Jonathan Ratledge joins the Pioneer coaching staff as the team’s hitting coach and co-recruiting coordinator. He will also work with the team's outfielders, coordinate strength and conditioning and speed and agility workouts for the position players.

Prior to SMC, Ratledge graduated in 2005 from South Mecklenburg High School in North Carolina. Jonathan was a Louisville Slugger 1st Team All American in 2005. He went on to attend and play baseball at the University of South Carolina in 2006 and 2007 before transferring to East Carolina University in 2008 and 2009.

Ratledge graduated in December of 2010 with a degree in Finance.

Ratledge was a Coach/Instructor at the Carolina Baseball Center in Charlotte, NC and also served as an area scout/writer for the Diamond Prospects.