At the end of each season, the league votes on a number of categories "just for fun." These include Rookie of the Season, Coach of the Season, Defensive Bowler of the Season, Underdog of the Season, the Bob Brunker Good Sportsmanship Award, the Emily Podhajsky Good Sportsmanship Award, and Most Valuable Bowler.
Past winners include:
Rookie of the Season
Fall 2011 : Mike Berlin (Neil Rieger, runner-up)
Spring 2011 : Kelly Anderson (Russell Madsen, runner-up)
Fall 2010 : Jake Parrott (Jessica Thomas, runner-up)
Spring 2010 : Ian Goetz (Bill Riley, runner-up)
Fall 2009 : Orion Kinkaid (Amanda Duncan, runner-up)
Spring 2009 : Rich Foster (Zach Frank, runner-up)
Fall 2008 : Carter Collins (Andrea Caudillo, runner-up)
Spring 2008 : Aubrey Moren (Chris Rigdon, runner-up)
Fall 2007 : Brian Eye (Jennifer Seefeldt, runner-up)
Spring 2007 : Cory Chorpenning (Don Glasscock, runner-up)
Fall 2006 : John Boren (Dave Hickerson, runner-up)
Spring 2006 : Ryan Doll (Steve Kiernan, runner-up)
Fall 2005 : John Richardson (Will Jeter, runner-up)
Spring 2005 : Bart Smith (Andy Metzler, runner-up)
Fall 2004 : Mark McClendon (Rich DeYoung, runner-up)
Spring 2004 : Robert "Bobby Dollars" Million (Amanda Schulte, runner-up)
Fall 2003 : Michael Basham (Andee Weinfurt, runner-up)
Spring 2003 : Eric Lynch (Steve Robinson, runner-up)
Captain of the Season
Fall 2011 : Ken M. Wilson (Alison Radke, runner-up)
Spring 2011 : Ryan Doll (Ken M. Wilson, runner-up)
Fall 2010 : Ken M. Wilson (Freda Schroeder, runner-up)
Spring 2010 : Angela Bradford (Ken M. Wilson, runner-up)
Fall 2009 : Ken M. Wilson (Ryan Doll, runner-up)
Spring 2009 : Angela Bradford (Ken M. Wilson, runner-up)
Fall 2008 : Ken M. Wilson (Cory Chorpenning, runner-up)
Spring 2008 : Freda Schroeder (Dave Parre, runner-up)
Fall 2007 : Dave Parre (Ken M. Wilson, runner-up)
Spring 2007 : Angela Bradford (Seth Gunderson, runner-up)
Fall 2006 : Angela Bradford (Seth Gunderson, runner-up)
Spring 2006 : Ken M. Wilson (Seth Gunderson, runner-up)
Fall 2005 : Seth Gunderson (Ken M. Wilson, runner-up)
Spring 2005 : Seth Gunderson (Dave Parre, runner-up)
Fall 2004 : Seth Gunderson (Dennis "Pops" Laube, runner-up)
Spring 2004 : Ken M. Wilson (Angela Bradford, runner-up)
Fall 2003 : Ken M. Wilson (Seth Gunderson, runner-up)
Spring 2003 : Jason Carpio (Ken M. Wilson, runner-up)
Carl Goetz Defensive Bowler of the Season
Fall 2011 : Carl Goetz (Ryan Doll, runner-up)
Spring 2011 : Carl Goetz (Ryan Doll, runner-up)
Fall 2010 : Ken M. Wilson (Freda Schroeder, runner-up)
Spring 2010 : Ryan Doll (Carl Goetz, runner-up)
Fall 2009 : Ken M. Wilson (Ryan Doll, runner-up)
Spring 2009 : Ken M. Wilson (Angela Bradford, runner-up)
Fall 2008 : Ken M. Wilson (Cory Chorpenning, runner-up)
Spring 2008 : Cory Chorpenning (Don Glasscock, runner-up)
Fall 2007 : Cory Chorpenning (Duncan Ferber, runner-up)
Spring 2007 : John Boren (Duncan Ferber, runner-up)
Fall 2006 : Ken M. Wilson (Carl Goetz, runner-up)
Spring 2006 : Carl Goetz (Pat Searcy, runner-up)
Fall 2005 : Carl Goetz (Ken M. Wilson, runner-up)
Spring 2005 : Carl Goetz, Pat Searcy [tie] (Dave Parre, runner-up)
Fall 2004 : Demond Robinson (Pat Searcy, runner-up)
Spring 2004 : David Codding (Pat Searcy, runner-up)
Fall 2003 : Pat Searcy (David Codding, runner-up)
Spring 2003 : Pat Searcy (David Codding, runner-up)
