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ubctbirds_sched: Women's Soccer open try-outs http://bit.ly/cQPUbM

ubctbirds_sched: SOCW: UBC T-Birds Women's Soccer open try-outs August 3-5 8-10 pm http://bit.ly/cQPUbM

Ed Cheff, head coach at Lewis-Clark State for 34 years, is stepping down effective September 1. Story at The College Baseball Blog: Lewis-Clark State Coach Ed Cheff to retire.

His replacement is Gary Picone, a native of Trail, BC. Picone is currently the Athletic Director at L-C State, and is also the Tournament Director for the NAIA Baseball National Championship. He will be giving up the Tournament Director job, but remain as AD.
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The Douglas College ‐ Centre for Campus Life is pleased to announce that Cavanagh Whitely has been named the Head Coach for the Royals Men’s Baseball Program.

Coach Whitely is a native of Prince George, BC and just completed his 10th season as a part of the UBC Thunderbirds baseball program. He has worked the last 7 years as a specialist coach in charge of infield, offensive systems development, and the Thunderbirds mental skills training program.

From 2004-2010, Whitely served as the full-time assistant to head coach Terry McKaig and was a integral part of UBC’s impressive run to a fourth-place finish at the NAIA World Series in 2006. It was the first time a Canadian team ever competed for a US National Championship. He was also the head of recruiting for the T-Birds, the facility coordinator and head instructor of the Mizuno School of Baseball at UBC, and the organizer for the UBC summer camp program.

Whitely is also highly involved in community baseball programs. The Coaching Association of Canada awarded him a position as a High Performance Consultant with Baseball BC in 2005, and he is currently a coach with both Team BC and the National University team program that competes during the summer. He has coached with Team Canada from 2003- 2006 at the Grand Forks International Baseball Tournament and at the 2008 and 2010 World University Championships. Cavanagh is also an active Baseball BC NCCP level four clinician and evaluator.

 “I’m looking forward to taking over the Royals Baseball program here at Douglas College. The NWAACC is a very competitive conference that gives Canadian ball players a great opportunity to showcase their skills. Our goal here will be to develop student-athletes to meet their potential on and off the field and allow them to move on to quality four year programs or even on to the professional ranks.”

As a player, Whitely was recruited by the National Baseball Institute and started his college career at Douglas under Coach John Haar. After two solid seasons there, he transferred and spent three successful years on the UBC squad from 1999-2002, playing every infield position while holding down a career batting average of over .300. Whitely has also spent time in the Australia pro league, playing for the Padres organization in Queensland from 2002 to 2003 while concurrently serving as a Director of Coaching and Development Officer for Baseball Australia.

“Cavanagh brings a wealth of experience and expertise in dealing with student-athletes both as a coach and as a faculty member at Douglas with the Student Success courses.  We look forward in having him bring his knowledge to, an already vibrant coaching staff at the College.” stated Dean Howie the Director of Athletics and Campus Life.

Cavanagh currently lives in Vancouver and has his Master’s Degree in Human Kinetics from the University of British Columbia.

Douglas College Royals Baseball page
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ubctbirds_sched: BASE: Corness replacing Whitely as full-time assistant; Whitely new head coach at Douglas College http://bit.ly/9BRGOE

ubctbirds_sched: FB: T-Birds announce preseason Alumni Game - August 28, 3:30 p.m. at T-Bird stadium http://bit.ly/aGkmWi

ubctbirds_sched: MVB: Densmore named new full-time assistant coach http://bit.ly/adjBkk

ubctbirds_sched: MBB: Golden Gophers coming to War Gym for exhibition tilt on September 2 http://bit.ly/aU5LoD

ubctbirds_sched: GEN: Rashpal Dhillon track and field oval officially opened http://bit.ly/aYA5LM

ubctbirds_sched: FB: Olson announces large recruiting class for 2010 season http://bit.ly/9hnkQB

ubctbirds_sched: MVB: T-Birds add pair of college recruits in Milo Warren and Chris Klassen http://bit.ly/bkRnfx

ubctbirds_sched: TRACK: Olympian Gary Reed to lead relay clinic at Pre-Jerome Open this Wednesday http://bit.ly/bvapjT

ubctbirds_sched: GOLFW: Alford represents Canada at World University Championship, finishes tied for 25th http://bit.ly/98QFeq

ubctbirds_sched: TRACK: Opening ceremonies at Rasphal Dhillon track facility at UBC planned for June 16 http://bit.ly/9gs7Ug

ubctbirds_sched: MRUG: Dalziel named to BC Bears squad for games against England Counties http://bit.ly/9ON5gV

Eric Brown is playing for the Thunder Bay Border Cats of the Northwoods League.

The Thunderbirds are, as in the past, providing a substantial amount of talent for the Western Major Baseball League.

Okotoks Dawgs: Dan Britton-Foster, Brandon Kaye, David Otterman

Medicine Hat Mavericks:  Shawn Hetherington, Geoff Burke

Melville Millionaires: Nick Senior

Saskatoon Yellow Jackets: Blake Carruthers, Andrew Firth

Yorkton Cardinals:  Jordan Herbison, Nic Lindsay

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ubctbirds_sched: BASE: Starr and Hardy selected in 2010 MLB Amateur Draft http://bit.ly/9lK2jJ

Thunderbirds
Position Team Round Sammie Starr SS Orioles 34 Mark Hardy LHP Padres 43 NAIA West and Lewis-Clark State
School Position Team Round Kawika Emsley-Pai Lewis-Clark State C Diamondbacks 10 Tyler Knigge Lewis-Clark State RHP Phillies 12 Josh Ashenbrenner Lewis-Clark State 2B Tigers 18 Todd Muecklisch Lewis-Clark State IF
Marlins 26 Brian Burke Lewis-Clark State 3B Twins 29 Pat Murray Lewis-Clark State 1B Phillies 34 Stephen Foster Lewis-Clark State LHP Braves 39 BC players
Current Team Position Team Round Kellin Deglin Langley Blaze C Rangers 1 James Paxton Prairie View Air Hogs LHP Mariners 4 Rowan Wick Vancouver Cannons OF Brewers 18 Eric Sim South Florida C Giants 27 Steve McKinnon Nanaimo Pirates RHP Rangers 32 Mike Ellis Langley Blaze RHP Padress 35 Carson Vitale Creighton C Rangers 38 Ethan Stewart New Mexico JC LHP Phillies 47 Bryan Arthur Abbotsford Cardinals OF Yankees 49 Kelly Norris-Jones Victoria Mariners C Blue Jays 50

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The Thunderbirds did not have the highest fielding percentage in the NAIA this season. That honour went to Union University in Tennessee, who had a percentage of .977. The Birds finished second to Union, with a percentage of .975.

This year, however, the Birds were not left off the national Rawlings-NAIA Gold Glove team. Birds center fielder Blake Carruthers made the team, in his first year of eligibility. (He made the team as a right fielder, although he played in center field all season.) Blake fielded 1.000 for the season, had 92 putouts and three assists.

Another recognizable name on the team is 3B Josh Ashenbrenner of Lewis-Clark State.

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ubctbirds_sched: BASE: Freshman centre fielder Blake Carruthers earns NAIA Gold Glove honour http://bit.ly/a1JPtp