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Ewald played in 81 games for the Mountain Lions during his two years in the Enchanted Valley. He totaled 75 hits, 52 RBI, 16 doubles, 10 home runs and a triple in a YHC uniform. 

The Colorado Springs, Colorado, native earned his bachelor's degree in interdisciplinary studies with an emphasis in health administration from Young Harris in 2018.

Ewald is the Assistant Head Coach and Player Development Coordinator. Cory has been a huge part of our program's success over the past eight years. It is only fitting that we reward him with this promotion," said Head Coach Stephen Waggener. "The loyalty and commitment he has shown to YHC has allowed continuity to remain within our coaching staff and program for seven years. Cory has worked his way up the ladder as a coach, starting as a volunteer assistant coach, to part-time assistant, to full-time assistant, and now as Assistant Head Coach."

Over Ewald's eight years at Young Harris College, Cory has helped lead the baseball program to many accolades. In 2018, the Mountain Lions qualified for the Peach Belt Tournament for the first time in school history. The following year, Young Harris posted a school record 36 wins, won the Peach Belt Conference Tournament, and earned a spot in the NCAA tournament.

In 2022, Young Harris won the Peach Belt Conference Tournament for the second time and set a new school record with 39 wins in a season. The Mountain Lions fantastic year led them to an NCAA tournament appearance.

In 2023, the Mountain Lions were the Peach Belt Conference regular season runners-up.

Young Harris Baseball wrapped up the 2024 season with an impressive 41-15 overall record. In Young Harris' Conference Carolinas debut, the Mountain Lions finished 2nd in the most competitive conference among Division II baseball. The Mountain Lions fell just short in the southeast regional, after climbing their way in national rankings all season. Players Jack Enrico and Zachary Murray were named to the D2CCA All-Region First Team. The NCBWA listed Dylan Beck, Zachary Murray, and Jack Enrico to their list of notable players in 2024 as well. 

In the 2025 season, Ewald and the Mountain Lions finished with an astounding 40-17 record, making noise in the conference and region all-year until ultimately falling in the NCAA Southeast Regional. In March, Young Harris impressively took a series from North Grenville and swept Mount Olive, two nationally-ranked opponents at the time. The squad was crowned regular season Conference Carolinas Co-Champions and made it all the way to the Conference Carolinas Championship, eventually dropping to Belmont Abbey in the winner-takes-all game. Ewald helped lead eight athletes to All-Conference honors, four to the NCBWA All-Southeast Region team, four to the D2CCA All-Southeast Region Second Team, three receiving ABCA/Rawlings All-Region awards and Jeremy Begora being selected to the 2025 ABCA Southeast Region All-Defensive team. 

Ewald has been apart of the Young Harris Baseball coaching staff for 8 seasons. 

updated 7.21.25