Greater Charlotte Hot Stove League Finalists Announced

We are proud to present all the finalists for this years awards. Remember, no one gets them all right, we did our best to research nominations and select the very best of the over 350 nominations we received. Ticket sales are way ahead of pace, and we expect a sellout crowd of 500 people. Don't wait too long, tickets at www.hotstovedinner.com

AWARD FINALISTS NAMED FOR 3RD ANNUAL
GREATER CHARLOTTE HOT STOVE LEAGUE DINNER

Excitement is building for the 3rd Annual Greater Charlotte Hot Stove League Awards Dinner. This first class night to celebrate the growth of
youthbaseball and softball is set for January 23rd inside the 50,000 square foot Carolinas Baseball Center facility.

UNC Tar Heels Head Coach MikeFox is set to address over 500 guests on this special evening. In addition to Coach Fox, Peace College Head Softball Coach Charlie Dobbins will be on hand, along with over a dozen current major and minor league baseball players.

Twelve youth baseball and softball awards will be presented to some of the top student-athletes in the Greater Charlotte area. Please join us in
congratulating these award finalists, chosen from a group of over 350 nominated players and teams.

Greater Charlotte Baseball Player of the Year
Ty Linton, Charlotte Christian
Brian Holberton, Myers Park
Jack Reinheimer, Ardrey Kell
Tyler Lewis, Lake Norman
Leighton Daniels, East Mecklenburg


Greater Charlotte Softball Player of the Year
Jen Rosene, Ardrey Kell
Sarah Mooney, North Mecklenburg
Chelsea Ingersoll, Butler
Kelly Braman, Hopewell
Nicole Helms, Forest Hills

Scholar Athlete of the Year Award
Alex Baker, Ardrey Kell
Justin Hammond, Hopewell
Devan McCurry, Nations Ford
Grant Fisher, Myers Park
Caitlin Kurtz, Marvin Ridge

High School Team of the Year
Lake Norman High School Baseball
Charlotte Christian High School Baseball
Ardrey Kell High School Baseball
Northwestern (SC) High School Baseball


Youth Baseball Player of the Year
Foster Machicote
Daniel Callabaretta
Jeremy Schellhorn
John Styers

Youth Softball Player of the Year
Taylor Kitchen
Jordan Lugibihl
Carrie Eberle
Ashley Baker
Peyton Jordan


High School Pitcher of the Year
Ryan Mas, Butler
William Frazier, Country Day
Ryan Butler, Ardrey Kell
Olen Little, East Mecklenburg
Scotty Williams, Lake Norman


Travel Team of the Year
Lady Blues Softball
Carolina Cardinals Softball (Chandler)
Lake Norman Wildcats baseball
Stealth Eagles Baseball


Youth Team of the Year
Americans Baseball Team
Coul-Oak All-Stars Baseball Team
Community House Middle School Baseball Team
South Park 11U All-Stars


Comeback Player of the Year
Megan Martin
Ben Boykin
Trevor Hovis


York (SC) Player of the Year
Jesse Brewer
Brad Zebidis
Josh Greene
Alex Tomasovich



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I wish all the nominees good luck on a terrific night. Curious to why the Blaze softball team that won the NSA is not included. Good luck to everyone and look forward to a great evening celebrating baseball and softball in the area.

 

They were selected as a finalist and chose to decline the nomination. First time we have had that happen. We hated to see it as we were really looking forward to honoring all these special young ladies for their accomplishments. I have gotten to know many of them over the years and have featured them in my paper quite often. Incredible group of girls, would have been a very strong candidate to win the Youth Team of the Year Award in my view.

They have an engagement in Myrtle Beach the next weekend and felt like they needed to direct their attention and finances to that event instead.

No worries, the show goes on and we have some very excited finalists that we can't wait to honor in front of over 500 guests that night. All the finalists are treated first class, they get to participate in a huge autograph session right beside major league baseball players and our special baseball and softball guests. It's a night they won't forget for a long time. We have added some new categories this year to ensure we honor all areas of baseball and softball. We also added a Comeback Player of the Year award and have three incredible finalists for that one, all with great stories to tell


I have the honor of serving as MC and looking out across the crowd at all of the pride the parents and kids have for the awards. It's neat!

If you have never been, come on out, I promise you its the most special night of the year for youth baseball and softball


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Wow, turned down event. Too bad the parents passed on this. Hate to see them snub this event as you don't always get recognized as a team.

 

THE 12U CHARLOTTE BLAZE BLACK IS VERY HONORED!!

The Blaze girls and coaches are very honored to have been nominated for The Greater Charlotte Travel Team of the Year.

As mentioned by SouthCharlotteSports, we are unable to attend the dinner as the team will be traveling the following weekend to Myrtle Beach to participate in the NSA Hall of Fame weekend, where they will be recognized as World Series Champions.

We had accepted the NSA invitation to attend that event prior to being aware that the team was nominated for the Hot Stove Award, and the expense of attending both of these events is too much for our families in these tough economic times.

Again, we are very honored by the nomination and thank those involved for that honor. We also wish to offer our congratulations to all of the nominees in each of the categories. We know how hard each and every one of these players, parents, siblings, etc. have worked to help these kids reach this level. Every one of them is a winner!