{"id":19720,"date":"2025-10-02T09:00:45","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T14:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=19720"},"modified":"2025-10-02T09:02:27","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T14:02:27","slug":"effingham-junior-high-baseball-award-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/sports\/baseball\/19720-effingham-junior-high-baseball-award-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"Effingham Junior High Baseball Award Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19724 additional-class\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/EJHS-BB-Award-Winners-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/EJHS-BB-Award-Winners-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/EJHS-BB-Award-Winners-300x130.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/EJHS-BB-Award-Winners-1024x443.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/EJHS-BB-Award-Winners-768x332.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/EJHS-BB-Award-Winners-1536x665.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/EJHS-BB-Award-Winners-2048x887.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Effingham Junior High School award winners.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Effingham Junior High School Mustangs baseball team held their end of the year ceremony with former Major League baseball player, and two-time World Series champion, Scott Spezio.<\/p>\n<p>Spezio spent the afternoon with the boys talking about his time in the majors and signing autographs<\/p>\n<p>Individual award winners for the season are:<\/p>\n<p>Levi Eckert &#8211; Most Improved<\/p>\n<p>Adam LeDuc &#8211; Attitude Award<\/p>\n<p>Kael Koeberlein &#8211; Leading Hitter, Top 7th Grader<\/p>\n<p>Brody Nelson &#8211; Cy Young<\/p>\n<p>Deek Thompson &#8211; Mr. Hustle<\/p>\n<p>Roman Martin &#8211; Mr. Mustang, Gold Glove<\/p>\n<p>Calvin Beck &#8211; Most Wins<\/p>\n<p>Peyton O&#8217;Dell &#8211; Team Above Self<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19721 additional-class\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Spiez-4-640.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"492\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Spiez-4-640.jpg 492w, https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Spiez-4-640-231x300.jpg 231w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 492px) 100vw, 492px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Scott Spezio<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Effingham Junior High School award winners. 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