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Bruce Doane Jr., Camp Director
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Mark Uyl, Chief of Instruction
In addition to his responsibilities with the MHSAA, he has continued to umpire college baseball, working primarily in the Big Ten, Big East and Mid American Conferences. He has worked conference tournaments in both the Big East Conference (2004, 2007, 2011) and Mid American Conference (2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010). Mark has worked NCAA D1 Regional tournaments in 2008 (Coastal Caroline), 2009 (UC Irvine), 2010 (Coastal Carolina) and 2011 (Rice); one NCAA D1 Super Regional tournament in 2011 (Florida). He also represented USA Baseball as an umpire at the 2007 Pan American Games in Brazil. Mark has also umpired independent league baseball in the Frontier League over the past 15 years. He is a nationally recognized speaker and has addressed a variety of officiating, coaching, athletic administration and sport audiences across North America. He also officiates NCAA DIII college football in the MIAA, working NCAA postseason contests in several seasons. His wife Marcy, an accomplished educator and high school basketball coach, and three children (Jackson, Madison and Grant) reside in DeWitt, MI. |
Mike began umpiring at the age of 15. In 1972 he attended Umpire
Development Program School and was assigned to the New York Penn League
where he worked for two seasons. Before accepting coaching positions at
Kellogg Community College and Battle Creek St. Phillip High School he
umpired in the Big Ten, Mid-American, and Midwestern Cities Conferences.
Mike has worked numerous JUCO and NAIA post season tournaments. While
coaching at St. Phillip Mike set coaching records for the most single
season and career wins and sent over 20 players into college baseball.
Mike has umpired 30 Stan Musial World Series, nine Connie Mack Work
Series, four Mickey Mantle World Series, and the USA Junior National
Team Selection Tournament. He is now coaching baseball at East Lansing
High School, and is also the Director of Baseball for Grand Slam
Baseball Academy at Court One Athletic Club in Lansing. He also
officiates high school football, basketball, and volleyball.
This is Chad's 9th year as an instructor. For the past 10 seasons
Chad has worked all levels of college baseball, primarily in the GLIAC,
MIAA, WHAC, and MCCAA conferences. In 2006-08 2010-11 he umpired the
NJCAA Regional Tournament, the NCAA Division II Regional Tournament, and
was added to the staff of the Frontier League in 2008. He also
officiates college football, working in the GLIAC and Pioneer collegiate
conferences, as well as high school and collegiate (MCCAA, MIAA, WHAC)
women’s basketball. Chad worked the 2005 baseball, 2006 football, and
2007 basketball MHSAA state finals. Also, he serves as an instructor for
officiating courses at Aquinas College and as an umpire assignor for
summer baseball leagues in west Michigan through the Great Lakes Umpire
Alliance.
Dave is in his 28th year of umpiring. He attended the Harry Wendelstedt Umpire
School in 1984 and was chosen as the school’s outstanding student. Dave
worked the next eleven years in the minor leagues, including four years
at the AAA level. He has been umpiring college baseball since 1995, and
currently works in the Big Ten, Conference USA, the Big East and the
Mid-American Conferences. His post season assignments include two
Division III Regional Tournaments, one Big Ten Conference Tournament,
two Conference USA Tournaments, two Big East Conference Tournaments, six
Mid-American Conference Tournaments, thirteen Division I Regional
Tournaments, and eight Division I Super Regional Tournaments. Dave was
chosen for and worked the Division I College World Series in 2004 and
2007. He also umpired the 2007 World Cup and 2008 Olympic Qualifying
Tournaments in Taiwan. In addition to umpiring, Dave officiates high school and small college
basketball, and is actively involved with fundraising in the fight
against cystic fibrosis, a disease affecting his oldest daughter,
Hannah.
Perry began umpiring at the Little League level 37 years ago. He
worked high school and small college baseball until becoming a
professional umpire. He spent 11 years umpiring professionally and
worked many league championship assignments, including two Minor League
World Series. Perry also worked two years in the Dominican Winter
League. Since returning to college baseball, Perry has worked in the Big
Ten, Midwest Collegiate, Mid-American, Big East, Southeastern,
Conference USA, Summit, GLIAC, MIAA and WHAC conferences. Perry was
also involved with the AABC and the Frontier League. He worked numerous
conference and league tournaments, as well as NCAA Division I Regional
and Super Regional tournaments. He has umpired four Division I College
World Series and was selected to work the plate in the final game in
2009. Perry has umpired internationally in the 1999 Winnipeg
Pan-American Games and was assigned to umpire the 2008 Olympic Games in
Beijing, China. He has also been a Division I basketball official for 18
years, working 4 NAIA National Finals and a Division II Final
tournament, along with numerous Division I and II conference
tournaments.
Mark has been umpiring for 33 years. He has umpired all levels of
amateur baseball and has served as the Umpire-In-Chief for the MHSAA
State Baseball Finals since 1993. Mark has been working college baseball
since 1987 and has umpired 17 conference tournaments in the Mid-American
and Big Ten Conferences. He is currently on the staffs of the Big Ten,
Big East, Mid-American and Atlantic Ten conferences. Mark has been been
assigned to 11 Division 1 Regionals, 8 Division 1 Super Regionals and
worked the Division I College World Series in 2007 and 2010. In 2007
Mark umpired the Connie Mack World Series in Farmington, New Mexico. He
umpired the World University Games in the Czech Republic in 2008. Mark
has also worked international baseball, umpiring the 2007 World Cup in
Taiwan, the first ever World Cup of Women's Baseball in Edmonton,
Canada and multiple Olympic qualifiers. Mark also officiates Division
II, III, NAIA and junior college basketball.
