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Jim Bustos Award
Merchants Most Inspirational

The award was made possible by generous donations, given to the Merchant program in memory of long-time Merchant team supporter, former Manager and Coach, Jim Bustos.

2003 - David Ballerini

2004 - Mark Gillman & Peter McGuiness

2005 - Graham Matthews

2006 - Jim Klein
2007 - Devin Grigg & Jeff Croft

2008 - no team 

2009 - no team 

2010 - TBA

2011

2012
2013

2014 -

 

Whitey Wootten Award
Prep League - Good Sportsmanship

The Prep League's "Whitey Wootten Award" (1984-2007) is presented each year to the American League player who has demonstrated exceptional good sportsmanship.

1984 - Adam Kruse

1985 - Eric Nolthenius

1986 - Kelly Werner

1987 - Perry Monroe

1988 - John Oram

1989 - Scott Hipol

1990 - Heather Demarest

1991 - Brian Patrone & Michael Chapman

1992 - Angelo Obertello

1993 - Rob Graff

1994 - Janet Morrison

1995 - Dontrelle Willis

1996 - Jason Rivera
1997 - Matt Smith  

1998 - Sean Barber-Crane

1999 - Harrison Wilkes

2000 - Neal Hamilton

2001 - Jeff Croft

2002 - Blake Reno

2003 - Jordan Bally & Hannah Brassmassery

2004 - Stuart Kanady

2005 - Jon Lee Ramirez

2006 - Romero Spears & Eli Nemzer

2007 - Jordan Jarrell

2008 - Mike Copple

2009 - Garrett Langfeld & Wes Tolbert
2010 - Mark Venturini

 

Ty French Award
National League - Good Sportsmanship

14-15 Year-Old's "Ty French Award" (1976-2007) is presented each year to the National League player who has demonstrated exceptional good sportsmanship.

1976 - Jim Ogden
1977 - Kurt Cecconi
1978 - Marvin White
1979 - Randy Eugenio
1980 - Ron DiFabio
1981 - Mike Maritzen
1982 - Darryl Berlin
1983 - David Targett and Bob Ahtoong
1984 - Adam Kruse and Kevin Sato
1985 - Ryan Jensen
1986 - John Mason
1987 - Bill Foster
1988 - Ramon Smith
1989 - Ken Stonier
1990 - Chris Palmer
1991 - Erik Schuler
1992 - Mike Cristobal

1993 - Kyle Collins and Joe Churchward
1995 - Joe Vital & Kevin Ward
1996 - Ray Garza
1997 - Kip Nelson
1998 - Jeff Janvier
1999 - Mike Kanbergs
2000 - Brian Kline
2001 - Jeremy Lane
2002 - David Marmor
2003 - Jeff Croft
2004 - Andrew Freeman
2005 - Eric Miyashiro and Joe Missaggia
2006 - David Odza and Alex Serventi
2007 - Joe Norton

2008 - Richard Roque & Jo Jo Verduzco
2009 - Cameron Look & Scott Rude
2010 - Daryon Royster-Brown & Charlie Carlise

 

Georgia Swain Award
Team Sportsmanship Award

Voted on by the league's umpires and presented to the National League team that showed consistently good sportsmanship.

2000 - Alameda Auto Body A's (Tim Marr, Mgr)
2001 - Big O Tires Reds (Dave Stebbins, Mgr)
2002 - Big O Tires A's (Dave Stebbins, Mgr)
2003 - Good Chevrolet Mets (Clare Kruse, Mgr)

2004 - Rogers Trucking Tigers (Dennis DiFabio, Mgr)
2005 - Good Chevrolet Mets (Clare Kruse, Mgr)

2006 - Ballena Technologies A's (Joe Sherratt, Mgr)
2007 - Nat. Metal Fabricators Cards (Terry Laubach, Mgr)

2008 - Bakin Tree Service Pirates (Cody Nelson, Mgr)

2009 - Victor Republicano, Jr., CPA Mets (Clare Kruse, Mgr)
2010 - Alameda Babe Ruth A's (Joe Sherratt, Mgr)

 

Scholarship Awards
College Scholarship Awards

The award was made possible by generous donations, given to the Merchant program in memory of long-time Merchant team supporter, former Manager and Coach, Jim Bustos.

  • 1995 – Jeremy Castro

  • 1996 – John Byon, Jeremy Poss, Brian Patrone

  • 1997 – Matt Savage, Zac Hewitt

  • 1998 - DJ Kennedy

  • 1999 – Ryan Jones, Enrique Nevarez, Jeff Rosa, Dan Norton

  • 2000 – Sean McDonald, Jeff Sherratt, Peter Soskin, Will Thomas

  • 2001 – Dave Ballerini, Mike Kanbergs, Matt McBride, Conor Patterson

  • 2002 – Ryan Dole, Cameron Fuller, Adam Jones, Brian Kline,
    Nick Meyers, Jeff Soskin, Eric Sommerauer, Ryan Trujillo

  • 2003 – Matt Caselli, Chris Posadas, Noah Gallo, Mark Gillman,
    Peter McGuiness, Chad Freitas, Tom Sullivan, Nick Thomson

  • 2004 – Jordan Flores, Mike Gillman, Jeremy Lane, Sean Kennealy,
    Steve Emery, Seppi Henneman, Scott Dole, Dustin Chavez

  • 2005 – Andy Lawson, David Marmor, Graham Matthews,
    Dave McGuiness, Joseph Republicano, David Salas & Phil Taddei

  • 2006 – Jeff Croft, Devin Grigg, Zack Braband, Michael Republicano, Jesse Schmidt, Trevor Case, Jamie Bahr

  • 2007 -- Zack Boyd, Casey Henneman, Jim Klein, Ari Levine, Jeff  Murphy, Jeff Perri, Brian Peterson, Mike Senter, Sam Tucker, Paul Wada

  • 2008 -- Patrick Collin-Bride, John Dunn, Taylor Kees, Jason Miller,
    Casey O'Reilly, Jordan Pries, Alex Serventi, Will Sherratt  

  • 2009 -- AJ Atases, Will Boscacci, Bill Connacher, Dylan Flores, Calvin Fong, Dan Higuchi, 
    Brian Nelson, Daniel Pratt

  • 2010 -- Alex Altman, Cameron Braband, Adam Coggan, Matthew Laubach, Bryan Lee, Zac Oransky, Anthony Ratto, Dominic Ratto, Scott Rees and Matt Schopf

 

Volunteer of the Year Award
In Memory of Woody Dal Porto

1992 - Dan Patrone
1993 - Jacque Reynolds
1994 - Steve Yamasaki
1995 - Rick Lodge
1996 - Bill Dal Porto
1997 - Pat Bail
1998 - Diane Bustos
1999 - The Reynolds Family

2000 - Gary Nelson
2001 - Tim Marr

2002 - Clare Kruse
2003 - Jim Grigg
2004 - Tim Missaggia
2005 - Dave Boyd
2006 - Margaret Schullstrom
2007 - Geoff Kline

2008 - Mark Clement
2009 - Shelly Dunn
2010 - Bill Garvine