Dierkes Award
The Dierkes Award began in 1996 when Dick Flaherty and Bob Becker decided to honor the founder of Oak Park Youth Baseball Softball, Vince Dierkes. The award honors the league’s best player who also upholds the ideals of sportsmanship and being a good teammate. It is voted on by the Bronco coaches.
- 1996 - Ian Matthews
- 1997 - Jimmy Zangrilli
- 1998 - Tom Larson
- 1999 - Tim Dennehey
- 2000 - Brock Shelgren
- 2001 - Neil Mejia
- 2002 - Michael Studer
- 2003 - Joe Ketcik
- 2004 - Jordan Chang
- 2005 - Alec Jeffries and Jaleel Brown
- 2006 - Jack Picchiotti
- 2007 - Brian Keegan
- 2008 - Sam Munno
- 2009 - Patrick Rumoro
- 2010 - Evan Bell
- 2011 - Evan Nieslawski
- 2012 - Roy Iversen
- 2013 - Luke Fitzgerald
- 2014 - Nathan Mendell
- 2015 - Ethan Glossa
- 2016 - Joe Nieslawski and Luke Medland
- 2017 - Cole Shamhart and Patrick Carmody
- 2018 - Wilson Kruse
- 2019 - Brady Green
- 2020 - N/A
- 2021 - Liam Smith and Anthony Hughes
- 2022 - Bryce Hunter
- 2023 - Elliot Buchner
