JACKSONVILLE – Sumiton Christian's Yancey Younger gained the Alabama Sports activities Writers Affiliation's annual Jimmy Smothers Braveness Award on Sunday.
Recognized with a tumor behind his coronary heart final yr, Younger remained a part of Sumiton Christian's Class 1A championship baseball group.
He went by means of chemotherapy, together with a session the week of the state semifinals, and took 16 drugs a day throughout the playoffs.
He performed in simply 14 video games and made 33 plate appearances this season, however his remaining out was memorable. In Sumiton's championship-clinching victory, Younger was 3-for-4 with three RBIs.
Younger was introduced because the Braveness Award winner on the annual Alabama Sports activities Writers Affiliation conference Sunday at Jacksonville State College.
The Smothers Award is called after the late Jimmy Smothers, longtime sports activities editor of the Gadsden Occasions, and is given to a highschool athlete who has overcome adversity to play a serious function of their sport.
The winners of the Mr. Baseball and Miss Softball. Daphne's Vic Moten and Bob Jones' Braden Sales space after profitable the highest state softball and baseball awards.
Sales space was named Mr. Baseball and Moten was named Miss Softball, the Alabama Sports activities Writers Affiliation introduced Sunday at its annual conference.
