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- Member of the Board of Directors
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- Member of the Board of Directors
Blaine Fortin was born in Lundar, Manitoba on August 1, 1977. Fortin started his baseball career in Lundar, where he played minor baseball. He later moved on to play for the Interlake Orioles, Legion 141, and the Teulon Cardinals. He was drafted in the 6th round by the Toronto Blue Jays in 1995. Fortin played minor league baseball for the Blue Jays' affiliates in Dunedin, St. Catherine's and in Medicine Hat, where he picked up a solid .329 batting average. Fortin also played for both Team Manitoba and Team Canada, he was the Manitoba Baseball Association (MBA) Youth Player of the Year in 1994, the Canadian Player of the Year in 1994, and the Manitoba Youth Athlete of the Year in 1995. Fortin also played on Team Canada in the 1994 World Youth Championships held in Brandon, where he put up a .346 batting average. In 1997, Fortin played with the Winnipeg Goldeyes. He served as president of the Interlake Minor Baseball Association for four years and was a member of the Baseball Manitoba Grassroots and Competition Committee. His career fielding percentage was .993 as a catcher.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board of Directors
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board of Directors
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board of Directors
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board of Directors
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board of Directors
Faron Asham was born in Brandon, Manitoba on July 12, 1969. Throughout his career, Asham built an extensive resume in coaching and administration of baseball in western and northern Manitoba. He has been actively coaching at various levels from grassroots to high performance since 1985. He has also served on executive committees in several associations and leagues since 1989 and has been on the Baseball Manitoba Executive Committee for over 16 years. Asham has been recognized for such honours as Baseball Manitoba's 2003 Volunteer of the Year; Provincial, Regional, and National 2004 Aboriginal Coach of the Year; Baseball Manitoba's 2004, 2012 and 2017 High Performance Coach of the Year; and 2004 and 2012 Baseball Canada's Volunteer of the Year nominee. He recently served as President of Brandon Minor Baseball and Simplot Millennium Park for 10 years. In 2017, Asham was the Head Coach of Team Manitoba for the Canada Summer Games in which Manitoba won the silver. This was the first Canada Games baseball medal awarded to Manitoba since 1985.
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- Member of the Board of Directors
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- Member of the Board of Directors
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- Member of the Board of Directors
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- Member of the Board of Directors
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- Role Administrative Manager
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- Member of the Board of Directors
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- Member of the Board of Directors
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- Member of the Board of Directors
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- Member of the Board of Directors
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- Role Chairperson
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- Member of the Board of Directors
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- Member of the Board of Directors
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- Member of the Board of Directors
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- Member of the Board of Directors
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- Member of the Board of Directors
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- Member of the Board of Directors
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- Member of the Board of Directors
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- Life Member Lifetime
- Patron
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- Member of the Board of Directors
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- Member of the Board of Directors
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- Member of the Board of Directors
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- Member of the Board of Directors
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- Role Secretary