Jangan University appointed former KT 2nd division manager Sanghoon Lee as the founding baseball team manager next year, and plans to build a baseball stadium
Aug 27, 2024
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Jangan University held a ceremony to appoint a baseball team coach and coach at Hana Hall at the university headquarters in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi-do on the 16th to officially launch the coach Lee and Chung system. In the future, they will begin preparing for the establishment of the baseball team and recruiting players.
Lee, who took the helm of Jangan University's baseball team, was an OB base pitcher in the 1980s and served as a manager of the Guri In Warehouse for 17 years after retirement, cultivating numerous amateur star players. He then contributed to fostering prospects by serving as manager of KT's second division in professional baseball from 2017 to 2018.
Director Lee said, "I sincerely thank the officials who helped establish the baseball team at Jangan University, and I will do my best to make Jangan University's baseball team a prestigious school in the future."He expressed his impression of taking office.
Lee Jong-jin, president of Jangan University, Jeong Sa-eon, director of planning, Kim Dong-pil, director of general affairs, Bae Jang-eun, director of student support, Ryu Kyung-hee, professor of daily sports, Kim Sung-hee, professor of daily sports, Lee Seok-dong, professor of daily sports at Jinyoung Kim, Chung A-ram, professor of daily sports, advisor Kim Jin-wook (former director of Doosan and KT professional baseball teams), sponsor chairman Ryu In-gul (star sports zone director), head of Seoul Transportation Corporation, Cho Won-hyun, CEO of Island Village Story, and Jeong Seok-hwan, director of Kangho E&T.
President Lee Jong-jin said, `We have high expectations and hopes for the newly established men's baseball team following the soccer team at our university, and we will actively support Jangan University's baseball team to grow rapidly in the future, and please work together to become the representative sports team of Jangan University.'
In addition, Jangan University plans to build a baseball stadium in the school in time for the establishment of the baseball team next year.
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