
The Southern Connecticut Diamond Club, Inc. will honor 30 area high school baseball players at its annual awards banquet on Sunday, June 9, at Monticello’s Restaurant in Meriden.
Each player will be presented with the John “Whitey” Piurek “There’s No ‘I’ In Team” Award. Named for the longtime West Haven High coach, the honor is awarded to the member of each team who gives most unselfishly to his program.
In addition to the Piurek awards, the club will present the Samuel Burrell Jr. Coach of the Year award to Mike Lussier of Cheshire High School. Also, the George Klivak Team of the Year will be presented to Cheshire High School. Both awards are voted on by the area coaches and members of the SCDC.
For further information about the SCDC go to www.southernctdiamondclub.org. For tickets, which are $30 per person, contact Rose Mentone at rmentone@comcast.net. Hors d’oeuvres start at 5:30 p.m.; dinner at 6:30 p.m.
The school’s awardees are:
Amity Regional – LOGAN CORRIS
Ansonia – JOHN PICHECO
Branford – ANTHONY BURZYNSKI
Canterbury School – GREG MCKENNA
Cheshire – PATRICK MURPHY
Derby – ALEX HICKEY
East Haven – GIRO ESPOSITO
Fairfield Prep – ANDREW CHAGLASIAN
Foran – JACK GREENSPAN
Guilford – JACK STRAND
Hamden Hall – JAIME WALKER
Hamden High – JULIAN VIVENZIO
Hand – JAKE SALUTARI
Hill Career Regional – XAVIER BURGOS
Hillhouse – HOWARD JONES
Hopkins – JORDAN SHAND
J. Law – VINNY SCHULTE
Morgan – AJ FRITZ
North Branford – NICK MANCINI
North Haven – BEN SBABO
Notre Dame – AUSTIN ORMROD
Platt – PEYTON THIEL
Platt Tech – JAGGER ART
Sheehan – EVAN WILKINSON
Shelton – HUDSON MEYER
Southington – BRENDAN KAVANAGH
Westbrook – TAVISH ERNST
West Haven – DEREK BAKER
Wilbur Cross – ANDREW MARRERO
Xavier – JOHN LASKO