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Congrats to Parker Knoll on his commitment to Lawr

Congrats to Parker Knoll on his commitment to Lawrence University! ⚾️#ISAproud #MakeAnImpact #collegecommitments

🚨NEW HIRE🚨 Casey Kopitzke is a De Pere Hig

🚨NEW HIRE🚨

Casey Kopitzke is a De Pere High School alum and former multi-sport athlete. He went on to play baseball at Wisconsin-Oshkosh where he helped the Titans to a 102-19 record, three WIAC championships and one NCAA Division III World Series appearance from 1997-1999. He became a two-time All American in his college playing days at UW-Oshkosh and was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 27th round of the 1999 MLB First-Year Player Draft.

At UW-Oshkosh, Kopitzke counts helping UWO to a school record tying 41 wins in 1998 and catching a 1999 staff that produced a conference-record 13 shutouts and a 1.38 earned run average as his biggest accomplishments. He finished his UWO career with a .350 BA with 23 home runs, 35 doubles and 126 RBIs in 121 games. For his efforts in the classroom, Casey was also named to the 1999 CoSIDA Academic All-America Third Team.

After his collegiate career, Kopitzke played eight seasons in the Chicago Cubs minor league system, reaching the Triple-A level. In 2003, Kopitzke was named the most valuable player of the West Tennessee Diamond Jaxx, the Cubs' AA affiliate, and was chosen to play in the prestigious Arizona Fall League. In 2006, Kopitzke was name the Triple-A Iowa Cubs' Man of the Year for his contributions to the community.

Following his playing career, Kopitzke served as the Cubs minor league catching coordinator from 2007-08. He was also added to the Cubs staff as an assistant coach in September 2008. He managed Boise (Northwest League) in 2009 and moved up to running Peoria (Midwest League) from 2010-12. Kopitzke was also selected to manage the Mesa Solar Sox of the Arizona Fall League following the 2010 season.

After the 2012 season, Kopitzke left the Cubs organization to enroll in law school at Marquette University graduating in December 2015. Before returning home to De Pere in 2020, Kopitzke and his family lived in St. Paul, Minnesota where he was an instructor at Nevers Larkin Baseball from 2016-2020 and an assistant coach at Hamline University from 2019-20.
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A big THANK YOU to everyone who brought in donatio

A big THANK YOU to everyone who brought in donations for Ben’s Wish! Because of your generosity, we were able to donate 2,586 items, blowing past last years total of 1,922! The winners of the baseball and softball bats will be notified directly. Happy Thanksgiving everyone! 🦃 #ISAproud #GiveThanks #Thanksgiving

STAFF SPOTLIGHT: Kaylen Krueger Kaylen Krueger i

STAFF SPOTLIGHT: Kaylen Krueger

Kaylen Krueger is originally from Green Bay, where she played softball at Preble High school. During her four years in high school, she accumulated a total of 50 home runs while holding a career batting average of .561. Additionally, she was a four-time All-Conference team member as well as two-time All-Area, All-Region, and All-American. In her senior year, she was placed on the Preble High School Wall of Champions, named FRCC Co-Player of the year, and received First Team All-State honors.

After graduation, Kaylen went on to play softball for the University of Minnesota Gophers while pursuing a degree in Kinesiology. In her first season, Kaylen batted a .304 helping the Gophers break a program record by winning 54 games, 52 consecutively. She was also a part of the 2017 and 2018 Big 10 Champion teams as well as the 2019 Gopher team who for the first time in history, competed in the Women’s College World Series. Kaylen’s collegiate career was cut short due to COVID-19 public health concerts yet, during her four years she accumulated many honors including All-American Scholar-Athlete, Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award, and Academic All-Big Ten. #ISAproud #makeanimpact #staffspotlight

Congrats to Connor Brinkman on his commitment to U

Congrats to Connor Brinkman on his commitment to UW - Oshkosh! ⚾️#ISAproud #MakeAnImpact #collegecommitments

Congrats to Aaron Huibregtse his commitment to UW

Congrats to Aaron Huibregtse his commitment to UW - Oshkosh! ⚾️#ISAproud #MakeAnImpact #collegecommitments

Thank you for your service 🇺🇸 #ISAproud #Mak

Thank you for your service 🇺🇸 #ISAproud #MakeAnImpact #veteransday

The ISA Food Drive starts TOMORROW through Novembe

The ISA Food Drive starts TOMORROW through November 19th! Donations can be brought to Side A. Let’s #MakeAnImpact ⚾️🥎 #ISAproud

Congrats to Tucker Bouche on his commitment to UW

Congrats to Tucker Bouche on his commitment to UW - La Crosse! ⚾️#ISAproud #MakeAnImpact #collegecommitments

Congratulations to our costume contest winners, IS

Congratulations to our costume contest winners, ISA Moms & League of Their Own! 👻🎃 #ISAproud #MakeAnImpact #halloweencostumes

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