Award Winners

I'm not sure, but I think the Mariners may have been one of the last teams to do this and they didn't do it with much pomp and circumstance. Just a press release on their website.

Mariners name Greg Halman Minor League Player of the Year;
Michael Pineda named Pitcher of the Year

Seattle Mariners Director of Player Development Greg Hunter announced today the Mariners Minor League Most Valuable Players.

Outfielder Greg Halman was named Player of the Year, while right-hander Michael Pineda was named Pitcher of the Year.

"All of these players deserve credit for the hard work they have put in this season," Hunter said. "Continued improvement is the first step in their overall development to get to the big leagues. Our Player Development and Scouting staffs do a great job with the development of all the players throughout our system."

According to Jay at Mariner Minors the winners at the team level were:

Tacoma: C Jeff Clement, LH Ryan Feierabend
West Tennessee: C Adam Moore, RH Shawn Kelley
High Desert: OF Greg Halman, RH Aaron Cotter
Wisconsin: IF Edilio Colina, RH Michael Pineda
Everett: OF Tyson Gillies, RH Brett Lorin
Pulaski: IF Mario Martinez, RH Blake Nation
Peoria: IF Jharmidy DeJesus, RH Brandon Maurer
Aguirre: OF Mario Yepez, RH Geraldo Esparza
Yamasa: IF Rudy van Heydoorn, LH Henry Perez

Ex-Rattlers in BOLD.

Also, the Ellis Award Winners were named. Ellis award?

The Mariners instituted the Ellis Award in 1998 to recognize community involvement by players in their Minor League system. In 2008, Mariners Minor Leaguers were very active in the community, bringing the total hours contributed by the Mariners Minor Leaguers to over 8,000 hours in the last 11 years.

Pitchers Rich Dorman and Mumba Rivera were honored as the co-individual award winners and the Tacoma Rainiers, the Mariners Triple-A affiliate in the Pacific Coast League, were honored for having the top overall team commitment.

Dorman and Rivera are both Rattler Alums.