Awards

we do not have any individual awards

Our high school team has best offensive player, best defensive player, most improved player, most valuable player, and the "Pinto" award (team mascot) which is given to the player with the most spirit/dedication/teamwork/best attitude.

Our high school has 2 awards for baseball: Most outstanding offensive and defensive players.

At his school baseball banquet earlier this month, my son won a most coveted award:

"Most likely to arrive at BP wearing camo because he's been out hunting gobblers."

(He's never actually done that, but he would if he could!)

<--- the little guy at the left is actually talking on the phone, but it sure looks like a hunting bow to me!

I am not sure that Trombly is talking a HS Team

Our HS award MVP , Highest Batting Average , Defensive POY , Coaches Award. Im not much on individual awards. We do it because we are told to do it by the AD. If it were up to me there would be no individual awards only team awards. I would use the money spent on the individual awards and buy all the kids a trophy and a framed team picture.

I am interested in all teams-HS, travel ball, etc

We have

MVP
Rookie of the Year
Best Offensive player
Lowest ERA

My son's HS team gives out an MVP award and a Fighting Heart award. His summer club gives no awards. Certain tournaments give awards at the end, such as Overall MVP or Offensive or Defensive MVP.

one time the travel team coach gave out the game ball.

MS coach just did golden glove one for an 8th grader, one for 7th. Two Cy Youngs, two leaderships (for the capts) and one MVP. We were undefeated, and the town gave out certificates of merit.

My high school has one award that they present at the banquet; that is the player on the team with the highest Grade Point Average. Also if any players had been named to any all-conference teams or all-state teams, they are recognized. But we don't have any MVP awards or anything like that.

At my high school there were three awards:

1. Coaches Award
2. Most Improved
3. MVP

As a freshman I earned the coaches award for taking the most **** from the coach and not quitting. By the way coaches, if you no longer LOVE coaching baseball, please quit rather than taking it out on your players.....do I sound bitter? Yes, but I'm over it. At the time it was torture for me.

At my brothers HS I think they give out the same awards.

Our HS gives out four:

MVP
Academic Award
Sportsmanship Award
Coach's Award

My sons HS team gave out:

1. Team MVP
2. Offensive MVP
3. Defensive MVP
4. Coaches Award
5. Heart and Hussle Award
6. Walter Himes Award (pretty much the same as Heart and Hussle)

Our Banquet is tonight. We don't give out any awards. I once remember a team (not one of my teams) where the MVP was selected by the kids and so, the coaching staff didn't agree and changed the recipient of the award to the player they thought should win. (I know this because I know the winner of the award well and he knows how everyone voted and that he didn't win it on player votes.) It just seems like there are too many hard feelings or opportunities to destroy what I've wanted to build.

Back to what we do. We give out a "Certificate" for participation, a letter to those that have earned it, "bars" to those that have already lettered. Since I serve on some other committees, I can state at our banquet those players that I have that have received awards to this point from area interest such as the Metro East Baseball Coaches Association (I have 2 1st teams) for that award. The coaches of our conference have voted All-Conference and so, I'll also award those certificates.

One more observations on Awards. My High School Coach, Norris Dorsey, once told me that at a banquet every kid is the star. Make sure of it! Pretty good advice!

This might be a little off topic but I will go ahead anyway. As I stated previously we do have awards. And we are told me will give out these awards by the AD. The biggest reason Im not big on individual awards at the Team Banquet is this. Kids all work hard all year long. They win as a team and they lose as a team. You spend the entire year telling them they are all equally important to the teams sucess and equally important to you as a coach. You are there to celebrate the season and the accomplishments of the team. And then it ends up being about 3 or 4 players. I try very hard to make it about our seniors. I try very hard to recognize all the players regardless of how much or little they contributed during the games. Of course we have kids make all conference and all state. But these awards are given out by the conference or the NCHSSAA not us. To all coaches. Make sure the banquet does not end up being about the two or three studs on the team but about all the players that have equally sacrificed for the team all your long. jmho

The only award our HS was a scholarship ($1000) for the player on the team headed off to college

I won one of those Most Likely awards...four years in a row!

Enters a dug out and most likely can not find his way out!.

I am surprised at how many team 'DO NOT' give out awards.

Our League started a new award this season,
" Rookie of the year " and they used to have the
" Gatorade Will to Win Award ".

Our own HS team does not give out individual awards either. ( party poopers! ha!)

Our HS gives a "Rookie of the Year", "Coach's Award" and MVP (voted by players)

Travel team gives no individual awards, but one of the moms compiles a collection of things over the season (tournament fliers, brackets, team and individual photographs, ticket stubbs, etc.) and puts together a personal scrapbook for each player for the end of season in the Fall. It has been my son's favorite keepsake each year--much more than game balls and trophies when he was younger.

I commend that mom. It is a labor of love!