Boomers' Nieporte wins Frontier League MVP

The Frontier League announced the postseason awards for the 2021 season on Thursday and the Central Division Champion Schaumburg Boomers received plenty of accolades for success both on and off the field.

On the field, Quincy Nieporte was selected as the Morgan Burkhart Award Winner as the Frontier League MVP, and received Postseason All-Star honors for the Midwestern Conference. Chase Dawson was also selected as a postseason All-Star.

Off the field, the Schaumburg Boomers were named as the Frontier League's Organization of the Year while Vice President/General Manager Michael Larson was selected as the Bob Wolfe Award winner as the league's executive of the year.

Nieporte was a force to be reckoned with. The right-handed hitter earned a pair of Frontier League Player of the Week awards during the season and is currently hitting .350 with 16 homers, 63 RBIs and 21 doubles. The second-year Boomer leads the league in slugging percentage and ranks second in average while sitting in the top-10 in homers, RBIs and doubles

Dawson switched to the outfield this season and is leading the league with a franchise-record 9 triples. The Northwest Indiana native owns a team-best 31 multihit games while batting .317 with 10 homers, 14 doubles and 67 RBIs. Dawson, who has played all three outfield positions, has ranked among the league leaders in hitting all season with 106 hits and 75 runs scored.

The Schaumburg Boomers were awarded their fourth Organization of the Year award while Larson earned his second consecutive Bob Wolfe Award. Despite the pandemic and early season crowd limits, Schaumburg led the league in attendance for the seventh consecutive season, drawing 157,112 fans for an average of 3,415.