Stewart Howe
Stewart Howe has taken in the role of Umpires Coordinator with Baseball Victoria.
Stewart will oversee the appointment of umpires to Victorian Summer Baseball League games as well as have a focus on recruitment, development and retention of new umpires across the state.
Having started umpiring in 1982, Stewart’s umpiring credentials are seriously impressive and have included more than 5,300 games of baseball.
On a National and International level, Stewart’s umpiring resume reads:
Samantha Creed
Samantha Creed has taken in the role of Operations Coordinator with Baseball Victoria, a role which has recently become vacant with Daniel Garrood.
Samantha comes from a basketball background where she represented both Victoria and Australia before attending Newberry College in the USA on a sporting scholarship. While at Newberry she completed a Bachelor of Sports Management (Minors in Business and Psychology). While attending Newberry she was also awarded the Female Athlete of the Year award in 2015.
Samantha will starts with Baseball Victoria on Monday 19 September.
Simeon Pantelich
Simeon Pantelich has taken in the role of Membership and Game Day Coordinator with the Melbourne Aces.
Simeon Holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Melbourne and Bachelor of Sports Management from the University of Ballarat. His experience in sport ranges from developing an American Football team in Ballarat to working within Stadium Operations with AAA Minor League Baseball Organisation, the Syracuse Chiefs.
Simeon takes over much of the role Christie filled last season and begins work on Wednesday 21 September.
Chelsea Newgard
Chelsea Newgard is joining the team to assist with Ticketing and Membership sales for the Melbourne Aces until the end of the 2016/17 season.
Chelsea hails from the USA and has most recently worked in Ticket Operations with the Everett AquaSox, a minor league team of the Seattle Mariners. Chelsea has also worked in Ticket Operations for the Portland Trail Blazers (NBA team) as well as at the University of Portland where she attended college and studied Global Business. This is not Chelsea’s first time to Australia as she previously studied at the University of Notre Dame in Perth in 2013.
Chelsea will start at Baseball Victoria on Wednesday 21 September.
Michelle Brewster
Michelle Brewster has taken in the role of Commercial Manager and will work across both Baseball Victoria and the Melbourne Aces.
Michelle is no stranger to Baseball Victoria or the Melbourne Aces having worked in various capacities across both Organisations for a number of years with her main role this season focussed around creating new commercial partnerships and servicing existing sponsors.
Michelle has already started work across both Baseball Victoria and the Melbourne Aces and with the new ABL season fast approaching, has created a mini-site with details about opportunities at the Melbourne Aces this season. You can view the site here.