Awards given at baseball banquet

 

 



Jeff Easley and Eric Stolp celebrate their tie for Most Outstanding Player award.

 

 

 



George McWherter has high praise for retiring assistant coach, Dan Roberts.

 

The Yosemite’s baseball season finished on a high note as the parents, coaches,and players filled the banquet room at Hondo’s restaurant for its annual awards dinner. It was held last Tuesday.

The aroma of good food and the emotion of belonging to a well-organized baseball program filled the room. Aaron Eames, the junior varsity coach led off the program by highlighting the improvement of the J.V. players.

“We turned a bad team into a good team,” remarked Coach Eames. He continued. “This was a great experience for me. These were great kids playing a great game.”

The junior varsity special awards went to the following: Daniel Talbot, Most Inspirational Player, Sam Duval, Coaches Award, Daniel Buller, Out-standing Pitcher, Quint Brown, the Sparky Anderson Award, and freshman Jake Burns got the   Most Valuable Player award.

Varsity coach George Mc­Wherter was next to address the enthusiastic throng. He gave special thanks to his assistant coaches, especially to Dan Roberts who finished his last season of coaching do to his business demands.

“ Dan Roberts was a great help. He was a large part of the baseball program besides being my best friend,” commended McWherter.

The Badgers finished with a 6-6 league record to qualify them for third place and a trip to the playoffs. Their season record was 18-12.

George congratulated the parents for their support. “Our program is blessed to have such great parents,” boasted Mc-Mcwherter.

Academic All League Awards went to Daniel Jagd, Tommy Shennan, Eric Stolp, and Steven Shatka. These players had a 3.5 over-all grade point average.

The Coaches Award went to Daniel Jagd and Dustin Allen. The Most Improved Player Award went to Travis Trettin.

Wade Knight received the Most Inspirational Award. Eric Stolp and Jeff Easley tied for the Most Outstanding Player Award.

First team All-League went to Dustin Allen, Eric Stolp, Wade Knight, Travis Trettin and Jeff Easley.

Second team All-League were Warren Larson, Tom Shen-nan,and Daniel Jagd.

Next year’s varsity will have 11 returning players.