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Twins Minor League Report (7/3)

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July 4, 2025

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I’ve been out for two weeks, 10 days of a nice vacation, and computer issues since I’ve been back. So, I apologize for the late posting os today’s minor-league report. Fortunately, there were a few position performances on Thursday.

CURRENT W-L Records
Minnesota Twins: 41-46 (tied for 2nd in AL Central, 12.5 games behind Detroit.)
St. Paul Saints: 37-45 (7th place in the International League West Division, 10.5 games behind Indianapolis)
Wichita Wind Surge: 43-35 (2nd in Texas League North, 5.0 games behind Springfield.)
Cedar Rapids Kernels: 44-34 (2nd place in the Midwest League’s West Division, 3.0 games behind Quad Cities.)
Fort Myers Mighty Mussels: 32-44 (6th place in the Florida State League’s West Division, 15.5 games behind Lakeland.)
FCL Twins: 26-14 (1st in FCL South, 3.0 games ahead of the FCL Orioles.
DSL Twins: 6-16 (7th place in DSL West)

TRANSACTIONS
Jonah Bride cleared waivers and was outrighted to St. Paul.

SAINTS SENTINEL
St. Paul 4, Gwinnett 7
Box Score
The struggles continue for Cory Lewis this season. On Thursday, he gave up three runs on three hits over four innings. He struck out four, but he walked five batters. He has thrown more knuckleballs this season than he had in the past which certainly could be a cause.

Trent Baker came on in relief and gave up three runs on five hits. In three innings, he walked one and struck out five batters. Kyle Bischoff pitched the eighth inning. He was charged with an unearned run on one hit.

Down 2-0 after one inning, the Saints scored two in the top of the second inning. Anthony Prato singled and stole second. With two outs, he scored on a Will Holland single. The speedster stole second and went to third on a slow roller down the third base line by Noah Cardenas. Payton Eeles followed with a double to left field, but it only scored Holland and evened the score at two.

In the third inning, the Saints scored two more to take a 4-2 lead. Carson McCusker led off the inning with a walk. He stole second. With two outs, Aaron Sabato drilled a home run, his third with the Saints.

That was it for the Saints offense. The Strippers just pecked away, scoring in four of their final five innings on offense.

Eeles led the offense, recording three hits and an RBI in the game. His double was his second since rejoining the team. Prato had two hits and stole his 12th and 13th bases. Cardenas went 2-for-3 and was hit by a pitch.

WIND SURGE WISDOM
Wichita 10, Tulsa 6 (10 innings)
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A six-run 10th inning helped the Surge to a big win in Oklahoma on Thursday night.

Wichita took the 1-0 lead in the top of the second innings. Ricardo Olivar walked and stole second base. He advanced to third on a Nate Baez single. With two outs, the Surge went with a double steal. Baez stole second and Olivar stole home.

The Surge scored a single run in the fifth, sixth, and seventh innings. In the fifth frame, Kaelen Culpepper singled to drive in Jose Salas, who had walked and stole second. The Drillers scored three in the bottom of the fifth to take a brief lead. In the top of the sixth, Kyler Fedko walked, stole second and third. After Olivar walked and stole second, Ben Ross hit a sacrifice fly to tie the game at 3-3.

In the top of the 7th, Jorel Ortega led off with a double. He went to third on a ‘productive out, (grounding to second base) by Culpepper. Ortega scored on a wild pitch to tie the game at 4-4 which is how things remained until the top of the 10th inning.

Ortega began as the Manfred Man, standing on second. Culpepper singled to left. Gonzalez walked. Walker singled to drive in Ortega. Fedko walked which drove in Culpepper. Olivar and Ben Ross each walked to drive in runs. Jose Salas was hit by a pitch to drive in a run. The sixth and final run of the inning scored on a ground out.

Joel Cesar came on for the 10th inning. He gave up two runs (1 earned) on two hits but held the big lead.

