Jad Prachniak is the first Men’s Athletic Coach in WCU history (and its youngest) to win two NCAA Division II National Championships in Baseball (2012 & 2017). WCU’s 2012 National Championship was the first Baseball National Championship achieved by a Commonwealth of Pennsylvania college/university at any level of NCAA competition, as well as the first by a Division-II school located in the Northeastern United States.

In addition to two National Championships, his WCU Baseball teams won two NCAA Regional Championships, two Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Championships and three PSAC Eastern Division titles. His teams made the NCAA tournament in 6 of his 9 seasons, and 5 in a row from 2015-2019. His overall coaching record at WCU is 273-127-1, for an outstanding.682 winning percentage.

Prachniak was twice (2012, 2017) named ABCA Field Turf Division II National Coach of the Year. Five of his former players were drafted in the Major League Baseball Entry Draft. He mentored the PSAC Eastern Division Player of the Year four times (2012, 2015, 2018 & 2019), and the PSAC Eastern Pitcher of the Year twice (2012 & 2017).