Manager - Pro Personnel, Strategy and Pacific Rim
Louie Medina is in his 24th year in the Royals organization and his first as the Manager, Pro Personnel, Strategy and Pacific Rim, following 16 years as a Special Assistant to the General Manager/Player Personnel. He also spent three seasons as a Professional Scout. Medina was awarded the Royals Art Stewart Scout of the Year Award in 2009.
Medina joined the Royals after spending five years as an Area Supervisor for the Arizona Diamondbacks. Before scouting for the Diamondbacks, he enjoyed an 11-year playing career that began in Cleveland’s organization as a first baseman and outfielder. After seven years there, he played one season in the Royals organization at Omaha. He completed his playing career in Japan, playing for Hiroshima from 1993-95.
He was elected to the Colorado Springs Sky Sox Hall of Fame in 1992, while he was also named to the Colorado Springs Sports Hall of Fame in 2013. Medina, a member of the 2008 Summer Olympic Baseball selection committee and the 2009 World Baseball Classic selection committee, has also served on the USA Baseball National team selection committee at the pro level since 2008.
He graduated from Warren High School in Downey, Calif. Medina attended and played baseball at Cerritos Junior College in Norwalk, Calif. for two years and then Arizona State University for two years. He currently resides in Gold Canyon, Ariz., with his wife, Carla, and triplets: Arianna, Chloe and Garrett.