Connor Prielipp started and tossed three scoreless innings. He gave up one hit, walked two and had six strikeouts. He also hit a batter. Ricky Castro came in and gave up three runs on four hits and two walks in 1 2/3 innings. Jacob Wosinski gave up one run on one hit and one walk in 1 1/3 innings. He struck out… you guessed it, one batter. Tanner Andrews tossed two scoreless innings, and Cole Percival struck out two batters in a scoreless ninth frame.

Kaelen Culpepper went 2-for-6 and stole a base. Ortega also had two hits including his seventh double. Olivar went 0-for-2, but he walked three times and had three of the team’s nine stolen bases in the game. Kyler Fedko, who walked twice, also had two stolen bases, putting him at 20 for the season.

KERNELS NUGGETS
Cedar Rapids 3, Quad Cities 4
Box Score
Through three innings (and five innings), the Kernels found themselves down by a score of 4-0. In the top of the sixth, Caden Kendle led off with a double. Kyle DeBarge pushed him to third base with a single to right. DeBarge then stole his 44th base. Both runners scored on a Billy Amick double to cut the deficit in half at 4-2.

That’s how the score remained until the top of the ninth. With one out, Andy Lugo tripled. Kyle Hess struck out but the catcher had to make the throw to first base which allowed Lugo to score from third base and again cut the deficit in half, this time to 4-3. But that was as close as the Kernels got.

The Kernels had seven hits and three walks. DeBarge went 2-for-3 with a walk. Amick went 1-for-3 with a walk. His double was his eighth. Kendle’s double was his 13th.

Jose Olivares started and gave up four runs (3 earned) on five hits and two walks in just three innings. Jacob Kisting tossed two scoreless relief innings, and Kade Bragg had three strikeouts over three perfect innings.

MUSSEL MATTERS
Fort Myers 9, Bradenton 2
Box Score
The Mussels scored nine runs on 10 hits, but they were also helped by eight walks, a hit batter, and three Bradenton errors. That said, this was a 2-2 game until the sixth inning.

Jose Rodriguez put the Mussels on the board in the second on an RBI double scoring Blaze O’Saben. Rodriguez late scored on an error.

Jump to the sixth inning. Recently-released Jack Noble is pitching for the Marauders. He gave up a solo home run to Yasser Mercedes to give Fort Myers a 3-2 lead. They broke things open with a three-run seventh inning. With one out, Dameury Pena walked and stole second. Bryan Acuna walked. Then Daniel Pena walked to load the bases. Mercedes drove in one run with a sacrifice fly. Caleb McNeely followed with a two-run double that made it 6-2.

The Mussels added a single run in the eighth inning on Jose Rodriguez’s seventh home run of the season. In the ninth, they added a run on an Angel Del Rosario single. Later in the inning, Dameury Pena was the third consecutive Mussel batter to walk which drove in the ninth run.

Dylan Questad was the beneficiary of the offensive support. He gave up two runs on three hits over five innings. He had five walks and five strikeouts. Ivran Romero and Brennen Oxford each threw two scoreless innings. Romero had four strikeouts and Oxford struck out three batters.

Dameury Pena went 2-for-4 with two walks. He also had four stolen bases to give him 13 on the season. Mercedes went 2-for-4 with his fifth homer. Rodriguez was also 2-for-4 with his eighth double, seventh homer, and he had an outfield assist in the game. Del Rosario went 2-for-5.

COMPLEX CHRONICLES
FCL Twins, FCL Orioles (DH)
Box Score
Rains caused the FCL games to be postponed. They hope to make up the games in mid-July.

DOMINICAN DAILIES
DSL Twins 7, DSL Cardinals 12
Box Score
After five innings, the Twins found themselves trailing by a score of 12-1. They didn’t giver up, but they weren’t able to get with tying the game with two swings either.

