Well with the great help of some fellow baseball moms (mostly Tanya Kimball) we pulled off a great baseball banquet. Thank heavens I was Pom & Cheer Booster President for 3 years so I had an idea of what to do. Thank heavens Tanya is such a great decorator that we could make the place look so darling even though I am sure no one cared but us! It was a great night to celebrate Eli and all of his accomplishments! He was a scholar athlete, got a ring for the JV being the conference champs and going undefeated, earned his JV certificate, earned his Varisty certicate and lettered for Varsity this year! He earned "Offensive Player of the Year" for JV, got his home run ball and walked out with quite the stash! He was always their lead off batter and probably would have had most hits on his team had it not been for his dang concussion that took him out for a game and then his next game he was quite rusty. Coach Thompson said his favorite moment of the whole year was the moment he earned the offensive player of the year award. The very first game of the season and the very first pitch of the season - Eli crushed it for a homerun! He said in all his years he has never seen that before and would most likely never see that again! Coach Thompson is a great coach for Eli. He is ALWAYS helping him become a better hitter, knows what to do to fix his hitting and Coach Tony has been a phenomal pitching coach - he has taught him how to throw all sorts of pitches and Eli's pitching is growing so much! Because of his pitching, that's why he was able to letter in Varisty - he would go up there and pitch every once in a while when they needed him. He would also pitch for JV and played 1st base. Eli was frustated being placed on JV this year but it was the best thing for him. He grew so much and so did his confidence! He is really taking his sport to the next level and wanting him for himself! We are so proud of him!
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