Cowley hires assistant baseball coach

With assistant baseball coach J.R. DiMercurio recently taking a scouting position with the Minnesota Twins, the Cowley College baseball team was looking for a solid replacement to help the program continue its success.

The Tigers found that person in Scott Camien, who spent the past three and a half years as the associate head coach at Allen County Community College.

Cowley head coach Dave Burroughs was impressed with Camien as a player and as a coach.

“He was kind of a hard nosed guy at Allen that we admired from a far,” Burroughs said. “He has got some experience in state and is energetic and enthusiastic. We are very excited to have him on board with us.”

Camien played baseball in high school at Topeka-Seaman. He then played two years of baseball at Allen County. He passed up a minor league contract with the New York Mets to play at Arkansas State University. After a season at ASU, he played his final year at Emporia State University.

He earned all-conference honors at Allen County and Emporia State. Following his playing days he spent two years teaching and serving as the head baseball coach at Leavenworth High School.

He then was offered an opportunity to be the associate head coach at his alma mater, Allen County. However, after three and a half years at Allen County, he decided the opportunity to coach at Cowley was too good to pass up.

“I played against Cowley and always had a tremendous amount of respect for the program,” Camien said. “The Burroughs’ brothers know a lot about the game and I am excited about working with those guys.”

At Cowley, he will not only serve as an assistant baseball coach, he will also serve as the Robert Storbeck Dormitory manager and work in the Ben Cleveland Wellness Center.

On the diamond, he will coach the infielders and serve as one of the base coaches. He will also help in recruiting.

“My coaching style is very similar to my playing style, I just want to see the guys get out there and work hard,” Camien said. “I’m looking forward to being a part of a place where the athletics have a great deal of pride in being successful.”

He and his wife, Lacey, have a daughter, Bailey 4.