Elie Urena started and gave up two runs on zero hits in 2/3 of an inning. He had five walks and threw three wild pitches. Marlon Mirabal came on with the bases loaded and kept it from going beyond two runs. He went 2 1/3 innings and gave up four runs on four hits and two walks. Brandy Ceballos gave up six runs (5 earned) on four hits and three walks. He struck out four batters. Greidi Pina and Jensi Infante each threw a scoreless inning. Pina had three strikeouts.

The Twins scored four runs in the seventh inning and two more in the eighth, but the efforts came up well short.

Yovanny Duran led the offense. He went 4-for-5 with his second double. Teilon Serrano was 2-for-4 with a walk, his fourth double, and three runs scored. Haritzon Castillo’s fourth double of the season scored two of the three runs he drove in.

PLAYERS OF THE DAY
Hitter of the Day
Jose Rodriguez (Fort Myers): 2-for-4, 2B(8), HR (7), R, 4 RBI

Pitcher of the Day
Kade Bragg (Cedar Rapids): 3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K.

PROSPECT SUMMARY
Check out the Prospect Tracker for much more on our Twins Top 20 prospects after seeing how they did on Thursday.

#1– Walker Jenkins (Wichita) – 1-for-5, R, RBI (DHd)
#4 – Kaelen Culpepper (Wichita) – 2-for-6, R, RBI, SB(3) (played SS)
#5 – Connor Prielipp (Wichita) – 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, HBP, 6 K, 62 pitches, 39 strikes (62.9%)
#9 – Brandon Winokur (Cedar Rapids) – 1-for-4, 2 K (started SS)
#10 – Kyle DeBarge (Cedar Rapids) – 2-for-3, BB, R, K, SB(44) (played 2B)
#12 – Billy Amick (Cedar Rapids) – 1-for-3, BB, 2B(8), 2 RBI, K
#13 – Gabriel Gonzalez (Wichita) – 0-for-4, BB, R (played RF)
#17 – Cory Lewis (St. Paul) – 4 IP, 3 H, 3 ER, 5 BB, 4 K, 80 pitches, 42 strikes (52.5%)
#18 – Ricardo Olivar (Wichita) – 0-for-2, 3 BB, 2 R, 1 RBI, 3-SB(8)
#19 – Danny De Andrade (Cedar Rapids) – 1-for-4, 2 K
#20 – Payton Eeles (St. Paul) – 3-for-5, 2B(2), RBI.

FRIDAY PITCHING PROBABLES
Tampa Bay @ Minnesota (3:10 PM CT) – RHP Chris Paddack (3-7, 4.70 ERA)
St. Paul @ Gwinnett (6:05 PM CT) – Marco Raya (0-4, 7.15 ERA)
Tulsa @ Wichita (6:35 PM CT) – RHP C.J. Culpepper (0-0, 0.84 ERA)
Quad Cities @ Cedar Rapids (6:35 PM) – Cole Peschl (2-1, 3.86 ERA)
Bradenton @ Fort Myers (6:05 PM) – Eli Jones (2-7, 5.65 ERA)
FCL Twins @ FCL Red Sox (11:00 AM) – TBD
DSL Yankees @ DSL Twins (DH at 9:00 AM) – TBD, TBD

Please feel free to ask questions about the teams, the rosters, and discuss Thursday’s games, or anything else Twins minor-league related!

Interested in learning more about the Minnesota Twins’ top prospects? Check out our comprehensive top prospects list that includes up-to-date stats, articles and videos about every prospect, scouting reports, and more!

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Cal Poly indoor track and field sets school records in Reno – Times-Standard

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December 10, 2025

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Cal Poly Humboldt women’s and men’s indoor track and field squads opened the 2025 season with a meet at the Silver State Invitational and Multis, hosted by the University of Nevada, Reno, this past weekend. The Jacks saw three NCAA provisional marks set, one by pole vaulter Michael Payan (16-8.75) and two on the women’s side, Cocome McKamey in the pentathlon (8th out of 22) and Isabel Perez-Zoghbi (2:10.70 seconds in the 800 meters). Two of those marks are likely enough to earn an invite to the national championships in March, according to Lumberjacks head coach Sarah Ingram.

