Won Two World Championships in Four Months
Men’s softball super star Jack Besgrove made the top-10 at The World Games Athlete of the Year 2023, an award open to athletes from all sports on The World Games programme. The Australian left-handed pitcher qualified for the final voting after the first round and finished in 10th place with a total of 17,040 votes, just two behind the ninth place and five behind eighth spot.
Besgrove won two World Cups in four months when he helped Australia to their second WBSC Men’s Softball World Cup title in December 2022, and led the green and gold to their first-ever WBSC U-23 Men’s Softball World Cup in April 2023, where he was named MVP.
These two titles allowed Australia to become the highest ranked nation in the WBSC/KONAMI Men’s Softball World Ranking at the end of 2023.
That is a great honor for Jack and well deserved. It will also give men’s fastpitch more visibility worldwide.