{"id":16,"date":"2021-08-30T16:22:56","date_gmt":"2021-08-30T16:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icasoftball.org\/new\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2025-09-27T20:03:34","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T20:03:34","slug":"soty","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/icasoftball.org\/?page_id=16","title":{"rendered":"SOTY"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sportsperson of the Year<\/strong>

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Sportsperson of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In recognition for contributions to the sport of Girls Softball, the following journalists have been named Sportsperson of the Year.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inductee<\/strong><\/td>Newspaper<\/strong><\/td>Year of Award<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Bob Sakomota<\/td>Chicago Tribune<\/td>2004<\/td><\/tr>
Jeffrey S. Profitt<\/td>DuQuoin Sports<\/td>2005<\/td><\/tr>
Lonnie Schwindenhammer<\/td>Peoria Journal Star<\/td>2006<\/td><\/tr>
Marc Nesseler<\/td>Moline Daily Dispatch<\/td>2007<\/td><\/tr>
Fred Kroner<\/td>Champaign News-Gazette<\/td>2008<\/td><\/tr>
Dave Kane<\/td>Springfield State-Journal Register<\/td>2009<\/td><\/tr>
Rob Laird<\/td>Kankakee Daily-Journal<\/td>2009<\/td><\/tr>
Maureen Lynch<\/td>Northwest Herald Crystal Lake<\/td>2010<\/td><\/tr>
Brian Nielsen<\/td>Gazette\/Times-Courier Charleston<\/td>2010<\/td><\/tr>
Tony Baranek<\/td>Southtown Star- Tinley Park<\/td>2011<\/td><\/tr>
Terry Todt<\/td>WSMI \u2013 Litchfield<\/td>2011<\/td><\/tr>
Randy Kindred<\/td>Bloomington Pantagraph<\/td>2012<\/td><\/tr>
John Leusch<\/td>Daily Herald<\/td>2012<\/td><\/tr>
Joshua Welge<\/td>Chicago-Sun Times<\/td>2014<\/td><\/tr>
Adam Duvall<\/td>Peoria Journal Star<\/td>2015<\/td><\/tr>
Bill Lidinsky<\/td>Ottawa Times<\/td>2016<\/td><\/tr>
Alex Kantecki<\/td>Northwest Herald\/McHenry County Sports<\/td>2017<\/td><\/tr>
Steve Raymond<\/td>Effingham Teutopolis Newspaper<\/td>2018<\/td><\/tr>
Mike Monahan<\/td>Mattoon Journal Gazette<\/td>2019<\/td><\/tr>
Joe Aguilar<\/td>Lake County Daily Herald<\/td>2019<\/td><\/tr>
Bucky Dent<\/td>Southern Illinoisan<\/td>2021<\/td><\/tr>
Alex Staab<\/td>Metamora<\/td>2022<\/td><\/tr>
Jim Taylor<\/td>Aledo<\/td>2022<\/td><\/tr>
Kevin Heironymous<\/td>Bureau County Republican \/ Shaw Media<\/td>2023<\/td><\/tr>
Greg Shashack<\/td>Alton Telegraph<\/td>2023<\/td><\/tr>
Jim Teckenbrock<\/td>WSPY Radio<\/td>2024<\/td><\/tr>
Josh Welge<\/td>Shaw Media<\/td>2025<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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