Polar Beverages President & CEO RALPH CROWLEY will "become a part-owner of the soon-to-be Worcester Red Sox." Polar Beverages is the naming-rights sponsor of the new $100M ballpark the Red Sox' Triple-A affiliate will move into in '21 (BOSTON.com, 7/14).
SUMMER SCHOOL: Clemson named Memphis Senior Associate AD/Finance ERIC SABIN Associate AD. Facilities Management & Capital Projects (Clemson)....Louisiana-Lafayette named Purdue Exec Senior Associate AD & Assistant AD/Development LEE DE LEON Exec Dir of the Ragin' Cajuns Athletic Foundation and Deputy AD (THEADVERTISER.com, 7/12)....The AAC promoted JORDAN REID to Assistant Dir of Sport Administration and FRANCESCA SPINELLA to Compliance & Sport Administration Coordinator (AAC).
EXECS: Former StubHub Head of Corporate Communications ALISON SALCEDO has opened her own sports PR practice, Alison Leigh Communications + Design (THE DAILY)....The Canucks named RYAN BIECH Hockey Analytics Video Analyst. Beich has written for the data-focused Vancouver-based hockey blog CanucksArmy since '15 (THEPROVINCE.com, 7/13)....The Red Wings have released Amateur Scouting Dir TYLER WRIGHT and Chief Amateur Scout JEFF FINLEY. Red Wings Assistant GM KRIS DRAPER is "among the candidates to replace Wright" (DETROITNEWS.com, 7/11)....Kalitta Motorsports named veteran sports marketing exec SCOTT DUNCAN Business Development Manager (Kalitta).
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