Woman of the Year Award
Mary Gallo, Staten Island, NY
Susan R. Hall, Lynchburg, VA

Man of the Year Awards
Mark Mills, White House Dugout Club
Michael Burton, Daytona Beach, FL
Anthony “Tony” Gorvet, Struthers, OH
Vincent “Vin” DiLauro, New Haven, CT

John Benedict Sports Journalism Award
Ted Allen, Lynchburg, VA

NABF Award of Merit
Irvin “Frosty” Brown, Troy, OH

Ronald E. McMinn Award
William “Bill” Ball, Orlando, FL

2008 EVENT APPRECIATION AWARDS
1. White House Dugout Club as host of 2008 NABF Fifteen & under Classics Championship Series, Mark Mills
2. City of Southaven as host of the 2008 NABF Classics Championship Series, Scotty Baker
3. City of Springboro as host of the 2008 NABF Fourteen & under Classics Championship Series, Jerry Salyers
4. Northville Baseball / Softball Association as hosts of the 2008 NABF Junior Division National Championship Series, David Jerome
5. Virginia Amateur Baseball / NABF as host of the 2008 NABF High School Division National Championship Series, G.R. Wiley
6. Mississippi NABF as host of the 2008 NABF Senior Division National Championship Series, Derek J. Topik
7. The City of Toledo Recreation Department and Toledo Amateur Baseball Federation as host of the 2008 NABF College Division National Championship Series, Shawn Sobel
8. Derby City Baseball, Inc. as host of the 2008 NABF Major Division National Championship Series, Greg Reddington
9. Orlando Baseball League as host of the 2008 94th Annual Meeting of the National Amateur Baseball Federation November 7, 2008, Tom Trotta

 

2008 Individual Recognition Awards

Woman of the Year Awards

Susan R. Hall
Susan has worked with G.R. Wiley and the Virginia Amateur Baseball / NABF for almost three years. She is one of the key Sophomore Division Administrators and manages the Virginia NABF website. This past summer Susan was involved in the administration of the 2008 NABF High School World Series helping the Championship Tournament be a success with 32 teams from the United States and Canada. Susan is the proud mother of three and has one granddaughter.

Mary Gallo
Mary has been affiliated with amateur baseball for over 30 years and with the NABF for about 20 years. Mary became involved in baseball when her oldest son was 6, teaching him the game of baseball and did the same with her other two boys, and has been involved ever since. For the past 12 years, she has worked the NABF franchise, Brooklyn Baseball League and handles all NABF responsibilities. Mary says, she enjoys being able to give it all my attention.

Man of the Year Awards

Mark Mills
Originally from Indiana, Mark Mills graduated from Western High School in Kokomo, Indiana in 1992. After high school, Mark attended Indian River Community College where he played two years for Mike Easom. In 1993, the Pioneers attended the junior college world series in Grand Junctions, Colorado. After graduating from Indian River, he attended Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tennessee. In 1995, he was voted to the first team Academic All- American team and third base for the first national runner-up team of 1995. In his final year at Cumberland, he played for the third place team of 1996. In 1997, he coached for Woody Hunt and the Bulldogs while he finished up his undergraduate courses. Mark now resides in Portland, Tennessee and teaches mat at White House High School in White House, Tennessee. Mark has taught at White House High School since 1997 and become the head baseball coach there in 2001. In 2000, he was the assistant coach on the AA state championship team. He is married to Andrea Mills and has two girls, Hannah and Marlee.

Michael Burton
After his playing career was over, Michael Burton took a front office job in the Houston Astros organization, the former Assistant General Manager and Dayton Beach native founded the Daytona Beach Baseball program in 1982, during that same year Michael was asked to handle the comeback of former Astros star pitcher, JR Richard.
During his career Michael has served as a Head Coach at both the college and high school levels, conducted try-out camps for Major League teams, served as a consultant to major league baseball organization along with cities seeking major league spring training in Florida.
Michael was a two time National Amateur Coach of the Year. He won three National Championships in 1992, 1994, and 2001. In 1989 he lead the first ever USA team to play in the Soviet Union, selected as Head Coach for the 1999 Goodwill Games in China and has coached three first round picks, second rounder, third rounder and 25 other draft picks.

