The Sport Management Program at Minnesota State University, Mankato announces the winners of the Northwoods League Fantasy Baseball marketing project. 

The winning group members were Matthew Corners, Katie Esselman, Michael Jahn and Matthew Reger.  The four group members will split a $300 scholarship for being on the winning group.

Students developed new marketing and promotional strategies for the Northwoods League’s Fantasy Baseball league which was created in 2010. 

Curt Carstensen, Northwoods League Director of Operations, Bryan Romsa, Assistant Professor MSU Sport Management, Michelle Carstensen, Alumni Relations and Social Media Intern, Bryant Black and Laura Shearer, MSU Sport Management Graduate Assistants, judged the competition and selected the winners. 

Winners will be recognized at the Cambria Dinner of Distinction on April 15, 2011.

The MSU Sport Management Program and the Northwoods League began partnering in the fall of 2010 to give students the opportunity to complete class projects that have a practical use for an actual sports organization.

Already, these projects have benefited the Northwoods League Foundation and its inaugural Celebrity Poker Tournament, Northwoods League Fantasy Baseball, and given individual students opportunities to audition for internships and future jobs.