The marks are set as an indication that the individual is in range to go to nationals, not a “golden ticket,” Ingram said. When the time comes for the university to declare athletes it wants to enter for the national championship, they are allowed with a provisional mark. However, there will still only be roughly the top 18 that qualify for the national meet out of those declared, which comes down to a ranked order list of each event. Payan’s mark, Ingram is reasonably confident, will be included, and comes after Payan took fifth place last year at nationals as a freshman, setting a new school record as “we’re expecting big things out of him this year,” said Ingram.

On the women’s side, Perez-Zoghbi has gone previously to nationals indoor in the 800m and outdoors twice for the 400m hurdles, the 800 currently being her focus. Ingram said her mark is probably strong enough to get her in, which Ingram said “is pretty exciting, and obviously both of these athletes are going to continue competing; we have a couple more weekends of indoor in February where they’ll be able to try to better those marks and get them as high as possible on that rankings. Our third athlete, Cocome McKamey, is one of our multi-event athletes indoors with the pentathlon. Her mark met the qualifying threshold, but based on previous years, we don’t expect that mark to be good enough to get in, but based on what we saw at her meet, she’ll be able to hit the marks needed at our next multi opportunity up in Spokane, Washington in February.”

Humboldt is going on its third season in indoor track and field, and “building out some depth in our record book,” according to Ingram. Eight new school records were set in Reno across the women’s and men’s events. Of the women, two freshman had an “outstanding” meet, said Ingram, with “really big personal bests in all their events.” Kelsi Lytle set a new school record in the 60m with a 7.85 seconds and also had p.r.’s in the 200m and 400m, while Caitlyn Dougherty established a school-best mark in the 200m and had personal records in the 200m, 400m (winning her heat at 58.32 secs), and 60m hurdles. She was also on the 4×400 team that set a new school record with Brielle Jimerson, McKamey, and Perez-Zoghbi.

“We’re really expecting a strong 4x400m relay in our next meet as well, and hoping we’ll be able to get a provisional qualifying mark in that event as well,” said Ingram.

Of the men, in addition to Payan’s new school mark, Dylan Ochoa also set a new mark in the 400m, running 49.12 seconds. Collin Friedman had a new long jump record and high jump as well to tie Gabe Bondurant and Alex Dillon in the latter at 1.90m. Joseph Gonzalez not only set a new school record in the shot put, he won the meet outright with a 15.89m, and Isaak Kasso won the 60m hurdles with a mark of 8.50 secs.

“We’ve got a big stretch here where we’re taking a break and not allowed to have official practices during winter break,” said Ingram. “We’re trying to make sure everybody passes their classes, does their finals and enjoys the holidays. And then we come back and start practicing again Jan. 12. Our first meet (of the new year) will be February 5th through 7th in Spokane. We’ll be bringing all event groups and that meet will also have a multi offered as well.”

Finally, she continued, “We had lots of really good stuff this weekend, we’re just really excited to be putting up such strong marks this early in the year, it helps the athletes stay motivated going into that long stretch of winter break with their goal-setting, their training, when they’re kind of on their own time. We’re excited for what this will mean not only for the finish of our indoor season come February and March, but springboarding us into that outdoor season for the whole rest of the spring semester.”

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NMU track & field wins pair of events at Early Bird | News, Sports, Jobs

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December 10, 2025

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Northern Michigan University’s Baux Truckey, center, gets out of the starting blocks during a track event at a college indoor track and field meet held at Minnesota State-Mankato on Feb. 15. (Photo courtesy of NMU)

OSHKOSH, Wis. — The women’s track and field team at Northern Michigan University opened their season with more than a dozen top-five finishes, including two event victories, at the Early Bird Invitational hosted by Wisconsin-Oshkosh on Friday and Saturday.

