BECKSTEIN WINS FUTURES LEAGUE MANAGER OF THE YEAR!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Eric Lindley

Director of Baseball Operations

401-363-2134//operations@newportgulls

NEWPORT, RI – The Newport Gulls are proud to recognize one of their own, as former Gull Luke Beckstein has been named the 2025 Futures League Manager of the Year for his outstanding work leading the Worcester Bravehearts.

Beckstein, who was with Newport during the 2022 and 2023 season as a player and 2024 season as a coach, has quickly made his mark in the coaching ranks. In his first season managing Worcester, he guided the Bravehearts to one of the league’s top records, earning respect for his leadership, player development, and ability to get the most out of his roster.

During his time in Newport, Beckstein was known for his hard work, versatility, and team-first mentality—traits that have clearly carried over into his coaching career. His success in Worcester is another shining example of the Gulls’ tradition of developing not only talented players, but also future leaders in the game of baseball.

Beckstein becomes one of the few former Gulls to earn a Manager of the Year honor, adding to the program’s proud legacy of success both on and off the field.

The Newport Gulls congratulate Luke on this well-deserved recognition and look forward to following his continued success in the Futures League and beyond.

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The Newport Gulls, members of the 13-team New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL), are a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, founded as the Rhode Island Gulls in 1998 in Cranston, R.I., before moving to Newport in 2001. In addition to recruiting, fielding, and developing a team of the nation’s top collegiate baseball athletes and attracting 50,000 fans annually to Cardines Field, the predominantly volunteer organization strives to benefit the community via summer camps, reading programs, fundraisers, scholarships, and charitable donations – totaling over $1 million since 2001. The Gulls are eight-time champions of the NECBL – the winningest franchise in league history – and were ranked as the overall No. 1 summer collegiate baseball team in the country by Perfect Game USA in 2012.

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