Pete Gawkowski has invested thousands of dollars and thousands of hours to better the sport of baseball in the Muskegon area, most notably refurbishing historic Marsh Field.  A 1969 graduate of Muskegon Catholic Central High School, he played football, basketball, and baseball and also ran track for the Crusaders, then played baseball at Muskegon Community College.

After his playing days ended, he remained involved in baseball as a coach, and a board member for Roosevelt Park Youth Athletics, Mona Shores baseball boosters, and Lakeshore Baseball Club. A “behind the scenes guy,” he has worked to help the sport he loves make a comeback in West Michigan.

In later years, he became the owner of indoor training facilities, Line Drives and Extra Innings. Through his involvement in the Lakeshore Baseball Club, he has helped resurrect Marsh Field, a city-owned baseball park that opened in 1916 and once served as the home to minor league baseball. During the 1940’s the park also served as home for the Muskegon Lassies of the old All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.