Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Coy awarded the Eshelman, promotions, other banquet tidbits

By Gary Coy
Secretary

The NBUA held its annual banquet and golf tournament on Saturday October 3 at Mill Creek Golf and Country Club.  It was a first class facility and everyone had an incredible evening.  Earlier in the day the eight foursomes had a beautiful day for golf at the Country Club with the team of Scott Guhlke, Kim Stover, Curt McGuire, and Andre Kaluna taking home the trophy (Assignors Cup as they now seem to be calling it).  This year we had a guest speaker, our very own Mike Muchlinski, who spoke to us about passion, commitment, and excellence.  It was an exciting evening with a packed crowd in the banquet room. Here are the awards that were presented that evening:

George Eshelman Award (Umpire of the Year):
Gary Coy

Jack Miller Award (Customer of the Year)
Pete Wilkinson

Distinguished Service Award:
Mike Muchlinski
Marc Forsythe (presented to him earlier in July prior to his departure to Oklahoma)

Rookie of the Year:
Ron Beal

Assignor Awards:
 A tier: Bobby Leon
 B tier: Scott Guhlke
 C tier: Ben Jones

Iron Man Award:
Al Alquist
Bob Link

There were also tier promotions announced as well, and they are:

Promoted to the B Tier
Ron Beal
Paul Garifalon
Eric Jensen
Steve Johnson
Ben Jones
Brian Sweet

Promoted to the A Tier
Scott Guhlke
John Leeper

Promoted to College (Alternate)
Bobby Leon