Seth Hooper of St. Adolphe was recognized as our province's 15U Player of the Year at the 2024 Baseball Manitoba Awards Banquet held Saturday night in Brandon.
Hooper had a .429 batting average with 33 runs batted in and stole 19 bases with the Carillon Sultans.
On the mound, he recorded 50 strikeouts over 47 innings and had a 1.04 ERA.
Hooper threw a no-hitter in the qualifier to clinch the Sultans spot in the Tier 1 Provincials and pitched a complete game with Team Manitoba at Nationals, allowing one run in a 2-1 victory over Newfoundland. This performance earned him the player of the game award.
2024 Baseball Manitoba Award winners
Challenger Player of the Year - Hayden Cecchini (Winnipeg)
13U Player of the Year - Donovan Dionne (Bonivital)
15U Player of the Year - Seth Hooper (St. Adolphe)
18U Player of the Year - Lucas Lyons (Elmwood)
14U Female Player of the Year - Josie Miller (Headingley)
16U Female Player of the Year - Ally Neufeld (Boissevain)
Senior Women’s Player of the Year - Jewell Thompson (MacGregor)
22U Player of the Year - Easton Grieve (St. James)
Senior AA Player of the Year - Logan Warkentin (Winnipeg)
Grassroots Coach of the Year - Derek Helgason (Elmwood)
High Performance Coach of the Year - Cody Benson (La Salle)
Grassroots Team of the Year - 15U AA St. James A’s Female
High Performance Team of the Year (Minor) - 18U AAA Elmwood Giants
High Performance Team of the Year (Major) - West Winnipeg A’s
Derrick Dubell Grassroots Umpire of the Year - Michael Carlberg (Winnipeg)
Ron Shewchuk High Performance Umpire of the Year - Ezekiel Fehr (Winnipeg)
Larry Nicholls Umpire Award of Merit - Miles Parr (Russell)
Volunteer of the Year - Dan Cox (Winnipeg)
Honour Society Inductees - Dale McKinnon (Deloraine), Tom Yandeau (Plumas), Nicole Madsen (Hamiota) & Pete Perreault (Russell)
Region of the Year - Red River Valley
Clayton Dreger asked Seth Hooper to reflect on the 2024 Baseball Manitoba Awards Banquet