Penn State baseball added assistant coach Jake Palomaki to its coaching staff, the team announced Wednesday.

Palomaki, a native of Kennesaw, Georgia, played for head coach Mike Gambino at Boston College from 2015-18.

“I’m excited to be working under coach Gambino again,” said Palomaki in a release. “Thankful for the opportunity given to me by coach Gambino, Dr. Patrick Kraft, and Vinnie James. Excited to be working with this coaching staff. Penn State has a culture of winning across all sports. The baseball team has a good thing going. I’m looking forward to helping us to make some noise on the national level.”

Palomaki comes to Penn State from the Philadelphia Phillies organization, where he was a hitting coach for the FCL Phillies. After his college career, he had stints in the Tampa Bay Rays and Los Angeles Angels’ minor league organizations.

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Nolan Wick

Nolan wrote for Onward State from 2021 until 2025. He mainly covered Penn State football, men’s hockey, and baseball, and he was also an associate editor. A Silver Spring, Maryland, native, Nolan is an avid D.C. sports and Liverpool fan. You can follow him on Twitter @nolan_wick.

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