Anthony “Tony” Gorvet
Tony Gorvet has spent the last 31 years coaching and running various youth baseball organizations and tournament in the Youngstown, Ohio area. He married the former Janet Samuel and has two children, Marc 18 years old and Marissa, 14 years old. He has spent the last 25 years as a member of the Youngstown Class B League serving as president of the league for the past 10 years. Tony was selected Man of the Year by the Youngstown Class B League for all the time and effort he put into making the league a well respected league. He will still serve on the board of the Youngstown Class B League as the President Emeritus in 2009, because much of his attention has shifted to coaching his daughter Marissa in softball. Currently, Tony is a Road Supervisor with the Mahoning County Engineers as well as the Head Baseball Coach at Chaney High School. In the summer, he will manage the Rondinelli Tuxedo 18 and under team in the Youngstown Class B League.

Vincent “Vin” DiLauro
Vincent “Vin” DiLauro is a life long committed man to amateur baseball for the last fifty years. Vin started with the West Haven Connecticut Twilight League as a youth playing for three years, starting back in 1958. A few years later Vin became a team sponsor, and has since served as a league director, vice president and current president. Back in 1990 under Vin’s leadership, the West Haven Twilight League formed a close association with the NABF. In 2006, Vin was named a NABF director. He helps oversee fifty regional and eight national annual championships. Vin has been a life long resident of West Haven, Connecticut area. He was a board member and president of the Auto Body Association of Connecticut from 1968 to 1980, and presently serves as chairman of the Political Action Committee of the state’s professional towing association. Vin runs and supervises family-owned automotive company that is celebrating eighty years in business this year. Vin now lives in New Haven with his wife, Mary Ellen. They are the proud parents of three daughters, two son-in-laws and the grandparents of Brennan and Spencer.

 

John Benedict Sports Journalism Award

Ted Allen
After graduating 1990 from the University of Virginia, where he worked for four years on The Cavalier Daily, Ted Allen, currently a high school sports writer for The News & Advance in Lynchburg, VA, began his career in sports journalism at The Maryland Independent in Waldorf, MD, in 1991. He served as sports editor for The Recorder in Prince Fredrick, MD from 1994 to 1996 and The Fauquier Time-Democrat in Warrenton, VA from 1996 to 1998 before taking on copy editor positions for The Potomac News in Woodbridge, VA, and The Daily Progress in Charlottesville, VA, through 2000. He started out in that capacity at The News & Advance in September of that year before shifting back to reporting on prep sports in the fall of 2002. During transition after leaving jobs at The Recorder (1996) and Potomac News (1999), Allen cycled across the United States with Wheel Power Christian Cyclists, from San Francisco in 1996 and Seattle in 1999 to Yorktown Beach, VA, meeting his future wife, April, on the second trip. They married in September, 2000, and now live in Forest, VA, with daughters Ashton and Taytum.