With no team scores kept, the Wildcats tasted the most success with Kaitlin Smith winning the pole vault and Teiolla Harvey capturing first place in the weight throw. Teammates also added four runner-up finishes, six in third place, two more in fourth place and another three in fifth.

In the field, Smith cleared 3.36 meters (11 feet, 1/4 inch) to win the pole vault, while teammate Alyssa Tumminaro got over at 3.06 meters (10-feet-1/2) for third.

Harvey’s winning weight throw distance was 15.81 meters (51-10 1/2), which she achieved on her fourth throw. The Wildcats’ Danielle Lund, a Manistique High School graduate, was fourth with 15.18 meters (49-9 5/8).

Harvey was also runner-up in the shot put with a heave of 12.29 meters (40-3 7/8), while teammate Alizabeth Little was third with 12.20 meters (40-feet-3/8) and Lund fifth with 11.56 meters (37-11 1/8).

And Northern’s Crystal Walker was third in the long jump with a leap of 5.31 meters (17-5), while Alayna Vandegriff was third in the triple jump with 11.07 meters (36-3 7/8).

On the track, the Wildcats’ Anya VanSweden was runner-up in the first race on Saturday, the 3,000-meter run, in 10 minutes, 58.38 seconds.

In the 60 hurdles, freshman teammate Lily Phillips was second in 8.95 seconds, while Walker was fourth in 9.19.

Marquette Senior High School product Baux Truckey was third in the 60 dash in 7.87.

In the 4-by-400 relay, Truckey, Lily Phillips, Taylor Rogers and Beverly Harper were runners-up in 4:06.32, while Brooke Lemos, Paige Anderson, Ella DeBruyn and Ishpeming grad Lola Korpi were fifth in 4:31.32.

In the five-event pentathlon, NMU’s Natasha Nowakowski finished third in a field of 11 competitors after compiling 3,076 points. He top finishers were third in both the high jump after clearing 1.54 meters (5-feet-5/8) and shot put with a heave of 9.86 meters (32-4 1/4).

Teammate Eva Zonca was fifth with 2,942 points as she was fourth in the 60 hurdles in 9.51 seconds, while Northern’s Elizabeth Simpson was sixth with 2,875 points. Simpson’s top finish was fourth in the 800 in 2:34.80.

With this warm-up meet finished, the Wildcats won’t be in action again until Jan. 24 when they travel to Whitewater, Wisconsin, for the Karl Schlender Invitational.

They also have one home meet on Saturday, Feb. 7, the WCW Tri-Meet, an annual event that also includes Wayne State and Saginaw Valley State.

Story contents based on Northern Michigan University Sports Information press release reviewing the meet. Journal Sports Editor Steve Brownlee’s email address is sbrownlee@miningjournal.net.

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This Week in Dartmouth Sports: 12.9 – 12.15

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December 10, 2025

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HANOVER, N.H. – Check out all the Big Green teams in action this week!

Men’s Basketball – Tuesday, December 9 and Saturday, December 13
The Dartmouth men’s basketball team will wrap its trip to the Rocky Mountains by playing Colorado State at 9:00 p.m. ET (7:00 p.m. MST).The Big Green will then host Boston University at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday at Leede Arena. Follow live stats at DartmouthSports.com and click here to purchase tickets for Saturday’s game.

Women’s Basketball – Thursday, December 11 + Saturday, December 13
The Big Green hit the road this week for games at NJIT (Thursday) and Iona (Saturday). Dartmouth is coming off two wins last weekend, beating Central Connecticut State (53-44) and Bucknell (53-45). The Big Green are 5-2 after seven games, marking their best record after seven games since the 2017-18 season. Nina Miniccozi has impressed, posting double-figure points for three straight games, the longest streak of her career.

