubles (88) and third in home runs (33) as the Quakers reached their first Ivy League Championship Series since 2007.
Royer was vital in reigning Ivy League Player of the Year Tim Graul's transition to the outfield for the 2017 season, as Graul was named a unanimous All-Ivy First Team selection in the outfield after earning second team honors at catcher in 2016. Graul also ended the year as the Ivy League batting champion with a .468 average in 20 games. Royer's three everyday outfielders combined for a .964 fielding percentage in 45 games.
In his first season with the Quakers in 2015, the squad's outfielders made just two errors under Royer's direction. He helped Penn finish top-10 nationally in slugging (ninth) and doubles per-game (seventh) that year, while the squad ranked first in the Ivy League in slugging and second in batting average, doubles and home runs. The following season in 2016, Penn was first in the Ivy in batting average, on-base percentage and doubles.
Prior to his time with the Quakers, Royer spent the 2014 season as an assistant coach at Swarthmore College.
Royer played collegiately at Eastern University in St. David's, Pennsylvania, where he was a three-year starter and captain for the Eagles. In 2013, Royer graduated from Eastern with a degree in interpersonal communication studies.
A native of Fairfax, Virginia, Royer graduated from Fork Union Military Academy in Fork Union, Virginia, in 2009.
Royer helped lead the Minutemen to a 24-29 overall record in the 2024 season, while going 13-11 in the Atlantic 10. UMass returned to the A-10 Championships for the first time since 2012, seeded sixth, marking the first trip with Royer on staff. Earlier in the year, Massachusetts knocked off the then-ranked No. 13 Virginia with a 10-5 victory, and went on to win its first non-conference series of the season at Seton Hall with a 5-2 win and an 11-1 triumph in a doubleheader. The Minutemen picked up four A-10 Conference series wins throughout the year, including back-to-back series sweeps over Saint Joseph's (4/26-28) and St. Bonaventure (5/3-4).
During the season, three Minutemen earned four A-10 weekly honors. Carter Hanson received A-10 Player of the Week, while Braden Sullivan tabbed A-10 Rookie of the Week. Sullivan became the first Minuteman to garner the award since former Minuteman Collin Shapiro in 2019. Robbie O'Connor collected both A-10 Rookie of the Week and A-10 Pitcher of the Week, becoming the first Minuteman pitcher to achieve the accolade since Justin Lasko in 2019.
Additionally, five members were honored by the A-10 with postseason awards. Mike Gervasi was named to the A-10 All-Conference First Team as a designated hitter, Jack Beverly and Austin Burgess were placed on the A-10 All-Academic Team and Justin Masteralexis and O'Connor were tabbed to the A-10 All-Rookie Team. Hanson, Beverly and Kevin Skagerlind earned a spot on the College Sports Communicators 2024 Academic All-District Team, as well. Gervasi was also selected to the American Baseball Coaces Association (ABCA)/Rawlings Northeast All-Region Second Team, as a designated hitter. He became the first Minuteman to earn an ABCA All-Region nod since Joe Popielarczyk was honored in 2012 and the first designated hitter to receive the accolade since Jim Macdonald was placed on the second team in 2009.
During the 2022 season, Royer assisted the Minutemen in making significant strides as the team picked up 22 victories for the first time since 2012. During the season, UMass returned to the Beanpot Finals with a matchup against Boston College, while also tabbing a spot on the NEIBA DIvision I Coaches Poll in back-to-back weeks, with the highest ranking of No. 2.
Capping off the season, graduate student Drew DeMartino garnered Atlantic 10 All-Conference Second Team honors, becoming the first Massachusetts player to notch the accolade since 2016, while freshman Will MacLean became the third player under Reynolds to be selected to the A-10 All-Rookie Team. Graduate student Cole Hebble also added his name to the A-10 All-Academic team list, after achieving A-10 Player of the Week (4/4/22) and Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Week (4/4/22) recognition, and landing on the Brooks Wallace Award Watchlist.
In 2017, Royer helped oversee a Penn offense that ranked first in the Ivy League in slugging percentage (.494), second in batting average (.282) and doubles (88) and third in home runs (33) as the Quakers reached their first Ivy League Championship Series since 2007.
Royer was vital in reigning Ivy League Player of the Year Tim Graul's transition to the outfield for the 2017 season, as Graul was named a unanimous All-Ivy First Team selection in the outfield after earning second team honors at catcher in 2016. Graul also ended the year as the Ivy League batting champion with a .468 average in 20 games. Royer's three everyday outfielders combined for a .964 fielding percentage in 45 games.
In his first season with the Quakers in 2015, the squad's outfielders made just two errors under Royer's direction. He helped Penn finish top-10 nationally in slugging (ninth) and doubles per-game (seventh) that year, while the squad ranked first in the Ivy League in slugging and second in batting average, doubles and home runs. The following season in 2016, Penn was first in the Ivy in batting average, on-base percentage and doubles.
Prior to his time with the Quakers, Royer spent the 2014 season as an assistant coach at Swarthmore College.
Royer played collegiately at Eastern University in St. David's, Pennsylvania, where he was a three-year starter and captain for the Eagles. In 2013, Royer graduated from Eastern with a degree in interpersonal communication studies.
A native of Fairfax, Virginia, Royer graduated from Fork Union Military Academy in Fork Union, Virginia, in 2009.
| Mark Royer • Coaching History |
| 2018-present • Massachusetts • Assistant Coach 2019 Beanpot Champions |
| 2015-17 • Penn • Volunteer Assistant 2017 Ivy League Championship Series |
| 2014 • Swarthmore College • Assistant Coach |
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