Underdog of the Season
Fall 2011 : Alison Radke (Orion Kinkaid, runner-up)
Spring 2011 : Kelly Anderson (Sabrina Gray, runner-up)
Fall 2010 : Jessica Thomas (Ryan Simonet, runner-up)
Spring 2010 : Andrea "Dre" Caudillo (Bill Riley, runner-up)
Fall 2009 : Sarah Sauer (Chris Lewis, runner-up)
Spring 2009 : Chris Lewis (Ben Wetteborn, runner-up)
Fall 2008 : Chris Lewis (Rob Kaszuba, runner-up)
Spring 2008 : Sarah Buchanan (Shaun Crockett, runner-up)
Fall 2007 : Janelle Laube (Ben Lee, runner-up)
Spring 2007 : Kendall Kukowski (Greg Middleton, runner-up)
Fall 2006 : Andy McLeod (Dave Hickerson, runner-up)
Spring 2006 : Travis Kleiner (Ariel Waldman, runner-up)
Fall 2005 : Lauren Schuster (Andrea DeLong, runner-up)
Spring 2005 : Freda Schroeder (Tracy Rychlewski, runner-up)
Fall 2004 : Ray Haynes (Janelle Laube, runner-up)
Spring 2004 : Amanda Schulte (Robert Million, runner-up)
Fall 2003 : Dennis "Pops" Laube (Andee Weinfurt, runner-up)
Spring 2003 : Scott Murdock (Janelle Laube, runner-up)
Emily Podhajsky Good Sportsmanship Award (Women Only)
Fall 2011 : Emily Podhajsky (Alison Radke, runner-up)
Bob Brunker Good Sportsmanship Award (Men Only, Beginning Fall 2011)
Fall 2011 : Rob Kaszuba (Orion Kinkaid, runner-up)
Spring 2011 : Emily Podhajsky (Jake Parrott, runner-up)
Fall 2010 : Emily Podhajsky (Alison Radke, runner-up)
Spring 2010 : Janelle Laube (Sarah Sauer, runner-up)
Fall 2009 : Alison Radke (Janelle Laube, runner-up)
Spring 2009 : Bob Brunker (Ben Lee, runner-up)
Fall 2008 : Ben Lee (Emily Podhajsky, runner-up)
Spring 2008 : Angela Bradford (Seth Gunderson, runner-up)
Fall 2007 : Ben Lee (Seth Gunderson, runner-up)
Spring 2007 : John Boren (Ben Lee, runner-up)
Fall 2006 : Bob Brunker (Andy McLeod, runner-up)
Spring 2006 : Janelle Laube (Erin deVries, runner-up)
Fall 2005 : David Codding (Jason Carpio, runner-up)
Spring 2005 : Amanda Schulte (Janelle Laube, runner-up)
Fall 2004 : Amanda Schulte (Bob Brunker, runner-up)
Spring 2004 : Amanda Schulte (Thomas Lin, runner-up)
Fall 2003 : Bob Brunker (Seth Gunderson, runner-up)
Spring 2003 : Bob Brunker (David Codding, runner-up)
People's Choice: Most Valuable Bowler
Fall 2011 : Ryan Doll (Carl Goetz & Aubrey Moren, runners-up)
Spring 2011 : Carl Goetz (Ken M. Wilson, runner-up)
Fall 2010 : Ken M. Wilson (David Codding, runner-up)
Spring 2010 : Carl Goetz (Ryan Doll, runner-up)
Fall 2009 : Ken M. Wilson (Ryan Doll, runner-up)
Spring 2009 : David Codding (Angela Bradford, runner-up)
Fall 2008 : Cory Chorpenning (John Boren, runner-up)
Spring 2008 : Don Glasscock (Aubrey Moren, runner-up)
Fall 2007 : Don Glasscock (Cory Chorpenning, runner-up)
Spring 2007 : John Boren (Duncan Ferber, runner-up)
Fall 2006 : Ken M. Wilson (Dennis "Pops" Laube, runner-up)
Spring 2006 : Carl Goetz (Ariel Waldman, runner-up)
Fall 2005 : John Richardson (David Codding, runner-up)
Spring 2005 : Rich DeYoung (Angela Bradford & Carl Goetz, tied runner-up)
Fall 2004 : Demond Robinson (Pat Searcy, runner-up)
Spring 2004 : David Codding (Ken M. Wilson, runner-up)
Fall 2003 : David Codding (Pat Searcy, runner-up)
Spring 2003 : Scott Murdock (Carl Goetz, runner-up)
Actual: Most Valuable Bowler
Fall 2011 : Rob Kaszuba / Ryan Doll (Teresa Deterding / Jason Carpio, runners-up)
Spring 2011 : Carl Goetz/Ken M. Wilson (Bill Krejci, Kelly Anderson, Rob Kaszuba, Ryan Doll, Chris Able, runners-up)
