University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown Athletics

Somerset Area High School graduate and former seventh-round Major League Baseball draft choice Ian Stiffler joined Head Coach Todd William’s staff as a volunteer assistant coach prior to the 2019 season.
 
Stiffler, who works with the Mountain Cat pitching staff, graduated from Somerset Area High School in and planned on playing baseball at Virginia Commonwealth University where his brother is the head coach.
 
However, the Atlanta Braves selected him in the seventh round of the Major League Baseball Draft.  Stiffler, who comes from a family that has produced professional and collegiate athletes, played in the Braves’ organization for three years until an injury in 2016 ended his professional baseball career.