OTTAWA-With College Baseball season and Spring Training about to kick-off, here is an update on where eight Junior National Team graduates from 2011 will be playing this season.
OTTAWA, ON - The Canadian Sport Tourism Alliance (CSTA) is pleased to announce it is now accepting nominations for its annual CSTA PRESTIGE Awards which celebrate the people, places and events that make the Canadian sport tourism industry so dynamic and diverse. These awards are presented annually in five categories to individuals, companies, events and organizations that have made outstanding contributions to the success of the sport tourism industry across Canada.
OTTAWA-Andrew Albers (North Battleford, SK) has been named Male Athlete of the Year for 2011 by Sask Sports Inc. The left-hander was the winning pitcher last October when Canada defeated the United States 2-1 to claim the Gold Medal at the Pan Am Games.
OTTAWA-Baseball Canada is extremely happy to announce that the 2011 Senior National Team will be inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame on Saturday June 23rd in St. Marys, Ontario. In addition to the Senior National Team, the 2012 Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame induction class will see original Montréal Expo Rusty Staub, current Milwaukee Brewers GM Doug Melvin and former major leaguer and Olympian Rheal Cormier inducted.
OTTAWA-Pan/Para Pan Am Games Toronto 2015 is looking to fill Sport Organizing Committee Chair roles for each Pan/Para Am sport, including baseball.
OTTAWA-Baseball Canada’s on-line coaching system,nccp.baseball.ca, was launched in 2005 to provide the resources, information and support needed to become the best coach possible.
OTTAWA-For four members of the Women’s National Team, the chance to travel to Australia to play baseball and experience a new country and culture was too good to pass up. So, Kate Psota (Burlington, ON), Autumn Mills (London, ON), Vanessa Riopel (Repentigny, QC) and Megean Cornellsen (Grande-Prairie, AB) packed their bags, and ball gloves, and headed to the land down under.
OTTAWA- Baseball Canada is pleased to announce the 2012 Calendar of Events highlighting key dates for the upcoming baseball season. Last year Baseball Canada enjoyed unprecedented success in international competition as the Senior Men captured the bronze medal at the IBAF World Cup and stunned the United States to win gold at the Pan Am Games. Three weeks later, the Junior National Team took the silver medal at the COPABE World Junior Qualification Tournament.
OTTAWA-James Paxton (Delta, BC) has cracked MLB.com’s Top 100 Prospects list. Paxton, a member of the Seattle Mariners organization, comes in at #77 on the list after an impressive 2011 season at two separate minor league stops.
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