Eric Laskovy
Eric Laskovy

Bio

Coach Laskovy is entering his 23rd year of being involved in the Kellogg Community College baseball program. He is entering his 16th year as the head coach. Over the course of his first 13 years, the Bruins won several championships, including nine MCCAA Conference titles — in 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2021 — and five regional championships resulting in trips to the NJCAA Division II World Series — in 2007, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2019 and 2021 The Bruins finished their season as National Runner-Up in 2007.

Coach Laskovy has seen 12 former players drafted or signed to professional contracts during his tenure. KCC continues to place a high number of players each year into quality four-year institutions across the country. The Bruins have sent 113 student-athletes on to four-year institutions to play baseball in the past 13 years.

“We are extremely proud of the balance we have created on and off the field,” Coach Laskovy says. “Our student athletes’ commitment to academics, athletics and the community has shown in the amount of players who have transferred to and been successful at the next level.”

After transferring from Kalamazoo Valley Community College, Laskovy was a two-year starter in baseball at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in Health Science. In 2001, Laskovy earned a master’s degree in Physical Education from Western Michigan University. From 2006 to 2012, Laskovy worked as an Associate Scout with the Cincinnati Reds.

Along with coaching the Bruins, Laskovy teaches full-time in the Physical Education Department at KCC. He and his wife Shannon and daughter Kellin reside in Battle Creek.

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