• Ernie Young — Recent Athlete (Secretary General)
• Jason Dobis — At Large (Treasurer)
• George Grande — At Large
• Damani Leech — NCAA
• John McHale, Jr. — Major League Baseball
• Steve Tellefsen — Babe Ruth League
• Jim Quinlan — American Legion Baseball
• Edward Skovron — AAU
• Jenny Dalton-Hill — Recent Athlete
Mike Gaski — At Large (President)
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During his tenure, Gaski has coached over 20 players who have been either drafted or signed to the majors including: Ricky Orton (2007-08), Matt Gaski (2007-08), Ryan Falcon (2003-07), Guy Welsh (2006-07), Jermaine Mitchell (2006), Chris Mason (2003-05), Taft Cable (1999-01), Brian Moehler (1991-93), Jarrett Santos (2003-04), and Jay Metzger (2001-04).
He has also has had on his squads four All-Americans, five Freshman All-Americans, three Freshman All-American honorable mentions, and two Academic All-Americans.
He has guided the program to a NCAA Tournament appearances and league championships in two different Division I conferences - the Big South and Southern. Gaski has also led the Spartans into the Top 30 of several national polls over his 17 seasons. In 2006, Gaski guided the Spartans to the program's first-ever win over a No. 1-ranked team when UNCG knocked off North Carolina, the eventual national runner-up.
In 2007, Gaski was presented with his 500th win as a head coach - all of them coming with the Spartans. UNCG topped Army, 13-5, at UNCG Baseball Stadium on March 3 to present Gaski with his milestone win.
In 1998, UNCG's first season in the Southern Conference, the Spartans posted a then-record 22 league wins en route to the conference title. After posting a 40-18 overall record, the team narrowly missed its third NCAA trip in five years. In 17 seasons of Division I play, Gaski's teams have an impressive 549-398-1 record, which includes victories over many established programs. During his tenure at UNCG, he has won three Conference Coach of the Year awards. Overall, Gaski has tallied a 558-431-1 record in his career.
In 1994, the Spartans posted 39 wins, and captured their first Big South Conference title. UNCG also made its first-ever trip to the NCAA Tournament. In 1997, the Spartans recorded a school-record 45 wins on the way to the Big South Conference regular-season and tournament titles and a No. 28 final national ranking.
Gaski began coaching at the collegiate level in 1979 as an assistant at Cleveland State and spent one season with the Vikings. After his tenure with Cleveland State, Gaski headed to Ohio State in 1980. There, he coached the pitchers and catchers. Gaski helped the Buckeyes to back-to-back record-setting seasons and their first NCAA appearance in more than 15 years. From Ohio State, Gaski went to Florida Southern to assume the position of assistant head coach with the Moccasins. During his four-year stint (1983-87), the team made four consecutive NCAA appearances, finished second in the nation in 1984 and claimed the Division II National Championship in 1985.
Gaski left collegiate coaching in 1988 to assume the position of Executive Director of the Spanish Olympic Program in preparation for the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain. As the principal administrator for Olympic baseball preparation, Gaski's responsibilities included the development of a national baseball program and the preparation of the Olympic venues for the Games. Upon his return to the United States and UNCG, Gaski was immediately enlisted by USA Baseball to serve as a consultant on international affairs and Olympic preparation.
He was elected to his first term as President of USA Baseball on January 7, 2001 and was re-elected to the position on January 10, 2005.
In March of 2001, Gaski was elected by the International Baseball Federation to serve on the technical committee that oversees all international competition, including the World Championships and the Athens Olympic Games in 2004. In February 2006, Gaski was elected technical commissioner by the International Baseball Federation's Executive Committee in preparation for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
Previously, he was vice president for the organization's Board of Directors and represented the U.S. in a variety of international congresses. In 1991, he became the team leader of the U.S. squad in the Pan American Games in Cuba and joined the 1992 USA Olympic Baseball coaching staff in a similar role.
In 1993, Gaski was elected treasurer of the Pan American Baseball Confederation that governs international baseball throughout the Americas.
Gaski returned to the Olympics in 1996, serving this time on the USOC International Games Prep Committee for the Atlanta Games. In 1998, Gaski joined Team USA as an assistant coach as the National Team prepared for the IBA World Championships.
Though Gaski's administrative skills place him in high demand throughout the United States and abroad, he continues to serve on the Board of Directors and Advisory Board of numerous statewide and local organizations including the North Carolina Amateur Sports Association. He conducts UNCG's popular baseball camp and appears as a lecturer and clinician throughout the nation. Gaski just completed his term as a member of the NCAA Baseball Division I Selection Committee and served on several advisory groups. Most recently, he was asked to serve on the NCAA Baseball Academic Enhancement Working Group, a committee charged with addressing the concerns surrounding academic performance by baseball student-athletes and their correlation to the NCAA's new APR standards. Gaski earned a bachelor's degree in English from Detroit in 1973, a master of fine arts in creative writing from UNCG in 1977 and a master of arts in English from Ohio State in 1982.
Gaski has two sons. Matt was a senior infielder for UNCG for the past two years after spending his first two years at Florida, who was the national runner up in 2005. After this past season he was drafted by the San Diego Padres and is currently in their minor league system. His younger son, Nick, graduated from the University of North Carolina this past year with degrees in Chinese and history. He recently spent the past summer working for Major League Baseball as an intern in their Beijing office.
