October 8, 2024 – Midwest League (MWL)
Fort Wayne TinCaps News Release
The Fort Wayne TinCaps have won another major Minor League Baseball award. At Minor League Baseball’s Business Summit in Charlotte on Tuesday, MiLB announced that the TinCaps earned the 2024 CommUNITY Champion Award. Team President Mike Nutter and other staff members were in attendance to accept the honor.
This marks Fort Wayne’s fourth major Minor League Baseball award since 2015. In the last decade, out of MiLB’s 120 teams, from Single-A up through Triple-A, no other club has won more than two major awards.
The CommUNITY Champion Award recognizes a team that demonstrates an outstanding, ongoing commitment to charitable service, support, and leadership within both their local community and within the baseball industry. The TinCaps won this award in 2015 as well, when it was called the John H. Moss Community Service Award. With the award’s history dating back to 2013, the TinCaps are the first team to win the award multiple times.
The TinCaps, Minor League Baseball’s High-A affiliate of the San Diego Padres, were also national finalists this year for Best Retail Sales Strategy and Assistant Groundskeeper Bryce Ginder was a finalist for the Future Star Award for young professionals.
Nominees from each of MiLB’s 11 leagues were selected by their peers and were candidates for the overall awards, which were determined by a committee.
“This is a tremendous honor for our great staff, our entire organization, and the San Diego Padres, who encourage us to do great things and require our players to participate,” said TinCaps President Mike Nutter. “We probably made the biggest community impact we’ve ever made this season, and this is all a true blessing.”
In 2024, the TinCaps’ community service efforts were highlighted by two team-wide days of service – one in each half of the season. In May, every member of the team’s coaching staff, 30-player roster, and front office staff members volunteered with The Rescue Mission, a local non-profit that provides restorative care to those experiencing a homeless crisis. The team served lunches, spruced up a residential facility for women, and helped haul and organize goods at the Treasure House thrift store.
In August, the entire team spent their morning at Fort Wayne’s Veterans National Memorial Shrine and Museum. They assisted with various manual labor tasks around the complex, like moving cinder blocks and wood, mulching, and cleaning the museum space. The…
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