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TROY, Ohio - The Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League want to send condolences to the family of Sandusky Bay Ice Haulers President Brian Storm. Storm, 63, passed away February 9th from complications with COVID-19.

 

Storm was the president and CEO of Sports Force Field Inc. and the founder of Sports Force Parks at Cedar Point Sports Center, the home facility of the Ice Haulers, which opened in 2017.

 

Sports Force Parks is a multi-sport complex in partnership with Cedar Point Amusement Park. The company also has similar facilities in Vicksburg, Mississippi and Naples, Florida.

 

Sports Field Inc., is a sports general contractor whose projects include grass and synthetic turf sports fields for professional, collegiate and amateur teams.

 

In a statement provided by Ice Haulers vice president Will Spence, "Owning a baseball franchise where college athletes had the opportunity to participate in high-level, competitive summer baseball was important to Brian Storm, a supporter of athletics from youth to the NCAA level. Storm was excited that the Sandusky Bay Ice Haulers were going to be another family-friendly offering for Sandusky area residents to enjoy during the summer. The Ice Haulers name not only reflected the ice harvesting industry that was prominent in the area during the early 1900s, but paid homage to Storm’s grandfather who was an ice harvester in Northern Michigan. The SBIH will be dedicating the 2021 season to Storm’s memory."

 

Storm, who lived in the Atlanta, Georgia area, will be sorely missed by the staff of the Ice Haulers. The team was supposed to debut in the GLSCL for the 2020 season but is now scheduled to begin play on June 5 against the Lima Locos.

 

In lieu of flowers, tax deductible gifts can be made to the following:

    Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation in the name of Brian Storm either online or by mail: P.O. Box 825452, Philadelphia, PA 19182-5452

    Prostate Cancer Foundation in memory of Brian Storm

    Ascension Lutheran Church in Brian Storm’s memory via mail: 8695 Gratiot Rd., Saginaw, MI 48609

 

ABOUT THE GREAT LAKES SUMMER COLLEGIATE LEAGUE: The Great Lakes Summer Collegiate, founded in 1987, is a wood-bat league that is certified by the NCAA and is partially funded by Major League Baseball. 

The league currently consists of 15 active franchises in Ohio, Michigan and Indiana boasting several players that have earned service time in major league baseball.