Front Office, Game Day, Coaches & Interns

 After working for more than 25 years in professional sports, Chuck Heeman, along with his wife Mayra, founded the Pioneers in August 2017, leading up to our inaugural 2018 Championship season.

Chuck has served as General Manager for four professional baseball teams as well serving as the founding General Manager with two Oregon-based summer collegiate baseball teams, the Klamath Falls Gems and Medford Rogues. Chuck also served four years as Operations Manager with the Arizona Diamondbacks. His sports experience also includes three years with the Cleveland Indians and Cincinnati Reds at their Goodyear, Arizona Spring Training complex immediately prior to purchasing the Pioneers franchise.

Chuck, age 66 and getting too old for all this nonsense, is also a disabled veteran of the U. S. Air Force, a 13-year former U.S. Postal Service worker and a graduate of Arizona State University. Born in Detroit, Michigan, Chuck grew up in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. He is married to Mayra Heeman. The couple has four children and six grandchildren and resides in Gering, Nebraska.

Chuck is proud to serve on the Tourism Advisory Committee and Executive Subcommittee for the Scotts Bluff County Visitors Bureau. To find out what Scotts Bluff County has to offer, please click HERE. Chuck is also the Scotts Bluff County representative of the Western Nebraska Tourism Coalition. To find out more about the coalition, click HERE.

Mayra, the retired mother of four and grandmother of six, volunteers her spare time to help the Pioneers in a number of ways. She recruits and works with host families and helps with business operations. Following a heart attack, quintuple bypass and stroke in the fall of 2018, Mayra has cut back on her baseball duties and is restricted by management from doing too much. Fans and friends are encouraged to tell Mayra to slow down!

Due to past... let's say... "incidents"... Mayra is not allowed to sit and watch games in which she is not working (she gets a little intense - some stories there if you'd like to hear). However, Mayra is always ready with a smile and a hug at Pios games and loves to spend time with the fans.

Mayra served for five years as a volunteer with the Klamath Falls Gems and Medford Rogues (both in Oregon) where her husband served as General Manager. Prior to retirement and getting sucked into the baseball world, Mayra worked in the legal field as a litigating paralegal for law firms in California and Arizona.
A native of Mexico, Mayra came to the United States at age nine and grew up in Southern California. Mayra and Chuck Heeman were married in 2008 and moved to Gering in August 2017. The couple resides in Gering, Nebraska, where they purchased a home in April 2021. Mayra was named Grand Marshal of the 2021 Cinco de Mayo parade in Scottsbluff and also serves on the Board of Directors for Empowering Families. To find out about the organization, click HERE.

 Bill is back for his sixth year as the Pios’ Public Address Announcer. He just completed his tenth year at WNCC (32nd year teaching overall), and also serves as the Public Address Announcer for the Cougars’ volleyball and basketball teams. He has been around sports his entire life, and is a die-hard Philadelphia sports fan. Bill has a B.S. in Interpersonal Communication from Southern Utah State College, and his Master’s degree in Communication from Eastern New Mexico University. He lives in Scottsbluff with his wife Mary, who is the Alumni Relations and Stewardship Director for the WNCC Foundation. They are parents to four adult children, and enjoy doting on their one and only grandchild. 

Logan currently attends the University of Wyoming where he works with the athletic media relations department as well as the Cowboy Sports Network as the on-site producer for all Wyoming Football and Men's Basketball radio broadcasts. Logan was born and raised in Torrington, Wyoming and has been a baseball fan his whole life. He is excited to be the voice of the Pioneers for the 2025 season and can't wait to experience a gameday in Gering. Logan likes to hang out with his friends, play some games, and watch sports. His goal is to become a sports broadcaster and is thankful he is getting an opportunity to do that for the Pioneers.

From Samantha:  

I am from Lansing, Illinois and am currently a sophomore at Lewis University planning to get a Bachelor of Arts in Sports Management and minors in International Business and Digital Marketing. I am so excited to be given this opportunity to work with the Pioneers to help me achieve my goal in the future to work for Major League Baseball.

At my school, I work with the game staff helping with different activities such as scorekeeping, music, and selling tickets. Growing up, I didn’t for sure know I wanted to work in sports until I was about 16 years old. I played softball my whole life and finally knew that is what I wanted to do with my future. Since I play softball, I knew baseball was the world I wanted to go into. I love other sports such as soccer, pickleball, bags, etc. but baseball was what called to me. Now it is my dream to work for the MLB and have fans come to the game and be able to enjoy their experience.