From Here I Can… Build a Team
“Now I can’t go anywhere without running into somebody I know. That’s what makes it feel like home.”
Trevor Amerson, General Manager, Richmond Flying Mummies
Trevor Amerson grew up in a small town near Green Bay, Wisconsin — the kind of place where you know the person behind the counter at the local coffee shop. He always imagined he’d end up somewhere like that again someday. He just didn’t know that “somewhere” would turn out to be Richmond, Indiana.
Working HIs Way Up
Trevor’s path into baseball didn’t start on the field. It started on the phone.
After college at Minnesota State University, Trevor took a job with the Green Bay Rockers, a minor league team back home in Wisconsin. His job was cold-calling season ticket holders from a small office. It wasn’t glamorous, but it didn’t take long for Trevor to figure out where the real work — and the real reward — actually happened.
“My career in baseball started in a small town in Wisconsin, cold-calling season ticket holders in the ticket office,” Trevor says. “But by the third inning, I’d be out in the stands, getting to know people. And it turned out, that was the real job — building a community.”
That instinct for connecting with people paid off. Because when a General Manager position opened up with a brand-new team in Wayne County, his boss put in a good word.
A Once-in-a-Lifetime Opportunity
Getting the chance to build a team from the ground up doesn’t come around often. For Trevor, it meant more than just a new job title. It meant the chance to create something a whole community could gather around.
“So when the chance came to build a baseball team from scratch in Wayne County, that was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,” Trevor says. “To build something that families would do every summer. Not just for special occasions — but just, ‘let’s go to a Flying Mummies game.'”
Trevor helped name the team, worked on renovating the team store, and started building relationships with local businesses to bring on sponsors. It was exciting work. But it also meant packing up and moving several states away from everything and everyone he knew.
Starting from Zero
Trevor made the move to Wayne County in August 2025 with his fiancée, Jenna, who now works at Richmond Family Dentistry. Neither of them knew a single person in town.
“But moving across states was tough. New state, no connections — where do you even start?” Trevor says.
For Trevor, the answer turned out to be simple: show up, and say yes.
“I started reaching out — just asking people to grab coffee,” he says. “And the people here in Richmond made it easy. They took the time to point me toward the right spots and introduce me around.”
Building His Own Roster
Trevor and Jenna both grew up in small, historic towns, and it didn’t take long for Wayne County to feel familiar. The community farmers market, the festivals, live music on a summer night: These were things they already knew and loved — they just had to find them here.
“Now I can’t go anywhere without running into somebody I know,” he says. “That’s what makes it feel like home.”
Piece by piece, cup of coffee by cup of coffee, Trevor built his own roster of friends and familiar faces — even as the Flying Mummies built its roster of players and interns at the stadium. Today, the Flying Mummies internship program brings in students from Ball State, Earlham College, and Trine University, and Trevor says they’re the true faces of the organization on any given game night.
The Payoff
All that ground-up building came together on a summer night when Firehouse BBQ, one of the team’s sponsors, brought their family out to a game — and their kid got to throw the first pitch.
“Then our players got held hostage for twenty minutes afterward, signing autographs,” Trevor says. “Seeing that kid’s face — that’s why I have the job I have. That’s what it’s all about.”
What’s Next
Trevor and Jenna plan to stay in Wayne County for at least the next five years. Between the gym, hiking, kayaking at the reservoir, and the Wayne County Fair, they’ve found plenty of reasons to put down roots. And for anyone else weighing a move to a place where they don’t know a soul, Trevor’s advice is straightforward.
“If you’re thinking about making a move like this, my advice is to just get out there,” he says. “Volunteer, show up to the same coffee shop, be willing to talk to people. I promise, you’ll find your team.”
