Bill Swift 100% Award
From 1980 forward, two pages of the Diamond Bar Girls Fastpitch Softball yearbook will be used to list the name of the winners of the "Bill Swift 100% Award". This award will be presented in the name of a man who taught many of us to appreciate and to use his ideals on and off the field. Bill worked with the youth of this community for many years. His rapport with young people is legendary. He could communicate with children of all ages and always made himself available to us. He was, however, always too busy to accept awards! His award was to see a player develop the attributes he taught.
The "Team Player of the Year" award will be presented on Closing Day to the player who best exemplifies the ideals taught by Bill Swift.
They are:
Nomination and Selection
Each team will nominate one player who best demonstrates these attributes, regardless of ability. Ability will not be a consideration in selecting recipients.
A perpetual plaque with the name of those selected each year will be displayed at the Peterson Park Snack Bar. A separate plaque will be given to each recipient0.
We'd like each of the managers, coaches, and parents in the league to study the list of Bill Swift's ideals. Bill will be greatly missed by those of us who played with him, knew him, or were fortunate enough to call him friend. The finest thing we can do in honor of him is to try to continue teaching his ideals.
Recipients
2008 Michelle Vega
2007 Cassandra Valizan
2006 Chelsea Busby
2005 Cammie Finch
2004 Sammie Zeeman
2003 Jayna Gavieres
2002 Ashley Hyde
2001 Alyssa Maurry
2000 Christy Castro
1999 Martina Vigil
1998 Melissa Ayala
1997 Becky Roark
1996 Sarah Shepard
1996 Meredith Grosso
1996 Jennifer Hipolito
1995 Sara Api
1994 Vicki Esposito
1993 Jennifer Cohn
1992 Joanie Wilson
1991 Lori Case
1990 Annie Wilson
1989 Michele Morgan
1988 Kysa Washington
1987 Bernice Alvarez
1986 Diana Salsa
1985 Denise Reda
1984 Paulette Woolfe
1983 Bridget Flaherty
1982 Linda Moore
1981 Alana Johnson
1980 Karen Mc Gookin
Congratulations to all of our winners past and present!
The "Team Player of the Year" award will be presented on Closing Day to the player who best exemplifies the ideals taught by Bill Swift.
They are:
- ATTITUDE
- CONGENIALITY
- DEDICATION
- DEPENDABILITY
- DESIRE
- DETERMINATION
- EFFORT
- HUSTLE
- INTEGRITY
- SPORTSMANSHIP
- TEAM PLAY
Nomination and Selection
Each team will nominate one player who best demonstrates these attributes, regardless of ability. Ability will not be a consideration in selecting recipients.
A perpetual plaque with the name of those selected each year will be displayed at the Peterson Park Snack Bar. A separate plaque will be given to each recipient0.
We'd like each of the managers, coaches, and parents in the league to study the list of Bill Swift's ideals. Bill will be greatly missed by those of us who played with him, knew him, or were fortunate enough to call him friend. The finest thing we can do in honor of him is to try to continue teaching his ideals.
Recipients
2008 Michelle Vega
2007 Cassandra Valizan
2006 Chelsea Busby
2005 Cammie Finch
2004 Sammie Zeeman
2003 Jayna Gavieres
2002 Ashley Hyde
2001 Alyssa Maurry
2000 Christy Castro
1999 Martina Vigil
1998 Melissa Ayala
1997 Becky Roark
1996 Sarah Shepard
1996 Meredith Grosso
1996 Jennifer Hipolito
1995 Sara Api
1994 Vicki Esposito
1993 Jennifer Cohn
1992 Joanie Wilson
1991 Lori Case
1990 Annie Wilson
1989 Michele Morgan
1988 Kysa Washington
1987 Bernice Alvarez
1986 Diana Salsa
1985 Denise Reda
1984 Paulette Woolfe
1983 Bridget Flaherty
1982 Linda Moore
1981 Alana Johnson
1980 Karen Mc Gookin
Congratulations to all of our winners past and present!
