Diamond Jacket Camps

Coaching Staff

Ray Hendrick
Head Coach

Ray Hedrick '97 completed his 19th season as head coach at RMC in 2023. The Yellow Jackets won the ODAC regular-season title for the third consecutive season, finishing 18-4 in league play and 23-11 overall. Hedrick raised his career record to 457-276-6, a winning percentage of .618. Over the past six seasons, the Yellow Jackets are 165-53-4 overall (.752) and 80-25-1 in the ODAC (.759).

Hedrick helped the Yellow Jackets post a 15-1 record in 2020, the best start in program history, before the season was halted due to COVID-19. RMC was No. 1 in the Perfect Game poll and No. 2 in the D3baseball.com/NCBWA Top 25.

Since his arrival, Hedrick has led the Yellow Jackets to four ODAC titles, the most in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference over that 16-year stretch. RMC won consecutive ODAC regular-season titles in 2018, 2019 and 2021, the first time the Yellow Jackets accomplished that in program history. Additionally, the Diamond Jackets have made five NCAA appearances (2008, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2018), including a Regional Championship and a trip to the Division III College World Series in 2018. For his efforts, Hedrick has been named the Coach of the Year in the state of Virginia five times (2008. 2013, 2016, 2018, 2020) and in the ODAC three times (2008, 2018, 2019).

The success of the program over the past 17 seasons has led to more than 60 All-Conference players, including five ODAC Rookie-of-the-Year, six ODAC Pitcher-of-the-Year, and four ODAC Player-of-the-Year award winners. Randolph-Macon has been the home to four South Region Pitcher-of-the-Year, three South Region Rookie-of-the-Year and two South Region Player-of-the-Year winners. Hedrick has also instructed seven ABCA All-American honorees in Travis Beazley ‘06, Jordan Walton ’12, Travis Lodge ’16, James Walsh ’16, Cole Migliorini '17, Colin Selby '18 and Nick Roth '19. The program has seen seven players sign professional contracts in Travis Beazley ‘06 (Boston Red Sox - MLB), James Bierlein ’11 (Independent), Jordan Walton ‘12 (St. Louis Cardinals - MLB), James Walsh ‘16 (Independent), Colin Selby '18 (Pittsburgh Pirates - MLB), Cody Thompson '18 (Independent) and Nick Roth '19 (Baltimore Orioles - MLB).

Prior to coming to Ashland, Hedrick served as top assistant and recruiting coordinator at three different schools before his return to Ashland in the fall of 2004. Prior to his hiring as Randolph-Macon's head coach, Hedrick was the top assistant to Paul O'Neil at Division II UNC Pembroke (2001-2004) and at Division III Shenandoah University (1998-2000). At both institutions, Hedrick helped O'Neil resurrect programs that had not tasted success in years into national powers, while quickly establishing himself as one of the top young coaches and recruiters among the college baseball coaching ranks.  In seven seasons as an assistant, Hedrick's teams amassed 175 wins, including record-setting campaigns in 2000 at Shenandoah, and the 2001 and 2003 seasons at UNCP. Hedrick's recruits played a major role in the success of each program. Out of his six various recruiting classes, Hedrick had several all-conference, all-region and all-state players, as well as three All-Americans, including a player who won the triple crown in the Dixie Conference (now USA South) while leading the country with a .506 batting average in 2000.

A Springfield, Virginia native, Hedrick played two years of JUCO baseball at Prince George's Community College for legendary coach William "Bumps" Vaughan. He went on to finish his degree and playing career at Randolph-Macon College.  After graduating from Randolph-Macon in 1997 with a B.A. degree in political science, Hedrick served as an assistant for Vaughan at PGCC. Hedrick also worked with the Bowie Baysox, the AA Eastern League affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles, before joining O'Neil in 1998.

While working his way up the coaching ladder as an assistant, Hedrick served three summers (2001-2003) as head coach of the New Market Rebels of the prestigious Valley Baseball League. During his tenure, Hedrick amassed 77 wins and led the Rebels to two championship appearances, winning the league in 2002 and falling seven outs short of repeating in 2003. Over the course of those three summers, Hedrick coached over 30 players who played on professionally, including five on the major league level. Current major leaguer Brett Gardner (N.Y. Yankees) played for Hedrick in the summer of 2003 after his freshman year at College of Charleston.

Aside from building a strong reputation for RMC on the field, Hedrick has represented R-MC on the national level as well.  From 2008-2010, Hedrick was the ODAC representative on the NCAA Regional Committee, a group put together to organize the post-season playoff field each spring.  This past summer, Hedrick completed a four-year tenure as Chairman of the South Region for that same committee. Hedrick remains the South Region representative on the ABCA All-American committee, a role which he began in 2016, as well as chair of the ODAC Baseball Coaching Association.

Hedrick is married to the former Sheree Rogers of Woodstock, Virginia. They are the proud parents of two children, daughter Maris and son Garner. The family resides in Ashland.

Jacob Selden
Assistant Coach

Jacob Selden ’21 completed his first season as an assistant in 2024. The Yellow Jackets returned to College World Series for the first time since 2018, finishing with a 33-16 record. 

Selden returns to Ashland after serving as Director of Player Development at The Citadel in the fall of 2023. He will primarily work with position players at RMC, including  overseeing the hitters.  Selden will partner with assistant coach Charlie Fletcher to lead the recruiting efforts.

During the 2022 and 2023 seasons, Selden was a graduate student at VCU. He appeared in 47 games with 41 starts in helping the Rams win the Atlantic 10 Championship in 2022. Selden belted a game-winning two-run homer in the bottom of the 10th in a 9-7 victory  over eighth-ranked Virginia at The Diamond. He also went deep in an 8-1 win over Georgia in the Chapel Hill Regional. Selden was limited to nine games in 2023 due to injury. He spent most of that season as a student assistant to first-year head coach Bradley  LeCroy.

Selden batted .353 during his four-year career at RMC, the 14th-highest average in program history. The Yellow Jackets won three ODAC regular season titles during Selden’s career. In 2018, RMC won the Holly Springs Regional and was a national semifinalist at  the College World Series.

As a senior in 2021, Selden was All-South Region Third Team, All-ODAC First Team and VaSID All-State First Team. He appeared in 31 games with 29 starts. Selden batted .365 with 25 runs and 22 RBI. Selden led the team with three triples and 25 walks while recording  an on-base percentage of .482, the fourth-best in the league. He threw out 10 potential base-stealers and posted a fielding percentage of .985. Against ODAC competition, he hit .384 with an on-base percentage of .500. Selden tied for 14th in program history  with a career batting average of .351.

A native of Lynchburg, Va., Selden earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting from RMC in 2021. He received a master’s in accounting from VCU in 2023.