Men’s and Women’s Track and Field – Friday, December 12 and Saturday, December 13
After opening the indoor schedule in Boston, Mass., the Dartmouth track and field teams will host the Dartmouth December Invitational on Friday and Saturday, marking the first home meet of the indoor season. You can follow live results here.

Women’s Hockey – Friday, December 12 and Saturday, December 13
Dartmouth women’s hockey will close the first half of the season this weekend, welcoming Saint Michael’s and Saint Anselm to Thompson Arena for its final games of 2025. The Big Green are coming off a 3-1 loss to RPI and a scoreless tie with Union last weekend and will look to get back in the win column before the holiday break.
The matchup with the Purple Knights on Friday, December 12 is the first in program history. Friday’s game will also be Dartmouth’s annual Teddy Bear Toss presented by Townline Equipment. Bring a new unwrapped teddy bear and toss it onto the ice after the Big Green’s first goal. On Saturday, Dartmouth will host Saint Anselm, having a 3-2 record against the Hawks. The Big Green won the teams’ last matchup 9-1 in Manchester last season. Puck drop on Friday is set for 3 p.m. while Saturday’s game will get underway at 2 p.m. You can purchase tickets here or watch either game on ESPN+ or follow the live stats on DartmouthSports.com.

Men’s Hockey – Friday, December 12 and Sunday, December 14
No. 8/7 Dartmouth men’s hockey hits the ice for two games ahead of the holiday break. The Big Green take on Army on Friday night before traveling to in-state rival UNH. Dartmouth is coming off its fifth straight weekend sweep after defeating ECAC Hockey and Ivy foes Brown and Yale this past weekend. Hayden Stavroff had six goals and three assists in the two games as he was named ECAC Hockey Forward of the Week. On Monday, the Big Green were ranked eighth in the USCHO.com poll and seventh in the USA Hockey poll, the highest ranking the Big Green have received under the current polling system. Fans are encouraged to bring new teddy bears to Friday’s game against Army for Dartmouth’s annual teddy bear toss; faceoff is at 7 p.m.

Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving – Saturday, December, 13
The Big Green return to action on Saturday at the CSCAA Open Water Nationals following a stellar performance at the Golden Grizzly Classic, which saw the women finish first and men second.

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Beach and Munday Earn 2025 AVCA All-Pacific Region Recognition

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December 10, 2025

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LEXINGTON, Ky. — San Diego volleyball’s Nemo Beach and Kylie Munday earned 2025 AVCA All-Pacific Region recognition, the American Volleyball Coaches Association announced on Tuesday.

Beach, a junior outside hitter from Chandler, Arizona, was named to the 2025 AVCA All-Pacific Region Team, while Munday, a sophomore setter from Post Falls, Idaho, picked up a 2025 AVCA All-Pacific Region Honorable Mention.

It’s the first career AVCA accolade for both Beach and Munday, who were named the 2025 WCC Player and Setter of the Year, respectively, last month.

Beach hit .261 and led the WCC with 467 kills and 527 points this season, marks that ranked 25th and 26th nationally. She also recorded 208 digs, 41 blocks, and 36 service aces, and achieved eight double-doubles this season. She received three WCC Offensive Player of the Week honors in 2025 and was also named to the 2025 All-WCC First Team.

Munday totaled 1,108 assists, 273 digs, 65 blocks (seven solo), 65 kills, and a team-high 47 service aces in 2025 as she became the first player in program history to be named the WCC Setter of the Year in back-to-back seasons. Munday achieved 13 double-doubles in 2025 and had 50 or more assists in six different matches. She was named the WCC Setter of the Week four times this season.

Beach and Munday are the Toreros’ first AVCA All-Region players since 2022, when Gabby Blossom, Grace Frohling, Katie Lukes, and Leyla Blackwell were recognized.

