Seton Hall baseball utilityman Mike Esposito was awarded the Coach Sheppard Legacy Award during the 2020 Mike Sheppard Senior Golf Outing last Monday.
The award was created two years ago by a group of alumni to honor former Seton Hall baseball coach Mike Sheppard, his son head coach Rob Sheppard said.
Sheppard said he provides his panel of judges with a preliminary list of players from the baseball team, and the winner is then afforded the opportunity to join the selection committee for future awardees. Coach Sheppard emphasized that this award is more centered around an athlete’s personal contributions rather than just pure statistics.