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Super Season, MacPherson Wins Most Valuable Player Award
Friday, October 24th , 2025
The manager of the Santa Barbara Super Troopers said he thinks Mike MacPherson is only going to get better as he gets older.
He may only be 22, but it will be hard to top the right fielder's 2025 campaign, as he has been named the winner of the Sub League 2 Most Valuable Player Award.
His winning campaign featured a .411 batting average and a .499 on-base percentage this year. In 108 games he piled up 177 hits, 36 doubles, 2 triples, 25 home runs, 91 RBIs and 120 runs scored.
He received 15 first place votes out of a possible 24. Eric Propper of the Santa Barbara Super Troopers finished second in voting with 8 first place votes, while Doug Wagner of the Santa Barbara Super Troopers finished third with 1 first place vote.
Player - Team - First Place - Total Points
Mike MacPherson - Santa Barbara Super Troopers - 15 - 290
Eric Propper - Santa Barbara Super Troopers - 8 - 245
Doug Wagner - Santa Barbara Super Troopers - 1 - 205
Albert Garcia - Niskayuna Fighting Knights - 0 - 148
Rick Gruber - Wichita Panthers - 0 - 128
Alex Marquez - Niskayuna Fighting Knights - 0 - 122
Cameron Kovatch - Santa Barbara Super Troopers - 0 - 54
Ken Beck - Niskayuna Fighting Knights - 0 - 53
Bobby Sidener - Wichita Panthers - 0 - 53
Reed Gomez - Santa Barbara Super Troopers - 0 - 37
Corey McKeone - Santa Barbara Super Troopers - 0 - 23
Jose Martinez - Santa Barbara Super Troopers - 0 - 20
Johnny Harris - Mt. Vernon Cyclones - 0 - 15
Curtis Wojtysiak - Wichita Panthers - 0 - 13
Mickey Michael - Savannah Alpines - 0 - 10
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SL1's Premier Player: McNamara of Little Rock
Friday, October 24th , 2025
He may have less experience than most of his ABA Class A- peers, but that didn't slow Dan McNamara down at all in 2025.
At the age of 23, the Little Rock second baseman has been named the winner of the Sub League 1 Most Valuable Player Award.
He had a .343 batting average and a .425 on-base percentage this year. In 129 games he piled up 160 hits, 30 doubles, no triples, 30 home runs, 126 RBIs and 99 runs scored.
"I'm blown away by the season I was able to put together," he said. "I'm looking forward to trying to do it all again next year."
He received 19 first place votes out of a possible 24. Matt Dean of the Little Rock Golden Gophers finished second in voting with 5 first place votes, while Aaron Jacobs of the Little Rock Golden Gophers finished third.
Player - Team - First Place - Total Points
Dan McNamara - Little Rock Golden Gophers - 19 - 311
Matt Dean - Little Rock Golden Gophers - 5 - 235
Aaron Jacobs - Little Rock Golden Gophers - 0 - 196
Jarrod LaCasse - Medford Desperados - 0 - 154
Emmanuel Norman - Julian Jammers - 0 - 99
Bill Kibler - Santa Ana Black Aces - 0 - 71
Justin Husnick - Greensboro Naturals - 0 - 67
Pete DiBiaso - Providence Hex - 0 - 59
Clark Ulery - Santa Ana Black Aces - 0 - 59
Tim Vigil - Julian Jammers - 0 - 45
Edwin Retana - Julian Jammers - 0 - 39
Aaron Helgason - Medford Desperados - 0 - 30
Lamar Bridges - Medford Desperados - 0 - 21
Chris Pinson - Little Rock Golden Gophers - 0 - 20
Nick Arthur - Waco Warlocks - 0 - 4
Bobby Barnes - Little Rock Golden Gophers - 0 - 3
Tony Moctezuma - Ottawa Lynx - 0 - 1
Latrell Poff - Greensboro Naturals - 0 - 1
Mark Thompson - Ottawa Lynx - 0 - 1
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