Lotte 1R rookie Shin Dong-gun supports 47.2% of judges who won the Choi Dong-won Award in high school...I held 10 million won in my arms
Nov 04, 2025
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The Choi Dong-won Memorial Association (Chairman Cho Woo-hyun) announced on the 4th that it has selected Dongsan High School's Shin Dong-gun, who is scheduled to join Lotte, as the winner of the 8th presidential election (鮮) high school Choi Dong-won Award.
High school baseball aces who have shone this season will be nominated for the Choi Dong-won Award.
Candidates were Kim Min-joon of Daegu High School, who won the most wins, innings and strikeouts in high school this year, Jang Chan-hee of Gyeongnam High School, who led his alma mater Gyeongnam High School to two national championships, Lee Tae-yang of Incheon High School, who ranked first in strikeout rate among pitchers with more than 50 innings, Kim Sung-joon of Gwangju Jeil High School, left-hander Junsung Park of Incheon High School, who ranked first in hit rate among pitchers with more than 50 innings, and Shin Dong-gun of Dongsan High School, who tied for first in ERA and second in multiple wins among pitchers with more than 50 innings.
Among the six candidates, 17 people voted for Dongsan High School player Shin Dong-gun as a result of the vote of 36 scouts from 10 professional baseball teams.
Based on the records of the Korea Baseball Softball Association, the standard for the presidential high school Choi Dong-won Award is more than 15 games. It has a selection standard of 50 innings or more, four wins or more, an ERA of 2.60 or less, and 55 or more strikeouts. If even one of them is applicable, they will become candidates and request the votes of scouts from 10 teams after confirming five to six excellent candidates.
Shin Dong-gun played in 16 games and 72 ⅓ innings this year, recording eight wins, a 0.88 ERA, and 70 strikeouts to meet all five of the above criteria. The down payment for joining Lotte is 270 million won.
Shin Dong-gun "I would like to say thank you very much because I was able to grow thanks to the many teachings of all the coaches and coaches who taught me in elementary, middle, and high schools."As we received the award with the name of Choi Dong-won, the legend of Lotte Giants, we will do our best to grow into a great player like Choi Dong-won."," he said in his acceptance speech.
The winner of the `Presidential High School Choi Dong-won Award' will receive a prize of 10 million won. Among the 10 million sponsored by presidential casting, Shin Dong-gun, the winner, will receive 5 million won in scholarships and 5 million won in Dongsan High School.
The 12th BNK Busan Bank Choi Dong-won Award and the 8th presidential high school Choi Dong-won Award will be held at the Ocean Hall on the second floor of the Busan Bank headquarters at 2 p.m. on November 11.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
