07/30/23 KiKi Cuyler Award - Michigan American Legion Baseball Tournament MVP

07/30/23 KiKi Cuyler Award - Michigan American Legion Baseball Tournament MVP

2023 KiKi Cuyler Award: Tanner Sonntag - Midland/MI Berryhill Post 165 / Bay City John Glenn HS - Class AA Tournament MVP

Many of you may wonder where the Ki Ki Cuyler Award originated. Hazen Shirley Cuyler, better known as Ki Ki Cuyler, was born in Harrisville, Michigan in 1898. An outstanding outfield in his day, Ki Ki spent 15 years in the National league compiling a .321 lifetime batting average. Ki Ki passed away in 1950 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Ki Ki was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1968. This award was created in 1929 to honor Ki Ki for his professional baseball career as an outstanding outfielder and hitter in the National League. Each year the Department of Michigan recognizes the player considered most valuable to his team in the Michigan American Legion State Tournament.

Recepients 1929 - 2023 -

Year - Player - Post, City

1929 Jack Crow Benton Harbor #105, Benton Harbor

1930 Mike Tresh Pittenger Post #119, Detroit

1931 Steve Glazo Bay City #18, Bay City

1932 Austin Weimer Battle Creek Post #54, Battle Creek

1933 Jack Cross Battle Creek Post #54, Battle Creek

1934 Joe Przybycki Pittenger Post #119, Detroit

1935 Norm Snyder Kalamazoo Post #36, Kalamzoo

1936 H. Plopan Great Lakes Steel Post #272, Ecorse

1937 Harold Newhauser Roose Vanker Post #286, Detroit

1938 Bob Harvey A.C. of Flint Post #366, Flint

1939 Neil Berry Beaudry Post #126, Detroit

1940 Henry Karwas Richard F. Smith Post #29, Jackson

1941 John Bednorski Fisher Post #342, Flint

1942 Dick Dieter Roose Vanker Post #286, Detroit

1943 Emery Hresko Red Arrow Post #151, Flint

1944 David Abramson Beaudry Post #126, Detroit

1945 Robert Brake Rosedale Post #390, Detroit

1946 Bill Snyder Haan Red Arrow Post #151, Flint

1947 Tom Fitzpatrick Westnedge Post #36, Kalamazoo

1948 Allan Suler Westedge Post #36, Kalamazoo

1949 Bob Crane Oakley Traynor Post #64, Flint

1950 Falco Campana Beaudry Post #126, Detroit

1951 Jim Collard Fisher Body Post #342, Flint

1952 Jim Vukovich Fisher Body Post #342, Flint

1953 Patrick Cvengros Ironwood Post #5, Ironwood

1954 Leonard Lubanski Ternstedt Post #166, Detroit

1955 David Paul Medler Theatrical Post #371, Detroit

1956 Milton Pappas Internal Revenue Post #561, Detroit

1957 Lawrence Cutright Internal Revenue Post #561, Detroit

1958 Henry Townsend Harding‐Oak‐Craidge Post #8, Bay City

1959 Vernon L. Hoon Berryhill Post#165, Midland

1960 Walter D. Szczepanski Harding‐Oak‐Craidge Post #8, Bay City

1961 Mervin Rettenmund Buick Liberty Motor Post #310, Flint

1962 Richard Hopp East Detroit Post #261, Detroit

1963 Douglas Nelson William C. Stark Post #97, Adrian

1964 Rick Konik Thomas A. Edison Post # 187, Detroit

1965 Rick Konik Thomas A. Edison Post # 187, Detroit

1966 Thomas Allen William C. Stark Post #97, Adrian

1967 Richard O. Lange Berryhill Post #165, Midland

1968 James Schall Owen Barrett Post #110, Mt. Pleasant

1969 Frank R. Ballard, Jr. Chief Pontiac Post #377, Pontiac

1970 Jack Randall Berryhill Post # 165, Midland

1971 David Lewis Owen Barrett Post #110, Mt. Pleasant

1972 Gary Frazee Harold J. Chatell Post #426, Trenton

1973 James Dieters Homer Wing Post #172, Rochester

1974 David Chapman Judge John Faust Post #113, Detroit

1975 Kevin Martinez Chief Pontiac Post #377, Pontiac

1976 William Crews Garden City Post #396, Garden City

1977 David Pagel Robert Meachen Post #325, Blissfield

1978 Gene Vacca Allen Park Post #409, Allen Park

1979 Fred Ambs Robert Meachen Post #325, Blissfield

1980 Dan Witners St. Joseph Post #163, St. Joseph

1981 Christopher A. Seychel Allen Park Post #409, Allen Park

1982 Chris Malesev Allen Park Post #409, Allen Park

1983 Michael Brandt Thresh Varga‐Fall Post #383, Rosebush

1984 Jeffrey T. Servinski Berryhill Post # 165, Midland

1985 Brett D. Hanson Berryhill Post #165, Midland

1986 Steve Avery Taylor Post #200, Taylor

1987 Louis Williams St. Joseph Post # 163, St. Joseph

1988 Alex Gagin George W. Danuk #330, Ferndale

1989 Erik Danapilis St. Joseph Post # 163, St. Joseph

1990 Coby Gamer Berryhill Post # 165, Midland

1991 Daniel C. Lock G Chandler Bond Post #275, Adrian

1992 Darren A. Miner Post #22 & 439, Saginaw

1993 Brian L. Marquardt St. Joseph Post # 163, S t. Joseph

1994 Daniel C. Clow Post #3, Sault Ste. Marie

1995 Neil Faccio Berryhill Post # 165, Midland

1996 Todd Harsell Post #204, Three Oaks

1997 Charles Vaughn Berryhill Post # 165, Midland

1998 Nicholas Smith Post #374, Berkley

1999 David Cerda Fort Dearborn Post #364, Dearborn

2000 Christopher Cohoon Berryhill Post #165, Midland

2001 Brent Coudron G. Chandler Bond Post #275, Adrian

2002 Brian Mitzel Berryhill Post #165, Midland

2003 Eric Rose Robert Meachen Post #325, Blissfield

2004 Kenneth Hoffman Berryhill Post #165, Midland

2005 Cody Allen Berryhill Post #165, Midland

2006 Josh Peterson Berryhill Post #165, Midland

2007 Tim Duffy Robert Meachen Post #325, Blissfield

2008 Matt Skiriving Berryhill Post #165, Midland

2009 Jordan Dean Berryhill Post #165, Midland

2010 Shayne Shroyer Ida Post #514, Ida

2011 Colton Loomis Berryhill Post #165, Midland

2012 Phil Carey Adrian Post #275, Adrian

2013 Adam Fitzgibbon Berryhill Post #165, Midland

2014 Adam Fitzgibbon Berryhill Post #165, Midland

2015 Derek Clyde Berryhill Post #165, Midland

2016 Brady Wood Bay City Post #18, Bay City

2017 Martin Money Berryhill Post 165, Midland

2018 Tyler Davis Berryhill Post 165, Midland

2019 Carson Longstreth Berryhill Post 165, Midland

2020 no season

2021 Avian Riveria Berryhill Post 165, Midland

2022 Braylen Laverty Berryhill Post 165, Midland

2023 Tanner Sonntag Berryhill Post 165, Midland

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