2014 Spencerport graduate and current SUNY Fredonia freshman Jonathan Gill was named the winner of the Steve Schockow Scholarship. The award is named in honor of the 30-year Spencerport Junior Baseball Board member and manager.
The award annually recognizes an outstanding senior who participated in the Junior Baseball program and demonstrated the qualities of sportsmanship, leadership and community involvement.
Gill played junior baseball in Spencerport for nine years, spent three more years with the Greece Little League and was an umpire for four years. He was on High Honor Roll for 16 consecutive quarters and also played varsity basketball and track for two seasons as well as Ultimate Disc Club for four years.
Gill is majoring in computer science.
Schockow commuted from Irondequoit from his job as a junior high school social studies teacher at West Irondequoit to be a part of the junior baseball program and managed the 13-15 year old Pony League team.
