Kyle Dawes Position: Director of Baseball Operations

Kyle Dawes will begin his first year in the director of baseball operations position after serving as a student manager for the team in 2006 and 2007. He then worked as a student assistant in the UCF business office for 2007-08. Set to graduate in the fall while majoring in accounting, Dawes was accepted into UCF's Sport Business Management Graduate Program and hopes to enter the program in the fall of 2009.

A native of Orlando, Fla., and graduate from Colonial High School in 2005, Dawes, among other duties, will be coordinating all of the baseball team's travel plans, assisting with players' meals for home games and keeping scouting reports and pitch charts.