The Bob Feller Pitching Award Program
The Bob Feller Pitching Award program was implemented in 2001 by the Bob Feller Museum located in Van Meter, Iowa. The purpose of the annual program is to recognize outstanding Iowa high school seniors who have excelled as baseball pitchers in Class 1A, Class 2A, Class 3A and Class 4A. The four award winners were honored at the Museum in Van Meter and presented their award by Bob Feller.
The receipients of this prestigious award are selected using the following criteria:
- High school career statistics
- Overall athletic performance
2007 Bob Feller Pitching Award Winners
Mike Nees, Lance Brown, Bob Feller, Zach Kenyan, Andrew DeSousa
Class 1A - Mike Nees - Coon Rapids – Bayard High School
Stats:
- 2006 2nd Team All State
- 2006 1st Team All Conference
- 2006 1st Team All District
- 2007 1st Team All-State
- 2007 1st Team All Conference
- 2007 1st team All District
- 2 Conference Championships
- 1 State Tournament – Semi-Finalist
- 3 District Titles
- 122 Varsity Career wins
- 21 Complete Games and 7 Shutouts
Mike was voted most inspirational player in 2006 and 2007 by his fellow team mates.
Class 2A - Lance Brown - Mt. Ayr High School
Stats:
- 2004 2nd Team All Conference
- 2005 1st Team All Conference
- 2005 2nd Team All District
- 2005 2nd Team All State Iowa Newspaper Association
- 2006 1st Team All Conference
- 2006 1st Team All District
- 2006 1st Team All State Iowa Newspaper Association
- 2006 1st Team All State Iowa High school Baseball Coaches Association
- 2007 1st Team All Conference
- 2007 1st Team All District
- 2007 1st Team All State Iowa Newspaper Association
- 2007 1st Team All State Iowa High school Baseball Coaches Association
Lance helped lead his team to it’s first ever state tournament appearance. He went undefeated on the mound and only allowed one earned run during regular season.
Class 3A - Andrew DeSousa Cedar Rapids Xavier High School
Stats:
- 2005 1st Team All District
- 2005 1st Team All State
- 2006 1st Team All District
- 2006 1st Team All State
- 2006 1st Team All-Metro
- 2006 1st Team All Conference (Mississippi Valley Conference)
- 2007 1st Team All District
- 2007 1st Team All State
- 2007 1st Team All-Metro
- 2007 1st Team All Conference (Mississippi Valley Conference)
- 2007 Player of the Year (Mississippi Valley Conference)
- 2007 All-Academic (Mississippi Valley Conference)
Class 4A - Zach Kenyon - Davenport Central High School
Stats:
- 2005 2nd Team All Mississippi Athletic Conference
- 2006 1st Team All Mississippi Athletic Conference
- 2006 1st Team All South East District
- 2006 Iowa Newspaper 3rd Team All State
- 2006 Iowa High School Coaches 2nd Team All State
- 2007 1st Team All Mississippi Athletic Conference
- 2007 1st Team All South East District
- 2007 Iowa Newspaper 1st Team All State
- 2007 Iowa Coaches All State Super Team
- 2007 Collegiate Baseball High School 2nd Team All American
- 2007 9th Round Draft Choice Kansas City Royals
- 2007 Signed National Letter of Intent to attend University of Iowa
