Mike Odenwaelder
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- Position:
- Player & Coach
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- Year:
- 2022
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- Team:
- Torrington Titans & North Shore Navigators
Bio
Odenwaelder’s name is written into Futures League record books as both a player and a coach, having been named Most Valuable Player and Manager of the Year during his multifaceted career. The former Division 3 All-American at Amherst College played three seasons for the Torrington Titans, hitting a league-best .370 with 49 RBI and 20 stolen bases as the league’s MVP in 2014. Odenwaelder was later drafted by the Baltimore Orioles and spent two seasons in their minor league system.
While coaching at his alma mater alongside Hall of Fame classmate, J.P. Pyne, Odenwaelder spent the 2019 season in the North Shore Navigators dugout and was named Futures League Manager of the Year after guiding the organization to its first playoff appearance in three years. After spending a season as an assistant coach at Dartmouth College, Odenwaelder was named the head coach at Eastern Connecticut State University ahead of the 2023 season.