Article Courtesy of:  https://oilcitywyo.com/sports/2017/09/20/expedition-league-officially-announces-caspers-newest-baseball-team/

The Expedition League has officially announced Casper, Wyoming as the newest member of the summer collegiate wood bat baseball landscape. 

A new team, owned by Chuck and Mayra Heeman, will play at Mike Lansing Field in Casper for the league.

The Expedition League is an elite summer collegiate wood bat league that seeks to provide tools and experience to optimize collegiate players’ development and potential. 

Casper will join Expedition League teams in Hastings, Nebraska; Gering, Nebraska; Rapid City, South Dakota; and Spearfish, South Dakota in the league’s southern “Clark Division.”

The teams are slated to play a 64-game season beginning in May and ending in early August each year. The Casper team will open the 2018 season at Mike Lansing Field on May 25 in conjunction with the league’s Opening Night.

“I’m very pleased that Casper is part of the Expedition League’s inaugural season of 2018,” Expedition League President Steve Wagner said.” Casper is a great city and Mike Lansing Field is an outstanding ballpark. I’m excited for the people of Casper and the surrounding communities. Expedition League baseball features high-caliber collegiate talent and a fun, fan-first entertainment experience. We look forward to a fun-filled summer at Mike Lansing Field in 2018!”

The team has five players already committed; two from North Dakota State, two from the University of Kansas and one from Minot State. Curtis Stahlecker, a junior first baseman and right-handed pitcher from Minot State, is the first official signee of the new team. Stahlecker has family in Casper and was a batboy for the Casper Rockies as a youth. The remaining player names will be announced when contracts are returned.

Team owner Chuck Heeman said they were in “aggressive negotiations” with a coach for the team, and hope to make that announcement as early as next week. However a release sent to media Wednesday afternoon said that a decision could come closer to mid-October.

“We’ve already received commitments from a number of schools to send players to us next summer,” Heeman said.

Heeman continued, saying that to date, the University of Kansas, North Dakota State, Minot State, Nebraska-Omaha, the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Creighton, and the University of New Mexico have committed to send players to the new team. Per NCAA rules a team may have up to four players from any particular school. NAIA and NJCAA schools can send more than four players.

Team name and logo to set to be announced in October.

Those interested in tickets, being a host family or a business sponsor can contact Casper’s new Expedition League team by e- mailing to caspersummerball@gmail.com, visiting the team’s Facebook page at Casper Summer Baseball or the team Twitter account, @BaseballCasper. The team opens its office at Mike Lansing Field immediately and further contact information will be released as it becomes available.

“Our lease is signed, the office is open and we’re up and running,” Chuck Heeman said “Now it’s time to roll up our sleeves and get to work to make this organization something the entire region can be proud of.”

Photo Credit:  Present for the announcement of Casper's new baseball team were City of Casper Councilperson Jesse Morgan, Expedition League President Steve Wagner, Director of Sports and Events at CACVB John Giantonio, and team owners Mayra and Chuck Heeman. The announcement was held at Mike Lansing Field, September 20, 2017 (Trevor T. Trujillo, Oil City)