Dan Pavlue, Head CoachAge: 21
Hometown: Waunakee, WI
College: University of Minnesota
Year in School: Senior
Major: Sport Management
Playing Experience: Three-time letter winner at Waunakee High School, earned all-conference and all-district honors as a senior outfielder in 2007, was also named team captain and offensive player of the year. Currently plays amatuer baseball for the Twin Cities Bombers in Minneapolis, MN.
Coaching Experience: Currently serves as the head student assistant for the Minnesota Gophers baseball team. Coached Waunakee High School Varsity and American Legion baseball teams as a volunteer assistant. Served as a head coach in the U of M Dick Siebert High School Fall Baseball League in 2008 & 2009. Supervised baseball camps for Midwest Baseball Academy, Waunakee High School and with former major leaguer Shawn Wooten in River Falls, WI. Will be a graduate assistant baseball coach at Minnesota State University, Mankato beginning next fall.
2009 season: Led Hudson to an 11-9 record and a Hudson Woodbat Tournament championship. Coached team to a .288 batting average with 126 runs scored. Opened the year with an upset 4-3 victory over Eau Claire. Compiled a season-best three game winning streak from 7/12 to 7/16 by beating Rosetown, Prescott, and Ellsworth consecutively.
Parker Kruckenberg, Assistant CoachAge: 21
Hometown: Fargo, ND
College: University of Minnesota
Year in School: Senior
Major: Sport Management
Playing Experience: Varsity outfielder for Fargo South High School in Fargo, ND. Also played for Fargo Legion baseball during high school summers. Planning on playing amateur baseball for the Twin Cities Bombers in 2010.
Coaching Experience: Has served as a student manager for the University of Minnesota baseball team since 2008 and will become the head student manager in 2011. Coached in the University of Minnesota High School Fall Baseball League in 2009 and plans to do so again in 2010. Coached instructional camp with former major leaguer Shawn Wooten in River Falls, WI in 2010. Planning on becoming a graduate assistant baseball coach for a college baseball program after graduating from the U of M in 2011.
