UMPIRING SUCCESS – Graves County native Tripp Gibson, a 2000 graduate of Graves County High School and Murray State, is starting his sixth year as a professional baseball umpire. He served as crew chief last year and, individually, he was ranked No. 1 of all umpires in the AA professional leagues...The coming season will be his first in AAA, the highest level of minor leagues and the direct feeder to Major League Baseball. He will work in the Pacific Coast League...
Gibson also serves as lead instructor at the Harry Wendelstedt Umpire School, the oldest school of its kind. He recently appeared in a video on ESPN.
