The Baseball Australia Diamond Awards — begun in 2006 — are given annually by the Australian Baseball Federation

Australian Baseball Federation

The Australian Baseball Federation is the national governing body of Baseball in Australia. Baseball is played in all the mainland states and territories, but it struggles for popularity due to the popularity of many other sports, including the comparable sport of cricket, in which Australia has...

, to honor persons who have excelled in playing

Baseball positions

There are 9 fielding positions in baseball. Each position conventionally has an associated number which is used to score putouts...

, managing

Manager (baseball)

In baseball, the field manager is an individual who is responsible for matters of team strategy on the field and team leadership. Managers are typically assisted by between one and six assistant coaches, whose responsibilities are specialized...

, or serving the sport of baseball

Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...

. The awards ceremony is usually held in or about February, soon after the conclusion of that year's season, which starts in or about November of the preceding year. Also at each ceremony, the Baseball Australia Hall of Fame

Baseball Australia Hall of Fame

The Baseball Australia Hall of Fame or Australian Baseball Federation Hall of Fame is a group of baseball players, managers and coaches who have been recognised by the Australian Baseball Federation as having had an impact on baseball in Australia over a prolonged period of time "at the highest...

 inducts new members.

2006 winners

See footnote

• ABF Senior Player of the Year
  Player of the year award
  Several sports leagues honour their best player with an award called Player of the Year. In the United States, this type of award is usually called a Most Valuable Player award...
  
   - Chris Oxspring
  Chris Oxspring
  Chris Andrew Oxspring is an Australian right-handed pitcher currently in the Detroit Tigers organisation. He is also a player and pitching coach for the Sydney Blue Sox in the Australian Baseball League....
  
   (NSW)
• ABF Youth Player of the Year - Allan de San Miguel
  Allan de San Miguel
  Allan Murray de san Miguel is an Australian professional baseball catcher in the Minnesota Twins organization in the United States....
  
   (WA)
• ABF Female Player of the Year - Chelsea Forkin (WA)
• ABF Coach of the Year - Jon Deeble
  Jon Deeble
  Jon Deeble is currently the head coach of the Australia national baseball team.Deeble was a pitcher on the national team he now coaches from 1983 to 1995, a playing career which included the 1988 Olympics and an Australian Baseball League championship with the Melbourne Monarchs in 1993...
  
   (VIC)
• ABF Official of the Year - Neil Poulton (SA)
• ABF National Volunteer of the Year - Pat Milmlow (NSW)
• ABF Club Volunteer of the Year - Robyn Karlsen (VIC)
• ABF Club of the Year - Ku-ring-gai Stealers Baseball Club (NSW)
• ABF State of the Year - Baseball Victoria
  Baseball Victoria
  Baseball Victoria is the governing body of Baseball within Victoria. Baseball Victoria is governed by the Australian Baseball FederationIn 2006, the Victorian Baseball Association and the Victorian Provincial Baseball League entered into a Memorandum of Understanding...
  
  

2008 winners

• President's Award - Danny Maruyama (QLD)
• Volunteer of the Year - Tony McPhail (QLD)
• Administrator of the Year - David Hayes (WA)
• Club of the Year - Macleay Valley Cougars Baseball Club (NSW)
• State / Territory Association of the Year - Baseball WA
  Baseball WA
  Baseball WA is the governing body of baseball within Western Australia. Baseball WA is governed by the Australian Baseball Federation...
  
  
• Official of the Year - Mark Gooding (VIC)
• Coach of the Year - Damian Shanahan (ACT)
• Player of the Year Open Women's - Simone Wearne
  Simone Wearne
  Simone Wearne is a pitcher for the Australia women's national baseball team. In the 2006 Women's Baseball World Cup she was named in the All-Star team as a pitcher. She was a member of the Australian team which won the 2002 Women's World Baseball Series...
  
   (VIC)
• Player of the Year Youth - a unanimous decision was made to award two players:
  • Mitch Dening
    Mitch Dening
    Mitchell John Dening is an Australian professional baseball outfielder in the Boston Red Sox organization....
    
     (NSW)
  • Steven Kent (ACT)
• Player of the Year Open Men's
  • Ryan Rowland-Smith
    Ryan Rowland-Smith
    Ryan Benjamin Rowland-Smith , is an Australian Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher. He is also an Australian Baseball League pitcher for the Sydney Blue Sox. Rowland-Smith pitched for Australia in the 2006 World Baseball Classic and in the 2004 Summer Olympics...
    
    
  • Peter Moylan
    Peter Moylan
    Peter Michael Moylan is a relief pitcher for the Atlanta Braves in Major League Baseball. Moylan features a mid ninety mile per hour fastball and throws sidearm.-Early career:...
    
    

2009 winners

See footnotes

• President's Award - Ken Wesslink (South Australia)
• ABF Life Membership - Ronald Morgan (South Australia)
• Administrator of the Year Award - Shane Tonkin (Western Australia)
• Club of the Year Award - Doncaster Baseball Club (VIC) and Peninsula Padres Baseball Club (QLD)
• Official of the Year Award - Mal Mackay (Queensland)
• Volunteer of the Year Award - Louise Paewai (Queensland)
• Coach of the Year Award - Tony Harris (South Australia)
• Player of the Year - Open Women's Award - Simone Wearne (Victoria)
• Player of the Year - Youth Award - James Linger (Queensland)
• State of the Year - Baseball WA

See also

• Baseball awards#Australia
• Baseball in Australia
  Baseball in Australia
  In Australia, baseball is a game that is played in all states and territories of the country, but it struggles for popularity due to the popularity of many other sports, including the comparable sport of cricket, in which Australia has always been one of the leading nations...
  
  
• Australian Sport Awards
  Australian Sport Awards
  The Australian Sport Awards are the annual awards for Australian sports people administered by the Confederation of Australian Sport.The awards commenced in 1980 with the male and female athlete of the year, young male and female athlete of the year, young Australian team of the year, coach of the...
  
  
• Sports Performer Awards
  Sports Performer Awards
  The Sports Performer Awards, supported by The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald and presented by Colonial First State, are one of the most prestigious and lucurative prizes in Australian sport, first awarded in 2007....
  
  
• Neil Page
  Neil Page
  Neil Philip Page is a former Australian baseball representative. A left-hand starting pitcher, he regularly played for Australia from 1964 until 1977.-Career:Page was born in Adelaide, the son of Roy Page, a well-known local baseball identity...
  
  

External links

• Cassandra Sedgman, "Paul Hyham IBAF 2009 Umpire of the Year". Baseball Australia, 7 December 2009. Retrieved 2009-12-07.