{"id":22122,"date":"2013-09-03T11:45:46","date_gmt":"2013-09-03T18:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=22122"},"modified":"2013-09-03T11:45:46","modified_gmt":"2013-09-03T18:45:46","slug":"softball-new-zealand-award-winners-for-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=22122","title":{"rendered":"Softball New Zealand Award Winners for 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Click logo for original press release at official Softball New Zealand website.<\/figcaption><\/figure>Rhys Casley, Jeremy Manley, Nik Hayes, Brad Rona and Coach Eddie Kohlhase among award winners <\/strong><\/p>\n

World champion Black Sox coach Eddie Kohlhase was named Softballer of the Year at the sport\u2019s annual awards function last weekend.
\nAfter seeing the world title slip through his fingers four years ago, Kohlhase, along with assistants Dave Workman and Chubb Tangaroa, were instrumental in keeping his senior players motivated for one more shot on home soil at Rosedale Park.<\/p>\n

Although the team\u2019s build-up form was patchy, he kept faith in his players, managing a series of crucial injuries, late replacements and painful selection decisions to deliver the home crowd something worth celebrating on March 10.<\/p>\n

Kohlhase, also named Coach of the Year, has since stepped down from his national team role to take up an advisory position with High Performance Sport New Zealand.<\/p>\n

NZ captain Rhys Casley was recognised as Men\u2019s Player of the Year after his game-winning heroics delivered a three-run homer in the world championship final and then the crucial home run for Hutt Valley Dodgers at the open club nationals final two weeks later.<\/p>\n

White Sox outfielder Te Reo Powhiri Matautia won Women\u2019s Player of the Year honours after she finished among the top 10 batting averages (.500) at last year\u2019s world championship in Canada.<\/p>\n

Softball NZ\u2019s award recipients:<\/p>\n

\n

Softballer of the Year:
\nEddie Kohlhase<\/p>\n

Men\u2019s Player of the Year:
\nRhys Casley<\/p>\n

Women’s Player of the Year:
\nTe Reo Powhiri Matautia<\/p>\n

Men\u2019s Pitcher of the Year:
\nJeremy Manley<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s Pitcher of the Year:
\nPetra Kriklanova<\/p>\n

Men\u2019s Emerging Player of the Year:
\nNik Hayes<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s Emerging Player of the Year:
\nTaylor-Paige Stewart<\/p>\n

Umpire of the Year:
\nMark Porteous<\/p>\n

Scorer of the Year:
\nMarie Byrne<\/p>\n

Administrator of the Year:
\nRay Tibbits<\/p>\n

Personality of the Year:
\nBrad Rona<\/p>\n

Volunteer of the Year:
\nFay Freeman<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rhys Casley, Jeremy Manley, Nik Hayes, Brad Rona and Coach Eddie Kohlhase among award winners World champion Black Sox coach Eddie Kohlhase was named Softballer of the Year at the sport\u2019s annual awards function last weekend. After seeing the world title slip through his fingers four years ago, Kohlhase, along with assistants Dave Workman and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22123,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[35,22,19],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-22122","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-oceania","8":"category-people","9":"category-players","10":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22122"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22122\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22124,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22122\/revisions\/22124"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}