Brian Michalak, head baseball coach at the University of St. Francis, will be honored as the “Gordie Gillespie College Coach of the Year” at the 77th Annual Pitch & Hit Club Awards Banquet. The banquet will be held January 19 at the Tinley Park Convention Center, 18451 Convention Center Drive Tinley Park. Doors open at 3:30PM. Dinner begins at 5PM.
Michalak’s roots go back to St. Francis where he played for Gillespie in the 1980’s. In 1983 the Saints finished 2nd in the NAIA College World Series.
Michalak began his coaching career at Lewis University. He was head baseball coach at North Central College from 2007-11. He has been the head coach at St. Francis since 2012.
OTHER AWARD WINNERS
Lou Boudreau Hall-of-Fame – A. J. Pierzynski
Lou Boudreau Hall-of-Fame – Gene Honda
Chicago Area MLB Player of the Year – Michael Massey – KC Royals
Harry Carry Sportscaster of the Year – Matt Spiegel – 670 The Score
High School Softball Player of the Year – Madison Vrastil – Andrew High School
Chicago Area College Player of the Year – Kendal Ewell – UIC
BANQUET TICKETS
They will be available at all meetings. They are also available at https://pitchandhitclub.com/banquet/. Tickets are $85 member price, $100 non-member and $825 for a table of ten.