Frontier League Post Season Award Winners Announced
September 1, 2013 - Frontier League (FL) News Release
Sauget, IL - The Frontier League announced its post-season awards on Sunday Sept. 1. Third baseman Jacob Tanis of the Florence Freedom and pitcher Scott Dunn of the Traverse City Beach Bums highlighted the 2013 post-season award winners. The Schaumburg Boomers took home the most awards of any other team including being named the Organization of the Year.
Tanis was voted the Morgan Burkhart Award winner as Most Valuable Player. Tanis is currently in his first season with the Freedom only joining them on May 8, 2013. He is leading the Frontier League with 72 RBI. Tanis was drafted in the 13th round of the 2011 MLB draft by the Oakland Athletics.
Scott Dunn of the Beach Bums won the Brian Tollberg Award as Pitcher of the Year. Dunn is currently leading the Frontier League with 15 victories and has only one loss on the season. Dunn has a 2.64 ERA in 119 innings pitched. He was also the starting pitcher in the Frontier League All-Star game in Washington, PA earlier this season. Dunn is in his fourth season with the Beach Bums.
Danny Canela was voted the Jason Simontacchi Award winner as Rookie of the Year. Canela joined the River City Rascals this spring after he finished playing with Lee University. He currently leads the Frontier League with a .370 batting average and has added 12 home runs and 51 RBI.
Jamie Bennett won the Rogers Hanners Award as Manager of the Year. Bennett has led the Schaumburg Boomers to a current 57-35 record and has clinched the 2013 West Division Title. Bennett was the hired as the inaugural manager for the Boomers franchise in October 2011.
Cannon Lester of the Southern Illinois Miners was selected as this year's winner of the Fran Riordan Award for Outstanding Citizenship.
Miners Field Manager Mike Pinto had this to say when asked about Lester, "In my 7 years in the Frontier League, Cannon is the single best young man of character that I have been associated with."
Lester is in his third season with the Miners and it will be his last as he is leaving the Frontier League and the game following the season to become a special education teacher."ÃÆ
The complete 2013 Post-Season All-Star Team and award winners are:
1B - Russell Moldenhauer, Lake Erie Crushers 2B - C.J. Beatty, Washington Wild Things 3B - Jacob Tanis, Florence Freedom SS - Patrick McKenna, Normal CornBelters OF - Jon Myers, Gateway Grizzlies OF - Nick Akins, Joliet Slammers OF - Daniel Bowman, Lake Erie Crushers C - Landon Hernandez, Gateway Grizzlies (also 2011 and 2012 selection) DH - Steve McQuail, Schaumburg Boomers SP - Scott Dunn, Traverse City Beach Bums RP - Eric Massingham, Evansville Otters
Morgan Burkhart Award (MVP) - Jacob Tanis, Florence Freedom Brian Tollberg Award (Pitcher of the Year) - Scott Dunn, Traverse City Beach Bums Jason Simontacchi Award (Rookie of the Year) - Danny Canela, River City Rascals Roger Hanners Award (Manager of the Year) - Jamie Bennett, Schaumburg Boomers Fran Riordan Award (Citizenship) - Cannon Lester, Southern Illinois Miners Bob Wolfe Award (Executive of the Year) - Joel Padfield, Evansville Otters
Coach of the Year - Boots Day, Evansville Otters Trainer of the Year - Geof Manzo, Gateway Grizzlies Groundskeeper of the Year - Mike VerSchave, Windy City ThunderBolts Newspaper of the Year - Observer-Reporter (Washington, PA) Writer of the Year - Chris Dugan, Observer-Reporter (Washington, PA) Broadcaster of the Year - Tim Calderwood, Schaumburg Boomers Clubbie of the Year - Matt Mooney, Southern Illinois Miners Organization of the Year - Schaumburg Boomers Umpire of the Year - Joe Harris
Voting for the post-season awards was done by general managers, coaching staffs, and local media in all of the Frontier League markets.
The Frontier League, in its 21st season is an independent minor league baseball organization consisting of 14 teams. The division series of the playoffs will begin on Saturday, September 7. More information can be found at www.frontierleague.com.
Frontier League Stories from September 1, 2013
- Evansville Narrowly Defeated in Series Finale against Schaumburg - Evansville Otters
- Grizzlies Win Second Straight Series; One Game Back in Wild Card - Gateway Grizzlies
- Freedom Hold off Late Rally and Sweep - Florence Y'alls
- ThundeBolts Take Series in Normal with 10-4 Win - Windy City ThunderBolts
- Aviators Drop Series Finale at Gateway 6-21 - Rockford Aviators
- Miners Lose to Rascals in Sunday Showdown - Southern Illinois Miners
- Boomers Secure Home Field with Road Sweep - Schaumburg Boomers
- CornBelters Drop Series Finale to ThunderBolts - Normal CornBelters
- Frontier League Awards Gateway Grizzlies 2014 All-Star Game - Gateway Grizzlies
- Crushers Sweep Greys - Lake Erie Crushers
- Beach Bums Walk off Joliet for Series Win - Joliet Slammers
- Beach Bums Stay in First with Gusrang's Walk-Off - Traverse City Beach Bums
- Washington Falls 7-5 in Valiant Comeback Effort on Sunday - Washington Wild Things
- Danny Canela Named Rookie of the Year - River City Rascals
- Cannon Lester and Matt Mooney Receive League Awards - Southern Illinois Miners
- Second Baseman CJ Beatty Selected to 2013 Frontier League Post-Season All-Star Squad - Washington Wild Things
- Freedom's Tanis Named League's MVP - Florence Y'alls
- Otters Receive Three Frontier League Postseason Awards - Evansville Otters
- Hernandez, Myers and Manzo Honored by Frontier League - Gateway Grizzlies
- Frontier League Post Season Award Winners Announced - FL
- Grizzlies Fall to Aviators - Gateway Grizzlies
- Aviators Tame Grizzlies 8-1 on Road - Rockford Aviators
- Hamilton Powers Freedom to Victory - Florence Y'alls
- Joliet No-Hits Traverse City - Joliet Slammers
- Otters Drop Series Finale against Schaumburg - Evansville Otters
- Slammers Use Six Pitchers To No-Hit Beach Bums - Traverse City Beach Bums
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