The Wild Boars held its final end of year get together in November to announce the final winners of the team awards.

Max Anderson ran away with Hitting Title Batting  .525 at the end of the year and never falling below .500 unfortunately Max will be returning to his home in Minnesota and will not be back with the team next season. Good Luck Max in all you do.

Doug Adkins Took over this years Gold Glove Award,  Doug Played Center field. His hard work and dedication and strong arm cut down runners trying to advance and earned him a trip to the league All Star game, Doug was also on the list  for MVP award and Doug will receive his choice of any custom glove made to his specified order and   personalized to his specification.  Doug replaced Grant Mink who was the 2015 Gold Glove Winner and we are pleased to announce Doug will be returning in 2017.

Top Pitcher Award goes to Travis Knight, He replaces Dexter Poole was the 2015 winner. Travis won 2 games this season and with a No Hitter against the Stars and a shutout through 6 complete innings against last years League Champions The Rangers. Travis did rely on his main competition for the award Brandon Lucas who came in for the save. Travis amassed 52 strikeouts and 2 complete games. We will have Travis back on the mound next season.

The 2016 Rookie of the Year award went to Brandon Lucas, Brandon also took Top Draft Pick Award from the MVABL Brandon led all full time Boars rookie contenders by hitting .383. On the Mound Brandon won 2 games and had 1 save and managed 57 strike outs with a 6.19 era Brandon was the work horse this year on the pitchers mound and we hope to add to the pitching rotation with free agency and draft picks, Brandon replaced Tyler Klepach who won last years ROY award. We look forward to Brandon returning in 2017 and being a vital part of the Boars pitching rotation. Brandon will awarded a Team Jacket and sponsors will cover his 2017 league fees congratulations Brandon.

Most Valuable Players nominees for 2016 were Brandon Lucas, Doug Adkins, Travis Knight, Zach Carroll, Casey Smith and Meade Tabata, Our 2015 MVP winner was Travis Knight.  The 2016 Most Valuable Player award went to Casey Smith, Casey in his second season improved on his hitting and was in a tightly contested hitting  battle, to the last week of the season with Max Anderson. Casey hit .462 and was recognized as being one of the most improved players by the MVABL Coaches in 2016 Casey in the field made plays look tougher than they were with his dynamic sports diving ability. We congratulate Casey Smith who will pick up the Team Jacket for 2016 and sponsors will cover his fees as we look forward to his leadership on the field in 2017.

Our final award is a coaches award and goes to the player who plays through adversity and pains and still gives it his all he leaves it all on the field and has nothing left in his tank but still goes out and plays the game at his best. Last years Iron Man award winner was Justin Walden and this year he replaced with an even tougher candidate Zach Carroll, Zach joined are team late through the season but brought a leadership veteran presence and then things clicked we started winning. Zach even through most of the season was bothered by back injury he still gave it his all winning 2 games on the mound. Zach's leadership was evident from the beginning and he never stopped he hit .417 and was usually on base with a double. he also drove in runs and was instrumental in the come from behind win against the Stars and the Royals both games he pitched the team on to victory Congratulations Zach Carroll 2016 Iron Man Player of the Boars