by posted 08/13/2010
 
One of the greatest values of our Organization are our members. We have always been blessed with many members serving in various capacities on the Board and on committees.

I am pleased to announce the following:

Walt Irvine has accepted the position of Vice President of the Organization. Serving in this capacity, Walt and his committees are a resource to the managers, coaches and members "outside the lines". You can view all of the responsibilities in the Apendix of our by-laws.

Shane Frederic has accepted the position of Vice President of Baseball Operations. Serving in this capacity, Shane and his committees are a resource to the managers, coaches and members "between the lines". You can view all of the responsibilities in the Apendix of our by-laws.

Joining the General Board are Paul Keith, Sarah Embry and Brian Walsh.

Please join me in welcoming these members in their new or expanded roles.

Mike
    

by posted 08/12/2010
 
Congratulations to the 11-year old NVLL for winning the state Championship on August 2nd. Included on the team were Traveling Eagles Jacob Jenkins, Tyler Russell and Logan Taylor.


    

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by posted 08/06/2010
 
Hello Eagle Families, Friends and Supporters,

We hope you are doing well and the players are off to a good start of the school year. A couple of reminders that sign-ups for the Annual Banquet, the Annual Baseball Camp and Fall Ball are currently available on-line.

We are looking forward to another great Camp and Banquet with our special guests and players. At the Banquet we will be recognizing the nine graduating seniors from this past year's Niceville High School Baseball Team. All nine players will be playing at the next level in college and we wish them the best of luck; and will continue to watch and root for them. Playing Baseball at the next level and achieving a college education is a very real and attainable goal for our players. We have worked hard over the years to provide the structure, training and instructors to help our players achieve this goal. We are in the process of looking at the Manager line up for the Fall and next Spring and will be announcing it shortly.

We look forward to another great Annual Awards event, Season of promise and success and a great school year for our players and their families.

With warm regards,

Mike

    

posted 10/30/2009
 
Congratulations to former Traveling Eagle and current High School Catcher Michael Wells who has committed to play Baseball at Gulf Coast Community College next year.

Michael was a Traveling Eagle from age 9 and has been a 4-year varsity player at the High School. We wish him luck and look forward to watching him next year at the Hill and following him in his college career.
    

by posted 10/28/2009
 
Congratulations to former Traveling Eagle and current Niceville High School Senior Pitcher Will Davis who has committed to Huntingdon College in Montgomery, Alabama. Will played Eagle Ball from 10U to 14U and is expected to be a solid contributor on this year's High School team.

Good Luck to Will and we look forward to following him at the Hill this year and during his College career.
    

by posted 10/25/2009
 
Congratulations to the 10U Eagles and 11U Eagles who won their respective Championships in Marianna, Florida this weekend. Also, the 9U Eagles came in second place in their wood bat tournament in Mobile, Alabama - stopped only as a result of a time limit expiration that shortened the game to just five-innings.

The 10U Eagles had a strong weekend that included contributions from all players, dominating pitching, strong defense and especially timely and clutch hitting in the championship. The !0U Eagles thrashed the competition in their first three games winning by a combined score of 34 to 4. In the championship the 10U Eagles had to battle back from a 5-1 deficit with 2 runs in the bottom of the fifth and sixth innings to force extra innings. In the seventh the Eagles traded runs and then in the eighth the Eagles broke through with the winning run.

The 11U Eagles capped off a long Sunday at the fields by winning three games on the day with a strong team effort as well. The day included several individual hi-lites including a complete game 1-hit gem of a pitching performance by Corbin Thurman in the semi-finals, a grand-slam by power hitter Judd Barth and a great hitting day (7 for 9) and game-ending diving catch by Jacob Jenkins who ranged from centerfield to make the game-ending diving catch in deep left field.
    

by posted 08/12/2009
 
Members,
Thanks to all that attended and worked at our annual Traveling Eagles banquet last Saturday night.  In my opinion, the banquet was a huge success. With all that we needed to cover, it was hard to keep the banquet as short as we would have liked.  However, we have learned a few lessons this year and will strive to make it shorter in the years to come.

I want to send out a big thanks to Mr. Dennis Rasmussen, Mr. Rick Wilkins, and Coach Chuck Cary for taking time out of their busy schedules to support our organization.  A special thanks to Coach Chuck for giving a lively keynote speech. The kids really look up to you guys.

I want to especially thank Mr. Mike Wells for doing the lion's share of work that it took to hold our banquet this year.  Having the right skills and contacts to put something like this together is rare and we are blessed to have Mike on our side.  Thanks again to Kim Brooks for producing our season video.  I have received a lot of positive feedback during and after the banquet. The kids really enjoy seeing themselves and their teammates on the big screen.

FYI, our banquet was featured on pg. A-8 in the Bay Beacon today.  It is a really good article that gives the organization excellent exposure.  However, the writer inadvertently made a few mistakes. Mike Wells should have been given due credit as the main coordinator of the banquet.  Also, the writer didn't understand the difference between the Eagles and Little League.  The Eagles were given credit for the Little League's success. Like in my speech Saturday night, the writer should have just said that the Eagles won 14 championships and many Eagle players helped in Little League's success. She also should have pointed out that the players that were drafted over the last couple of years to college and pro were "former" Eagles players.  The article gives the impression that these draftees were drafted straight from the Traveling Eagles.  It would be nice but not possible.

Congratulations to all of the players for an awesome spring season and especially to the ones that were given special awards.  And finally, I want to thank Jim N Nicks for a wonderful meal again this year. 

Best Regards,
Brian Cromwell, President
NAYB Traveling Eagles