Mike has been umpiring for over 20 years. He currently works
college baseball primarily in the Big
Ten, Mid-American, and Big East Conferences. He has umpired post season
tournaments for the Big Ten, Mid-American, Big East and Midwestern Collegiate
Conferences and has worked six NCAA Division I Regional Tournaments.
Mike has also worked NCAA Division II, III, and JUCO Regional
Tournaments. Mike has umpired three high school State Championships and
currently works high school football. He retired recently after a long
career as a high school basketball official.
Jim has been umpiring for 32 years, spending the last 26 years
working college baseball. He works primarily in the Big Ten, Big East
and Missouri Valley Conferences and has umpired nine Big Ten Conference
Tournaments and four Missouri Valley Conference Tournaments. Jim has
been selected thirteen times for Division I Regional Tournaments, as
well as eight Super Regional Tournaments. In 2010 Jim was selected for
and worked the Division I College World Series. He also umpired the 2002
Division III World Series and numerous Division III and NAIA Regionals,
as well as 15 high school Regionals and Sectionals in Indiana. In 2005
Jim worked the 36th World Cup of Baseball in the Netherlands and in 2008
umpired the Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Taiwan. Jim also officiates
high school basketball and has been an Indiana State Police Officer for
31 years, currently serving as a Sergeant.
Dan has been umpiring for over 20 years. He attended Brinkman Umpire
School in 1986 and Evans Umpire Academy in 1991. Dan has worked Division
I baseball and NAIA and JUCO Tournaments. He continues to work high
school baseball and umpired the 2004 MHSAA State Finals. He was selected
as the Crew Chief for the MHSBCA 2008 East-West High School All Star
Game played at Comerica Park. Dan also officiates junior college and
high school basketball and worked the high school basketball State
Championship in 2003, 2007 and 2008. Dan has instructed in sports
officiating classes for over ten years and currently teaches in the
Health, Physical Education Department at Muskegon Community College.
Scott began his umpiring journey working Little League games with his
father Adrian in Blackwell, OK at the age of 13. He continued working
all levels of youth baseball through his college years until deciding to
attend the Bill Kinnamon Umpire School in 1982. Scott then began a five
year minor league career that included stops in the Pioneer League,
Arizona Instructional League, Florida State League and the Texas League
in 1985-86 before leaving the game to begin a career in business. His
collegiate career began in 1987 working in the Big 8 and Missouri Valley
Conferences as well as a variety of other D2, NAIA and JUCO assignments.
After taking 11 years away from umpiring, Scott returned to the game in
2006 and has since worked games in the Big 10, MAC, Summit and Horizon
Leagues. He has also worked games in the GLVC and the GLIAC and has
worked several post-season assignments. These assignments include
serving as the crew chief for three straight NCAA Division II Great
Lakes Regional Tournaments (2006-2008) and umpiring two Division II
College World Series (2007 and 2008). Scott served as the crew chief
for the 2008 series and also worked the MAC Championship tournament in
2010 and 2011. Scott now resides in Indianapolis with his wife Brenda,
where he is self-employed.
David currently umpires college baseball in the Big Ten, MAC and
Missouri Valley Conferences. He previously spent ten seasons in
professional baseball. David attended the Jim Evans Umpire Academy in
2000 and later served as an instructor. His career included work in the
Gulf Coast, Pioneer, Midwest, California, Eastern and International
Leagues. David served as a crew chief in the Eastern League, worked the
plate in the league’s All-Star Game, and also worked the championship
series. He was twice invited to the Arizona Fall League, which led to
him working MLB Spring Training in Arizona in 2009 and 2010. David
worked four seasons in AAA, serving as a crew chief for two of those
years along with working the championship series. David currently
officiates college and high school football as well as high school
basketball. He played football and baseball at Hope College. He is
employed as a financial advisor, currently residing in Chicago with his
wife and two sons.
Mark Winters has been officiating since 1990. He is a graduate of the
Harry Wendelstedt Umpiring School, where he finished as top student.
Mark advanced to AA and AAA levels and worked as crew chief in the
Pioneer League, New York Penn League, Midwest League, Carolina League,
Eastern League and the Pacific Coast League and was fortunate enough to
officiate playoffs and championship series in every league he worked.
His professional career culminated as a AAA crew chief working the
“Futures” game in Atlanta, Georgia. Mark worked spring training games
for nine years. In 2003 he was asked to work the Dominican Winter League
in the Dominican Republic and returned in 2004 for a second season. Also
in 2004 Mark worked the plate in the Caribbean World Series. He was
selected to work the Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Cuba in 2006. He
has been a clinician at basketball and baseball camps since 1992. Mark
is currently working Division I Baseball in the Big 10 and Big 12
conferences, in addition to independent baseball in the Frontier League.
He also referees basketball at both high school and collegiate levels.