Baseball Announces Team Awards
June 12, 2000
Los Angeles, Calif. - The UCLA baseball team held its end of the season banquet Sunday evening, in which team awards were presented to the players by the Bruin coaching staff.
Junior left-fielder Bill Scott led the pack, earning the Big Stick Award (batter of the year) and the first annual Arthur E. Reichle Memorial Award for outstanding athletic and academic participation, as well as good citizenship. Scott received the award from Reichle's son Richard in an emotional presentation. Reichle, who coached the Bruin baseball team for 30 years, passed away on May 23.
Here is a complete list of those Bruins presented with awards:
Most Outstanding Student Award
1st year - Mike Kunes
2nd year - Brian Baron
3rd year - Chad Cislak
4th year - Eric Reece
Captains Award
Chad Cislak
Bill Scott
Chase Utley
Big Stick Award
Bill Scott
Comeback Player of the Year
Rob Henkel
Forrest Johnson
10th Player Club Award
Aldo Pinto
Pitcher of the Year
Josh Karp
Jon Brandt
Most Inspirational Award
The A-Team (the Bruin reserves)
Coaches Award
Chase Utley
Arthur E. Reichle Memorial Award
Bill Scott