Russell Wohldmann, Patrick Inkpen and Sam Pawlik join Woodpeckers Staff

The Fayetteville Woodpeckers are pleased to welcome three new staff members to the front office ahead of the 2024 season. Russell Wohldmann will serve as the club’s Event Operations Manager, Patrick Inkpen is the new Ballpark Entertainment Manager and Sam Pawlik joins Fayetteville as a Sponsorship Activation Coordinator.

Wohldmann remains in the Houston Astros organization after serving in the same role with the Triple-A Sugar Land Space Cowboys for six seasons. He is a St. Louis, Missouri native and attended college in state at Westminster College. Russell has also worked previously at the River City Rascals in the Frontier League as a ballpark operations intern.

Inkpen also makes his way from Texas after working with the San Antonio Spurs organization for the last five years in the game presentation department. During his time with the Spurs group, he also worked for the San Antonio FC soccer team of the USL Championship League. Patrick grew up in San Antonio and attended Northwestern Oklahoma State for undergrad before earning a master’s degree in Sports Management from Southwestern Oklahoma State.

Pawlik will work closely with Woodpeckers’ business partners and brings previous Carolina League experience to Fayetteville following his time in the Fredericksburg Nationals front office as a Marketing Assistant and Analytics Manager. He is originally from Richmond, Virginia and graduated from University of Mary Washington in 2022 with a bachelor's degree in marketing and a minor in sports management.

The full 2024 Fayetteville Woodpeckers front office directory can be found HERE: https://www.milb.com/fayetteville/team/front-office