NABF Award of Merit

Irvin “Frosty” Brown
Coach Brown has been coaching baseball for 38 years. Frosty played for the nationally ranked Western Michigan Broncos in the mid ‘60’s and later served as graduate assistant at Eastern Kentucky University. After leaving EKU, Frosty was employed by Bethel High School where he coached baseball for 28 years and served as Athletic Director of 16 years. He was honored in 1992 as Southwest Ohio Athletic Director of the Year and was a finalist for Ohio Athletic Director of the Year. Coach Brown was named Dayton Area Coach of the Year, five times. In 1998, he was selected Ohio Coach of the Year by the Ohio High School Baseball Coaches Association. That same year, he was also selected Ohio Amateur Coach of the Year by USA Baseball. In 1999, he and his wife, Connie, were chosen “Man and Woman of the Year” by the National Amateur Baseball Federation. In 2000, he was installed in the inaugural class of the Bethel High School Athletic Hall of Fame. In 2003, the American Amateur Baseball Congress chose Frosty Brown as the “National Midwest Region Coach of the Year”. Frosty was inducted in the Miami Valley Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame, in March of 2006. Coach Brown’s high school teams have won 16 league titles, 24 sectional championships and earned two trips to the state finals. His 618 High School victories rank him 7th all time in Ohio High School Baseball. Coach Frosty Brown has also been the head coach of Troy Post 43 Baseball of 37 years. His Troy Post 43 team has won 1348 games and earned numerous trips, to state and national level tournaments. He has a combined record of 1966 – 965 over 38 years. His proudest accomplishments are the over 300 former players who have gone on to compete at the college level. And 41 former players have signed professional contracts, and 2 made it to the majors. In the summer, he runs the Troy Baseball School for the Troy City Recreation Department. Each autumn, his Frosty Brown Fall Hitting League involves over 250 boys and girls throughout the Dayton area. In 2006, Frosty Brown retired from Bethel High School with 35 years of service. He and his wife, Connie, have 3 children and 5 grandsons. Frosty plans to continue coaching, traveling and spending time with his family.

Ronald E. McMinn Award

William “Bill” Ball
Bill started his baseball career as a pitcher playing Independent Baseball in Virginia in the 1960’s. Moving to Florida in the late 1970’s, and in the early 1980’s he helped start The South Orange Little League in Orlando, FL and served as President for 8 years. In 1993 became Assistant Coach of the Cypress Creek High School Baseball team in Orlando, where his two sons played ball, also, one of them still holds most of the pitching records of the school. Then in 1996 Bill helped start the Orlando Baseball League, which is affiliated with the NABF. Bill has been and continues to be an extremely successful team manager of The Orlando Royals with over 300 wins and several players making it to the pros. Bill has given over 40 wonderful years to amateur baseball and twelve years have been with the NABF.

2008 Graduate of the Year

Galvin Floyd, Major League Baseball’s Chicago White Sox
Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Galvin Floyd has been chosen as the 2008 National Amateur Baseball Federation Graduate of the Year. As of September 14, 2008 Floyd had a record of 15-7 with a 3.77 ERA and 125 strikeouts. Floyd started the 2008 season with 14 quality starts and a 6-1 record. Floyd was born in Annapolis, Maryland and played in the NABF in the Baltimore Metro League.
Galvin Floyd made his Major League debut playing for the Philadelphia Phillies on September 3, 2004, against division rival New York Mets, earning a win pitching seven innings string out five and allowing only one run and four hits. Floyd was picked up by the Chicago White Sox on December 6, 2006.

IMPORTANT DEADLINES (For Franchise Member Organizations)

Nov 1 through May 15 of Current Year	Franchise membership fees due $150 (league associations) Tournament fees due: $300 Regional Play $400 Direct to World Series Penalty fee $25 after May 15th (May 15th deadline for franchise and tournament fees, see Article II, Sections 2B and 4 of Rule Book) Leagues having 8 or more Teams in ANY age group may send a second team to a tournament for $400.00.
June 1	Registration of your league and teams due (Rule 6.09) A copy of your current year league playing schedule due (Rule 6.13). See Team Registration form.
July 1	Player certification list due (Rule 4.02) for eligibility of players full names per each team from each league must be submitted by July 1, or not less than 15 days prior to the report date for the assigned Regional or World Series site. (Review all rules under sections 3.00, 4.00, 5.00 and 6.00) See Individual Team Certification for Eligibility form.
July 20	Application for reinstatement of players to amateur status deadline. (Rule 5.01 and 5.04) Review all rules under section 5.00. See Application for Reinstatement of Players form.
Required for participation in NABF	Liability insurance, all teams participating in NABF Regional or National Championship events are required to have one million dollars ($1,000,000) liability insurance coverage. NABF must be named as the additional insured under all policies (Rule 6.08). You may contact Frazier Insurance Agency at (804) 754-7610 for NABF approved insurance coverage.
Required for all teams taking park in NABF post season tournaments	Purchase NABF logo patches prior to participation at NABF events (Rule 9.04). Purchase logo patches from Carolina Emblem at (800) 221-1439 or go to Baseball Warehouse.

