21st Joe Sewell Award to be presented next month
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The annual Joe Sewell Memorial Award banquet is next month.

 Kenneth S. Boone

The Joe Sewell Memorial Award will award $19,000 in scholarships next month to outstanding high school senior athletes in Elmore County who have consistently represented the highest ideals of Christian leadership.

The award serves to honor the legacy of Joe Sewell, a native of the Titus community who established a very successful baseball career in the Majors from 1920-1933 and was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1977. Sewell’s athletic skill was apparent as he holds two of Major League Baseball’s records including the lifetime record for fewest strikeouts in his 14 year career with only 114 in 7,132 at-bats. His outstanding character and leadership are qualities that serve as the foundation of this award.Â