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UTRGV Athletics Welcomes Dan Keefe as Assistant Director of Ticket Sales and Operations

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December 10, 2025

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RIO GRANDE VALLEY – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Department of Intercollegiate Athletics announced on Monday the hiring of Dan Keefe as assistant director of ticket sales and operations.

Keefe will oversee group ticket sales and experiences while also assisting with ticket sales and operations for all UTRGV-ticketed athletic events. In addition, Keefe will assist the team in season ticket sales.

“We’re very excited for Dan to be the newest member of our team,” Assistant Athletic Director of Ticket Sales and Operations Nicholas Swanson said. “He brings a great understanding of what it takes to succeed at the FCS level from his time at Montana State. I’m confident Dan will make a positive impact on not only UTRGV Athletics, but the community here in the Rio Grande Valley, and I believe our fans and season ticket holders will enjoy the quality of customer service and professionalism they will experience when working with him.”

Keefe brings experience working for one of the premier FCS athletic departments in the country after spending over a year at Montana State. Working as a marketing and game operations graduate assistant with the Bobcats, Keefe primarily oversaw women’s basketball, volleyball, and tennis marketing initiatives, managed department social media pages, oversaw eight interns for game day and day-to-day marketing strategies and operations, and was the on-field director for Montana State football.

“I am excited to accept this position with the Vaqueros,” Keefe said. “Joining the family here brings a great opportunity to grow in my experiences and knowledge of collegiate athletics. I want to thank [Senior Vice President and Director of Athletics] Chasse Conque, [Senior Associate Athletic Director/Chief Revenue Officer] Derek Schramm, and Nick for this opportunity to join the UTRGV family. When I first got to the Valley, I knew this is home, the community has embraced me, and I am looking forward to meeting Vaquero nation! V’s Up!”

Prior to his time with Montana State, Keefe was the director of football operations for Minnesota State University Moorhead (MSU Moorhead) for five years. Keefe would work in a variety of recruiting tasks, maintained team travel and meal budget, managed a team of up to eight students for game day and equipment operations, and helped with multiple recruiting tasks.

Keefe is currently pursuing his Master of Science in sport and coaching science at Montana State and previously earned his Bachelor of Science in exercise science from MSU Moorhead in 2024.

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Three Owls Kick Off Indoor Track Season with LEC Awards

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December 10, 2025

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Three Keene State College student-athletes honored by the Little East Conference for their achievements accomplished for the week of 12/1-12/7 after the Owls’ first day of competition for the indoor 2025-2026 season.

Men’s Indoor Track and Field

Junior Tyler Bolaske (Palmer, Mass.) was named the LEC Track Athlete of the Week from his performance at the New Balance Early Bird Invitational at the TRACK on Saturday. Bolaske picked up where he left off from the cross country season with his performance on Saturday as he ran the 5,000 meters in 14:56.89 to finish in ninth in a tough field. Bolaske’s time is currently a top-25 time in Division III as he sits in 22nd after the opening weekend of action to kick off the indoor season.

The Owls’ distance medley relay team also took home an LEC recognition as they were named the LEC Relay Team of the Week. The relay team composed of Sean Von Ranson, Aidan Law, Keith O’Donnell, and Nick Terranova won first at the Suffolk Relays on Saturday with a time of 3:37.57, beating the other 13 teams in the event.

Bolaske, the Sprint Medley Relay team, and the Owls’ return to action over break at the Middlebury Snowflake Invitational at Middlebury College on Saturday, January 10, at 11:00 AM.

Women’s Indoor Track and Field

Freshman Ballay Conteh (Concord, N.H.) was named the Rookie Field Athlete of the Week from her first performance of her first indoor track and field season for the Owls at the Suffolk Relays. Conteh recorded a New England Division III qualifying mark in the long jump with her first jump of 3.59 setting the winning mark at the meet.

Conteh and the Owls’ return to action over break at the Middlebury Snowflake Invitational at Middlebury College on Saturday, January 10, at 11:00 AM.