Mark Lucas, Assistant General Manager/Assistant Coach
Mark has been with the Kings since 2014 and brings a wealth of baseball knowledge and experience to the franchise. He is a graduate of Springfield North High school and Wright State University. Lucas excelled at shortstop at both institutions.
After his junior year in college, he signed a free agent contract with the Atlanta Braves. He was considered a multi-position player as a professional and led the Greenwood Braves (Class A) in hitting with a .359 average in his rookie year. Mark played three and a half years in the pros and after that competed in amateur baseball in the Springfield/Dayton area until age 46.
In addition, Mark has coached baseball at the high school level as well as at the University of Dayton and Wright State University. He was inducted into the Springfield/Clark County Baseball Hall of Fame in 2002, the Wright State Walk of Fame in 2005 and the Dayton Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006. Currently, Mark serves as the President of the Springfield/Clark County Baseball Hall of Fame.
Tyler Stotsky, Play-by-Play Broadcaster
Tyler Stotsky, in his second season with the Kings, is finishing his third year as the Director of Athletic Communications at Ohio Dominican University. He serves as the primary contact for 11 of ODU’s 16 sports and serves as the secondary contact for the other five sports as the lead SID in the office.
Stotsky is the play-by-play announcer for Ohio Dominican broadcasts for men’s and women’s soccer and softball on the Great Midwest Digital Network.
Prior to ODU, Stotsky was the Director of Sports Information as well as Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Information at Walsh University for nearly four years. Along with being the primary contact for most of the 20 sports, he was the play-by-play voice of the Cavaliers in the following sports: men’s/women’s basketball, baseball, softball, women’s lacrosse, women’s volleyball.
He earned both a Bachelor of Science in Sport Management and Master of Business Administration from Lake Erie College. He graduated in 2015 and 2018 with his respective degrees.