Diamond Hogs add Josh Elander as volunteer coach

August 23, 2016 at 3:08 p.m.

by Matt Jones

Lynchburg minor league Future Stars' Josh Elander, center, who hit a seventh-inning inning grand slam, congratulates teammates after their exhibition baseball game against the Atlanta Braves Saturday, March 29, 2014, in Rome, Ga. The Future Stars won 13-4. (AP Photo/David Tulis)
Lynchburg minor league Future Stars' Josh Elander, center, who hit a seventh-inning inning grand slam, congratulates teammates after their exhibition baseball game against the Atlanta Braves Saturday, March 29, 2014, in Rome, Ga. The Future Stars won 13-4. (AP Photo/David Tulis)

FAYETTEVILLE — Former TCU standout Josh Elander has been added to Arkansas' baseball staff as a volunteer assistant.

Elander was a freshman All-American for the Horned Frogs in 2010 and a sixth-round MLB Draft pick by the Atlanta Braves. In 2013, he was named the Braves' minor league player of the year.

He returned to TCU last season to finish his undergraduate degree and served as a student assistant coach on the Horned Frogs' College World Series team. Among the players he coached was Zack Plunkett, who transferred from TCU to Arkansas earlier this month.

Elander is expected to help coach catchers for the Razorbacks. He replaces former Arkansas pitcher Christian Kowalchuk as the team's volunteer coach.

Past Arkansas volunteer coaches have included UALR head coach Chris Curry and Wichita State hitting coach Brian Walker.

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