Rogues Add Max Gordon to Coaching Staff
December 10, 2013 - West Coast League (WCL)
Medford Rogues News Release
MEDFORD, OR - The Medford Rogues today announced additions to the 2014 coaching staff and roster. Joining the Rogues coaching staff is Ashland native Max Gordon, and to the roster, left handed pitcher Jon Reid of Pepperdine University. Gordon will be joining the Rogues coaching staff as Baseball Operations Manager after finishing his playing career for the Oregon State Beavers. Gordon lettered three years for the beavers, capped off by an extended playoff run to the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska last season.
"I am extremely grateful for the opportunity I have been given by the Rogues," Gordon said. "I think this will be an exciting and fun summer for myself, the Rogues, and the southern Oregon baseball community as well as its fans. I can't wait to get started and help in bringing home the hardware to southern Oregon."
As a senior, Gordon played in 50 games for the Oregon State Baseball team. Helping them reach the College World Series for the first time since winning it in 2007. Before playing for the Beavers, Gordon lettered three years in center field for head coach Don Senestraro at Ashland High School. He earned all-state in baseball and lettered one season in football, where he was an all-conference linebacker for the Grizzlies. During the summer of 2009, he went on to help the Medford Mustangs earn second place in the American Legion World Series.
"Max is a great addition to our staff and we're lucky to have him aboard," Rogues General Manager Chuck Heeman said. "He'll be an assistant coach on the field and also take care of a lot of our player-related administrative work off the field. He knows and can identify the local talent we may be able to tap into and he knows the game. Max will do a great job for us and we're happy he's a Rogue."
Information on player signed:
JON REID, LHP (Pepperdine)
6-0, 170, Pomona, CA, bats and throws left.
A two-year letter-winner at Bonita High School, Reid is a two-time all-Sierra League selection. Last summer Reid competed for the SGV Arsenal and Mariners Select squads and played in the 2012 Angels Elite and the SoCalScoutBall All-Star Game. A Dean's List student, Reid was an instructor at youth baseball camps the last two summers and served with the Junior Beta Club.
The West Coast League is a 12-team collegiate wood-bat baseball league composed of the best college players, coaches, facilities and operators in the industry. Ranging from Medford, Oregon north to Kelowna, B.C., and the league has operated as the WCL since 2005. In June, 56 WCL players were selected in the Major League draft. For more information on the WCL, go to www.wccbl.com.
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