BILL LEE, COMMISSIONER

Bill Lee has been the Commissioner of the Frontier League since 1994, the League's second year of operation. After graduating from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville with a degree in Mass Communications, Lee played in the Atlanta Braves organization and the independent Lone Star League. He then worked for the Birmingham Barons as their Assistant General Manager and Public Relations Director before moving on to become the General Manager of the Chattanooga Lookouts. While with the Lookouts, Lee was the Southern League's Executive of the Year in 1989. Just before joining the Frontier League, he was the Vice-President of Sales and Marketing for the Seattle Thunderbirds Hockey Club in the Western Hockey League. Lee was chosen as Marketing Executive of the Year of that League in 1991. While Lee has been the Frontier League Commissioner, the League has enjoyed great success, expanding into a twelve-team circuit with clubs in seven states.

E-mail Bill Lee at blee@frontierleague.com
 
KEVIN ROUCH, DEPUTY COMMISSIONER/GENERAL COUNSEL

Kevin Rouch was named the Deputy Commissioner and General Counsel for the Frontier League in February of 2001 after serving as outside counsel for the League since 1998. Rouch has also served as a radio and television play-by-play announcer for League teams since 1994, first for the Zanesville Greys and then for the Chillicothe Paints. He was the League's Broadcaster of the Year in 1998. Rouch graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Indiana University with a degree in History and received his law degree from Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C. where he also worked as a staff aide to Congressman Clarence Miller. He currently teaches sports law at Columbus State Community College and maintains a private practice in Columbus, Ohio. He is also a licensed umpire. Kevin and his wife Carol have four children: Alex, Katie, Casey, and Oliver.

E-mail Kevin Rouch at krouch@frontierleague.com
 
LEO TRICH, DEPUTY COMMISSIONER/DEVELOPMENT

Leo Trich Leo Trich has been appointed the Frontier League's Director of Development. Trich has just retired from the Pennsylvania House of Representatives after representing the Washington area for seven consecutive terms. Before that, he was the Commissioner of PONY Baseball, an international youth baseball organization, as well as serving as Vice President of the U.S. Baseball Federation (now USA Baseball) and as a member of the U.S. Olympic Committee. In 1999, Trich founded Baseball Scholarships, Inc., a non-profit organization that built the stadium now known as Falconi Field, home of the League's Washington Wild Things. With his legislative and baseball background and his experience in facilities development, Trich is an important resource to the communities that call, or look forward to calling, the Frontier League home. Leo and his wife Adele have three children: Christian, Brittney, and Courtney.

E-mail Leo Trich at ltrich@frontierleague.com
 
 
 
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