The future's so bright, he's gotta wear shades
By Matthew Strader
Spring 2007
He's been a three-time pitcher of the year for the TRU WolfPack Men's baseball team (every year he's been in the program, actually!). He was a member of the TRU WolfPack championship baseball team from 2005, and each of the Fall Classic winning teams of the past three years. His name is Frank Ingram (pictured), and the surface hasn't even been scratched on where he's going.
Every great team begins with its management, and a quality coach is always something special. TRU's baseball program has been blessed with one of the best in Ray Chadwick. Chadwick has built the WolfPack program into one of the most successful baseball programs in the country, and the managers of our team do not want to see that success leave with him.
"I receive numerous offers, whether professional or collegiate every summer, and the leaders of the program wanted to make sure, if I was going to leave, that I at least brought in and trained someone to take over. Frank solved that problem for me. I got to tell them that the person they were looking for was already here," said Chadwick. Coach Chadwick has no desire to leave Kamloops, but having a person of Ingram's calibre on his bench has benefited his team in all aspects of the game.
Successful as a university athlete can be, Ingram appears to leave it all on the field when he plays, but for the people who know him, the real talent is in the person, and not in the arm. |
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Ingram is enrolled in the Bachelor of Arts program with a major in geography. He is still one year away from completion of his academic career, but has already begun his coaching career.
"Frank will act as my assistant whenever he can't play," said Chadwick. "He's a talent on the field and in the dressing room, one of those special players who knows how to see the game in order to teach it."
Ingram has accepted a summer coaching position with the Calgary Dawgs youth program, but looks forward to returning to TRU to finish his academics and become involved in the WolfPack program again.
"Being here with Ray, you're going to be a success when you leave. You have no choice," said Ingram. "I can't say enough about TRU. It's given me an education on and off the field, and I have these opportunities because of this school, its programs, and Ray."