STEEPLECATS HIRE NEW DIRECTOR OF BROADCASTING AND
MEDIA RELATIONS
Chad Cooper joins staff for 2008 season.
NORTH ADAMS, MA - The North Adams SteepleCats of the New
England Collegiate Baseball League are pleased to announce
the hiring of award-winning broadcaster Chad Cooper as the
team's play-by-play announcer and media relations assistant.
Cooper comes to North Adams with five years experience
working in minor league baseball, most recently working with
the Vero Beach Devil Rays in the Florida State League. For
the Rays, Cooper broadcast the team's games through milb.com
and made regular contributions to the Tampa Bay Rays
pre-game show.
The recipient of the 2005 Frontier League Broadcaster of the
Year, Chad has also worked for the Evansville Otters and the
Traverse City Beach Bums of the Frontier League.
"I'm excited to join the SteepleCats organization," said
Cooper. "Over the five years of pro ball that I have called,
I have seen several NECBL alums and specifically North Adams
players who have had high degrees of success in professional
baseball. Players like Neil Walton and Cole Gillespie and
I'm very excited to see where it all starts."
'Cats General Manager Sean McGrath also felt that the match
of Cooper and North Adams would be a good fit, "Chad was the
front-runner for the position the very first time we
listened to his cd. In the past we have hired students who
went on to professional careers and now we actually have
someone who has already worked several years in professional
baseball writing for us and announcing our games on the
internet," said General Manager McGrath. "He's a
professional and will be very prepared each night.
I know I'm looking forward to listening to him call the
'Cats games and represent us throughout the NECBL."
A native of Melrose Park, Pennsylvania, a suburb of
Philadelphia, Cooper attended Temple University where he
worked for WRFT radio for four years and was Editor-in-Chief
of the Temple Column. An avid Philadelphia Phillies fan,
Chad is quick to point out that he is a fan of Philadelphia
sports teams and in no way is a "typical" Philadelphia
sports fan.
In addition to his baseball experience, Cooper has also
called men's and women's basketball for The College of Saint
Rose in Albany (NCAA, Division
II) and for the Traverse City North Stars hockey team (NAHL,
Junior A).
Cooper replaces Geoff Brault, who served as the 'Cats
broadcaster and media relations assistant in 2007 and was
selected as the 2007 NECBL All-Star broadcaster. Brault
leaves North Adams and the NECBL to join the New York Mets
AA affiliate in Binghamton, NY as a partner in the broadcast
booth.
In case you haven't purchased your season ticket for the
upcoming season, please visit one of the 7 local businesses
listed here to purchase your full season's ticket or 10-pack
ticket. The Full Season Family Plan is $100; Full Season
Individual Plan is $70; Ten-Pack Family Plan is $60; and the
Ten-Pack Individual Plan is $45. Tickets are sold at all of
the following
locations: Adams: Val's Variety; Clarksburg: Cross Road
Variety; North
Adams: Man's World and Moulton's General Store; Stamford,
VT: Billmont's Country Store, and in Williamstown at
Angelina's Submarine Shop and St.
Pierre's Barber Shop.
The 2008 season is right around the corner. Team USA will
return for their third visit to North Adams to play the
SteepleCats on Sunday, June 15. The SteepleCats will play
their home opener on Friday, June 6th against the Torrington
Twisters. Game time is 7pm at Joe Wolfe Field with gates
open at 6pm. For more information on the roster, schedule
and other news, please
visit www.steeplecats.com
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For more information and interviews, please contact:
Sean McGrath
General Manager
steeplecats_gm@roadrunner.com
