2010 Copperheads Player Selection Underway…

By Dave Palmer

Copperhead’s GM

For the first time in the Copperhead’s 9-year history, our coaching staff will be returning and they are already working hard to recruit and select some of the finest collegiate players in the nation.

Headed up by former Youngstown State baseball skipper Mike Florak and assisted by Chris Moore (Shawnee State) and Tim Culver (Fresno Pacific), the Coaching Staff now has a season of Great Lakes League experience behind them and they are excited about what they’ve learned and know what they want to do differently. This even after taking their team to the playoffs Championship game during their first season.

The coaching staff is already accepting inquiries from collegiate coaches hoping to place their best players to fill a slot on the Copperhead’s roster when the players report on June 14^th, 2010. They know our players will have a marvelous summer experience as they learn, develop, are scouted and that eight players signed pro last June and six the year before bringing the total to 34 since the Copperheads began eight years ago.

To recommend an exceptional player, contact Head Coach Mike Florak at mflorak@ndcis.com or (330) 550-6069.

And in case you are wondering, our players each have their own bedroom in beautiful furnished apartments, receive a daily meal (and often more than one), have top notch equipment, enjoy complete lifting and workout facilities, play their home games in beautiful Bob Wren Stadium and perfectly groomed Trautwein Field (Ohio University), travel to away games on the finest busses, and enjoy the attendance of an average of 800 fans per game with a large staff that operates our club in the manor of a great minor league franchise.

Selected players pay only a $100 commitment fee (which becomes their refundable housing deposit once they arrive) plus $300 to help defray some of our apartment housing costs.

The COPPERHEADS…where tomorrows pros play today!