
Camp Directors
Bruce
recently stepped away from the field to transition more fully into
a role as Supervisor or Umpires for additional college conferences
after umpiring for 40 years at all levels of baseball. He was instrumental
in creating this camp along with his father, the late Bruce Doane
Sr., for whom this camp is named. Bruce attended Kinnamon, Wendelstedt,
and Brinkman Umpire Schools and has worked at all levels of amateur
baseball and independent league baseball. He has umpired high school
baseball in both Michigan and Georgia. During his time on the field,
Bruce worked ten conference tournaments in the Mid-American and
Big Ten Conferences. He has also umpired post season at the JUCO
and NAIA levels, including working four NAIA World Series. Bruce
umpired in the Frontier League for seventeen years. He is the Supervisor
of Umpires for the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association
as well as the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference,
and was recently named the Coordinator of Umpires for the NAIA World
Series. He also continues as Supervisor of Umpires for the Wolverine
Hoosier Athletic Conference, The Crossroads League, and the Michigan
Community College Athletic Association. Locally, Bruce is the assignor
of umpires for both the West Michigan Umpire Association and the
Grand Rapids Umpire Alliance.
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Mark
is currently the Executive Director of the Michigan High School
Athletic Association (MHSAA), becoming the fifth full-time executive
director in the association’s 94-year history upon his appointment
in May of 2018. Uyl served as an Assistant Director with the MHSAA
for 14 years (2004-2018) and prior to joining the MHSAA staff, he
was an accomplished high school teacher, coach, athletic director
and assistant principal at two high schools in the Grand Rapids,
MI, area.
In addition to his responsibilities with the MHSAA, he umpired
college baseball at the Division I level for 20 years, having worked
primarily in the Big Ten and American Athletic Conferences. He worked
conference tournaments in the Big Ten, American, Big East and Mid-American
conferences. Mark worked eleven NCAA D1 Regional tournaments, five
NCAA D1 Super Regional tournaments and worked both the 2017 and
2014 College World Series. He also represented USA Baseball as an
umpire at the 2007 Pan American Games in Brazil. Mark has also umpired
independent league baseball in the Frontier League for over a decade.
He is currently the coordinator of football officials for the MIAA
(NCAA D-III), moving off the field in that league after having worked
as a referee for nearly a decade that included NCAA postseason contests
in several seasons.
Additionally, Uyl served on the board of directors of the National
Association of Sports Officials (NASO) from 2012-15 and as its chairperson
during his final year. Currently, he serves as the high school representative
on the Officiating Development Alliance (ODA), which consists of
the supervisors of officials for the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, CFL, MLS
and NCAA Division I sports.
He is a nationally recognized speaker and has addressed a variety
of officiating, coaching, athletic administration and sport audiences
across North America. His wife Marcy, an accomplished educator and
high school basketball coach, and three children (Jackson, Madison
and Grant) reside in DeWitt, MI.
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Camp Staff
Note: The list below shows the instructors
for all of our camps. Instructors for any specific camp may vary.
Ron has been umpiring for 28 years. He has 15 OHSAA Regional tournament
assignments and 12 Semi-final/Final OHSAA assignments. He has also worked
at the NCAA level for 26 years, and has worked conference tournaments in
the GLIAC, Heartland, NCAC, WHAC and PAC conferences. In addition, Ron has
officiated multiple NCAA Division III and NAIA Regional tournaments, as
well as multiple Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League Conference tournaments.
He is a former Frontier League umpire and serves as the assigner for the
Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League and the Ohio Regional Campus Conference.
Ron resides in Bellefontaine, Ohio.
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Dave
is in his 35th year of umpiring. He attended the Harry Wendelstedt Umpire
School in 1984 and was chosen as the school’s outstanding student. Dave
worked the next eleven years in the minor leagues, including four years
at the AAA level. He has been umpiring college baseball since 1995, and
currently works in the American Athletic Conference, Big Ten, Big West,
Mid-American Conference, PAC-12 Conference and Western Athletic Conference.
