UMC Baseball to Hold Alumni Game Saturday

CROOKSTON, Minn. – The University of Minnesota Crookston baseball program will hold the third annual Baseball Alumni Game Sat., Sept. 30 at 5 p.m. at Karn Field in Crookston, Minn. The game will be one of many athletic events in Crookston during Homecoming weekend including the football game at 1 p.m. against Bemidji State University and the Hunt Seat Equestrian Show Saturday at 1 p.m. and Sunday at 9 a.m.

All former Minnesota Crookston baseball players from all eras of the program are invited to come back to campus to participate in the alumni game. The alumni team will take on the current Minnesota Crookston baseball players.

Last year, the U of M Crookston had over 20 alumni compete in the game, a record for the school. If you are interested in taking part in the Baseball Alumni Game please contact Head Coach Steve Gust at sjgust@umn.edu or by phone at 218-281-8445.

The Golden Eagle baseball program is in their fourth season under Head Coach Steve Gust, who has ushered one of the biggest turnarounds in all of NCAA Division II baseball. In four seasons, Gust has taken a program that run a combined two games the previous two seasons to a program-record 63 wins in there seasons. Minnesota Crookston has also made it to back-to-back NSIC Tournaments after not making it since 2001, previously. The Golden Eagles have a lot of returnees back for the 2018 season as they look poised to build off of their success in recent seasons.

Gust and his staff are excited to welcome back all alumni of the program as they wouldn’t be able to be here without the hard work everyone who has donned the Maroon and Gold has put into building the program. His current staff includes three alumni of the program in Colton Haight, David Olson and Brandon Kresl.