Eric was born and raised in Michigan City, IN. He played collegiate baseball at Valparaiso University and St. Andrews College (NC) before earning his BS at Indiana State University. He has been a baseball coach at the youth, high school, college, and professional levels and continues to play and umpire the game in the Indiana Baseball League. Eric has two sons. His oldest, Jake, is a chemist for a compliance laboratory. His youngest, Riley, is a pitcher at Indiana University Columbus. He also has three teenage stepsons with his wife, Jennifer, who is a Family Nurse Practitioner. They also have a rescue dog named Kramer. Eric looks forward to collaborating with your organization and helping to creatively raise the funds necessary to elevate or sustain it.