Cherokee Media Group’s inaugural Independent Auto Auction of the Year: Big Valley Auto Auction

Mere Rangel is the assistant general manager at Big Valley Auto Auction in Donna, Texas.

But more importantly, he has been his daughter’s softball coach for 14 years and his son’s baseball coach for the past four years (with a decade more to enjoy, he says).

And when he steps off the diamond and into the auction lanes, he’s got a coach of his own in general manager Lisa Franz, the leader of Big Valley Auto Auction, and a five-star ace of a teammate in Blanca Arias, the auction’s controller.

Together, they form quite the bullpen of leadership at the auction ...