Tuesday, November 22, 2005

NBUA promotes 33 umpires

By Gary Coy
Evaluation Committee Chairman

The NBUA announced today the promotion of 33 umpires. The Evaluation Committee presented its recommendations at last week's Board of Directors meeting where the promotions were approved. Twenty umpires were promoted to the B Tier, eight were promoted transitionally to the A Tier, and five were promoted transitionally to the College Tier. Two of those were promoted to a reserve position.

Promoted to the B Tier were:

Ron Enyeart
Robert Powell
Tyler Goff
Tom Turner
Chris Claflin
Dean Shull
Chick Scott
Tom Little
Cory Stites
Tammie LaZure
Pete Love
Mike Conrad
Glenn Campbell
Jason Watson
Phil Bogardus
Dan Talcott
Fred Love
Scott Richards
Wyatt Blanchet
James Briscoe
Joel Beaudin
Reams Goodloe

Promoted transitionally to the A Tier were:

Steve Lynch
Steve Wetmore
Eugene Fox
Matt Grimm
Robert Link
Vernon Dahl
Milton Carpenter
Russ Caspe

Promoted transitionally to the College Tier were:

Marc Forsythe
Mike Brancheau
Lee Koehler
Richard Johnson (Reserve)
Kris Carlstedt (Reserve)

Please join us in congratulating the aforementioned umpires in their accomplishment.