...The awards, trophies and flowers for the winners... | 
...KNBSB-President Bob Bergkamp opens the Star Awards... |
...Gijs Selderijk gets the Leen Volkerijk Memorial Award...
...from Bart Volkerijk... | 
...Leen Volkerijk Award-winner Gijs Selderijk with...
...Hennie Volkerijk and Bart Volkerijk... |
...Mary-Ann Hatt (right) has handed out the Riet Vermaat...
...Trophy to Shanna te Vrede... | 
...Martijn Nijhoff (left) with Misja Harcksen,...
...the winner of the Roel de Mon Award... |
...Best Junior Pitchers Misja Harcksen and Shanna te Vrede...
...with Martijn Nijhoff and Mary-Ann Hatt... | 
...Damishah Charles receives the Bep van Beijmerwerdt Trophy...
...from Mary-Ann Hatt, coach of the Dutch Junior SB Team... |
...Best Junior Players Max Draijer (Ron Fraser Award) and...
...Damishah Charles with Eric de Bruin and Mary-Ann Hatt... | 
...Homerun Queen Karin Tuk talks with...
...Ronald van Dam, who hosted the evening... |
...Homerun Queen Karin Tuk gets her award from...
...KNBSB-boardmember Frits Mulder... | 
...Best Softball Pitcher Rebecca Soumeru...
...talks with Ronald van Dam... |
...Best Pitcher Rebecca Soumeru is interviewed by...
...Theo Plasschaert of the Haarlems Dagblad-newspaper... | 
...National Baseball Team Manager Steve Janssen (left)...
...congratulates Best Pitcher Rob Cordemans... |
...Rebecca Soumeru and Rob Cordemans were Best Pitcher...
...for respectively the 3rd and 8th time... | 
...KNBSB-boardmember Marlies Struyvé hands out the award...
...for Most Stolen Bases to Chantal Versluis... |
...Stolen Base-leaders Roelie Henrique and Chantal Versluis...
...a first-time and 5th time winner respectively... | 
...Technical Director Baseball Robert Eenhoorn (left) with...
...Jim Shuster, winner of the Bill Arce Award... |
...Bob Bergkamp hands out flowers to Marco Molleman,...
...the Best Softball Coach of 2013... | 
...Hensley Meulens, the Best Baseball Coach of 2013,...
...with Robert Eenhoorn... |
...Best Coaches Hensley Meulens and Marco Molleman...
...with Robert Eenhoorn and Bob Bergkamp... | 
...Ginger de Weert picks up the trophy for Monica Perry,...
...the Softball Holland Series MVP... |
...Baseball Holland Series MVP Benjamin Dille...
...talking with Ronald van Dam... | 
...Hensley Meulens, National Team Manager during the WBC,...
...with Benjamin Dille... |
...Tonight's winners...
...Left to right: Misja Harcksen, Max Draijer, Shanna te Vrede, Rob Cordemans, Chantal Versluis, Benjamin Dille,...
...Roelie Henrique, Rebecca Soumeru, Marco Molleman, Karin Tuk, Jim Shuster, Damishah Charles and Hensley Meulens... |
| (© All Photos: Fred Versluis) |
Star Awards 2013
ROTTERDAM (Neth.) -
Bas de Jong (L&D Amsterdam Pirates) and Leigh Godfrey (Oolders Omaco Sparks Haarlem) were named Most Valuable Players of the 2013 baseball and softball season.
Veteran pitchers Rob Cordemans (Amsterdam Pirates) and Rebecca Soumeru (Sparks Haarlem) were crowned as Best Pitchers.
The winners of these and more awards were announced on Saturday-evening (December 7) during the Star Awards at Novotel Brainpark in Rotterdam during the European Baseball & Softball Coach Clinic of the KNBSB.