Leslie Manning
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- Title:
- Director of Operations
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- Phone:
- 408-554-4171
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- Email:
- lherrmann@scu.edu
Leslie Manning is in her first season as director of operations for Santa Clara Baseball in 2016-17.
She has worked eight years in baseball at the collegiate, minor and major league levels.
Before joining the staff at Santa Clara, Manning founded NextStep Baseball, she graduated from Holy Cross in Worcester, MA and worked at the MLB Office of the Commissioner in New York and in Baseball Operations for the Arizona Diamondbacks. She was also awarded as the 2011 Minor League Baseball NYPL Executive of the Year.
In 2014, she began authoring her 60-page curriculum and interactive workbooks to help athletes discover their purpose and achieve their dreams on and off the field. In 2015, she self-published her first book, The Dugout Gentleman, a humorous and handy how-to guide containing 90 life skill tips concerning Women, Hygiene, Technology, Dinner Parties, Attire, First Impressions, Ego, Time and Education.