Audie Maratita, the men’s division regular season MVP, poses for a photo with Belau Amateur Softball Association officials at the Dandan baseball field on Sunday.
George David, the men’s division championship MVP, poses for a photo with Belau Amateur Softball Association officials at the Dandan baseball field on Sunday.
Bert Camacho, the women’s division championship MVP, poses with Belau Amateur Softball Association officials Byron Kaipat, Leo Bobai, Hector Efraim and John Tutii during the awards ceremony Sunday at the Dandan baseball field
PITCHERS George David of Tokahao and Bert Camacho of the Queens of Diamonds were named championship MVPs of the 2022 Budweiser Belau Amateur Softball League on Sunday at the Dandan baseball field.
David, whose team won the men’s division title, said he was “shocked” when his name was called. “It was very unexpected and I’m very excited. It was all teamwork and without them [my Tokahao team mates], I wouldn’t have received this award.”
He added, “We did pretty good throughout the season and, again, it was a team effort. We took it all the way to the championship but it could have been anybody’s game, really.”
In the women’s division, Bert Camacho was always a threat on the pitcher’s mound and deserved to win the MVP award, but she was happy and grateful to receive it nonetheless.
She also went home with one more title, the earned run average champion, with an ERA of 2.29 while Felisa Brel Teliu was named the strikeout champion with 40 strikeouts.
In the men’s division it was Joe “Openg” Celis who took the ERA title with 4.35 while Dominic Hideo was the strikeout champion with 44 strikeouts.
Other awards
In the men’s division, Audie Maratita was the batting champion with an average of .717; Jeff Cruz is the run scoring champion with 36; Tim Wesley is the doubles champion with 14; Lefty Shiro and Mike Tomokane are the triples champions with six each; Audie Maratita and Eric Palacios are the home run champions with 14 each; Eric Palacios is the RBI champion with 48; and Audie Maratita is the regular season MVP.
In the women’s division, Erica Tenorio is the batting champion with an average of .720; Emi Oiterong is the run scoring champion with 21; Kiana Camacho and Mardina Kaipat are the doubles champions with six each; and Kiana Aldan is the triples champion (3), home run champion (6), RBI champion (19) and regular season MVP.
Team SUFA and the Queens of Diamonds were handed the pennant champion award while Tokahao and Hotshots received the runner-up pennants. Asahi and Kosebakl also took the stage to receive the Sportsmanship Award.
