The saladino award
The Tony Saladino Memorial Baseball Award was established in 1971 and is presented annually to the outstanding high school senior baseball player in Hillsborough County as a memorial to Tony Saladino Sr. and to promote school baseball.
The selection of the player for this award are by nominations and voted upon by of all the current Hillsborough County high school baseball head coaches. Nominations are primarily based on each player's baseball playing abilities. Consideration is also given to scholarship, leadership and character.
YEAR-BY-YEAR WINNERS: PLAYERS IN RED HAVE MADE IT TO THE MAJOR LEAGUES!
1971 - DAVIAN MENENDEZ (TAMPA CATHOLIC) & RICK FAULKNER (PLANT)
1972 - ANTHONY LAZZARA (TAMPA BAY TECH) & DAN BAZARTE (LETO)
1973 - MIKE HEATH (HILLSBOROUGH)
1974 - NICK RAY (ROBINSON)
1975 - JOHN SHOUSE (CHAMBERLAIN)
1976 - SAMMY SPENCE (BRANDON)
1977 - DANNY PICKERN (PLANT CITY)
1978 - LENNY FAEDO (JEFFERSON)
1979 - RICK FIGUEREDO (PLANT)
1980 - DAVID MAGADAN (JESUIT)
1981 - VANCE LOVELACE (HILLSBOROUGH)
1982 - RICHARD MONTELEONE (TAMPA CATHOLIC)
1983 - JOHN RAMOS (PLANT)
1984 - CHUCK DONAHUE (ROBINSON)
1985 - TINO MARTINEZ (JEFFERSON)
1986 - GARY SHEFFIELD (HILLSBOROUGH)
1987 - CHRIS MYERS (PLANT)
1988 - MIN PARK (LETO)
1989 - KIKI JONES (HILLSBOROUGH)
1990 - SALVY URSO (PLANT)
1991 - BRUCE THOMPSON (BRANDON)
1992 - TROY KENT (JESUIT)
1993 - TROY CARRASCO (JESUIT)
1994 - SCOTT GLASER (BRANDON)
1995 - MIKE VALDES (BLOOMINGDALE)
1996 - GREG HOWELL (BRANDON)
1997 - JASON ROMANO (HILLSBOROUGH)
1998 - JEREMY GOMER (DURANT)
1999 - RYAN GLOGER (JESUIT)
2000 - PAUL WILLIAMS (GAITHER)
2001 - RYAN ANDERSON (GAITHER)
2002 - JOSH SAWYER (BRANDON)
2003 - BRANDON McARTHUR (ARMWOOD)
2004 - RYAN STRAUSS (BLOOMINGDALE)
2005 - CALEB GRAHAM (GAITHER)
2006 - CARMINE GIARDINA (DURANT)
2007 - TOMMY TOLEDO (ALONSO)
2008 - ALEX PANTELIODIS (ALONSO)
2009 - ROBERT BENINCASA (ARMWOOD)
2010 - JAMES RAMSAY (BRANDON)
2011 - JOSE FERNANDEZ (ALONSO)
2012 - LANCE McCULLERS (JESUIT)
2013 - TYLER DANISH (DURANT)
2014 - ALEX FAEDO (ALONSO)
2015 - KYLE TUCKER (PLANT)
2016 - ANTONIO VALEZ (BRANDON)
2017 - DREW EHRHARD (WHARTON)
2018 - ROBBY MARTIN JR. (JEFFERSON)
2019 - DYLAN ESKEW (SICKLES)
2020 - Canceled
2021 - SEAN HERMANN (DURANT)
2022 - JACK OWENS (BLOOMINGDALE)
2023 - CADEN MCDONALD (SICKLES)
The selection of the player for this award are by nominations and voted upon by of all the current Hillsborough County high school baseball head coaches. Nominations are primarily based on each player's baseball playing abilities. Consideration is also given to scholarship, leadership and character.
YEAR-BY-YEAR WINNERS: PLAYERS IN RED HAVE MADE IT TO THE MAJOR LEAGUES!
1971 - DAVIAN MENENDEZ (TAMPA CATHOLIC) & RICK FAULKNER (PLANT)
1972 - ANTHONY LAZZARA (TAMPA BAY TECH) & DAN BAZARTE (LETO)
1973 - MIKE HEATH (HILLSBOROUGH)
1974 - NICK RAY (ROBINSON)
1975 - JOHN SHOUSE (CHAMBERLAIN)
1976 - SAMMY SPENCE (BRANDON)
1977 - DANNY PICKERN (PLANT CITY)
1978 - LENNY FAEDO (JEFFERSON)
1979 - RICK FIGUEREDO (PLANT)
1980 - DAVID MAGADAN (JESUIT)
1981 - VANCE LOVELACE (HILLSBOROUGH)
1982 - RICHARD MONTELEONE (TAMPA CATHOLIC)
1983 - JOHN RAMOS (PLANT)
1984 - CHUCK DONAHUE (ROBINSON)
1985 - TINO MARTINEZ (JEFFERSON)
1986 - GARY SHEFFIELD (HILLSBOROUGH)
1987 - CHRIS MYERS (PLANT)
1988 - MIN PARK (LETO)
1989 - KIKI JONES (HILLSBOROUGH)
1990 - SALVY URSO (PLANT)
1991 - BRUCE THOMPSON (BRANDON)
1992 - TROY KENT (JESUIT)
1993 - TROY CARRASCO (JESUIT)
1994 - SCOTT GLASER (BRANDON)
1995 - MIKE VALDES (BLOOMINGDALE)
1996 - GREG HOWELL (BRANDON)
1997 - JASON ROMANO (HILLSBOROUGH)
1998 - JEREMY GOMER (DURANT)
1999 - RYAN GLOGER (JESUIT)
2000 - PAUL WILLIAMS (GAITHER)
2001 - RYAN ANDERSON (GAITHER)
2002 - JOSH SAWYER (BRANDON)
2003 - BRANDON McARTHUR (ARMWOOD)
2004 - RYAN STRAUSS (BLOOMINGDALE)
2005 - CALEB GRAHAM (GAITHER)
2006 - CARMINE GIARDINA (DURANT)
2007 - TOMMY TOLEDO (ALONSO)
2008 - ALEX PANTELIODIS (ALONSO)
2009 - ROBERT BENINCASA (ARMWOOD)
2010 - JAMES RAMSAY (BRANDON)
2011 - JOSE FERNANDEZ (ALONSO)
2012 - LANCE McCULLERS (JESUIT)
2013 - TYLER DANISH (DURANT)
2014 - ALEX FAEDO (ALONSO)
2015 - KYLE TUCKER (PLANT)
2016 - ANTONIO VALEZ (BRANDON)
2017 - DREW EHRHARD (WHARTON)
2018 - ROBBY MARTIN JR. (JEFFERSON)
2019 - DYLAN ESKEW (SICKLES)
2020 - Canceled
2021 - SEAN HERMANN (DURANT)
2022 - JACK OWENS (BLOOMINGDALE)
2023 - CADEN MCDONALD (SICKLES)
