Caleb Chapman (General Manager) spent the last season with the Mankato MoonDogs as the Group Sales Coordinator. Caleb is a Minnesota State University- Mankato student and alumni, earning a bachelor’s degree in psychology with a minor in Studio Art and currently pursuing a Master’s in Sport Management. Additionally, he attended the Upright Citizens Brigade in Los Angeles to study Improv and Sketch comedy. Chapman’s history with the Mankato Northwoods teams goes back to the years of the Mankato Mashers from 1999-2001, when he regularly attended games, his parents worked.


Chris Goodell (Team President) will conduct his 25th season in the Northwoods League in 2022, having spent time with both the Waterloo Bucks and the La Crosse Loggers.  Goodell, who currently serves as the team president of the Loggers, Mankato MoonDogs, and the Rochester Honkers, served as the general manager of the Loggers from their inaugural season of 2003 through the 2018 season, helping build a stadium and team that is one of the top drawing teams in all of summer collegiate baseball.  Goodell was honored as the Northwoods League Executive of the Year on two occasions, in 2004 and in 2012, and was recognized as the La Crosse Tribune’s Sports Person of the Year in 2009 and 2012.


Ben Kapanke (Vice President, CFO) begins his 20th season in the Northwoods League and his fourth year as the general manager of the La Crosse Loggers after serving the previous ten years as the assistant general manager.  Kapanke, who also holds the title of vice president/CFO of the Loggers, MoonDogs, and now the Honkers, oversees the concession operations as well as the team’s finances for all three clubs while leading the Loggers day-to-day operations.  Kapanke got his introduction to the Northwoods League in 2002 when he served as an umpire after attending the Jim Evans Academy of Professional Umpiring.

Email for Ownership Group – diamonddreams2018@gmail.com.