America's Most Playful Ball Club
The Chicago Snowballs is launching Spring 2026 as professional baseball's first co-ed sportstainment offering – bringing entertainment, circus arts, and America's pastime together in one electric two-hour show!
We're not looking for typical baseball players to try out – we want multi-talented athletes who bring other skills. The shortstop who plays the tuba… the pitcher who does gymnastics… the outfielder who juggles. If you can play baseball and entertain a crowd, you're our kind of player. If you missed out on Savannah Bananas or Women’s Pro Baseball League, this is your golden opportunity.
This is professional baseball reimagined: equal pay for men and women. Based in Chicago, touring the Midwest. Players earn salary plus profit share. Perform for packed crowds of thousands of fans. We’re building partnerships with exciting community organizations and so much more!
Come help us create our first million smiles --
and anyone referring a player we hire
gets $100 reward plus comp tickets!
Fan Tickets
Be among the first to receive our 2026 schedule and come see the Midwest's newest game
Seasoned Entertainers
We are looking for a few more special people with experience developing singers, circus stunts, antics, and general zaniness.
Press Inquiries
Be part of the next big thing to hit Chicagoland --fun first, inclusive, family entertainment
We're happy to discuss our unique offering of fun first, inclusive, family entertainment
Leadership
Cherie Travis
CEO and Co-Founder
Cherie (sister) is a Chicago attorney and real estate investor as well as an Adjunct Professor at the DePaul College of Law and instructor at the Chicago Police Academy. She is deeply invested in the Chicago community and volunteers for charitable causes involving animals, the environment and youth sports through the Radcliffe Youth Sports Organization, ZeroLandfill Chicago, Friends of the Children and the Chicago Animal Law Students Initiative.
Paul Travis
CMO and Co-Founder
Paul (brother) is a technology-marketing veteran, having consulted and worked with dozens of Pacific NW startups. Following a Bachelor's degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, he studied Brand Management Meaning at the Harvard Business School Executive Program. His eclectic career includes VP Marketing of publicly traded Net Nanny Software, launching a vegetarian fast-food restaurant chain in Seattle, and software development at Microsoft.
Mike Napoleon
Head Coach
Mike spent 39 years as a high school head baseball coach, building a program defined by excellence, consistency, and a deep love of the game. Inducted into the IHSBCA Hall of Fame in 2001 and Illinois Sports Hall of Fame in 2025, he went on to become the winningest baseball coach in Illinois history, reaching an incredible 1,000 victories. His teams collected two state championships, along with two second-place finishes, one third, and one fourth, cementing his place as a cornerstone of Illinois high school baseball.
Todd Sawyer
Chief Revenue Officer
Todd spent 15 years as a fintech and payments leader at Visa and MasterCard, driving global revenue growth, scaling innovative payment solutions, and negotiating major commercial partnerships. He built high-performing teams, led multinational product and loyalty programs, integrated API-based solutions, and delivered measurable results across embedded finance, cross-border payments, and regulated markets.
Coach Radcliffe
Ernest Radcliffe is Head Baseball Coach at Triton College, named in 2024 after a 16-year tenure at Morgan Park High School where he compiled a 244-170 record. The only Public League coach to win a state trophy this century (4th place, 2015), he's an Illinois Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame inductee with five decades of playing and coaching experience across youth, high school, and collegiate levels.
Trey Frahler
Trey Frahler is President of Illinois Baseball Academy, serving 5,000+ youth annually. Former All-Patriot League pitcher at Bucknell and Wheaton College pitching coach, he led teams to record-low ERAs while developing all-conference and professional pitchers. Passionate about fundamentals and character development, he partners with communities to grow baseball and develop tomorrow's leaders.
Dr. Abdullah Pratt
Dr. Abdullah Hasan Pratt is an Emergency Medicine physician and Assistant Professor at UChicago Medical Center. Raised on Chicago's South Side after losing his brother to gun violence, he now leads community-focused efforts improving health literacy, emergency preparedness, and trauma response in underserved neighborhoods through hands-on training and mentorship.