The 2015 Baseball Sask season officially wrapped up on Saturday, November 7 with the Annual Awards Banquet that was held in conjunction with the Baseball Canada Awards Banquet in Saskatoon.
We are very pleased to announce the following Baseball Sask Award Winners:
Player of the Year – Carson Perkins (Bienfait)
Minor Player of the Year – Brody Alexandre (Swift Current)
Senior Team of the Year – Yorkton E & S Yankees
Minor Team of the Year – Assiniboia Midget Aces
Grass Roots Coach of the Year – Troy Casper (Regina)
Manager of the Year – Dale Berner (Assiniboia)
Joe McDonald Special Award of Merit – Rod Palaniuk
Builder of the Year – John Casavant (Melfort)
Patron of the Year – Subway® Franchisees of Saskatchewan
Senior Official of the Year – Bill Wyatt (Carlyle)
Lou Slotsve Junior Official of the Year – Ian Stewart (Oxbow)
Lifetime Achievement Award – Bob Burns (Estevan)
Congratulations to all award winners for such a successful season!
Congratulations to the Pee Wee Girls team who won the Bronze Medal at the 2015 Western Canada Baseball Championship held in Yorkton from August 21-23.
Team Sask defeated Team Manitoba in the Bronze medal game by a score of 18-4.
Saskatchewan will be hosting the following Baseball Canada and Western Canada Baseball Association Championships in 2016 and are opening up Bids to Host to our Membership at this time.
Pee Wee AAA (13U)
Bantam AAA (15U)
If you are interested in hosting any of these events please forward Bids to Host to Mike Ramage.
We are very proud to announce that Team Sask won the Silver Medal at the 2015 Baseball Canada Cup in Saskatoon.
Sask went undefeated in Round Robin play and then beat Team Ontario 4-3 in come from behind fashion before eventually losing 10-1 to Team BC in the Gold Medal Game.
A scholarship fund has been set aside through donations in memory of Brennan Luffman who was a prominent left handed pitcher and outfielder with Team Saskatchewan from 2003 – 2005. Brennan Luffman was a popular teammate amongst his peers and well liked by his coaches.
This scholarship will be awarded annually until funding has run out. Applicants for the scholarship will be collected by the Baseball Sask office and reviewed by the Luffman family.