Youth Baseball Bronze Medal Hero Kim Taek-yeon

Youth Baseball Bronze Medal Hero Kim Taek-yeon Receives the 2023 High School Choi Dong-won Award

Incheon High School right-handed pitcher Kim Taek-yeon was selected as the 2023 winner of the 'Daeseon High School Choi Dong-won Award', given to the best pitcher in Korean high school baseball.

The Choi Dong-won Memorial Association, which organizes the 'Choi Dong-won Award', announced on the 12th that it had selected Kim Taek-yeon as this year's winner. 카지노사이트탑

Kim Taek-yeon beat out competitors such as Jeon Mir (Gyeongbuk High School), Cho Dae-hyun (Gangneung High School)

Park Geon-woo (Chungam High School), and Jeong Hee-soo (Cheonan CS) to receive the honor of being the best pitcher who graced high school baseball this year.

The Choi Dong-won Memorial Association narrowly screened candidates based on five items: ① more than 15 games pitched, ② more than 50 innings pitched, ③ more than 4 wins, ④ ERA less than 2.60, and ⑤ more than 55 strikeouts.

Kang Jin-soo, secretary general of the Memorial Association, explained, "We sent the list of five final candidates to the Professional Baseball Scouting Council.

As a result of the vote by scouts from 10 clubs belonging to the council, Taekyeon Kim received an overwhelming vote."

Kim Taek-yeon, a six-time winner of the high school Choi Dong-won Award, appeared in 13 games in this year's high school baseball weekend league and national competition, pitched 64⅓ innings, and recorded 7 wins, 1 loss, an ERA of 1.13, and 97 strikeouts.

In particular, he gave up only 10 walks and 1 pitch, including 9 walks and 1 hit.

He has excellent control of the ball and a fast ball of up to 152 km per hour, and is evaluated as having excellent game management ability and good personality and training attitude.

At the U-18 Baseball World Cup (World Youth Baseball Championship), which ended in Taiwan in September, Kim Taek-yeon made his name known with his fighting spirit by going on the mound for five consecutive days and won a precious bronze medal for Korea.

Kim Taek-yeon was selected by the Doosan Bears as the second overall pick in the professional baseball rookie draft last month, following Jangchung High School left-handed pitcher Hwang Jun-seo, who wore the Hanwha Eagles uniform.

He said through the Choi Dong-won Memorial Society, “This is a moment that every high school baseball player has dreamed of at least once.”

He added, “When I was a freshman, I saw Tae-hyeon (Yoon), a senior at school, receive the high school Choi Dong-won Award, and it looked really cool.

From then on, I decided, 'I will definitely receive the Choi Dong-won Award in the remaining two years of high school,' and that's why receiving the award now is more valuable and meaningful."

He continued, "I know very well what kind of person Choi Dong-won is.

Although he couldn't see him play baseball in person, he saw a lot of it through videos and media.

“I was very impressed by the legendary aspect of him, such as setting a record that can no longer be achieved and his dedication to the team,” he said.

“It is an honor to receive an award with such a person’s name engraved on it, and on the other hand, I feel a sense of responsibility.”

“I will become a great player not only in terms of skills but also in character so as not to discredit senior Choi Dong-won,” he pledged.

The prize money for the 'Daeseon High School Choi Dong-won Award', sponsored by Daeseon Brewing Company, a representative company in Busan, is 10 million won, divided into 5 million won to Taek-yeon Kim and 5 million won in support for the Incheon High School baseball team.

The 6th Presidential High School Choi Dong-won Award Ceremony will be held at the Busan Bank Headquarters in Munhyeon-dong, Busan at 2:40 pm on the 17th along with the '10th BNK Busan Bank Choi Dong-won Award' award ceremony, which selects the best pitcher in professional baseball.