His post season assignments include two Division III Regional tournaments,
one Big Ten Conference tournament, three Conference USA tournaments, two
Big East Conference tournaments, nine Mid-American Conference tournaments,
fifteen Division I Regional tournaments, and nine Division I Super Regional
tournaments. Dave was chosen for and worked the Division I College World
Series in 2004 and 2007. He also umpired the 2007 World Cup and 2008 Olympic
Qualifying tournaments in Taiwan. Dave was chosen as the 2019 recipient
of the MHSAA's Vern L. Norris award, presented annually to a veteran official
who has been active in a local officials association, has mentored other
officials, and has been involved in officials’ education. In addition to
umpiring, Dave officiates high school basketball, observes the umpires in
Chicago for Major League Baseball and is actively involved with fundraising
in the fight against cystic fibrosis, a disease affecting his oldest daughter,
Hannah.
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Mike
spent 35 years working baseball at the NCAA Division I level. During that
time he worked in the Big 10, Big 12, C-USA, Pac 12, SEC, Big West, WAC,
Big East, Mid-American and Horizon, working 28 conference tournaments during
that span in the Big 10, Big 12, C-USA and Mid-American. Mike worked 14
NCAA Regionals, 10 Super Regionals and the Division I College World Series in
2005, 2008, 2011 and as a Crew Chief in 2014. Mike came off the field after the
2018 season to become the Coordinator of Baseball Umpires in the Missouri
Valley Conference, Horizon League and Summit League. Mike’s officiating
career also included working D1 Men’s Basketball for 19 years in the
Big 10, Horizon League and Mid-American Conference. He retired at the end
of the 2008 season to become the Men's Basketball Officiating Coordinator
for the Horizon League, a position he held for eight seasons. He also worked college football
for 30 years, the last 19 in the Big Ten and Mid-American Conference. Referee
Magazine tabbed Mike as the only official to work Division I Football, Men’s
Basketball and Baseball all at the same time (which he did from 1999
to 2008). Mike also officiated all three sports in the Big 10 and Mid-American.
Mike has instructed at camps and clinics in all three sports across the
entire country for the past 20 years. In addition to his work as a
Division I Coordinator of Baseball Umpires, Mike works as a Replay Communicator
in the Big 10, coordinates men’s basketball officials in the Heartland Collegiate
Athletic Conference and the men's and women’s basketball officials in the
Michigan Community College Athletic Association. He is also the founder
and executive director of the Capital Area Officials Association, a 220+
member high school football and basketball officials association in mid-Michigan.
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Mike
has been umpiring for over 20 years. He currently works college baseball
primarily in the Big Ten, Mid-American, and American Athletic Conferences.
He has umpired post season tournaments for the Big Ten, Mid-American, Big
East and Midwestern Collegiate Conferences and has worked nine NCAA Division
I Regional Tournaments and three NCAA Division I Super Regional Tournaments.
In 2015, he was selected for and umpired the Division I College World Series
in Omaha, NE. Mike has also worked NCAA Division II, III, and JUCO Regional
Tournaments. Mike has umpired three baseball high school State Championships.
He currently works high school football and officiated a MHSAA State Final
in 2012. He retired recently after a long career as a high school basketball
official.
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Tim is in his 19th year of umpiring, working the last thirteen years
at the collegiate level. He currently works at the Division I level in the
Mid-American, Big10, Horizon and Atlantic 10 conferences. Tim also works
in the Frontier League and assigns the summer collegiate Prospect League.
His postseason experience includes the 2015-18 MAC Conference tournament,
2011-14 NAIA World Series and multiple NJCAA regional tournaments. In 2016
Tim worked the 18U Pan American Championship in Monterrey, Mexico and is
slated to work the 2018 Championship in Panama City, Panama. He is a two-time
attendee of the Bruce Doane Sr. Umpire Camp and resides in Elkhart, Indiana
with his wife Kristin.
