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Kirk Champion
Minor League Pitching Coordinator
Chicago White Sox

• 21 years as a Pitching Coach in the White Sox player development system including the last seven as the Pitching Coordinator
  
• Two-time Team USA Pitching Coach (2001 World Cup in Taiwan) and (2006 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Cuba)
  
• World Team pitching coach in the 2000 MLB Futures game in Atlanta
  
• 6 minor league post season appearances with 3 championship rings (Charlotte AAA '99, Birmingham AA '93, South Bend A '89)
  
• World Series ring in 2005 as the White Sox Pitching Coordinator
  
• Pitching coach in 3 minor league All-Star games...(Midwest League '89, Florida State League '92 and the 2001 Triple AAA All-Star game in Indianapolis)
  
• 3 time winter ball Pitching Coach in Venezuela
  
• Coached/done clinics in 10 different countries
  

Tommy John
26 Year Major League Career
Manager
Bridgeport Bluefish

• 26 Year Major League Career (1963 - 1989)
  
• Three 20-win seasons
  
• Cy-Young Award runner-up (1977 & 1979)
  
• Four-time Major League All-Star (1968, 1978, 1979 & 1980)
  
• Injured during the 1974 season, permanently damaging his ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) in his pitching arm. Tommy underwent a new surgery that is now credited for saving the career of many players and known as "Tommy John Surgery"
  
• Won Hutch Award (1975) for honor and courage on and off the field
  
• Awarded National League Comeback Player of the Year (1976) after returning from surgery
  
• Retired in 1989 with a 3.34 ERA, 2,245 strike outs and 760 games played.
  
• With 288 Major League wins (164 wins after his surgery), Tommy has more wins than any other pitcher who has not been inducted into the Hall of Fame.
  

Dennis Morgan
Manager
Lehigh Valley Katz

• 40 years of coaching experience, 27 at the collegiate level
  
• Teams have:
  •Appeared in 23 regional tournaments
  •Appeared in seven College World Series
  •Won national title in 2000
  •Finished second or third on four other occasions
  
• More than 50 pitchers have gone on to play at the professional level
  
• Won the gold medal at the International Baseball Federation tournament in Argentina (1992)
  
• Received coaching honors at both regional and national levels
  
• Frequent clinician at amateur and professional levels