Award Season in Deerfield

The awards season isn’t reserved for just Hollywood heartthrobs and starlets.

In fact, it includes handing out hardware to those championing the Deerfield Youth Baseball and Softball Association for our community, residents and participants.

Recently, DYBA/DYSBA honored three very deserving individuals.

This includes:

• Harry Steindler Award: Former DYBA Commissioner Michael Danielewicz accepts the honor for outstanding leadership and service to the community
• DYBA Community Impact Award: Art Silverman, DYBA Treasurer, accepts the first annual honor
• DYBA Community Impact Award: Tom Roark of the Deerfield Park District also accepts the first annual honor

To commemorate the occasion, Paul Chanan, current DYBA/DYSB commissioner, said this about all the award recipients, “DYBA is proud to honor these selfless individuals for all they have done for the girls and boys of the Deerfield community. Michael, Tom and Art have for so long poured their hearts into DYBA, and in doing so have had an immeasurable impact on so many. We are so grateful for their contributions.”

Harry Steindler, the Harry Steindler Award's namesake, added this about Michael Danielewicz, "How great to have Dano join me and previous commissioners, Beth Sciarretta and Lew Bricker, as DYBA Volunteer Award honorees! Mike has been a leader for our young ball players in almost every possible way. His diligent, thoughtful work as commissioner and in so many other board positions has had such an important impact on the families of Deerfield. Congratulations Mike, and I’m so glad your DYBA work continues!"

And the winner himself humbly shared, “I am both honored and humbled at the same time receiving the 2019 Harry Steindler DYBA Volunteer Award! I thank Paul Chanan (DYBA Commissioner) and Dan McGrath (Immediate Past DYBA Commissioner) and my fellow DYBA Board members for honoring me as this year’s award winner. I am humbled to be honored with such great and wonderful DYBA leaders as Harry Steindler, Beth Sciarretta and Lew Bricker. All three have volunteered countless hours to our community through their work with DYBA and were selfless in their DYBA service. I can’t thank them enough for the leadership they provided to me, DYBA and our community! As with all our community members and their families the DYBA experience has been a part of their children’s lives for many years and that is no different for my family. Sara and I have enjoyed watching our son Lucas (baseball) and our daughters Allie (softball) and Tatum (softball) enjoy and grow up with their DYBA experiences! Thank you all again!”

Congratulations to all the well deserving honorees.