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WACO, Texas — Baylor baseball head coach Steve Smith named Trevor Mote as the program’s volunteer assistant Tuesday. Mote comes to Baylor after a three-year stint as assistant coach at Yavapai College in Arizona . He replaces Chris Clemons, who accepted a position at McLennan Community College .
A native of Kingman , Ariz. , Mote played at Baylor during the 2001 season. He began his collegiate career at Yavapai College , where he twice led the Roughriders to ACCAC conference championships and was named a Junior College All-American in 1999. Mote spent his junior season at the University of Arizona before transferring to Baylor for his senior campaign.
In his one season with the Bears, Mote started all 61 games at second base and earned honorable mention All-Big 12 Conference honors. He hit .313 with five home runs, 34 RBI, 19 doubles, 68 runs scored and six stolen bases. A switch hitter, Mote established a Baylor record for hits in an NCAA regional when he was 10-for-19 with a double, a home run and four RBI in the Bears’ four games at the NCAA Houston Regional.
Mote was a 15th-round selection of the Houston Astros in the 2001 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. He spent three seasons in the Astros’ organization, reaching Advanced A classification with the Salem Avalanche of the Carolina League in 2003. Mote was a Midwest League all-star selection in 2002 while with the Class A Michigan Battle Cats.
Following his time as a player in professional baseball, Mote returned to Baylor to complete his degree Bachelor of Science degree before returning to Yavapai College as a coach for the 2005 season. In three seasons with Mote on the coaching staff, Yavapai was 134-51-1 with two ACCAC conference titles and an NJCAA national runner-up finish in 2006.
Mote will assist with all phrases of defensive instruction and with Baylor hitters.
