{"id":39925,"date":"2014-02-10T18:00:11","date_gmt":"2014-02-10T23:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?p=39925"},"modified":"2014-02-10T18:00:11","modified_gmt":"2014-02-10T23:00:11","slug":"tincaps-shank-named-forty-40-award-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2014\/02\/10\/tincaps-shank-named-forty-40-award-winner\/","title":{"rendered":"TinCaps&#8217; Shank named &#8220;Forty Under 40&#8221; award winner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"TinCaps Logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/tTinCaps_logo.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>News release from the TinCaps:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>TinCaps&#8217; Shank Named &#8220;Forty Under 40&#8221; Award Winner<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Richmond Native Honored for Community Contributions &amp; Service<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>(February 10, 2014) &#8211; Brad Shank, Vice President-Ticket Sales for the Fort Wayne TinCaps, has been named a &#8220;Forty Under 40&#8221; award winner by Greater Fort Wayne Business Weekly. Shank becomes the fifth member of the TinCaps front office to win the award.<\/p>\n<p>The 33-year-old Shank has worked for the ballclub since 2003, beginning his career with the Fort Wayne Wizards as a group sales representative. In 2005, he became the director of group sales, and was promoted to Vice-President-Ticket Sales in 2013. Shank was an instrumental part of the re-branding of the Wizards into the TinCaps, and the opening of Parkview Field in 2009. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is an incredible honor to be included in this group of individuals who are making a difference in the community every day,&#8221; Shank said. &#8220;I am certainly blessed to work with an amazing group of people and an organization that gives me the opportunity to do what I love while striving to make a positive difference in the community.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Shank is an active member of the Fort Wayne community and is involved with many organizations including The Garrison Group, where he has helped raise more than $6,000 for Kate&#8217;s Kart and Pathway Community Church. He has also aided in the &#8220;1 Billion Rising&#8221; event at Parkview Field, been a participant in the #Ball4ACause basketball game fundraiser, helped in the production of a &#8220;Stand Up to Bullying&#8221; program for approximately 5,000 local students, participated in the Three Rivers Festival Bed Race and is currently enrolled in Leadership Fort Wayne.<\/p>\n<p>A native of Richmond, Indiana, Shank is well-known for being the on-field emcee during TinCaps home games and a member of the award-winning Bad Apple Dancers. He is a 1998 graduate of Richmond High School and a 2002 graduate of Taylor University (Upland Campus) with a degree in Business Administration.<\/p>\n<p>Along with Shank, other TinCaps staff members to have won the award include Vice President-Marketing Michael Limmer, President Mike Nutter, Vice President-Finance Brian Schackow, and Senior Ticket Account Manager Justin Shurley.<\/p>\n<p>Shank, along with the 39 other young professionals recognized for their contributions to the community, will be honored Wednesday, March 19, 2014 at a dinner at Ceruti&#8217;s Banquet and Event Center in Fort Wayne. The 40-member class will also be featured in a special edition of the Greater Fort Wayne Business Weekly, distributed March 21st to 24,000 readers in 12 Northeast Indiana counties.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Related Images:<\/h3><div class=\"ngg-related-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/wells\/81643.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Judi Wire, WCBA President, displays one of the &quot;Tin Caps&quot;.  The displays are saluting the opening Parkview Field and the TinCaps.  Photo taken April 8, 2009.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='3501e61adb6e2a8a15d5b85bd3cf826d' data-image-id=\"1375\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/wells\/81643.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/wells\/thumbs\/thumbs_81643.jpg\" data-title=\"2009\/04\/08: Judi Wire, displays one of the\" data-description=\"Judi Wire, WCBA President, displays one of the &quot;Tin Caps&quot;.  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