America
In a first, Indian-American student baseball player to be honoured
New York, Aug 1
A rising baseball player Kumar
Nambiar from Westchester county will be the first Indian-American
student athlete to be honoured as the "New York State Player of the
Year," media reported on Saturday.
Nambiar, a 2015 graduate of
Mamaroneck High School, will be felicitated on Sunday during the 16th
annual Heritage of India Festival at Kensico Dam Plaza County Park,
Daily Voice newspaper quoted the event organisers as saying.
The
Indian American Cultural Association of Westchester (IACAW), that serves
the Indian community of Westchester County, will organise the event.
Playing
as a pitcher -- the player who delivers the ball to the batsman -
Nambiar was a key player who helped his team, Mamaroneck High Tigers,
win the Section 1 Class AA State Championship in May, the report said.
Nambiar will be pitching for Yale University next season.
"Baseball
stardom is considered rare among Asian Indians. Nambiar might even be
the first Indian-American named a state high school baseball Player of
the Year anywhere in the US," Sid Mehta, volunteer broadcaster for
Bedford Central School District TV and Fox Lane Foxes varsity sports,
said.
Few Indian-Americans across the country play baseball beyond Little League.
Hardly
any of them become the ace of their pitching staff as Nambiar has or
named the most valuable player (MVP) of the varsity team, the report
added.
"Nambiar is a true trail-blazer in the Indian-American community here in the Westchester county," Mehta added.