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​HEAD COACH CLAY CEDERQUIST
​Clay Cederquist enters his first summer as Head Coach for the Dodge City A’s after two baseball seasons, 2015-2017, as the outfield, offense and 1st base coach at American River College in Sacramento, California. During the summer of 2016, Coach Cederquist was the Skipper for the highly competitive San Luis Obispo Blues of the California Collegiate League. During the 2015 season, Cederquist was Director of Baseball Operations at his alma mater, California State University, Sacramento where he played first base/ designated hitter for the Hornets for three years. Clay Cederquist participated on two WAC championship teams and the first NCAA Regional (2014) in Sacramento State history. Cederquist’s playing experience also includes being a Junior College All-American at Fresno City College, two summers with the Anchorage Glacier Pilots of the Alaska Baseball League, and two summers with the Humboldt Crabs where he earned the MVP of the Far West Collegiate League post season tournament in 2012. Clay Cederquist attended Fowler High School in Fresno County and was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 46th round of the Major League Baseball Draft in 2009.  During the summer of 2015, Cederquist was head coach of the Nor Cal 18 & under team. He is also an Associate Scout for the Miami Marlins.
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ASSISTANT COACH MICHAEL LONSDALE
Hometown: Castro Valley, CaliforniaHigh School: Castro Valley HS
Colleges: Chabot JC; Cal State-Monterey Bay
Michael Lonsdale is entering his first year as the Dodge City Community College pitching coach and recruiting coordinator.
During his collegiate playing Career Lonsdale played at Chabot Junior College before transferring to California State University Monterey Bay. In 2012 Lonsdale hit leadoff and served as the Catcher for the Chabot Gladiators. Michael hit .354 and posted a .479 on base percentage in 2012 before transferring to CSUMB.
During his junior season at Monterey, Lonsdale split time between catcher and playing designated hitter. He helped lead CSUMB to their first ever baseball conference (CCAA) championship in school history.
After his senior season at Monterey Michael joined the CSUMB coaching staff and served as the team’s first base coach and volunteer assistant for the 2015 season.
In 2016 Lonsdale Served as Chabot College (CA) third base coach and helped the Gladiators reach the Elite 8 for California Junior Colleges (CCCBCA).
Lonsdale came to Dodge City in June of 2016 to coach the Dodge City A’s collegiate summer team. The A’s took 2nd in the Jayhawk Summer League, the team had the most wins in program history and made its first NBC World series tournament appearance since 2012.
Lonsdale is the son of Bob and Cathy and has two older siblings Andrew and Katie. He grew up in Castro Valley, California and graduated from Castro Valley High School.