Dan Duquette

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Dan Duquette
General manager
Born: (1958-05-26) May 26, 1958 (age 66)
Dalton, Massachusetts, U.S.

The Dan Duquette Sports Academy is a sports training center located in Hinsdale, Massachusetts, in the United States. The academy provides overnight and day camp with one- and two-week sessions for boys and girls ages 8 to 18. The academy features camps for baseball, softball, basketball, soccer and football. The Sports Academy also sponsors weekend tournaments for youth baseball teams ranging in age from 9U to 19U.

There are three different sized baseball fields, four basketball courts, volleyball court, horseshoe pits, a 2-acre (1 ha) campsite on a spring fed fresh water lake for canoeing and kayaking and 80 acres (32 ha) of hiking trails. The camp uses latest technology, including digital teaching devices, enhances the training experience. The baseball field at the Sports Academy also served as the temporary home of the Berkshire Dukes of the New England Collegiate Baseball League in 2004 prior to the team moving to its permanent home at Pittsfield, Massachusetts' Wahconah Park.

Recognition and awards

Duquette has twice received The Sporting News Executive of the Year Award (1992 with the Expos and 2014 with the Orioles). [4] He also won the Baseball America Major League Executive of the Year honor in 2014 with the Orioles. [19] Mark Armour and Daniel Levitt ranked Duquette the 17th best general manager in the history of baseball in their 2015 book, In Pursuit of Pennants: Baseball Operations from Deadball to Moneyball. [23]

On May 26, 2022, Dan Duquette was inducted into the Red Sox Hall of Fame via a special awards ceremony, hosted by the Boston Red Sox and Red Sox Foundation, at Fenway Park. Duquette was inducted alongside David Ortiz, Manny Ramirez, Rich Gedman, and Bill Dinneen. [24]

Personal life

Duquette is married to Amy Aubry-Duquette and has seven children. He lived in Acton, Massachusetts, from 1994 through 2011. [25] He currently lives in Sandwich, Massachusetts. [17] Duquette's cousin, Jim Duquette, is a former executive of the Baltimore Orioles and the New York Mets. [26] His other cousin, Pat Duquette (Jim's brother), is the head men's basketball coach at UMass Lowell. [27]

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Montreal Expos General manager
1991–1994
Succeeded by
Preceded by Boston Red Sox General manager
1994–2002
Succeeded by
Preceded by Baltimore Orioles General manager
2011–2018
Succeeded by
Awards
Preceded by Sporting News Major League Baseball Executive of the Year
1992
Succeeded by