Paul Ouellette Good Sport Award
Criteria: The Paul Ouellette Good Sportsmanship Award is awarded to a Minor Division Baseball player who demonstrates good sportsmanship and team spirit equal to that displayed by Paul during his Little League career.
Background/History of Award: "Paul Ouellette was a quiet young man who exemplified every criteria of a "good sport". He loved the game and always showed the ability to be a Good Sport and leader.
Paul distinguished himself by accomplishing the previously mentioned, while battling cancer for over nine years. He recovered and relapsed many times in his short life. At one time he had just recovered from a bone marrow procedure, and was on the practice field a few days late, but there he was, with his smile, ready to start a new baseball season.
Despite numerous advances and setbacks, each time Paul returned he did so with the same old confidence and ability to recover and "play ball". This was something that left his coaches and team mates in awe. He touched us with his positive attitude and sportsmanship." - Jim Presher, Paul's Coach.
In 1991 Paul was nominated and won the Little League Eastern Region Good Sport Award. Paul died in 1995 at the age of 15. The first Paul Ouellette award was presented that year, 1995.
2009 Recipient: Devon Hodgson
2008 Recipient: Garrett Guilmett
2007 Recipient: No Recipient
2006 Recipient: Brady Caldwell
2005 Recipient: Stephen Tskaris
2004 Recipient: Charlie Weimann
2003 Recipient: Faolan Connelly
2002 Recipient: Matthew Wellmann & Aaron Corbin
2001 Recipient: Jeremiah Dea
2000 Recipient: Nick Murry
1999 Recipient: Neal Murphy
1998 Recipient: Meagan Shannon
1997 Recipient: Joshua Samson
1996 Recipient: Michael Anderson
1995 Recipient: Jacob Quimby