Wharton High senior shortstop Drew Ehrhard was honored with the 2017 Wade Boggs Athletic Achievement Award, by the Hillsborough County Commission at its May 17 meeting.
The Wade Boggs Athletic Achievement Award honors a high school baseball player or a team in Hillsborough County on the basis of outstanding athletic, scholastic and community achievements.
Erhard, a four-year letterman and team captain, has been a starter since his first game as a freshman. He has been named All-Western Conference multiple times, and has more than 100 career hits along with a .383 career batting average.
Off the field, Ehrhard, a University of Tampa baseball signee, has a cumulative grade point average of 6.1 and is involved with several community causes, including Relay for Life and Keep Tampa Bay Beautiful.
Meanwhile, Jonah Scolaro of Durant High School and Robby Martin of Jefferson High School received Wade Boggs Athletic Achievement Award Honorable Mentions.
The County Commission established the award in 2005 in honor of first-ballot National Baseball Hall of Fame member Wade Boggs. A resident of the Tampa Bay area since he was a boy, Boggs is a 12-time All Star who ended his 18-year Major League Baseball career as a member of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
