WEST CHESTER, Pa. – West Chester University, in conjunction with Humphrys Cover Sports and the Hoge Family officially named the baseball office on South Campus the Tim Hoge Baseball Office, after the team's bat boy, Tim Hoge.
The gift was made possible by the generosity of Humphrys Cover Sports and its president, Ron Nissenbaum.
On hand at Timothy's of West Chester for the plaque reveal were the Hoge Family, Nissenbaum, West Chester alum and former baseball player, George Bennett and his wife, the university's vice-president of Student-Affairs Dr. Zebulun Davenport, Director of Athletics,
Terry Beattie, head baseball coach
Jad Prachniak and the Director of Development for Athletics from the WCU Foundation,
Anthony Giacometti.
Nissenbaum wanted to make a donation to West Chester University athletics in the Hoge Family name in celebration of Fred Hoge's recent retirement from Humphrey's after 20+ years of service. At Fred Hoge's retirement party last November, it was revealed that the baseball office will forever be known as the Tim Hoge Baseball Office.
Tim Hoge has been the bat boy for the Golden Rams' baseball team over the last decade. He threw out the first pitch at the 2012 NCAA Division II national championship game, before West Chester cruised to its first national title with a 9-0 win over Delta State (Miss.). Hoge was also in the dugout for both of West Chester's national championship victories (2012, 2017).
