Brooke Knight

Education

A two-sport athlete at Crescent Valley High School, Knight attended Linfield College where he played both baseball and football.

Career

He is best known for leading the Perth Heat to back-to-back American Basketball League Championships in 2011 & 2012 (defeating the Bite and the Melbourne Aces respectively). He is also currently manager and director of baseball operations for the Corvallis Knights, a collegiate summer wood bat baseball team in the West Coast League. After one year at Linfield he transferred to Oregon State University to play both baseball and football for the Beavers.

Knight signed with Major League Baseball"s Milwaukee Brewers organization in 1995 playing for their rookie affiliate, and was traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1996 to the Augusta GreenJackets affiliate.

Knight began his coaching career in earnest in 2008, and as a rookie Manager, led the Corvallis Knights to their first ever West Coast League Championship. In late 2010 the Perth Heat, of the MLB-funded Australian Baseball League, hired Knight as Manager, where he led them to back-to-back titles for the 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 seasons.

Achievements

• He and the Knights won the championship again in 2011 & 2013. His tenure with the Knights includes directing the team to seven consecutive West Division titles, six championship appearances (winning three), and four-time West Coast League Coach of the Year honors.