MSBL Lifetime Achievement
2024 MSBL Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient: Gary Bowman, League President, Utah Adult Amateur Baseball League
By Steve LaMontia, Director of Communications Gary Bowman is a quiet guy. He lets his actions take the forefront and is quick to deflect any individual accolades. He is probably…
2024 MSBL Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient: Jim Tygrett-DeNuzzi, Sacramento MSBL
By Steve LaMontia, Director of Communications By definition, the meaning of a lifetime achievement award is to recognize contributions over the whole of a career, rather than or in addition…
2023 MSBL Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient: Don DeCordova, Tri-Valley MSBL and Redwood Empire Baseball League
By Steve LaMontia, Director of Communications Don DeCordova has had a lifetime of baseball while playing his league ball in the Tri-Valley MSBL and the Redwood Empire Baseball League in…
2022 MSBL Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient: Joe Banasik, Houston Hardball League
By Steve LaMontia, Director of Communications Joe Banasik started playing baseball in Houston in 1993 while in his mid-20s. Fast forward 30 years and the 54-year-old Banasik is now running…
2018 MSBL Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient: Vic Puglisi
By Steve LaMontia, Director of Communication Vic Puglisi is that guy who is flying around the Tempe Diablo Stadium concourse while keeping the annual MSBL Trade Show and Barbecue on…
2017 Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient: Mike Lucas, Austin Metro Baseball League
Michael Lucas joined the Austin Metro Baseball League in 1991 and managed several teams over the years, ascended to the presidency of the 28-and-over Austin Division from 1996 to 1999…
2016 MSBL Lifetime Achievement: Tom Evans Krause, John Linden
Tom Evans Krause, Puget Sound Senior Baseball League Tom Evans Krause is the president of the Puget Sound Senior Baseball League, located in the Seattle-Tacoma area, and has been honored…
2015 MSBL Lifetime Achievement: Rick Cantor, Tony Collins, John Reel
Rick Cantor is a member of the 2011 MSBL National Hall of Fame and is the league president of the Redwood Empire MSBL, located in Santa Rosa, California. Tony Collins…
2014 MSBL Lifetime Achievement: Duane Cordrey
Duane Cordrey, a 2010 National Hall of Fame inductee and 2015 Co-National Man of the Year is the past president of the Chesapeake MSBL. Since taking over the reins as…
2013 MSBL Lifetime Achievement: Lou McAnany, John Silingo, Mike Lucas, Max Reising
Lou McAnany and John Silingo are counterparts in the Arizona MSBL, dating back to 1998. Mike Lucas is a member of every award category MSBL has to offer, including Man…
2012 MSBL Lifetime Achievement: Larry Lombardi, Lanny Ropke, Roger Stanley
Larry Lombardi is the president of the Washington, DC MSBL, a post he has held since 1989. He is also a member of the MSBL National Hall of Fame. Lanny…
2011 MSBL Lifetime Achievement: Doug Johnson, Jim Durham, Mike Zamba,
Doug Johnson is the president of the North County MSBL located in San Diego, a post he has held for over 2o years. Jim Durham is the past president of…
2009 MSBL Lifetime Achievement: Dan Piro
Dan Piro was the past president of the Southern California MSBL and was an MSBL National Hall of Fame recipient. He was publisher of the original MSBL Hardball Magazine from…
2007 MSBL Lifetime Achievement: John DeBenedictis, Mike Juliano
John DeBenedictis was an MSBL member since 1989 and the president and founder of the Tri-State MSBL, a post he held since 1998 and until his death in 2015. He…
2004 MSBL Lifetime Achievement: Tom Prendergast, Steve Rosenburg, Dennis Swartout
Tom Prendergast is the league president of the Kansas City MSBL and the current MSBL World Series tournament director. Steve Rosenburg was president of the Atlanta MSBL from 1992 until…
2001 MSBL Lifetime Achievement: Val Lewis
Val Lewis was the first president of the Sacramento MSBL and has played on 15 MSBL World Series championship teams. In 1998 Val founded the popular Father/Son format now so…
