Tulsa Youth Named into Baseballs Hall of Fame at Cooperstown

Gunner Glad (16) of Tulsa's Union High School, was recently awarded the prestigious Most Valuable Player Award (MVP), by the American Amateur Baseball Congress (AABC) after his performance in the Mickey Mantle World Series held this past weekend in McKinney, Texas.

McKinney, Texas (PRWEB) August 11, 2003 -- Gunner Glad (16) of Tulsa's Union High School, was recently awarded the prestigious Most Valuable Player Award (MVP), by the American Amateur Baseball Congress (AABC) after his performance in the Mickey Mantle World Series held this past weekend in McKinney, Texas.

In the 2003 season American Amateur Baseball Congress (AABC) had more than 250,000 players playing competitive baseball nation wide in 46 states, Puerto Rico, and Canada.

Gunner was selected by (Head Coach) Logan Stout to play for the Dallas Patriots, after winning regional playoffs held the last week of July at the Owasso High School in Owasso, Oklahoma.

The Dallas Patriots battled a week of strong opposition during the AABC World Series playoff games. Teams entering this event had already won their regional titles.

Teams had made their way from Ohio, Michigan, Virginia, Puerto Rico, Tennessee and California. The Dallas Patriots were victorious in the weeks challenge and captured the AABC Mickey Mantle World Series Title.

Gunner's pitching velocity ran 88-89mph and topped out at 90-91mph to complete a three hit, nine-strikeout game against Michigan collecting the win, while playing several other positions during the week without error. Gunner also batted .417 with (6) RBIs in four games.

The Team photo and list of players names will be placed on display at Cooperstown Baseball Hall of Fame during the next year with a specially made name plate of this years MVP (Gunner Glad) which will be adopted into the Baseball Hall of Fame under the American Amature Baseball Congress Area at Cooperstown.

Other most recently noted AABC World Series alumni are Texas Rangers third baseman Hank Blalock, who played shortstop in 1996 for the Encinitas, Calif., Reds, Zack Segovia, the former Forney ace now in the Phillies' minor league system and Choo Freeman, a first-round pick in 1998.