BEN GRADUATED IN 2015 WITH A B.S. IN MANAGEMENT/MARKETING AFTER A FOUR YEAR PLAYING CAREER WITH YAKIMA VALLEY COLLEGE AND OREGON TECH. KRUEGER FOUNDED THE BENZ PROGRAM IN 2017, SERVING AS DIRECTOR AND HEAD COACH SINCE INCEPTION. HE BUILT THE CASCADE COLLEGIATE LEAGUE IN 2019, WHERE HE SERVES AS COMMISSIONER AND MANAGER OF THE CCL SHOWCASE TEAM. KRUEGER WAS HIRED BY YAKIMA VALLEY COLLEGE IN 2021 TO SERVE AS RECRUITING COORDINATOR, OUTFIELD COACH AND HEAD OF DATA ANALYTICS AFTER TWO SEASONS ON STAFF WITH EVERETT CC. UNDER HIS DIRECTION, OVER 50 BENZ PLAYERS HAVE MOVED ON TO PLAY COLLEGE BASEBALL, 20 CCL PLAYERS HAVE SIGNED CONTRACTS TO PLAY IN THE WEST COAST LEAGUE AND 3 COLLEGE PLAYERS HAVE BEEN DRAFTED OR SIGNED BY MLB ORGANIZATIONS.