Umpire News
MN Umpires Awards and Achievment Highlights
Eli Moe
2025 Larry Gallagher Scholarship Recipient
Eli is in his 5th year umping with MN Umpires. He started umping as a way to stay involved once he stopped playing baseball and says he has leaned valuable life skills through umpiring.
This summer Eli has umped 64 games while also interning at USI as a Consulting Analytics Intern
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He is currently a Sophomore at Creighton University pursuing a triple major in Finance, Economics, and Business Intelligence and Analytics.
Tim Eiden
2025 MN Umpires Scholarship Recipient
Tim started umping in 2024 and has been quickly improving his umpire skills. He has done over 100 games and even umped VFW games this season.
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He grew up playing baseball, and even coached fall ball for three seasons. Umping has taught him to have the confidence to make tough decisions in his everyday life
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He is currently a Sophomore at Creighton University studying Finance and Accounting. His goal is to open up his own CPA firm one day.
The Jacobson's
3 Generations of Umpires
Reed (Pictured left), Bryce (Right), and Chase (Center) are the first three generation trio to ump for MN Umpires.
Reed has done over 100 games the last few seasons and is a proud member of the 70 over 70 club (umped 70 games at over 70 years old)!
Bryce is very active with Northwest umpires as a Varsity and College level umpire, but he still makes time to run training clinics and mentor young umpires with MN Umpires.
Chase is just starting his umping career as a rookie umpire this season. In a few years he'll be ready for a three-man crew with his dad and grandfather.
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JP Cooper
2025 MN Umpires Top Umpire
JP started umping in the Farmington organization and made the jump to MN Umpires last year. He has done over 100 games both seasons and even umped in the 2024 Wiffle Ball National Championships!
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This year, JP umped 131 games for MN Umpires - the most games umped in our organization. This won him the coveted white umpire shirt, which is only given out once a year to the top umpire.
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Tim and Parker Pollis
Tim and Parker are MN Umpires' first Father/Daughter duo. This is Parker's first year with MN Umpires, and her father, Tim, umped games at all levels this season. Together they did a total of 66 games.
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Parker and Tim hope to continue their top father/daughter duo status into next season and beyond!
2025 MN Umpires Top Father/Daughter Duo