This fall former Waterloo Bucks pitcher Dan Jennings was promoted to the Miami Marlins' 40-man roster. Jennings, who is originally from West Des Moines, Iowa, was one of four Miami Minor Leaguers to be placed on the team's 40-man roster.
The Waterloo Bucks have announced right-handed pitcher Clay Stephens will return to play for the Bucks in 2012. Stephens, a junior at Texas A&M University-Kingsville, is the second player to be named to Waterloo's roster for the team's 18th season.
The Waterloo Bucks have announced the inductees for the Seventh Annual Bucks Baseball Hall of Fame Banquet. The former Bucks that will be enshrined will be Adam Boeve, Chad Epperson, and Aaron Jenkins, all former baseball players at the University of Northern Iowa. Along with the players, Kevin and Judy Peverill will be honored for their 10-plus years of service as housing parents.
Left-handed starter, right-handed reliever will return for second season in Wisconsin Rapids
The Wisconsin Woodchucks have announced their head coach for the 2012 season. Erik Supplee, coach at Lynchburg College in Virginia, will assume the roll as Field Manager for the upcoming season. Supplee was an assistant coach with the Woodchucks in 2011.
The Waterloo Bucks have announced right-handed pitcher Derek Lamacchia will return to play for the Bucks in 2012. Lamacchia (pronounced luh-MOCK-e-uh), a junior at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut, is the first player to be named to the Waterloo roster for the team's 18th season.
The Battle Creek Bombers have re-signed one of their top performers from the 2011 Northwoods League Championship team, All-Star outfielder Daniel Rockett of the University of Texas at San Antonio.
The Waterloo Bucks have announced the hiring of Miles Miller as their pitching coach for the 2012 season. Currently, Miller is the pitching coach at Philadelphia University, a member of the Division II Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference.
The La Crosse Loggers have retained a pair of arms from their 2011 club as the tenth-year franchise announced the signings of pitchers Zach Wright (Washington) and Jordan Haseltine (San Francisco) today to their 2012 roster. Wright and Haseltine join returnee Bobby Juan (Minnesota) and catcher Tyler Servais (Princeton) on the list of Logger signees to-date.
The Wisconsin Rapids Rafters have hired a new manager for 2012. Actually, he is a very familiar face to the organization. The team announced today that it has named Jake Martin as the third manager in Rafters history.
