Baseball

     The Aitkin Gobbler baseball team held their final get-together of the season and passed out awards for the season. Here's a list of the winners in C-Squad, JV and Varsity.

C-Squad

Offensive Player of the Year- Levi Paulbeck

Defensive Player of the Year-Karson Hasskamp

Pitcher of the Year-Aiden Flanagan

Coaches Award-Tolo May

Most Improved Player-Tyce Jorgensen

JV

Offensive Player of the Year-Owen Spolarich

Defensive Player of the Year-Andy Hanson

Pitcher of the Year-Andy Hanson

Coaches Award-Owen Foday

Most Improved Player-Noah Farrell

Varsity

Rookie of the Year-Bo Sanford

Most Improved Player-Noah Janzen

Coaches Award-Karson Hopperstad

Gamechanger Award-Jake McGuire

"Hoover" Award-Jack Setzer

Mr. Clutch-John Pelarski

Utility Player-Nolan Dotzler

Role Player-Quitin Christy

Batting Average Leader-Cole Trotter-.455

Runs Batted In Leader-Cole Trotter-22

"Charlie Hustle" Award-Braxton Huse

Cy Young Award-Jake McGuire-1.95 ERA and Drew Paulbeck-2.04 ERA

Bullpen Pitcher of the Year-Brandon Kunz-1.80 ERA

Team Player of the Year-Jack Jacobson

Most Valuable Player-Drew Paulbeck, Jake McGuire and John Pelarski

#1 Fan of the Year-Scottie Johnson

      Great River Conference selections were Drew Paulbeck, John Pelarski, Jake McGuire, Cole Trotter and Nolan Dotzler. Noah Janzen was named Honorable Mention. Selected All-Section were Drew Paulbeck, Jake McGuire and Cole Trotter. 

      Team Academic Awards were also announced.

Those with G.P.A. 3.75 or above were Jake McGuire, Tyler Boyd, Kyler Rikala, Karson Hasskamp, Noelon Jones, Levi Paulbeck, Garrett Trotter, Cole Trotter, Drew Paulbeck, Noah Farrell, Tolo May and Bo Sanford. Those with a G.P.A. from 3.5-3.74 were Tyce Jorgensen, Andy Hanson, Karson Hopperstad, John Pelarski and Ty Burgstaler. Those with a G.P.A. from 3.0-3.4 were Quintin Christy, Dane Powers, Aiden Flanagan, Nolan Dotzler, Cooper Genz, Eli McNevin, Brandon Kunz and Jakob Bollum.

      "The Aitkin Baseball Program will promote that winning at the game of life is more important than winning on the field. We will be committed to help boys become men, to be leaders with integrity, to be responsible for themselves and their actions, and to represent themselves, their school and their community with pride and to help influence the world for good."

(All photos by Jen Ehnstrom)