Thursday, October 19, 2006

NBUA promotes 38 umpires

By Gary Coy
Evaluations Chairman

The NBUA announced the promotion of 38 umpires at the Annual NBUA End of Season Banquet this past Saturday at Maplewood Greens in Renton.

The evaluation committee presented their recommendations to the full Board of Directors on September 27. The Board endorsed those recommendations shortly thereafter.

All first year/apprentice umpires were "promoted" to the "C" tier with a very few exceptions. Eight umpires were promoted to the "B" tier. Five umpires were promoted to the "A" tier

Promoted to the "C" tier:           
Atanas Atanassov                         
Dan Baumfeld                                                              
Barry Brooks                                                               
Nate Busch                                                                
Thomas Busch                                                                  
Mike DeBellis                                 
David Esp                                      
Joel Green                                       
Dick Harrigill
Jim Harrigill
Ray Helms
Bob Higgins
Bob Huntley
Paul Kahle
Mike MacKinnon
Rick Marksbury
Mark Miller
George Morris
Cliff Nichols
Dennis Picard
John Russo
James Thomas
Fritz Timm
Alan Treasure
Alan Williams

Promoted to the "B" tier:
Mike Chiarelli
Mark Clough
Phil Crawford
Tony Gonzalez
David Kent
Jim Masciotra
Frank Nascimento
Nancy Pacharzina

Promoted to the "A" tier:
Brian Hertzog
Kevin Kinsey
Dick Lindberg
Dayle "Hank" Margeson
Mike Massoth