University of Florida Men's Baseball

Munroe played two seasons with the Twins minor league affiliates in Elizabethton (Tenn.) and Beloit (Wis.). He manages UF's team travel arrangements by organizing flights, bus trips and hotel accommodations, oversees the budget and assists all members of the coaching staff in their day-to-day tasks and recruiting paperwork. Munroes other responsibilities include serving as a game manager, coordinating maintenance within the $13-million-dollar facility, as well as hiring and managing the ushers for home games at McKethan Stadium. In addition, he is involved with everything related to the Gator baseball camps which are held several times per year. Munroes efforts in 2016 helped the squad make its 10th trip to Omaha, Neb., for the NCAA College World Series and tie a program record with 52 wins. UF reached Regionals every year that he was on the coaching staff as a volunteer assistant and as a student assistant. In helping Florida reach the 2009 NCAA Gainesville Super Regional as a junior, Munroe played in 51 games, starting 40 games behind the plate and four as the designated hitter. He hit .270 with 26 RBI, 23 runs, 11 walks, seven doubles and five homers and was 3-for-4 on the basepaths. In SEC play, Munroe batted .275 with 14 runs, 14 RBI and five doubles. Eight of his 25 hits in league play went for extra bases, as he had five doubles and three round-trippers. He started two of the three games at catcher during the NCAA Gainesville Regional and was 2-for-5 in the finale against Miami (FL), with an RBI grounder in the five-run first inning and he later doubled and scored in the third stanza. Munroe delivered the game-winning hit, a walk-off single with a one-out and the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth, to down Florida State on St. Patricks Day, when he was 3-for-5 with two RBI. During his sophomore season in 2008, Munroe started at catcher 32 times in 38 games played and batted .237 with 17 RBI. He scored 15 runs, with four doubles, three homers and three sacrifice flies. Munroe started every game of the series at Ole Miss and was second on the squad with a .400 (4-for-10) effort. He set a season high with three RBI and belted his first homer in the finale, when he was 2-for-3 and scored twice to help UF secure its first series victory in Oxford since 1997. Munroe joined the Gators after seeing action in five games as a rookie at Clemson. The Miami native was chosen all-state as a senior at Christopher Columbus High School under head coach Joe Weber. He was a member of the East Coast Professional Showcase and Florida Diamond Club in 2005, rated as the No. 195 prospect in the nation by Perfect Game and the No. 20 prospect in Florida by the organization. His squad captured the 6A state championship when he was a freshman.  Munroe earned his bachelors degree in anthropology from Florida in 2013 and is currently pursuing his masters degree in sport management with a minor in entrepreneurship at UF. He married the former Nicole Critelli in October 2014. Birthdate: August 28, 1987 Hometown: Miami, Fla. Education: Bachelor of Arts - Anthropology, University of Florida, 2013 Master of Science Sport Management, University of Florida, 2015  Student Assistant Coach, University of Florida, 2012-13 Volunteer Assistant Coach, University of Florida, 2013-14 Director of Baseball Operations, University of Florida, 2014-present Clemson University, 2007 University of Florida, 2008-09 Elizabethton (Tenn.) Twins (Rookie - Appalachian League), 2009-10 Beloit (Wis.) Snappers, (Class A Midwest League), 2009 THE BUDDY MUNROE FILE