2012 Hot Stove League Dinner Program

The 5th Annual Greater Charlotte Hot Stove League Dinner was held on Saturday, January 28th at Charlotte Catholic High School. A sold out crowd of over 600 guests attended the event to celebrate the success of youth baseball and softball in the Greater Charlotte community.  The evening began with a social hour and silent auction.  Hickory Tavern presented an excellent dinner before the baseball and softball awards were presented.   The record breaking crowd provided great support to all the finalists and  award winners.  

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2012  AWARD WINNERS

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR: COREY SEAGER

HIGH SCHOOL PITCHER OF THE YEAR: TRENT THORNTON         

BASEBALL “GAMER” OF THE YEAR:  MICHAEL PATRICK

HIGH SCHOOL TEAM OF THE YEAR:    MARVIN RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL

YORK COUNTY PLAYER OF THE YEAR: KYLE WHITMAN

BASEBALL SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: COLIN WALLS

YOUTH BASEBALL TEAM OF THE YEAR : WCWAA 11U ALL STAR TEAM & MARA 12U ALL STAR TEAM

YOUTH PLAYER OF THE YEAR:   MAX WOTELL

NATIONS BASEBALL 12U & UP TEAM OF THE YEAR:  CAROLINA SLAMMERS

NATIONS BASEBALL 11U & UNDER TEAM OF THE YEAR:  MOORESVILLE LEGENDS

HIGH SCHOOL COACH OF THE YEAR:   MIKE HENNESSEY

HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR: LEXI DAVIS

YOUTH SOFTBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR: BROOKE MCCURRY

SOFTBALL SCHOLAR ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: MELANIE RUNKLE

SOFTBALL “GAMER” OF THE YEAR: EMILY USIAK

SPIRIT OF THE GAME AWARD:   LLY YEAGER

HISTORY OF THE GREATER CHARLOTTE HOT STOVE LEAGUE DINNER AWARDS

High School Baseball Player of the Year 
2008 Richie Shaffer 
2009 Tyler Tewell 
2010 Brian Holberton 
2011 Brett Austin 

High School Softball Player of the Year
2008 Constance Orr
2009 Kalie Lang
2010 Jen Rosene
2011 Sarah Mooney

Youth Baseball Player of the Year 
2008 Chase Arnold
2009 Nick Salisbury 
2010 Daniel Calabretta
2011 Ryder Ryan

Youth Softball Player of the Year
2008 Erin Kayton
2009 Elena Covert
2010 Peyton Jordan
2011 Katie Williford

Scholar-Athlete of the Year 
2009 Steven Hummell l
2010 Alex Baker & Grant Fisher 
2011 Justin Hammond (Baseball)
            Caitlin Kurtz (Softball)

High School Team of the Year
2009 Ardrey Kell High Schoo
2010 Charlotte Christian
2011 Charlotte Catholic

Comeback Player of the Year
2010 Ben Boykin
2011 Michael Russell

High School Pitcher of the Year
2010 Ryan Butler
2011 Peter Hendel

York County Player of the Year
2009 Seth Neely
2010 Brad Zebidis

Youth Team of the Year
2010 Community House Middle School
2011 South Park Youth Assoc. All Stars

Lou Presutti Award
2010 Mike Shildt
2011 Garry Hill

Contributions to Youth Award
2011 Zan Copeland

Nations Baseball Team of the Year 
2011 Concord Diamond Dawgs

Nations Baseball Umpire of the Year
2011 David Bottonfield