Mayville State University Athletics

Richard “Rich” Dean was a first baseman on three Mayville State University baseball teams that are among the most-decorated in Comet history, including the 2001 Region III championship team. He captained the 2002 team that advanced to the NAIA World Series in Lewiston, Idaho, and finished in fifth place. He earned conference MVP honors in 2000; and first-team all-conference; first-team all-region; honorable mention all-America; and conference and NAIA all-America academic teams each of his three years. He graduated in 2002 with a major in business management and a minor in project management.  An intern for the MSU business department, he was later a graduate assistant for the University of North Dakota baseball program. Subsequently he was the head coach for the Medicine Hat, Alberta, Mavericks, a semi-pro baseball team. Rich is active as a board member and coach in hockey programs in Maple Grove, Minn., as well as coaching youth baseball.