Setting Course for ‘Land

The accolades keep rolling in for Matt Wilkinson.

The Dawgs Academy and Okotoks Dawgs alum had an outstanding season in the Cleveland Guardians system.

For his efforts, “Tugboat” was named the Canadian Baseball Network’s Wayne Norton Award winner as the top Canadian pitcher in the minor leagues.

Going Blue

For someone who didn’t like baseball at first, Quincy Jenkins is doing pretty well for himself.

Born in Chicago, he remembers being in the car with his parents at nearby Northwestern University when another sport caught his eye.

After stops in St. Albert and with Dawgs Academy, the multi-tooled shortstop has committed to the University of Michigan.

Taye at the Plate

Getting a call from Baseball Canada’s Greg Hamilton is a pretty good reason to be late for class.

Already running behind, Dawgs Academy catcher Taye Thierman had to flout the province’s new cell phone policy to get the news that he would be joining the Junior National Team roster.

Max Velocity

After seeing all that Western Canada has to offer, Max Poirier is ready for something different.

Born in Saskatchewan, raised in B.C. and now trained in Alberta, the Dawgs Academy product has now committed to the University of Miami.

He’s coming off a stellar year where he played for the Baseball Canada Junior National Team and starred at the Canadian Futures Showcase.

The Good Ship Win-a-Lot

It makes sense that a guy named “Tugboat” would have a lot of ‘ships.

Championships, that is.

Matt Wilkinson – a lefty pitcher from Ladner, British Columbia who trained at Dawgs Academy in Okotoks – has now won championship titles in the Western Canadian Baseball League (WCBL), the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) and as a professional in the Midwest League.

Piasentin Power

Tim Piasentin put on a show at the Canadian Futures Showcase Home Run Derby.

The Dawgs Academy product blasted a total of 22 homers in four rounds to take the title belt.

Canadian Baseball Network’s Trevor Fitzpatrick has the story.

Kauff to the Races

To say that Landon Kauffman had a memorable summer might be an understatement.

The Dawgs Academy product became a contributing member of the Dawgs’ summer collegiate team that won its third-straight Western Canadian Baseball League title.

And now he has his sights set on making an impact at the Canadian Futures Showcase.

Touch ‘Em All, Crow

Connor Crowson had always dreamed of hitting a big home run in his hometown Seaman Stadium.

Little did he know, the Okotoks native saved his best moment for the last of the 2024 Western Canadian Baseball League season.

Dawgs Repeat the Three-Peat

Connor Crowson walkoff homer delivers third straight title for the Okotoks Dawgs.

Always Moving

Inspiration was everywhere for Jimmy Dionne.

It was in the crowded stadiums, the roadtrips to new places, the talent of the Quebec Capitales players that Dionne had front-row seats to growing up as a son of one of the team’s coaches.

Canadian Baseball Network’s Melissa Verge has more on Dionne, who later took his talents to Dawgs Academy in Okotoks.