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THE DAVE PFANNERSTILL AWARD

DAVE PFANNERSTILL WAS AN AMBASSADOR TO THE GAME. HE LIVED AND BREATHED SOFTBALL. HIS VISIONS ARE PART OF WHAT MAKES SEWSA ONE OF THE BEST SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION ANYWHERE. HE HELPED RECRUIT, TRAIN, EVALUATE UMPIRES, PROMOTE SOFTBALL AND MOST OF ALL HE WAS AN ADVOCATE FOR THE GAME. THIS AWARD IS PRESENTED TO UMPIRE THAT BEST REPRESENTS THESE CHARACTERISTICS AND REPRESENTS THE GAME WITH THE HIGHEST INTEGRITY. THIS IS ONE OF, IF NOT THE HIGHEST HONOR SEWSA CAN BESTOW ON AN UMPIRE.

Previous Winners

2019   Chris Bormann   

2020   Bob Good

2021   Dennis Mandel

2022   Allen Beranek       BIO

2023   Timothy Houk

2024   John Quinlan

2025   Mike Edic

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2025 Dave Pfannerstill

Award Recipient

Mike Edic

THE UMPIRE OF THE YEAR AWARD

THE UMPIRE OF THE YEAR AWARD IS GIVEN TO THE BEST UMPIRE FOR THE PREVIOUS YEAR, WHETHER IT BE TOURNAMENTS, LEAGUE, HIGH SCHOOL, OR TRAINING FUTURE UMPIRES. MUST BE AN ACTIVE UMPIRE DURING THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

Previous Winners

2019   Michael Steidl     BIO

2020   James Basinger

2021   Scott Warner

​2022   Chad Stigler        BIO

2023   Michael Thomas

2024   Corbin Dooley

2025   Brian Ingles

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2025 Umpire of the Year

Award Recipient

Brian Ingles

THE ROOKIE UMPIRE

OF THE YEAR AWARD

THE ROOKIE UMPIRE OF THE YEAR AWARD IS GIVEN TO THE UMPIRE WITH 1-4 YEARS EXPERIENCE THAT HAS SHOWN THE DESIRE AND COMMITTMENT TO BECOME AN EQUAL AMONGST THEIR PEERS. MUST BE AN ACTIVE UMPIRE DURING THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

Previous Winners

2020   Corri Morgan

2021   Al Weil             BIO

2022   Will LeBeau

2023   None

2024   Matt Repsa     BIO

2025   Mark Nelson   BIO

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2025 Rookie Umpire of the Year Award Recipient

Mark Nelson

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