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2006 Awards
2006 SEASON AWARDS
League Champion: Silver Spring-Takoma T-Bolts
Regular Season Champion: Bethesda Big Train
Co-Most Valuable Player: Matt Long, OF, Bethesda Big Train (Santa Clara) and Charlie Lenhard, OF, Silver Spring-Takoma T-Bolts (Akron)
Most Outstanding Pitcher: Hunter Harris, Youse's Orioles (Texas)
All-Star Game MVP: Justin McClanahan, 1B, Youse's Orioles (Louisville)
Home Run Derby Champion: Chris Nann, 1B, College Park Bombers (Northern Kentucky)
League Championship Series Co-MVPs: Charlie Lenhard, OF, Silver Spring-Takoma T-Bolts (Akron) and Matt Petersen, Silver Spring-Takoma T-Bolts (Salisbury)
All-League Team:
C – Vin DiFazio (Orioles/Alabama)
1B – Chris Nann (Bombers/Northern Kentucky)
2B – Brian Conley (Orioles/Towson)
3B – Justin McClanahan (Orioles/Louisville)
SS – Matt Bodenchuk (Bombers/Mesa State)
OF – Matt Long (Big Train/Santa Clara)
OF – Charlie Lenhard (T-Bolts/Akron)
OF – Luke Adkins (Big Train/Mississippi State)
OF – Ivor Hodgson (Express/Mount St. Mary's)
DH – Preston Pehrson (Big Train/Towson)
SP – Hunter Harris (Orioles/Texas)
SP – Ryan Huston (Express/Cal Poly)
SP – Evan Frederickson (Big Train/San Francisco)
RP – Chris Cullen (Big Train/Michigan State)
Players of the Week
Week 1: Jimmy Dishmey-Perez (Redbirds/Morris (NJ) CC)
Week 2: Preston Pehrson (Big Train/Towson)
Week 3: Ryan Rhoden (Orioles/Alabama)
Week 4: Luke Adkins (Big Train/Mississippi State)
Week 5: Justin McClanahan (Orioles/Louisville)
Week 6: Quentin Cate (Express/Wright State)
Week 7: Josh Dietz (Big Train/Bowling Green State)
Pitchers of the Week
Week 1: Billy Gross (Express/West Virginia)
Week 2: Clint Kuhl (Redbirds/Wilmington College)
Week 3: Daniel Cropper (Orioles/UNC-Wilmington)
Week 4: Mike Schurz (Redbirds/Iowa)
Week 5: Hunter Harris (Orioles/Texas)
Week 6: Jim Britton (Bombers/St. Bonaventure)
Week 7: Matt Wickswat (Big Train/Santa Clara)
Baseball America's Top Ripken League Prospects of 2006
1. Neil Ramirez, rhp, Youse's Orioles (Kempsville High, Virginia Beach, Va.)
2. Mitch Harris, rhp, Youse's Orioles (Navy)
3. Evan Frederickson, lhp, Bethesda Big Train (San Francisco)
4. Hunter Harris, rhp, Youse's Orioles (Texas)
5. Vinny DiFazio, c, Youse's Orioles (Alabama)
6. Eddie Bach, lhp, Youse's Orioles (UMBC)
7. Neal Davis, lhp, Youse's Orioles (Virginia)
8. Preston Pehrson, c, Bethesda Big Train (Towson)
9. Ivor Hodgson, of, Rockville Express (Mount St. Mary's)
10. Jim Britton, rhp, College Park Bombers (St. Bonaventure)