Eau Claire Express
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- Location: Eau Claire, WI
- League: Northwoods League
- Stadium: Carson Park
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Founded as an expansion to the Northwoods League in 2005, the Eau Claire Express are a Summer Collegiate Baseball team based in Eau Claire, WI. The Express are a non-profit organization which has hosted collegiate athletes from throughout the United States and Canada and which is dedicated and designed to provide minor league level competition for NCAA players that wish to continue on into professional baseball. The Eau Claire Express operate in the model a Minor League team: playing nightly before fans in stadiums which seat thousands, using wood bats and minor league specification equipment, and experiencing road trips between games. Like all other summer collegiate players, Express players are unpaid in order to maintain their NCAA eligibility, and live with host families in the same manner as Single A and Independent League players.
- All Games are Broadcast on 106.7 FM
[edit] 2007 On-Field Staff
- Manager: Dale Varsho
- Pitching Coach: Vic Cable
- Assistant Coach: Craig Jilek
- Assistant Coach: Nick Weisheipl
[edit] Express Drafted into affiliated Baseball
- Chris Jones - Boston Red Sox Organization
