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Jake Gautreau joins the Tulane coaching staff for the 2010 season as the assistant coach of the Green Wave. Gautreau will work with the infielders while assisting Chad Sutter with the hitters. Other coaching responsibilities will include coaching first base. Gautreau, the Conference USA Player of the Decade, played for the Green Wave from 1999-2001 and earned seven All-American honors at third base/designated hitter from a variety of publications while helping Tulane advance to its first ever College World Series in 2001. He was named a Louisville Slugger/Collegiate Baseball Freshmen All-American in 1999 while earning as spot on the Conference USA All-Freshmen Team, the C-USA All-Tournament Team and the Auburn Regional All-Tournament Team. He started all 65 games with a .292 average, 21 home runs and 69 RBI. In the 1999 post season, Gautreau hit .395, (15-for-38) with five home runs, 17 RBI, and a .921 slugging percentage as Tulane advanced to the to the finals of the Auburn Regional. As a sophomore, Gautreau earned Conference USA Player of the Year and All-Conference USA First Team Honors while being named an All-American by the National Collegiate Baseball Coaches Association and Collegiate Baseball. That season, he hit .388 with 68 RBI, 20 doubles, two triples and 16 home runs while starting 61 games at third base as the Green Wave made their third straight NCAA Regional. Gautreau earned a spot on the US Collegiate National Team in the summer of 2000, as he hit .348 (32-for-92) with seven doubles and four home runs to go with 20 RBI and a .576 slugging percentage. He was named the Best Hitter Award winner and Home Run King Honors from the 2000 Honkbal Tournament in Haarlem, Netherlands and was named a Summer All-American by Baseball America. In 2001, Gautreau earned First Team All-American honors from the American Baseball Coaches Association, Baseball America, Baseball Weekly, Collegiate Baseball and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association, while repeating as C-USA Player of the Year and First Team All C-USA. He was named to the NCAA All-New Orleans Regional Team, and hit .333 in 39 at bats in the NCAA Tournament with four doubles and a home run as Tulane advanced to its first-ever College World Series. Conference USA named Gautreau its baseball Player of the Decade in 2005. A first round (14th overall) draft selection of the San Diego Padres in the 2001 Major League Baseball Amateur Draft, Gautreau climbed through the Padres organization as his .309 average in A-ball earned him a late season promotion to Triple-A Portland. His pro career, however, was set back by an intestinal infection which limited his playing time and development and ultimately forced him to retire. In 2004, Gautreau was traded to the Cleveland Indians organization, which placed him in AAA Buffalo of the International League for 2005. Gautreau was named to International League Midseason All-Star Team in 2005, as he would go on to finish the season with a .253 average, 18 HR and 57 RBI in 113 games.
Gautreau and his wife, Erin Dobyanski, a former Tulane volleyball standout, make their home in New Orleans, La. |
 
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