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Corteva Agrosciences (DuPont Pioneer) Coach of the Year Program

- April 8th, 2016 

The Johnston Little League Board is proud to present a new program to our league this season. We have put together an annual Coach of the Year Award,but to make it work we need your help!

We can all agree that our volunteer managers and assistant coaches all put in a lot of hours and hard work. As a board we wanted to have a way to recognize these volunteers that go above and beyond that help make JLL great. To do this we need your help as parents and fellow coaches! We will have two winners of Coach of the Year every season; one from T-ball through 10’s and another from Major through Senior divisions. Winners will receive an award as well as have their name on a plaque displayed at the JLL fields.

How the process will work:
- Any official manager or assistant coach is eligible
- Parents,coaches, or anyone involved with JLL can nominate a coach to be considered for Coach of the Year
- Nominations can be submitted by a short email essay to [email protected] Please include what age group and team your nominee coaches
- Candidates will be judged on the following criteria: Little League spirit, sportsmanship, positive influence on players, development of talent, etc.
- A subcommittee of board members will review all nominations blindly, and then present finalist to the board for a vote for our winners.- All nominations must be in by June 15th.
Thank you for being a part of JLL! If you have a special coach you would like to have recognized, now you can thank him/her!

Travis Burleson
JLL Coaching Coordinator

2021 CORTEVA AGROSCIENCES COACHES OF THE YEAR

                                                                                                                 




Pictured left to right:  Brian Spanhut; Eric Chamberland JLL Co-President; Chad Gilroy; Travis Burleson, JLL Coaching Coordinator

Johnston Little League would like to congratulate our Corteva Agriscience Coach of the Year Award winners for 2021...Brian Spanhut of the Coach Pitch Mets and Chad Gilroy of the AAA Pirates. They were presented their awards Sunday, November 14th at the monthly JLL board meeting at Doc's Lounge in Johnston. Both Brian and Chad will have their names added to the Coach of the Year board on the concession stand!


Thank you to all that sent in a nomination and to ALL of our volunteer coaches!

2019 CORTEVA AGROSCIENCES COACHES OF THE YEAR

2018 Johnston Little League Coaches of the Year.Travis Burleson, JLL Coaching Coordinator; Stuart Ruddy; Howard Kenney; Eric Gude, JLL President

Pictured left to right:  Chris Andrews, JLL President;  Pete Deacon; Bruce Boettger; Travis Burleson, JLL Coaching Coordinator

Johnston Little League would like to congratulate our Corteva Agriscience Coach of the Year Award winners for 2019...Pete Deacon of the AA Cardinals and Bruce Boettger of the AAA Cardinals. They were presented their awards Sunday, November 10th at the monthly JLL board meeting at The Elks in Clive. Both Pete and Bruce will have their names added to the Coach of the Year board on the concession stand!

Thank you to all that sent in a nomination and to ALL of our volunteer coaches!

2018 Dupont Pioneer Coaches of the Year

2018 Johnston Little League Coaches of the Year.Travis Burleson, JLL Coaching Coordinator; Stuart Ruddy; Howard Kenney; Eric Gude, JLL President

Pictured left to right: Travis Burleson, JLL Coaching Coordinator; Stuart Ruddy; Howard Kenney; Eric Gude, JLL President

Johnston Little League is proud to announce that the winners of our 2018 DuPont Pioneer Coach of the Year awards are..... Howard Kenney of the 8u Royals and Stuart Ruddy of the Major Royals!  We had close to 30 nominations and the decision was a tough one. In the end these two coaches stood out the most!  We thank all of our volunteer coaches and congrats to Howard and Stuart! 

You are invited to come to see them get their awards on Sunday, Oct 14th at 630 PM at the Elks Lodge in Clive. Their names will also be put on our Coach of the Year board on the concession stand!

2017 DUPONT PIONEER COACHES OF THE YEAR

2017 Johnston Little League Coaches of the Year. Pictured left to right: Travis Burleson, JLL Coaching Coordinator; Derek Lord; Cullen Hawes; Dan Thorpe, Dupont-Pioneer

Pictured left to right: Travis Burleson, JLL Coaching Coordinator; Derek Lord; Cullen Hawes; Dan Thorpe, Dupont-Pioneer

The JLL Board is proud to announce that we have two winners of our annual DuPont Pioneer Coach of the Year award! This year's winners are Derek Lord of the 8u Yankees and Cullen Hawes of the Majors Dbacks! We had a lot of great coaches nominated this year. The nominations for these coaches were multiple and in very high praise!

We love and appreciate all of our volunteer coaches! Little League does not happen without all of you that coach our kids! Thank you to all of you!

2016 DuPont Pioneer Coaches of the Year

2018 Johnston Little League Coaches of the Year.  Pictured left to right: Travis Burleson, JLL Coaching Coordinator;<br> Duane Pineda; Dan Boes; Mark Avaux, JLL PresidentPictured left to right: Travis Burleson, JLL Coaching Coordinator;
Duane Pineda; Dan Boes; Mark Avaux, JLL President


We are proud to announce the 2016 winners of our 1st annual Coach of the Year award! The winners are Dan Boes from the 10 year olds and Duane Pineda of the Majors division! Great job to both of these great coaches. They are what all little league coaches should be! They were nominated by parents and then voted on by the board.

Next year we hope to have even more nominations of all the great coaches our league is blessed to have!

Have a great off season and mark your calendars to get signed up for 2017 in January!

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