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RiverDogs to Be Recognized with Several League Awards

September 3, 2009 - South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Charleston RiverDogs News Release


CHARLESTON, SC -- South Atlantic League President Eric Krupa has announced the recipients of 2009 South Atlantic League Outstanding Achievement Awards with the RiverDogs being recognized with several citations. All 16 teams, along with the umpires, participated in the voting for the awards.

The RiverDogs were selected to be the inaugural recipients of the Excellence in Marketing Award and Harold Craw was named the league's recipient of the Community Relations Director of the Year Award.

Previously, head groundskeeper Mike Williams was announced as the Sports Turf Manager of the Year while his field at Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park was named the recipient of the SAL's Best Playing Field Award.

The awards will be presented on October 14, 2009 at the SAL Fall Meetings at the Hyatt Regency in Lexington, Ky.

"It is gratifying to see the RiverDogs' front office recognized for their collective hard work, and I'm especially happy that Harold Craw is being honored for his community relations work," said RiverDogs General Manager Dave Echols. "Harold has done a fantastic job in our community, and it is wonderful for him to get the recognition he deserves.

"Further, we're also proud of our front office team being recognized for our work in marketing as we continually try to encompass fun with our responsibilities and it shows," Echols added. "We're proud of our accomplishments but we also know we wouldn't be where we are without our loyal fans. We can't thank them enough."

By winning the SAL's Excellence in Marketing Award, the RiverDogs are automatically nominated for Larry MacPhail Promotional Trophy, which is awarded annually by Minor League Baseball to the team with the most outstanding promotional effort. The award's recipient is announced during baseball's winter meetings.

In other league awards, the Lakewood BlueClaws are the recipient of the Club Merit Award, which is awarded for outstanding overall club operations. Geoff Brown of the BlueClaws was named by his peers as the General Manager of the Year while Katie Dannemiller of the Greensboro Grasshoppers was selected as the Female Executive of the Year.

The Media Relations Director of the Year is Eric Jarinko of the Greenville Drive while Joel Pagliaro of the Hagerstown Suns was selected as the Sales Executive of the Year. Aaron Scott of the Delmarva Shorebirds has been selected as the Trainer of the Year by his peers in the Professional Baseball Athletic Trainers Society (PBATS) and Jeremy Woody from the Asheville Tourists was selected as the Bat Person of the Year. Jeff Morris from the Asheville Tourists was selected as the inaugural winner of the Visiting Clubhouse Manager of the Year Award.

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