Premier Summer Collegiate Team to Play at Oregon State's Goss Stadium in 2007.

Aloha Knights of West Coast Collegiate Baseball League Announce Relocation to Corvallis, Oregon

Portland, Oregon, November 17, 2006 - Knights Baseball Club, Inc. announced that the Aloha Knights of the West Coast Collegiate Baseball League (WCCBL) are moving to Corvallis, Oregon. The club signed a lease agreement with Oregon State University earlier this month and will play this summer at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field. The organization also announced plans to change its name to the Corvallis Knights and unveiled an updated identity (see page three).

The Knights are a minor league-like team, made up of collegiate baseball players, that competes in the West's leading summer college wood bat league - the WCCBL. The team played its last seven seasons at Mt. Hood Community College in Gresham (Ore.).

The club is sponsored by Penny Knight, the wife of Nike Chairman Phil Knight.

Established in 1990 by co-founders Dan and Joe Segel, the Aloha Knights won the 70th NBC World Series in 2004, a summer national championship held in Wichita, Kansas. That team featured Oregon State stars Nate Fogle, Kevin Gunderson and Andy Jenkins.

"I'm thrilled for the community," said Oregon State Head Baseball Coach Pat Casey. "The Knights are a first-class organization and are going to put on a great show this summer. We are pleased to partner with a like-minded group like the Knights. I'm confident they will enrich our community and better baseball here and in the Valley."

37 Oregon State Beavers have spent summers with the club including College World Series heroes Kevin Gunderson, Bill Rowe and Daniel Turpen. At least three more will be featured on the 2007 squad including returnees junior catcher Erik Ammon (North Salem H.S.) and redshirt freshman infielder Brett Casey (Crescent Valley H.S./Richey's Market); and newcomer 2006 Oregon High School Player of the Year freshman left-handed pitcher Blake Keitzman (Roseburg H.S.).

"We are great admirers of Coach Casey's program and are delighted to call Corvallis our new home," said club sponsor Penny Knight. "We appreciate Pat's support and are excited to begin a new era at Goss Stadium."

Former Richey's Market American Legion player and assistant coach Brooke Knight is the Corvallis Knights acting General Manager. Knight, no relation to Phil and Penny Knight, grew up in Corvallis and attended Crescent Valley High School and OSU.

"Corvallis is the perfect place for a team like the Knights," said Brooke. "Being a native, I think the community will enjoy coming out to Goss in the summer. My sense is they are going to embrace what we have to offer, which is really more about community than sport."

"This is a great baseball town," stated club president Dan Segel. "It's actually an extraordinary baseball town thanks in large part to the efforts of Richey's Market and the Beavers. Both are community institutions as well as elite amateur programs. We've admired and respected their leaders for many years and were attracted to Corvallis long before considering this move."

"In fact, combined nearly 50 Richey's and OSU players have honed their skills with the Knights. Kevin Hooker, Mike Thurman, Andrew Checketts, Joe Gerber, Andy Jenkins, Bill Rowe and Billy Clontz to name just a few," exclaimed Segel. "We can't wait to get this started and look forward to partnering with both Richey's and the University and to growing here together."

This winter, the team will actively introduce itself to local businesses with creative plans to drive traffic to sponsor partners through venue and non-venue marketing programs. In addition, the club plans on establishing affinity programs with local youth organizations to help them with fundraising. Interested sponsors, advertisers or youth programs can contact Dan Segel at (541) 752-5656 for more information.

"Our goal is to bring community together at the ballpark," said Segel. "We're optimistic we can do just that by offering affordable family fun June through August at Goss. Fans can expect a full slate of entertaining promotions, tasty dogs and cold beer and some good old fashioned wood bat baseball."

The Corvallis Knights open at Goss Stadium Thursday, June 14 vs. the Bend (Ore.) Elks. The club's regular season features 26 home dates, 54 games and 42 league contests. To review the team's 2007 schedule visit www.corvallisknights.com. Individual ticket prices are $6 for adults and $4 for children & seniors. Season tickets can be purchased now by calling (541) 752-5656.