Besides wearing the Coach Roberts’ jersey number ’25’ on the side of Jerseys in his memory following his passing in 2012, Beginning in the summer of 2024 The Original Pokers will be awarding the Mike Roberts “Poker Way” Award to the player that best personifies being a Poker. Showing up to compete to the max everyday, attacking life head on, doing things the right way all the time on and off the field. The youth teams (8-13u will be 1 player) and (14-17u will be a position player and pitcher) per team.
The 2024 Mike Roberts “Poker Way” Award Winners:
8u: Dylan Rodack
9u: Jaxon Davis
10u: Tyler Cook
11u: Michael Tinelli
12u: Caden Williams
13u: EJ Quigly and Nico DiBella
14u: Joey Ghann and Connor “CJ” Sova
15u: Alejandro Cordero and Joey Auricchio
16u: Brandon Pfeiffer and Nick Raber
17u: Brelynn Courtney and Eddie Marshall
Starting after the 2025 summer, The Pokers will honor former players and coaches who Coach Roberts was able to mold through the program & what they have done to give back to America’s Youth and will elect them to the “25 Club”