For more information on Mike Gaski and his camp offerings at the University of North Carolina – Greensboro, please go to mikegaski.com.
Ernie Young — Recent Athlete (Secretary General)
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Young has three children: Aubrey, Mirando and Elijah. He graduated from Mendel Catholic High School in Chicago, and attended Lewis University in Romeoville, Ill.
Young is currently coaching in the Chicago White Sox system and serves as baseball's representative to the United States Olympic Committee's Athlete Advisory Council (AAC).
Jason Dobis — At Large (Treasurer)
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In 1967, Grande began his broadcasting career as the sports director and news director of the University of Southern California radio station, KUSC-FM, followed by radio stints at KNX in Los Angeles; WERI in Westerly, R.I.; and WNHC in New Haven. He completed his radio broadcast career by handling the Boston Red Sox' pre and postgame shows on WMEX. Grande also anchored local TV sports telecasts at WTNH in New Haven and at WCBS in New York. He started broadcasting baseball games in 1971 for the West Haven (Conn.) Yankees in the Eastern League.
Grande graduated in 1969 from USC, where he played baseball for four seasons and was a member of the 1968 College World Series championship team. While at USC, he played with 14 future Major Leaguers, including Hall of Famer Tom Seaver and slugger Dave Kingman.
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Leech began his career at the NCAA in 1998 in the Membership Services group, prior to joining the baseball and football staffs in 2003.
Leech is a former football student-athlete at Princeton University, earning third-team All-America honors and earning first-team All-Ivy League as a defensive back for three consecutive years. A native of Tacoma, Wash., he currently ranks second in the Princeton football record books for most interceptions in a career with 20. He received his bachelor's degree in Public Policy and international affairs from Princeton University in 1998 and earned a Master's in higher education administration from Indiana University in 2004.
Leech is married to Dr. Tamara Leech and has two daughters, Brianna (5) and Simone (2).
John McHale Jr. — Major League Baseball
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McHale joined the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in 2001 as the team's COO.
Prior to that, he was the president and CEO of the Detroit Tigers for six years and the executive vice president of baseball operations of the Colorado Rockies for more than three years.
A 1971 graduate of the University of Notre Dame, McHale received law degrees from Boston College Law School in 1975 and the Georgetown University Law Center in 1982. While at Notre Dame, he played defensive end and linebacker on the football team.
McHale and his wife, Sally, have three children, Duncan, William and Frances.
Steve Tellefsen — Babe Ruth League
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Tellefsen is well experienced in youth sports having played, umpired and volunteered for many years throughout his youth and adult life. Tellefsen's employment with Babe Ruth League, Inc. began in 2000 when he was hired as National Commissioner. As Commissioner, he successfully administered the New England, Southeast, Southwest and Midwest Plains regions earning the respect of the multitude of volunteer field commissioners under his domain.
Tellefsen had an exemplary military career with the United States Marine Corps. After serving our country, and prior to joining the Babe Ruth team, he was employed with United Parcel Service for 13 years. As a UPS employee, Tellefsen was recognized and awarded for outstanding service to the company.
Tellefsen and his wife Joanne have three children, Megan, Jaclyn and Kirsten.
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A U.S. Marine veteran, Quinlan attended the University of Iowa under the GI Bill. He is a former scoutmaster with the Boy Scouts of America and is currently serving as Youth chairman on the USA Baseball Board of Directors. As coordinator of the American Legion's national baseball program, he runs the day-to-day operations of the oldest amateur youth baseball program in the country. Under his leadership the Legion baseball program has grown by more than 2,000 teams.
Quinlan and his wife, Linda, reside in Indianapolis.
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Besides being an AAU volunteer, he’s also owner of several businesses: New England Carpet Consultants of Providence, R.I; Moosehead Furniture of Monson, Maine, and Old Pro Sports of New Jersey. Ed also served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War.
Skovron’s biggest prize is his three children: Stephanie, mother of three and a well-known interior designer in the Rhode Island and Massachusetts area; Todd, also an AAU volunteer as well as a Web designer; and Erik, proud father of two and a manager for T-Mobile Communications in Rhode Island.
Jenny Dalton-Hill — Recent Athlete
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Currently a top performer on the baseball diamond, Dalton-Hill originally starred as a softball player at the University of Arizona where she won three national softball championships with the Wildcats in 1993, '94 and '96, and was a three-time All-American. In her senior year in 1996, Dalton-Hill was the Pac-10 conference Triple Crown winner, she was named the Honda National Player of the Year and she was voted the World Series MVP that postseason as well.
At the conclusion of her softball career, Dalton-Hill was the NCAA record holder in career RBIs, runs scored, walks, slugging percentage and RBIs per game. She also held the NCAA single season record for RBIs, walks and single game home runs.
Off the field, Dalton-Hill serves as a youth baseball and softball coach and instructor. She also volunteers as a teaching assistant and works for a landscaping company in Kentucky.
A native of Lexington, Ky., Dalton-Hill is married to husband Marc, and they have three children: Dalton, Brooke and Cogan.
