WASHINGTON, Pa. --- Tusculum College's Aaron Guinn and Cody Coffman have signed professionally to play baseball for the Washington Wild Things of the Frontier League announced officials Wednesday.

Guinn and Coffman become the 22nd and 23rd Pioneers to sign professionally during the Coach Doug Jones' era and the third this summer. The TC duo joins teammate Alexi Colon, who was drafted in the 32nd round by the San Diego Padres in this week's Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft.

Coffman, a senior from Cape Coral, Fla., split time at first base and catcher this season, while also seeing action at second base and designated hitter. He is listed as a catcher on the Wild Things roster. The Daktronics All-America First Team utility player led the Pioneers with his .417 batting average, which is 13th in NCAA II and the eighth-best average ever by a TC player. Coffman is fourth in the country with his 90 hits (4th in TC history), including19 doubles, a triple, nine home runs and 62 RBI. Coffman's 19 doubles are 27th in the nation and tied for eighth in TC history. He has scored 52 runs, while drawing 41 walks (25th in NCAA II) against just 17 strikeouts.

During the 2012 season, Coffman posted a 26-game hitting streak, the second longest in school history. He wrapped up his collegiate career reaching base safely in 39 consecutive games, including a home run in his final collegiate at-bat against eventual NCAA regional winner Catawba.

At the NCAA Southeast Regional, Coffman batted .533 (8-for-15) with four RBI, including two home runs and a triple. For his efforts, he was named to the Southeast Regional All-Tournament Team at first base. He was also recently named to the Capital One Academic All-America First Team as a catcher.

In his two-year career at Tusculum, Coffman posted the seventh-best batting average in school history at .391 in his 105 games in a Pioneer uniform. He recorded 141 hits, including 28 doubles, three triples, 12 home runs and 97 RBI. His .485 career on-base percentage is tied for the third highest in school history.

Guinn, a senior outfielder from Norris, Tenn., finished second on the team with his .398 batting average, which is currently 41s in the nation. Guinn amassed 92 hits in his final collegiate campaign, which are the third most in Tusculum history and currently the second-most in the country this year. The Pigeon Forge High School graduate tallied 17 doubles, a triple, seven home runs and 51 RBI. The 2012 Daktronics All-America Second Team standout made just one error in his 206 total fielding chances for a .995 fielding percentage, which is tied for the second highest in school history, earning him a spot on the ABCA Southeast Region and South Atlantic Conference Gold Glove Teams.

During his 133-game career, Guinn posted a .363 career average with 90 runs scored, 145 hits, 25 doubles, two triples, eight home runs and 80 RBI. His .990 career fielding percentage is the fifth highest in school history, making only five errors in over 500 chances.

Guinn and Coffman also become the third and fourth former Pioneers to play for the Wild Things, joining former TC All-Americans Brent Gabel and Kevin Hammons.

Tusculum accounted for one of the best seasons in school history. The Pioneers posted a sterling 48-10 record, including 24-3 in South Atlantic Conference play as TC captured both the league's regular season and tournament championships. Tusculum advanced to the NCAA Tournament for a sixth time in school history where the Pioneers went 2-2 to finish third at the Southeast Regional.

TC also earned the Pioneers its highest national ranking, being listed as the No. 2 team in the country. They ended the year ranked ninth in the final 2012 Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Coaches' Poll, for TC's best national ranking to end a season.

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