Season in Review; Award Winners; Looking Forward

CGBCNN presents their annual NGBABL End of Season awards.  After weeks of campaigning, the candidates were informed of the results late last night.  A private awards banquet is planned for tonight at the home of the GM and will feature live music, the presentation of the awards and a stand up comedy routine by Benji Hutson.  "I need something to fall back on if I don't win the MVP award" he said last week in an interview.  Hutson, along with Josh Harbert and Jon Goforth are up for the MVP award.  Other awards include Sixth Man, Defensive Player and Front Office.  Amber Mathis, wife of guard Donny Ray Mathis II, said "I was unable to attend the games this year due to having my first child, but Randy Pifer deserves the front office award!  Through his efforts, I felt like I did not miss a second of the action!" Lauren Trammel, Rachel Wyatt and Zack Blount are all hoping to steal that award from him.

Sixth Man of the Year front runner, Michael Moon, when asked about his feelings going into the presentation ceremony said, "It's exciting.  We worked so hard to get our record to 5-7.  It is just validation for the long season!"  When asked how he would react if he lost he responded by saying, "I'll break stuff!"  Zack Blount and Thomas Richardson are also up for the award.

The most tightly contested award, Defensive Player of the Year, turned into a battle that went down to the wire.  Aaron Cline, Moon and Harbert all were deserving of this award and the vote count was so close it triggered an automatic recount and caused workers in Florida to stay up late recounting.  Cline was clearly the winner in the majority of the country, but Harbert picked up most of the inner city votes and counting went late into the night.  Harbert, looking drained from the whole process said, "where my dogs at?" We can only guess what he meant by that.

Without further ado, here are your Fightin' Reformer Award winners:

Front Office/Staffer of the Year: 

Lauren Trammel

In a huge upset, Videographer Lauren Trammel won the Front Office/Staffer of the year award.  She was instrumental in the success of the season.  Randy Pifer graciously accepted defeat by saying "she deserved it, I guess".

Sixth Man of the Year: 

Michael Moon

This is Moons first award as a Fightin' Reformer.  He was huge for CGBC off the bench with his rebounding ability and solid defense.  The future looks bright for Michael Moon. 

Defensive Player of the Year: 

Aaron Cline

Aaron Cline was one of the most important players on the court night in and night out.  His defense keyed many big runs, and played a big part in all five wins for the Reformers this year.






Most Valuable Player of the Year: 

Benji Hutson

In possibly the biggest upset of the year, Benji Hutson stole the MVP award from Jon Goforth.  An exit poll showed that Goforth's haughty attitude caused a lot of the voters to sour of Goforth and select Hutson instead.  Congratulations to Benji Hutson!

Looking Forward:

The Fightin' Refomers now have a long off season to think about what could have been.  In the meantime, softball is just around the corner.  The Reformers expect to have a solid team this year and look to win the Championship and claim that elusive first CGBC Trophy.  Tryouts will be announced soon.  Stay tuned to CGBCNN for all your Fightin' Reformer News!