2023-24 LLL Impact Report - Flipbook - Seite 27
2024 LOU GEHRIG COMMUNITY IMPACT TEAM
Captain John West, Boston College | RJ Austin, Vanderbilt University | Karter Fitzpatrick, Wayne State University
Rodney Green, Jr., University of California, Berkeley | Ben King, Georgia Institute of Technology | Nick Kurtz, Wake Forest
University | Brandon Peace, Ripon College | Colton Stegman, Union College (KY) | Tommy White, Louisiana State University
To further Lou Gehrig’s legacy and his storied
baseball career that began at the collegiate
level at Columbia University, we partnered with
Lou’s college fraternity, Phi Delta Theta, and
announced the inaugural Lou Gehrig Community
Impact Team to annually recognize the giving
character and community impact of collegiate
baseball players. Honorees were nominated by
their schools, and the team was selected based
on outstanding achievements in key areas.
Following the selection of the team, the
player who garnered the highest number of
votes by the Lou Gehrig Memorial Award Voting
Committee was named Captain.
In celebration of Impact Team Captain
Johnny West, we were honored to celebrate
Boston College’s 12th annual ALS Awareness
Game at Fenway Park on April 25, 2024.
“At the age of thirteen, John was by his
dad’s side as he battled ALS for four years. John
lost his dad and committed to 昀椀ghting the
disease ALS. John’s unsel昀椀sh and infectious
personality make him a beacon of energy and
positivity for anyone who meets him. He is the
ultimate teammate and ultimate role model for
serving others in all his circles. John stands for
everything you want in a player, a student, and
a citizen. We are lucky and very grateful to have
John as part of our lives as we continue to 昀椀ght
against ALS.” -The Frates Family
John West is a living
testimony of what it
means to be a man In
Service to Others on
and off the baseball
昀椀eld. His magnetic
personality makes his
contributions to the
community even richer. John has participated
in many community organizations and service
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