ABA DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE
KEN GAVIN NAMED STC'S BEST PLAYER
11/03/2026
 
Ken Gavin Named StC's Best Player
Tuesday, November 3rd , 2026
When it came to hitting the baseball, Ken Gavin had few peers in the Stripes Conference this year. The gifted center fielder for Orono tagged opposing pitchers for a .288 average and was voted the Most Valuable Player Award for 2026. Included in his season stats were 128 hits, 27 doubles, 8 triples, 24 home runs, 53 runs scored and 81 RBIs.

He received 12 first place votes out of a possible 24. Nate Sheridan of the Walnut Park Bobcats finished second in voting with 9 first place votes, while Mark Crawford of the Orono Oaks finished third with 2 first place votes.

Player - Team - First Place - Total Points
Ken Gavin - Orono Oaks - 12 - 275
Nate Sheridan - Walnut Park Bobcats - 9 - 255
Mark Crawford - Orono Oaks - 2 - 191
Matt DeLaet - Denver Pilots - 0 - 156
Armando Gomez - Westwood Bruins - 0 - 100
Keith Cole - Dillonvale Indians - 0 - 95
Jerry Guerrero - Palm Springs Heat - 0 - 90
Andrew Baltzley - Hickory Crawdads - 1 - 81
Willie Alvarez - Quebec Aces - 0 - 57
Aaron Carr - Denver Pilots - 0 - 53
John Cotton - Orono Oaks - 0 - 27
Jeff Ciervo - Westwood Bruins - 0 - 16
Tony Thomas - Westwood Bruins - 0 - 9
Rich Cloutier - Quebec Aces - 0 - 4
Jose Valdez - Hickory Crawdads - 0 - 3
Jeff Newingham - Walnut Park Bobcats - 0 - 2
Chris Boyd - Hickory Crawdads - 0 - 1
Dane Foley - Quebec Fighting Quakers - 0 - 1
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