Please use this reminder as a guide during the current season. If you have questions, please contact your respective age division director or NABF national office. Answers to questions pertaining to eligibility of players and teams are covered in your NABF Rule Book and special instructional publications provided by NABF. Do not penalize your league and teams by failing to comply with your NABF rules. Thanks and have a great season. NABF OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

 

NEW RULE CHANGES

New Rule Books will be available not later than February. NABF Rule Books are provided to each franchise member association upon renewal of their annual membership. Please review your rule book prior to participation in NABF National Tournament events.

Changes in your Constitution and Tournament Rules were accepted by the franchise member delegates taking parting in the Annual Meeting of the National Amateur Baseball Federation, Inc. (NABF).

1. 9.05 (C). Wooden Bats, Wood Composite or Laminated Wood Bats (no metal) must be used in all Major, College, Senior, High School, and Junior (16 and under age) Division Tournaments Bats. Now includes the Junior (16 & under) Age Division.
NOTE: Metal bats may be used in NABF Classics events. See NABF Rule 9.05 (A) Metal Bats.

2. 4.03 Team or Player Registered in More Than One Age Division League. An association may not register a team or player in more than one (1) age division with the following exceptions: In a combination age league having both High School Division teams and Senior Division teams as described under Rule 1.04 and/or College Division teams and Major Division teams as described under Rule 1.03 playing in the same NABF sanctioned league. Player(s) registered in such a sanctioned league will be permitted to participate in either NABF division tournament(s) on team(s) representing their league only, certified under Rules 4.02 and 6.09 without restriction or penalty under Rules 3.12, 4.08 and 4.09; provided, however, that all other NABF rules are met, including age requirements.

The reason for the above amendments: Provide more flexibility to those teams taking part in combined age group leagues.

HELPFUL TOURNAMENT INFORMATION

Below you will find helpful information for administering your NABF associate league in preparation for our post-season tournament competition.

Playing Schedule. Our playing schedule dates by age group is located on our web site at www.nabf.com (also see attached).

Forms Available on NABF Web Site. The required league/team registration forms are available on our web site, www.nabf.com. Simply locate the required form, type in the information required, click the print indicator, sign the form and mail with required fees to NABF, PO Box 705, Bowie, MD 20718. In addition, we will mail forms upon request.

Penalty Fee. Leagues that failed to send their respective teams to an assigned tourney site must pay a penalty fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00).

New Rule Books are issued to member organizations upon receipt of their renewal membership and tourney fees. (New rule books should be available by February of the current season.)

Review Rule Books. All franchised member organizations are reminded to review the rules and packet information with team managers prior to their departure for the assigned NABF tourney. All members are reminded to review their NABF rule book and tournament information packets well in advance of the report dates of the assigned national tournament event. See rule 2.10 Franchise Member Responsibilities.

Insurance. NABF recommended team insurance is available through Frazier Insurance of Richmond, Virginia. Liability and excess accident insurance is mandatory if participating in any NABF event. NABF insurance is underwritten by “A” rated or above insurance underwriters. Phone (804) 754-7610, email forms@frazierinsurance.com or visit the web site at www.frazierinsurance.com.

Tournament Sites. Assignments for league and tournament information packets with a rule book will be mailed to the NABF members’ respective office or designated officer between June 15 and July 20th of the current season.

Have a great season and enjoy each day of baseball competition. Questions? Contact your respective NABF age division director.