For over thirty years Glennis Scott has pitched, batted, fielded, coached, managed and administered his way to the forefront of baseball in both Manitoba and Canada.

During his years as a player, Scott hurled the ball at various levels of competition and built up an impressive record. The right-hander pitched his first senior game in 1951 when he was just 15 years of age...and won 5-0. Subsequently, he took the mound for many more teams including Team Manitoba at the Jeux Canada Games and Canadian Senior Championships. He pitched for Team Canada at two Pan-American games (1967 and 1971) and the World Amateur Baseball Championships in 1970. He was also a player during the 1972 World Amateur Baseball Championships. In 1958, Scott’s talents so impressed the St. Louis Cardinal’s organization that they invited him to spring training camp that year in Albany, Georgia. In one of the most difficult decisions of his life, Scott opted for a career in teaching instead. St. Louis’ loss was Manitoba’s gain as Scott gradually hung up the cleats and unveiled new talent as a coach, manager and administrator that matched his superb talent as a player.

From the early 1970’s on, Scott has coached and managed at every level of baseball: local, provincial, regional, national and international. His administrative involvement is equally vast and began back in the early 1960’s.

Having been associated with Baseball Manitoba for 30 years and with Baseball Canada since the country’s initiation at the International level, Glennis Scott has given a great deal to the sport he loves. He might have been Manitoba’s first major league pitcher, since Brandon’s Russ Ford in the early 1900’s, but this province is very fortunate that he chose not to be.