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2023 NOMINEES

Aidan Cotter

The Wiffle®Ball Championship

2010: Dark Ducks

2011: The Show

2013: The Future

2014-16, 2020-23: Mechanics

2017: White Lightning

2018: New Carlisle Newts

 

  • 2018 Champion of Wiffle®Ball (2 Hometown Cup Finals appearances)

 

ORWBL

2016-17, 19: Olive Township Mechanics

2018: South Bend Muffs

2020-2023: New Carlisle Newts

 

  • 2017 National League MVP

  • 2-time National League Manager of the Year

  • 6 All-Star Selections

 

Alex Friedman

The Wiffle®Ball Championship

2011-18, 21-23: Maple City Magic

2019: Maple City Magic OG

2020: Maple City Purple

 

  • 2021 Champion of Wiffle®Ball (7 Hometown Cup Finals appearances)

 

ORWBL (Commissioner 2016-Present)

2011-2023: Maple City Magic

 

  • 4 World Series Championships (7 appearances)

  • 6-time American League Manager of the Year

  • 10 All-Star Selections

 

Tony Koch

The Wiffle®Ball Championship

2008: Team Infuego

2009-10: Rated RBI

2011: Wills Township Federalists

2012-13: Yhung Dipset

2016-17: Jet City Junkballers

2018-19: Son of a Pitch

2020: Billy Goats

2021: County Line Kings

2022: Maple City Purple

2023: Maple City Lime

 

  • 2010 Hometown Cup Finals

 

ORWBL

2010-13: Wills Township Federalists

2016-17: Jet City Junkballers

2018: Granger Panthers

2022: Twin Branch Billy Goats

2023: Maple City Magic

 

  • 3 World Series appearances

  • 2011 National League MVP, 2017 American League MVP

  • 2011 National League Cy Young

  • 5 All-Star Selections

  • Single season record for hits (202)

 

Jared Jonkman

The Wiffle®Ball Championship

2016: Maple City Magic of St. Louis

2017-23: Maple City Magic

 

  • 2-time Champion of Wiffle®Ball

  • 6- time Home Run Derby Champion

 

ORWBL

2017-2023: Maple City Magic

 

  • 4-time World Series Champion (5 appearances)

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Jake Lawrence

The Wiffle®Ball Championship

2007: Cornhole

2008: Wet Bandits

2012-14, 2016-20, 22: Emery's Army

2015: New Carlisle Newts

2021: The Muffs

 

  • 2015 Runners-Up (2 Hometown Cup Finals Appearances)

 

ORWBL

2011-15, 17-18, 20: Rolling Prairie Emery's Army

2016: New Carlisle Newts

2019: Saugany Lake Landsharks

2021-22: Twin Branch Billy Goats

 

  • 2016 World Series Champion

  • 2015 National League Cy Young

  • 2011 National League Rookie of the Year

  • 7 All-Star Selections

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Marc Lindsey

The Wiffle®Ball Championship

2007: Team Ramrod

2008-2010, 12: New Carlisle Newts

 

  • 2008 Champion of Wiffle®Ball

 

ORWBL

2007: Banana Slugs

2008-12: New Carlisle Newts

 

  • 2008 National League MVP

  • 2009 ORWBL Cy Young

  • 4 All-Star Selections

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Andy Sieradzki

The Wiffle®Ball Championship

2011, 14-18, 19-21: Clutch Players

2012: Brokebat Mountain

2018: Granger Panthers

2022: Woo Crew

 

  • 5 Hometown Cup Finals (2018 and 2014 Finalist)

  • 2015 Home Run Derby Champion

 

ORWBL

2018: Granger Panthers

2020-22: Great Lakes Godfathers

 

  • 2018 National League Champion

  • 2021 National League MVP

  • 3 All-Star Selections

 

Griffin Smith

The Wiffle®Ball Championship

2014-2022: Granger Panthers

 

  • 2-time Champion of Wiffle®Ball (4 Hometown Cup Finals appearances)

 

ORWBL

2017-2022: Granger Panthers

 

  • 2021 World Series Champion (3 appearances)

  • 4 National League Cy Youngs

  • 6 All-Star Selections (2017 Home Run Derby Champion)

  • Single Season record for pitching wins (25)

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Sam Zucker

The Wiffle®Ball Championship

2007: Shockers

2010: Where My Pitches At?

2018: 'Dactyls

2020-21: C-Team

2022: New Carlisle Newts

 

  • 2010 Champion of Wiffle®Ball (2 Hometown Cup Finals appearances)

 

ORWBL

2007: New Carlisle Newts

2008-2010: Bourissa Hills Pterodactyls

2016-2017: Galena Marsh Dabbers/Taco Punchers

2018: Lynn Street Leprechauns

 

  • 2009 World Series Champion

  • 1 All-Star Selection

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