Whiz Kids: Scott Rawson Sloan Award Winners

Know a child who goes above and beyond to help those in need? How about a student who's constantly setting the bar higher day by day? Or maybe a young person who has endured an amazing journey already in life?

Vienna Patch will feature students, sports teams, school club members, and any other outstanding young person for a new weekly feature, Whiz Kid.

This week:

Four players from the Vienna Babe Ruth League received the 2011 Scott Rawson Sloan awards July 2 in a ceremony at Waters Field.

The recipients of the award were Ian Brown (Lions,Senior League), Sammy Criscitello (Athletics, 15 year old), Phillipe Brown (Nationals,14 years old) and Jordan Ebersole (Athletics, 13 years old).  

More about the Scott Rawson Sloan award, from its website:

"Scott Rawson Sloan was killed in an automobile accident with three of his friends on June 18, 1992. Scott had just turned 16, but he had already made his mark on baseball in Vienna.

Scott played on one Vienna Little League and three Babe Ruth League All Star teams. He was the catcher and a leading hitter for the Babe Ruth League Prep Team that won the Virginia State Championship in 1989. He was a second-year member of the Post 185 American Legion squad and was scheduled to be Madison High School's varsity catcher in 1993. Scott had already caught the eye of professional baseball scouts.

Following his death, Scott's parents established a memorial fund intended to promote Babe Ruth League Baseball in Vienna. The Scott Rawson Sloan Life Award, supported by the Scott Rawson Sloan Memorial Fund, honors Babe Ruth baseball players for demonstrating qualities for which Scott was known, includinglove for the game of baseball,demonstrated respect for other players, coaches and umpires, leadership by example and generously teaching and sharing with other players.

The players who are chosen to receive this award become members for life of an exclusive group of recipients of the Scott Sloan Life Award."

For more information, visit the award's website.

Information submitted by Jose A. Delgado.

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We want to stress that this is not a competition. We will be featuring a Vienna Whiz Kid (or class or team) each week, so the more the merrier. Nominations should be submitted in the comment box right here or by e-mailing Editor Erica R. Hendry: erica.hendry@patch.com. Nominations should include:

●    Nominator's Name
●    Nominator's E-Mail
●    Whiz Kid's Name
●    Whiz Kid's Age
●    Whiz Kid's School
●    Whiz Kid's Accomplishment
●    Whiz Kid's Key to Awesomeness (what made him/her successful?)