Jan. 28, 2011
John Scolinos Alumni Game and Award Dinner Brochure and Registration Form 
MALIBU, Calif.- Former Waves' first baseman Ryan Heroy will be officially introduced as the 2011 winner of the John Scolinos Award as part of Pepperdine Baseball Alumni Day activities set for Saturday, Feb. 12, on the Malibu campus.
Heroy, who is only the second position player to receive the program's most prestigious award in its seven-year history, completed his distinguished collegiate career in the spring of 2010 with a .289 batting average, 20 home runs and 121 RBI. He also collected over 200 base hits as he finished his senior year on a career best 13-game hitting streak.
The Scolinos Award Presentation Dinner begins at 3 p.m. in the Hahn Fireside Room located on the west end of the Pepperdine cafeteria. Cost for the dinner is $10 per person but children under 12 years of age can eat for free.
The annual John Scolinos Pepperdine Baseball Alumni Game, which will pit alumni against the 2011 Waves, takes place prior to dinner with the first pitch slated for noon at Eddy D. Field Stadium. Alumni batting and infield practice will run from 10:30 to 11:40 a.m.
Also included on the Alumni Day itinerary is Pepperdine' men's basketball game vs. West Coast Conference rival Gonzaga, which tips off at 7 p.m. at Firestone Fieldhouse. The ticket price is $20 per person and can be purchased by filling out the attached brochure and sending it back to assistant coach Rick Hirtensteiner at RHirtens@pepperdine.edu.
The Scolinos Award is given to a Pepperdine baseball player in recognition of exemplary behavior during a season or career. The recipient is honored for demonstrating strong character traits, including humility, resourcefulness, loyalty, honesty, work ethic, Christian behavior, and sportsmanship, which contribute to outstanding performance and dedicated efforts both on and beyond the baseball diamond. Previous Scolinos Award winners have included Cory Brightwell, Steve Kleen, Paul Coleman, Barry Enright, Brett Hunter and Nick Gaudi.
The Waves became an established collegiate baseball power in the 1950's during the Scolinos era, which lasted 15 seasons from 1946 to 1960. Pepperdine advanced to the District 8 Playoffs in 1955, 1957 and 1960. The 1957 team came within one game of a College World Series berth before losing to eventual national champion California.
Scolinos posted an all-time record of 1,198-949 through 44 years of coaching. His victory total is the second highest of any NCAA Division II coach in history.
A three-time NCAA Division II Coach of the Year at Cal Poly Pomona, Scolinos was inducted into the American Association of Collegiate Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame in 1974. He was inducted into the Pepperdine Athletics Hall of Fame in 1980 as part of its 20-person inaugural class.
Scolinos passed away in November of 2009 at the age of 91.
