Hillsborough County Commissioners established the Wade Boggs Athletic Achievement Award in 2005 to recognize outstanding athletic, academic, and community service achievements of a high school baseball player or team.

Nomination and selection

2019 Nomination Form

• Nominations are accepted each spring from Hillsborough County's high school baseball coaches
• Each year, the award committee reviews nominations and selects a recipient based upon outstanding athletic skills, exceptional academic achievement, good sportsmanship, and exemplary conduct
• The committee may also name honorable mention recipients
• The County Commission presents the award near the end of each high school baseball season
• For 2019, the award presentation will take place on May 15

Nominations are due by 5 PM, Friday, April 19.

Award history

The award is named in honor of Baseball Hall of Fame member and 12-time All-Star, Wade Boggs, who has been a resident of the Tampa Bay area since he was a boy. He played for the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees before finishing his career back at home with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. He is a Plant High School graduate, a Wharton High School coach, and a resident of Hillsborough County.

Boggs accumulated an astounding 3,010 hits during his 18-year career in Major League Baseball. He reached base safely in 80 percent of his 2,432 career games. Boggs' additional MLB career statistics include:

• 1,513 runs
• 578 doubles
• 61 triples
• 118 home runs
• 1,014 runs batted in (RBI)
• .328 batting average 

Award recipients

View the Wade Boggs Athletic Award Video