The Frank Grisanti Athlete of the Week recipients for the week April 23, 2018 are as follows...

7/8 Coach Pitch Division: Cooper Liddell - Yankees

Coaches Comments: Cooper has played catcher every inning this season.  He loves it.  He has worked extremely hard.  He scored his first run of the season last game.  He never complains.  He answers yes sir to every instruction. Four times this week, he gave encouragement to kids on the other team.  Twice I heard him say, “Good hit” to a kid who hit a hard foul ball.  The other times he was comforting kids who struck out.  I could not think of a more deserving young man.

9/10 Division:  Sutton Alley - Angels

Coaches Comments:  Sutton has shown great willingness to play multiple positions and do what his coaches ask of him.  He showed composure and confidence in his first time to pitch in a game.  Sutton always gives good effort and his pitching performance was no different this past week. Sutton is a coachable kid that listens to instructions and wants to improve. He is a great leader and role model for our team.

11/12 Division: Will Chandler - Dbacks

Coaches Comments: Will maintains a positive attitude at all times even if we are facing any adversity on the field.  He does not get down and moves on to the next play.  He never questions where he plays and always encourages his teammates.  As one of the 11 year olds on the team, he displays a lot of maturity for his age.  Lastly, I am fairly certain he gets his dad to work with him outside of practice so he can be a better player.

13/14 Division: Thomas Miller - Cubs

Coaches Comments: In our only game this week, Thomas went 2-2 as our leadoff hitter. He also got beaned by a 60mph fastball. He scored 3 of our 4 runs. He also made 2 phenomenal plays as 1B. However, most impressive was his willingness to volunteer for our team's Friday concessions duty. He showed great initiative in setting up the grill and serving as grill master for over 2 hours.