Bulls

 THE LETHBRIGE BULLS ARE EXTREMELY EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THE HIRING OF THEIR NEW HEAD COACH, RYAN MACDONALD. MACDONALD HAS BEEN THE ASSISTANT COACH OF THE PRAIRIE BASEBALL ACADEMY FOR 5 SEASONS AND HAS LEAD THEM TO 3 BACK TO BACK CHAMPIONSHIPS ALONGSIDE FORMER LETHBRIDGE BULLS HEAD COACH TODD HUBKA. “I AM EXCITED TO BRING MY HARD NOSED ATTITUDE TO THE LETHBRIDGE BULLS THIS SEASON AND LOOKING TO BRING THE MOST OF MY PLAYERS THIS SUMMER.”, SAID MACDONALD.

CURRENT MEMBERS OF THE LETHBRIDGE BULLS ORGANIZATION COULD NOT BE MORE EXCITED TO HAVE COACH MACDONALD AS THEIR NEW HEAD COACH. “IT IS VERY EXCITING, I HAD HIM AS A COACH AT PBA AND HE HELPED ME A TON SO IT WILL BE NICE TO HAVE HIM AS A COACH AGAIN.”, SAID LETHBRIDGE BULLS FIRST BASEMAN MITCHEL DORNBLUT. “GETTING AN OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY UNDER COACH MAC AGAIN IS VERY EXCITING. HIS COACHING STYLE IS VERY UPBEAT AND FUN TO PLAY FOR.”, SAID CATCHER TRAVIS STEINKE. LETHBRIDGE BULLS PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER KEVIN KVAME HAD GREAT THINGS TO SAY ABOUT THE HIRING OF COACH MACDONALD, “THE LETHBRIDGE BULLS ARE EXCITED ABOUT CONTINUING OUR STRONG PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PRAIRIE BASEBALL ACADEMY BY HAVING THEIR ASSISTANT COACH, RYAN MCDONALD, TAKE OVER THE HEAD COACHING DUTIES FOR THE BULLS IN 2014.  RYAN BRINGS A GREAT WORK ETHIC AND AN EXPECTATION FOR WINNING TO THE ORGANIZATION PLUS, OF COURSE, A FIRSTHAND KNOWLEDGE OF THE BULLS AS HE HAS BEEN AN ASSISTANT COACH AND PLAYER WITH US IN THE PAST.”

MACDONALD HAS HAD A LONG AND SUCCESSFUL CAREER IN BASEBALL. HE ATTENDED THE PRAIRIE BASEBALL ACADEMY FOR 3 YEARS STARTING IN 2004. HE THEN WENT ON TO PLAY COLLEGE BALL IN THE UNITED STATES FOR 2 YEARS AT UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT BROWNSVILLE. MACDONALD ISN’T NEW TO THE LETHBRIDGE BULLS ORGANIZATION. HE HAS EXPERIENCE ON HIS SIDE WITH 5 SEASONS OF PLAYING OUT FIELD FOR THE BALL CLUB, GOING TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP IN 2006 AND SETTING A LEAGUE RECORD FOR WINS IN 2007.

COACH MACDONALD IS A NATIVE OF RAWDON, NS AND HAS BEEN LIVING IN LETHBRIDGE SINCE 2004. HE MET HIS FIANCE WHILE PLAYING FOR THE PRAIRIE BASEBALL ACADEMY AND WILL BE MARRIED IN AUGUST 2014.