New Ulm HALL OF FAME Member

James (Jim) Senske

Non-Player (Program Support)

Selected 1994

Lifetime Baseball Batting Stats Page

Jim Senske's dedication to and his excellence in high school and American Legion baseball coaching developed a solid foundation for the amateur baseball program in New Ulm.

          His 30 years of high school and 10 years of Legion coaching have provided a winning tradition that has added strongly to the New Ulm amateur program and has resulted in his nomination to the New Ulm Amateur Hall of Fame.

          He has become Minnesota's high school coach win leader since moving up to head coach at NUHS in 1964. He has also received several national awards.

          About 175 young men who played high school or Legion baseball under his coaching have moved on to play in the amateur ranks of New Ulm. Others have joined other area teams, and eight have advanced to professional baseball, including one to the major leagues. Many of his players have participated with distinction in college baseball.

          In 1969, after five years of having a single amateur team, the NUBA added a second team, the Kaiserhoff. Jim and fellow NUHS assistant Jim Hakes came out of a six-year retirement to participate as active players with the team, thus adding experience and maturity to a team comprised of high school and early college age young men and helping to get the team started right.

          Jim also filled in one year when the New Ulm Miller team of the Bi-County league lacked a coach at the start of the season. A number of those players moved up quickly and later played for the Brewers.

          Senske played baseball in New Ulm for the Brewers from 1961-63 and for the Kaiserhoff in 1969. He first came to New Ulm via St. Paul Wilson and Hamline.