Marshall Honored, 2068 UBLW Most Valuable Player Award
What a way to finish off the year -- being honored with the 2068 Most Valuable Player Award in the West. It had already been a very special season for <Iowa:team#194>'s <Mike Marshall:player#10517>, but today's announcement really put the icing on his cake.

All season long <Mike Marshall:player#10517> gave opposing pitchers fits by hitting .321 as he collected 133 hits, 27 doubles, no triples, 21 home runs and 77 RBIs.

He received 17 first place votes out of a possible 20. <Cris Rivero:player#11921> of the <Iowa Porkers:team#194> finished second in voting with 2 first place votes, while <Jean-Paul Lévy:player#4459> of the <Arkansas Aardvarks:team#192> finished third.

<Player - Team - First Place - Total Points:value_bold#0>
<Mike Marshall:player#10517> - <Iowa Porkers:team#194> - 17 - 265
<Cris Rivero:player#11921> - <Iowa Porkers:team#194> - 2 - 186
<Jean-Paul Lévy:player#4459> - <Arkansas Aardvarks:team#192> - 0 - 139
<Chris Schmitt:player#9560> - <Nebraska Terriers:team#193> - 0 - 123
<Michael Mims:player#10403> - <Kansas Monarchs:team#180> - 1 - 120
<Alfredo Carrillo:player#6162> - <Arkansas Aardvarks:team#192> - 0 - 80
<Davide Ruspoli:player#3982> - <Missouri Mules:team#176> - 0 - 75
<Joao Ferrand:player#12167> - <Kansas Monarchs:team#180> - 0 - 52
<Alan Hill:player#6132> - <Kansas Monarchs:team#180> - 0 - 31
<Olivier Castel:player#12433> - <Arkansas Aardvarks:team#192> - 0 - 25
<Mike Koglin:player#9474> - <Nevada Piranhas:team#178> - 0 - 22
<Luis Perez:player#605> - <Louisiana Admirals:team#179> - 0 - 13
<Micah Sneed:player#6686> - <Louisiana Admirals:team#179> - 0 - 9
<Greg Carpenter:player#7439> - <Kansas Monarchs:team#180> - 0 - 8
<John Hayden:player#10714> - <Utah Rhinos:team#177> - 0 - 8
<Mike Harrington:player#3532> - <Kansas Monarchs:team#180> - 0 - 7
<Nate Gibbs:player#12142> - <Louisiana Admirals:team#179> - 0 - 6
<Luis Ayala:player#11001> - <Arkansas Aardvarks:team#192> - 0 - 5
<Chet Skinner:player#11471> - <Kansas Monarchs:team#180> - 0 - 4
<Angelo Benavides:player#11600> - <Arkansas Aardvarks:team#192> - 0 - 2
