Daesun Joojo Supports High School Choi Dong-won Award for 5 Consecutive Years... Total Prize Money of 15 Million Won Delivered

At the 9th Choi Dong-won Award Ceremony, Jo Woo-hyun, CEO of Daesun Brewery (right), and Gu Ja-jung, President of Busan MBC (left), are taking a commemorative photo with Yoon Young-chul, a player from Chungam High School and recipient of the Choi Dong-won Award.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Hwang Du-yeol] Busan-based local company Daesun Brewery has been supporting the development of domestic baseball for five consecutive years.

On the 17th, at the ‘9th Choi Dong-won Awards Ceremony’ held at Busan MBC Dream Hall, Daesun Brewery presented a prize money of 10 million KRW to the recipient of the ‘5th Daesun High School Choi Dong-won Award’ and their affiliated school.

They also supported 5 million KRW to ‘Changmiya’ of the ‘Changwon City Women’s Baseball Team,’ who was selected for the ‘3rd Choi Dong-won Indomitable Hero Award.’

The ‘Daesun High School Choi Dong-won Award’ was newly established in 2018 through Daesun Brewery’s sponsorship for the development of Korean high school baseball, and is awarded to the pitcher who showed the most outstanding performance that year.

The prize money of 10 million KRW is divided equally, with 5 million KRW each given to the awardee and the affiliated school’s baseball team.

This year’s recipient was selected through voting by 37 scouts from 10 professional baseball teams. The candidate criteria were ▲at least 15 games pitched ▲at least 50 innings pitched ▲4 or more wins ▲earned run average (ERA) of 2.60 or lower ▲55 or more strikeouts.

This year’s awardee is left-handed pitcher Yoon Young-cheol from Chungam High School. Throwing fastballs in the 140 km/h range, Yoon recorded 13 wins, 2 losses, and an ERA of 1.66 over 15 high school baseball games this season with stable control.

In particular, he demonstrated overwhelming skill by recording the highest number of strikeouts among high school pitchers with 99 and issuing only 5 walks.

Yoon Young-cheol said, “I am very happy to receive an award that all high school pitchers aspire to. I want to share this joy with my parents, coach, instructors, and fellow student athletes.”

The Choi Dong-won Memorial Foundation expanded the Choi Dong-won Award, which was limited to baseball, to the social sector starting in 2020 and established the ‘Choi Dong-won Indomitable Hero Award.’ This year, Daesun Brewery supported 5 million KRW in this category.

‘Changmiya’ of the ‘Changwon City Women’s Baseball Team,’ selected for the 3rd Choi Dong-won Indomitable Hero Award, was founded in 2020 and won two titles in the Futures League and was runner-up in the Champ League this year.

The late Choi Dong-won’s special affection for women’s amateur baseball during his lifetime was also a reason for the award.

Daesun Brewery CEO Jo Woo-hyun said, “I am proud to be able to support talents who will be the mainstay of Korea’s baseball future,” and added, “We will continue to contribute to the development of domestic baseball.”

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