Miguel Rojas was named the winner of the 20th annual Roy Campanella Award, which is annually given to the Los Angeles Dodgers player who best exemplifies the spirit and leadership of the late Hall of Fame catcher.
Dodgers uniformed personnel votes for the winner who’s deemed the “Most Inspirational Dodger.”
It’s the second straight season Rojas has received the honor, joining Clayton Kershaw (2013-2014) and Justin Turner (2019-2020) as the only Dodgers to win back-to-back Roy Campanella Awards.
Overall, Rojas is the fourth player to win multiple times, joining Kershaw, Turner (2017, 2019, 2020) and Chase Utley (2016, 2018). The 36-year-old Rojas is tied with Jamey Carroll (2010) as the second-oldest player to win the honor, after Utley (37, 39).
“It means a lot,” Rojas told DodgerBlue.com. “I take a lot of pride in what my teammates and the guys around the clubhouse think about me, and I always say that I’m a server in baseball. I’m here to do whatever is necessary to win.
“I’m trying not to put myself at the center of attention. I just enjoy the moment that I walk in this clubhouse to provide whatever I can to help the team win and to make everybody better.
“And being voted by my teammates and my coaches, it means a lot, and especially because I lean on them a lot. At some point in the year, I needed to talk to one of the coaches, Kiké and I had a conversation early in the year to kind of keep me on pace to be myself and provide what I can provide as a leader.
“And it’s always important to have your teammates on your side and know that they’re going to have your back, and I’m going to have their back, any possibility that I have, I’m going to be there for them.”
Roy Campanella Award winners: Miguel Rojas & more
Rafael Furcal received the inaugural Roy Campanella Award in 2006 and since then it has been awarded to Russell Martin (2007), James Loney (2008), Juan Pierre (2009), Carroll (2010), Matt Kemp (2011), A.J. Ellis (2012), Kershaw (2013-2014), Zack Greinke (2015), Utley (2016, 2018), Turner (2017, 2019-2020), Chris Taylor (2021), Freddie Freeman (2022) and Jason Heyward (2023).
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