Giants Community Fund and Bank of America host Junior Giants Day
Willie Mac Award to be presented to Junior Giants Players
WHAT: Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Junior Giants program, the Giants Community Fund will welcome more than 4,000 Junior Giants players and coaches to the ballpark for the annual Junior Giants Day. Junior Giants will participate in a pre-game parade around the field before watching the San Francisco Giants take on the Philadelphia Phillies. During the pre-game ceremony, Giants Hall of Famer Willie McCovey will recognize the Junior Giants "Willie Mac" Awardees for their outstanding contributions and participation throughout the season.
WHEN: Sunday, August 17, 2014 11:50 P.M. (Junior Giants Parade) Approx. 12:45 P.M. (Junior Giants Willie Mac Award Home Plate Ceremony)
WHERE: AT&T Park - Field Level.
WHY: The Junior Giants Willie Mac Award, named in honor of Giants Hall of Famer Willie McCovey, is the "junior" version of the annual award presented to a Major League Giants player as voted by his teammates and coaching staff. The award is presented to the Junior Giants players who best exemplify the Junior Giants Four Bases of Character Development: Confidence, Integrity, Leadership and Teamwork.
This year the Giants Community Fund will present Willie Mac Awards to 77 members from the following Junior Giants leagues:
| League | Player |
| Antioch | Justin Fernandez |
| Atwater | Cesar Sanchez |
| Bayview (San Francisco) | Kasandra Malimali |
| Bear Mountain - Arvin | Kayla Loza |
| Bear Mountain - Lamont | Yenei Perez |
| Chico | Layla Wallace |
| Clearlake | Summer Baxter |
| Concord | Adeleny Cortez |
| Corning | Dakota Boyd |
| Cottonwood | Austin Flood |
| Daly City | Yangsheng Liang |
| East Palo Alto | Diego Gonzalez |
| Eureka | Alfredo Munoz |
| Feather River/Oroville | Stephanie Lamb |
| Fresno Parks and Recreation | Kaylena Phagnasay |
| Hayward | Jorge "Junior" Bolanos |
| Hunters Point (San Francisco) | Asantay Wilson |
| Jackson | Caden Winther |
| Lake County | Paige Bour |
| Live Oak (Santa Cruz) | Sandy Espinoza |
| Livermore | Duane Brown |
| Lodi | Cylas Riley |
| Lompoc | Cecilio Corral |
| Los Banos | Ashley Williams |
| Los Molinos | Jordan Avila |
| Marin City | Kwentyn Wiggins |
| Marina | Sean Irving |
| Medford | Dino Malatesta |
| Merced - Winton | Gage Vargas |
| Milpitas | Lladro Valle |
| Mission YMCA | Dylan Co |
| Modesto | Alexa Hernandez |
| Monterey County | Ariana Kesterson |
| Morgan Hill | Kobe Carrero |
| Mt. Shasta | Madison Matthews |
| Newark | Shawn Omoto |
| North Richmond/San Pablo | David Fernandez |
| Oakland | Laurence Jackson |
| Orange Cove | Carlos Jimenez |
| Paso Robles | Caleb Shick |
| Patterson | Talan Nguyen |
| Pittsburg | Casey Kilano |
| Plumas Lake | Richard Kuskye |
| Porterville | Brandon Suggs |
| Rancho Cordova | Sebastian Wells |
| Rancho Tehama | Veronica Zavala |
| Red Bluff | Adria Page |
| Redding | Dean Young |
| Redwood City | Jorge Hernandez |
| Reedley | Roger Torres |
| Reno | Sean Finn |
| Richmond | Aiden Nguyen |
| Sacramento - North (Del Paso Heights) | Jason Budwiser |
| Sacramento - South (George Sim Community Center) | Wakilli Bennett |
| Sacramento - YMCA | Kevin DeBenedetti |
| Salinas | Cody Couch |
| San Bruno | Ben Kinnaman |
| San Francisco PAL | Anthony Aldaz |
| San Francisco Recreation and Park Department | Jake Kinsbourne |
| San Jose Franklin McKinley Children's Initiative | Joshua Perez |
| San Jose West/Burbank | Daniela Ponce |
| San Luis Obispo | Amari Baker |
| Sanger | Angel Mendez |
| Santa Clara | Fredrico Bega |
| Santa Cruz/Watsonville | Jaden Rumor Rain Avila Britt |
| South San Francisco | Ainsley Rosenthal |
| Stockton | Alejandro Diaz, Jr. |
| Suisun City | Dyanna Gutierrez |
| Sunnyvale | Sandridhee Bhatt |
| Tracy | Mary Gaarde |
| Ukiah | Shaina Schramer |
| Vacaville | Natalia Ibarra |
| Vallejo | Makayla McElhaney |
| West Sacramento | Carlos Talamantes Jr. |
| Willits | Riley Lessner |
| Yolo County | Alex Alcantar |
The Giants Community Fund, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, collaborates with the San Francisco Giants by using baseball as a forum to encourage underserved youth and their families to live healthy, productive lives. The Fund supports Junior Giants leagues throughout Northern California, Nevada and Oregon and provides assistance to targeted community initiatives in the areas of education, health and violence prevention. Since its inception in 1991, the Fund has donated more than $18 million to various community programs.
INFO: For additional information on the Giants Community Fund and Junior Giants baseball, visit JRGIANTS.ORG or call 877.JR.GIANT. Follow us on Twitter: @giantscommunity