The Mankato MoonDogs, a member of the Northwoods league, are excited to announce a new addition to their front office. Kate Froehlich will serve as the Coordinator of Sales and Marketing for the MoonDogs for the 2015 season and beyond.
Froehlich’s full-time position will assist with the MoonDogs’ sales efforts as well as coordinate all marketing and community outreach initiatives for the team.
The MoonDogs expect Froehlich to play a big role in the organization in 2015. “We’re very excited to have Kate join the MoonDogs for not only the upcoming season, but stretching through the offseason and future seasons as well. As a previous intern during the 2013 season, she has a great background with this organization” said MoonDogs General Manager, Greg Weis.
Kate is the latest addition taken from a previous MoonDogs season. Froehlich is currently a senior at Minnesota State University, Mankato pursuing a degree in Sport Management in which she will graduate this upcoming May. She hopes to continue her journey enrolled in graduate school for Sport Management to obtain her Master’s Degree, while working with the MoonDogs. She has previous sports internship experience with our very own MoonDogs organization as well as Bethany Lutheran College in the athletic department completed at the same time with other work experiences.
For her part, Kate is very excited to be back, “having already had an internship with the MoonDogs, I can’t wait to move into a full-time role, cultivating new and previous relationships with season ticket holders, families, partners, and fans of the MoonDogs” said Froehlich.
“The Mankato MoonDogs are a member of the finest developmental league for elite college baseball players, the Northwoods League. Playing its 22nd season of summer collegiate baseball in 2015, the Northwoods League is the largest organized baseball league in the world with 18 teams, drawing significantly more fans, in a friendly ballpark experience, than any league of its kind. A valuable training ground for coaches, umpires and front office staff, more than 120 Northwoods League players have advanced to Major League Baseball, including Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer (WAS) and MLB All-Stars Chris Sale (CWS), Jordan Zimmermann (WAS), Curtis Granderson (NYM), Allen Craig (BOS) and Ben Zobrist (OAK). All league games are viewable live via the Northwoods League Website. For more information, visit http://www.mankatomoondogs.com