Fall 2010 : Ken M. Wilson (Jake Parrott/Teresa Deterding, runners-up)
Spring 2010 : Ryan Doll (Ken M. Wilson, runner-up)
Fall 2009 : Ryan Doll (David Codding, runner-up)
Spring 2009 : Rich Foster (Ryan Doll, runner-up)
Fall 2008 : Ken M. Wilson (Freda Schroeder, runner-up)
Spring 2008 : Dennis Laube (Don Glasscock, John Richardson, and Shaun Crockett, runner-up)
Fall 2007: Bill Krejci (Don Glasscock), runner-up)
Spring 2007 : Kendall Kukowski (Ken M. Wilson, runner-up)
Fall 2006 : Andy McLeod/Ken M. Wilson (Carl Goetz, runner-up)
Spring 2006 : David Codding (Steve Kiernan, runner-up)
Fall 2005 : John Richardson (Thomas Lin, runner-up)
Spring 2005 : Angela Bradford (Bob Brunker, Seth Gunderson & Pat Searcy, tied runner-up)
Fall 2004 : Demond Robinson (Stefan Paz, runner-up)
Spring 2004 : Jason Carpio (Thomas Lin, runner-up)
Fall 2003 : Michael Basham (Jason Carpio, runner-up)
Spring 2003 : Scott Murdock (Carl Goetz, runner-up)
Cumulative #1 Power Ranked Bowler
Fall 2011 : Ken M. Wilson (Aubrey Moren, runner-up)
Spring 2011: Carl Goetz (Seth Gunderson, runner-up)
Fall 2010: Ken M. Wilson (Ian Goetz, runner-up)
Spring 2010: Ken M. Wilson (Carl Goetz, runner-up)
Fall 2009: Ryan Doll (Ken M. Wilson, runner-up)
Spring 2009: Carl Goetz (Ryan Doll, runner-up)
Fall 2008: Carter Collins (Ken M. Wilson, runner-up)
Spring 2008: Dennis "Pops" Laube (Cory Chorpenning, runner-up)
Fall 2007: Dave Parre (Ryan Doll, runner-up)
Spring 2007: John Boren (Carl Goetz, runner-up)
Fall 2006: Ken M. Wilson (Ryan Doll, runner-up)
Spring 2006: Ryan Doll (Carl Goetz, runner-up)
Fall 2005: John Richardson (Carl Goetz, runner-up)
Spring 2005: Freda Schroeder (Angela Bradford, runner-up)
Fall 2004: Ken M. Wilson (Bill Krejci, runner-up)
Spring 2004: Ken M. Wilson (Eric Lynch, runner-up)
Fall 2003: Pat Searcy (Corey Weinfurt, runner-up)
Spring 2003: Carl Goetz (Pat Searcy, runner-up)
Fall 2002: Ken M. Wilson (Phil Schroeder, runner-up)
Spring 2002: Ken M. Wilson (Pat Searcy, runner-up)
Descriptions of each category:
Rookie of the Season
The best all-around bowler in his or her first season.
Captain of the Season
The captain is usually the person that assembles his or her team and then leads the team to victories.
Carl Goetz Defensive Bowler of the Season
This bowler is who can step up under intense pressure in the 10th frame and finish strongly, sealing the victory. Nominees are bowlers with an average of 150 or higher.
Underdog of the Season -- This is awarded to the biggest contributor to his or her team with an average of 149 or below.
Bob Brunker Good Sportsmanship Award / Emily Podhajsky Good Sportsmanship Award
Win or lose, this man and this woman is always there with a smile or a kind word.
People's Choice: Most Valuable Bowler
This bowler was the end-all, be-all best in the league in terms of providing the most fire power to earn his or her team the most wins as selected by the league.
Actual: Most Valuable Bowler
This bowler was the end-all, be-all best in the league in terms of providing the most fire power to earn his or her team the most wins as selected through actual math.
Cumulative #1 Power Ranked Bowler
This bowler proved to have put up the most powerful performance by an individual throughout the course of the entire season.