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Cory
has been umpiring for 15 years. He attended the Wendelstedt Umpire School
in 2005 and spent six seasons umpiring in Minor League baseball before choosing
to retire in 2010. His last season was spent as a crew chief in AA in the
Eastern League. Cory umpired in the Appalachian, Midwest, Florida State,
and Eastern Leagues, working the Championship series in the Midwest and
Florida State Leagues and the playoffs in the Eastern League. He was selected
to umpire in the fall Florida Instructional League twice and the fall Arizona
Instructional League. He was also selected to umpire in the Venezuelan Winter
League for the 2008-2009 season. Currently Cory umpires collegiate baseball
in the MAC, Summit, and Horizon as well as at the DII, DIII and NAIA levels.
He also officiates high school football and basketball and is a high school
math teacher. Cory resides in Kalamazoo with his wife, Jennifer, and children,
Grace and Brody.
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Sean
has been umpiring for 17 years. He attended the Wendelstedt Umpire School
in 2010 and umpired professionally in the Gulf Coast League, New York-Penn
League, Midwest League, and Florida State League. He has also umpired high
school baseball through the MHSAA and as well as college baseball. Throughout
his career, Sean has umpired 17 Tournament Championships, including the
Gulf Coast League Semifinals and Championship Series, the Northwood League
Semi-Finals, the Northwood League Championship Series, the New York-Penn
League Semi-Final, a JUCO Regional, the Wolverine-Hoosier Championship,
MIAA Championship, GLIAC Tournament (2), and NCAA Division II Midwest Regionals
(2).
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Jim came off the field after the 2015 season and joined the NCAA as a Division
I Regional Evaluator. He was an active umpire for 35 years, spending the
last 28 years working college baseball. The majority of his assignments
were in the Big Ten, Missouri Valley and American Athletic Conference. He
umpired ten Big Ten Conference Tournaments, five Missouri Valley Conference
Tournaments, and one Big East Conference Tournament. Jim was selected thirteen
times for Division I Regional Tournaments and eight times for Super
Regional Tournaments. In 2010 Jim was selected for and worked the Division
I College World Series. He also umpired the 2002 Division III World Series
and numerous Division III and NAIA Regionals, as well as 15 high school
Regionals and Sectionals in Indiana. In 2005 Jim worked the 36th World Cup
of Baseball in the Netherlands and in 2008 umpired the Olympic Qualifying
Tournament in Taiwan. He recently retired as an Indiana State Police Officer
after 32 years of service, and is currently employed as a safety officer
for a trucking company.
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Danny has been umpiring baseball for 29 years, 18 in college baseball. He currently works in
the Big 10, Big 12, Big East, and the Mid-American Conference. In his career, he has worked the
2008 4A Indiana High School State Finals, 2003 NAIA Super Regional, 2004 SCAC Division 3
Championships, four Atlantic 10 Championships, six Mid-American Championships, four Big Ten
Championships, and six Division 1 Regionals. He has been the assignor for the NAIA Crossroads
League since 2009 and most recently, in 2019, was named the NAIA National Coordinator of
Umpires. Danny also assigns for the Indianapolis Umpire Association where he supervises 60
high schools in the Central Indiana area. Danny was born and raised in Indiana and enjoys golf,
the Indianapolis Colts, and the Chicago White Sox. He currently resides in Noblesville with his
wife, Ginger and three sons, Dylan, Cameron, and Elijah.
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Cory
has been umpiring for 10 years. He currently works collegiately at the NCAA
Division I, II and III levels. In 2015 he was selected to work the MHSAA
State Finals, which was special to him because that was his main goal when
he attended this camp years ago. Cory has worked 5 straight NJCAA Regionals
as well as the Opening Round for the NAIA National tournament to go along
with multiple conference tournaments in the MIAA,WHAC & Crossroads leagues.
