BROOKVILLE, N.Y. — The reigning Northeast Conference champion LIU baseball team has a pair of new faces in the dugout this academic year.

Holden Capps has joined the Sharks as pitching coach, while Kyle Strovink will serve as assistant coach.

Capps was drafted by the Kansas City Royals out of the University of Central Oklahoma in the eighth round of the 2017 MLB draft. He played professionally in that organization through this past season, making 114 appearances (18 starts). He most recently pitched with Double-A Northwest Arkansas.

Capps also served as a coach with the Southwest Oklahoma Shockers youth travel baseball organization.

Strovink arrived at LIU after serving as an assistant baseball coach a Princeton this past season, where he was responsible for working with catchers, hitters and pitchers. He served as first base coach and also contributed to organizing prospect camps.

He previously served as a Mount Sinai High School coach on Long Island.

Strovink played at Limestone University from 2017 through 2021.

He's a product of Rocky Point High School, where he was an All-American and Suffolk County gold glove winner and the 2016 county catcher of the year.

His uncle is fellow Long Islander Keith Osik, who played 10 major league seasons, primarily with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

The Sharks open the 2023 season Feb. 17 at Winthrop.