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.
Read More Going BlueAfter 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.
Read More Max VelocityAnd then there were two.
It will be the Okotoks Dawgs and Moose Jaw Miller Express doing battle for the Western Canadian Baseball League title in a rematch from 2022.
Read More WCBL Championship PreviewTravis Bazzana is a devoted student of the game of baseball, but the high-end prospect with the Cleveland Guardians is also a teacher.
As you talk to the first overall pick in the 2024 Major League Baseball (MLB) Draft, and you chat with those around him, it becomes clear that the infielder will leave no stone unturned when it comes to improving his game and the play of his teammates.
Read More Head of the ClassRepresenting his home country will never get old for Tim Piasentin.
Already having done it once at the Little League World Series and then again with Baseball Canada’s Junior National Team in 2023, the Dawgs Academy product is hoping to do it more in the years to come.
Read More Trumpeting TimThey say the early bird gets the worm.
And while most teenagers lament the idea of their alarm going off at 5 a.m., Jackson Sherren relishes in the opportunity to get up and go to “work” as he chases his baseball dreams.
The PEI product and Dawgs Academy prospect found that gratitude after a challenging few years dealing with two major injuries.
Read More Early RiserTwenty years after joining the Western Canadian Baseball League, the Medicine Hat Mavericks and Okotoks Dawgs are creating a long-lasting legacy …
Read More Alberta AdvantageTucker Zdunich is all about “intent.”
Everything he does is with the intent of making himself a better baseball player, and that mindset is paying off for the High River native and Dawgs Academy alum.
After a stellar start to his college career with Colby Community College, Zdunich is continuing his torrid pace with Reinhardt University.
Read More Flying HighFormer Okotoks Dawgs swingman Andrew Kittredge has been added to the 2021 American League All-Star roster.
Read More Kittredge Named MLB All-StarThe only drama that Soren Graversen wants to hear about from here on out is baseball-related, like coming up to bat in the bottom of the ninth with bases loaded in a tied game.
The 21-year junior at William Penn University has been a major offensive threat this spring and, more importantly, he’s having fun on the field again after dealing with drama earlier in his college career.
We chatted with him about that and more in a recent Alberta Dugout Stories: The Podcast.
Read More Soren’s Serenity