In 2018, Cory was selected to work the NCAA Division III Mideast Regional
tournament. Cory also officiates basketball and football at the high school
level, and he also coaches JV basketball at his alma mater Vandercook Lake
High School. Cory and his wife Sarah have two daughters, Breanna & Mya,
and they currently reside in Jackson, Michigan. In his spare time he enjoys
boating and coaching his daughters travel softball team.
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Brent
is currently the Assistant Director of the Michigan High School Athletic
Association (MHSAA). His duties include supervision and coordination of
the 10,000 registered athletic officials in Michigan, along with sport responsibilities
for baseball. Prior to joining the MHSAA staff, Brent served on the staff
of the Wendelstedt Umpire School for 18 years, where he held positions as
the Administrative Director and Chief of Instruction. His responsibilities
included staff management, coordination of curriculum, and daily classroom
lectures. He umpired professionally for 13 years following his graduation
from The Harry Wendelstedt School for Umpires in 2000.
In addition to his responsibilities with the MHSAA, he has continued
to umpire college baseball, working primarily in the Big Ten and the ACC.
Brent grew up in South-central Michigan before moving to Louisiana after
meeting his wife. He and his family moved back to Michigan around four years
ago. During the offseason, he enjoys golfing, hunting, and spending time
with his wife, Jenna, and two daughters, Abigail and Lucy.
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Nick
as been umpiring for 24 years, since the age of 13. He started umpiring
JUCO college at the age of 17, working his way through college. While at
Northern Illinois he worked numerous exhibition games for the Schaumburg
Flyers of the former Northern Independent Professional League. After graduation,
Nick attended the Jim Evans Academy of Professional Umpires in January of
2005. Nick was asked to work spring training that year where he was able
to work several Major League intersquad games. His first assignment was
the Appalachian league where he worked the championship series. He was assigned
to the South Atlantic League the following season but decided to retire
after the 2006 strike and go into the business world. Since then, Nick has
mainly worked JUCO college at all levels working a number of regionals,
quarterfinals, and sectional finals. In 2018, he decided to join the CBUA
and work higher level college. Nick had the privilege of working the MIAA
D3 conference tournament and D2 Midwest regional his first year. He resides
in Cedar Springs with his wife Megan and three children, Griffin, Kyla,
and Gavin.
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Scott
Taylor comes back to the Bruce Doane Umpire Camp after being recently named
the NCAA National Coordinator of Umpires for Division II baseball. He began
his umpiring journey working Little League games with his father Adrian
in Blackwell, OK at the age of 13. He continued working all levels of youth
baseball through his college years until deciding to attend the Bill Kinnamon
Umpire School in 1982. Scott then began a five year minor league career
that included stops in the Pioneer League, Arizona Instructional League,
Florida State League and the Texas League in 1985-86 before leaving the
game to begin a career in business. His collegiate career began in 1987,
as he began working many different levels of baseball. After taking 11 years
away from umpiring, Scott returned to college baseball in 2006 and immediately
achieved success, including many postseason assignments at both the Division
I and Division II levels. He counts one of the biggest highlights of his
long career as being selected to work at two consecutive NCAA Division II
World Series in 2007 and 2008. Scott retired from active umpiring after
the 2014 season and spent the next two years as the Supervisor of Umpires
for the Great Lakes Valley Conference before accepting the NCAA job in November.
He resides in Indianapolis with his wife Brenda, where he is self-employed.
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David
currently umpires college baseball in the Big Ten and American Athletic
conferences. He worked his second Super Regional in 2018. He has also worked
five regionals along with working seven Big Ten conference tournaments.
David previously spent ten seasons in professional baseball. He attended
the Jim Evans Umpire Academy and later served as an instructor. He was twice
invited to the Arizona Fall League, which led to him working two MLB Spring
Trainings. David worked four seasons in AAA, serving as a crew chief for
two of those years along with working the IL championship series. David
also officiates college football in the Missouri Valley Conference. He played
football and baseball at Hope College. David is currently a specialty development
executive with a clinical laboratory, residing in Chicago with his wife
and two sons.
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