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2009 - 2010 Scholarship Finalists Announced |
 The finalist applications for the 2009/2010 scholarship program have been submitted to the Bobby Bragan Youth Foundation’s scholarship committee. This year 96 schools sent a total of 184 scholarship applications, 35 of which will ultimately be chosen to receive the promise of a $2,500 college scholarship, which will be awarded once the winners have completed high school and enrolled in college. More than 36,000 8th grade students from 21 school districts across the metroplex were given the chance to compete in this year’s scholarship competition.
The 2009/2010 scholarship winners will be announced in mid-March. Finalists and winners will be honored at the foundation’s annual Scholarship Celebration, which will be held on the campus of Texas Wesleyan University on Sunday, April 18th.
The Scholarship Committee congratulates this year’s finalists and commends them for having been selected to represent their school in the 2009/2010 competition. Click "Read More" to see a complete list of this year’s finalists. |
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Bobby Bragan: A life remembered |
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Bragan was born and raised in Birmingham and began his professional baseball career in the Alabama-Florida League with Panama City in 1937. Bragan came up as a shortstop and played for the Phillies from 1940-1942. In 1942, the team was strapped for catching help because of injuries and military call-ups, and Bobby offered to learn the job.
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Watch Bragan recite famous Casey at the Bat poem |
 Anyone who has had the pleasure of hearing Bobby Bragan speak through the years has probably experienced the joy of watching him recite Ernest Lawrence Thayer's famous poem "Casey at the Bat". If you haven't, here's your chance.
Click here to view Bobby Bragan reciting "Casey at the Bat". Thanks to Brown Cooper for his great work on this video. |
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Bobby’s Designated Hitters Campaign Off to a Great Start |
 Several donors have already signed up to be one of Bobby’s Designated Hitters for 2010. For a donation of $1,000 a Designated Hitter has the satisfaction of knowing that they are providing significant, affordable support to the Bobby Bragan Youth Foundation, ensuring that deserving 8th graders will receive the recognition and encouragement they need to excel throughout high school, graduate, and go on to college.
2010 Designated Hitters also receive a commemorative pin, and are invited to a cocktail celebration to be held in April at Del Frisco’s, Fort Worth’s finest steakhouse. For every $10,000 raised through this campaign, an additional scholarship will be awarded to a deserving 8th grade student at the annual BBYF Scholarship Celebration in the name of “Bobby’s Designated Hitters”!
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Jim "The Rookie" Morris honored at BBYF Gala |
 Jim Morris -- baseball's oldest rookie, who defied all odds to make his major league debut at age 35 and was the subject of the 2002 Disney film "The Rookie" -- was honored at the 2009 Bobby Bragan Youth Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award Gala on Oct. 30 at the new Omni Fort Worth Hotel.
This year marks the 10th anniversary of Morris's big league debut, which occurred in 1999 against the Texas Rangers at The Ballpark in Arlington.
View photos from the 2009 Gala |
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Bobby Bragan - a man whose love for baseball was overshadowed only by his love of God and his fellow man - died Jan. 21, 2010 at his Fort Worth home at the age of 92.