Superb Year for Wooldridge, Wins Most Valuable Hitter 
The future looks extremely bright for <Austin Wooldridge:player#10565>. At the age of 22, many players are still trying to find their way in Explorer League.

<Wooldridge:player#10565> has not only found his way, he's already established himself as one of the game's brightest stars, today being named the winner of the West Most Valuable Hitter.

"I didn't expect to hit .350 this year, that's for sure," the first baseman said.

The <Glendale Cobras:team#16> star also put up a .414 on-base percentage this year, with 156 hits, 30 doubles, 3 triples, 30 home runs, 95 RBIs and 84 runs scored. 

He received 8 first place votes out of a possible 20. <Alan Taylor:player#4327> of the <Eugene Ducks:team#11> finished second in voting with 8 first place votes, while <Steve McNutt:player#10353> of the <Rochester Spartans:team#15> finished third with 2 first place votes.

<Player - Team - First Place - Total Points:value_bold#0>
<Austin Wooldridge:player#10565> - <Glendale Cobras:team#16> - 8 - 215
<Alan Taylor:player#4327> - <Eugene Ducks:team#11> - 8 - 204
<Steve McNutt:player#10353> - <Rochester Spartans:team#15> - 2 - 173
<Joey Johnston:player#8580> - <Houston Stampede:team#9> - 1 - 121
<Rusty Gustafson:player#2598> - <Glendale Cobras:team#16> - 0 - 86
<John Daoust:player#9902> - <Olympia Battle Cats:team#95> - 0 - 72
<Michiomi Nakamura:player#11453> - <St. Louis Sportsman:team#10> - 0 - 71
<Adnan Ayyub:player#6138> - <Oklahoma City Whirlwind:team#13> - 1 - 37
<Nick Thurman:player#3620> - <Glendale Cobras:team#16> - 0 - 26
<Jose Portillo:player#9605> - <Eugene Ducks:team#11> - 0 - 24
<Dave Cortes:player#10414> - <Houston Stampede:team#9> - 0 - 22
<Tommy Guiot:player#8706> - <Glendale Cobras:team#16> - 0 - 20
<Carlos Marquez:player#6082> - <Louisville Sluggers:team#18> - 0 - 20
<David Evans:player#10878> - <Olympia Battle Cats:team#95> - 0 - 18
<Chris Stephenson:player#5973> - <Rochester Spartans:team#15> - 0 - 18
<Chad Meyerdirk:player#8960> - <Idaho Falls Rapids:team#99> - 0 - 14
<Guadalupe Colon:player#11620> - <Rochester Spartans:team#15> - 0 - 12
<Juan Pineda:player#7144> - <Idaho Falls Rapids:team#99> - 0 - 12
<Noah Walker:player#10248> - <Oklahoma City Whirlwind:team#13> - 0 - 7
<Alex Uzzo:player#11252> - <Colorado Springs Avalanche:team#14> - 0 - 5
<Steve Walker:player#11848> - <Eugene Ducks:team#11> - 0 - 3
