Denny Bowers '00, a former four-year starter for the Susquehanna
University baseball team, ended his fifth season as the team's head
coach in 2010.
After serving as an assistant coach for five years, Bowers was
named the head coach in the summer of 2005. He earned Middle
Atlantic Commonwealth Conference Coach of the Year honors in 2006
when he led the Crusaders to fifth place out of eight teams in the
MAC Commonwealth following five straight last-place finishes. In
2009, Susquehanna continued its upward swing by capturing the
Landmark Conference's regular-season championship.
Bowers started as a pitcher during his freshman year at
Susquehanna before taking a regular spot in the field the next
three seasons. He posted a career batting average of .371. In 1998,
he batted .435 with three homeruns and 25 RBI en route to earning
all-MAC honors. He appeared in 28 games as a pitcher during his
career and struck out 82 batters in 116 2/3 innings.
Bowers was also a two-time first-team all-MAC Commonwealth player
for Susquehanna football. He was an all-region honoree and the
conference's Defensive Lineman of the Year in 1999 after making 35
tackles, including seven sacks, and blocking three kicks. He is
ranked second in Crusaders history in both tackles for a loss and
yardage lost on those tackles. He is fourth all-time in sacks.
Bowers also serves as SU's equipment manager and resides in
Watsontown, Pa., with his wife, Amy; daughter, Elle; and son,
Jackson.
He is a member of the SU Sports Hall of Fame.
Slivinski finished his fourth year as an assistant coach with
the Susquehanna baseball team in 2010.
He is a 2003 graduate of Albright College, where he pitched,
played centerfield and and put up a career batting average of .311.
In 2003, he earned first-team all-MAC honors while tying for second
in NCAA Division III in saves. He holds the career and
single-season saves records for the Lions.
Slivinski served as an assistant coach at Albright during the 2004
season before taking a coaching job at Great Mills (Md.) High
School, where he helped the team to the state quarterfinals.
Before college, he pitched and played centerfield at local
Selinsgrove (Pa.) High School. He now plays competitively for the
Northumberland Diamondbacks in the North Branch League, based in
Sunbury, Pa.
Outside of baseball, Slivinski works as a local attorney.
*2009 player bio*
| Year | GP | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | Avg. |
| 2006 (at Chesapeake J.C.) | 21 | 57 | ? | 16 | 1 | 2 | ? | 7 | .281 |
| Chesapeake J.C. Total | 21 | 57 | ? | 16 | 1 | 2 | ? | 7 | .281 |
| 2008 | 36 | 119 | 19 | 35 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 23 | .294 |
| 2009 | 34 | 89 | 20 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .247 |
| Susquehanna Total | 70 | 208 | 39 | 57 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 37 | .274 |
| Overall Total | 91 | 265 | 39 | 73 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 44 | .276 |
