Wheaton bound Mike Bruemmel named the Taunton Daily Gazette Male Athlete of The Year!
After concluding his High School baseball career as many Seniors dream, but very few attain, pitching brilliantly and leading his team to the Division I State Championship, Mikey Baseball adds yet another accolade to his resume.
His performance for the Trojan baseball team, coupled with his terrific play with the Bridgewater-Raynham basketball team last winter, has earned Bruemmel the 2013 Taunton Gazette Male Athlete of the Year Award. “I was shocked when I heard it,” Bruemmel said, when learning of the honor. “I couldn’t believe it. I was stunned. This is a big deal for me. It is a big honor. I’m really happy about it. I’m really proud.”
The left-handed pitcher helped culminate a terrific run by the Trojans by tossing a complete-game two-hit shutout as the team won its first state crown with a 4-0 win.
“It was amazing,” Bruemmel said of winning the state championship. “It was the first time it was done in school history. It was like a dream. Looking back, I still get chills.”
“My simple goal at the start of the season was to have a better year than last year,” Bruemmel said. “As a team, we wanted to start the year off right. We wanted to win the league and get to 10 wins. Once we got into the tournament and won a few games, we really thought we could go all the way. We were really looking forward to the game against BC High and when we were able to come out on top that was huge for us.”
The senior captain was selected as the OCL co-MVP, helping the Trojans to the league title. In 10 games on the mound, Bruemmel finished 6-1 with one save and a 1.81 ERA.
Rising Junior Andrew Noviello (P/3B) has been named to the (very prestigious) Perfect Game Underclass All American Team.
Every year the Perfect Game selects "the best of the best" rising Juniors to compete in a showcase style workout followed by a series of games. This years games will be played at Cunningham Stadium at the University of San Diego on August 12th and 13th.
Noviello was informed of his selection to the team after the WWBA 17u National Championship in Georgia, where he represented the Evoshield Canes as a Pitcher and 3rd baseman. Noviello went 4 for 10 on the week with 2 home runs, a triple and a double, as well as pitched 6 shutout innings striking out 9!
Noviello was only 1 of 2 New Englanders, and the only rising Junior from Massachusetts selected out of the 92 players in the event, which are all 2015 Grads.
Noviello says he has been in contact with some of the "elite" D1 schools
such as Kentucky, South Carolina, Lousville, and NC State.
Several current and former MLB players have played in this event, including Mike Zunino and Bryce Harper.
