The Lefty Gomez Award is one of the most prestigious awards in all of amateur baseball. Named after the great Lefty Gomez, this award is presented by the American Baseball Coaches Association each year to an individual who has distinguished himself amongst his peers and has contributed significantly to the game of baseball locally, nationally, and internationally. The Lefty Gomez Award is presented each year at the ABCA Hall of Fame/Coach of the Year Banquet at the ABCA Convention. This year's recipient is:
1962 - Abe Chanin - Collegate Baseball 1963 - Robert L. Culp - Western Michigan 1964 - Pop McKale - Arizona 1965 - John Kobs - Michigan State 1966 - J. Kyle Anderson - University of Chicago 1967 - Eppy Barnes - Colgate 1968 - Dutch Fehring - Stanford 1969 - John Diesing - College World Series 1970 - L.C. Timm - Iowa State 1971 - Rev. R.C. Williams - Creighton 1972 - Lee Eilbracht - ABCA 1973 - Jack Kaiser - St. Johns (NY) 1974 - Les Miller - ABCA 1975 - Tom Petroff - Northern Colorado 1976 - Danny Litwhiler - Michigan State 1977 - Lou Spry - NCAA 1978 - Dick Siebert - Minnesota 1979 - Jack Stallings - Georgia Southern 1980 - Rod Dedeaux - USC 1981 - Les Murakami - Hawaii 1982 - Tom Chandler - Texas A&M 1983 - Chuck Brayton - Washington State 1984 - Robert Smith - USBF/IBA 1985 - Peter Ueberroth - MLB Commissioner 1986 - John Winkin - Maine 1987 - John Scolinos - Cal Poly-Pomona 1988 - Ron Polk - Mississippi State 1989 - Ron Fraser - Miami 1990 - Glen Tuckett - Brigham Young 1991 - Gordon Gillespie - St. Francis (IL) 1992 - Lou Pavlovich, Sr. - Collegiate Baseball 1993 - Archie Allen - Springfield (MA) 1994 - Sam Suplizio - Colorado 1995 - Harold Primrose - Washington HS & Coe College 1996 - Mark Marquess - Stanford 1997 - Gene McArtor - Missouri 1998 - Elmer Kosub - St. Mary's (TX) 1999 - Jerry Kindall - Arizona 2000 - Bob Bennett - Fresno State 2001 - Bill Arce - Claremont Mudd College 2002 - Dave Keilitz - ABCA 2003 - Dr. Carroll Land - ABCA 2004 - John Herbold - Cal State-Los Angeles 2005 - John Cunningham - University of San Diego 2006 - Hank Burbridge - Spring Arbor University 2007 - Dennis Poppe - NCAA 2008 - Wally Kincaid - Cerritos College 2009 - Ed Cheff - Lewis-Clark State College
