Josh “Burto” Burton Memorial Scholarship 

2023

Elliot Taylor

 

Rookie of the Year

 

2023 Rookie of the Year

Ethan Gilmore

 AA State Bracket Click here for your copy of the AA Idaho State Bracket

 Julian Washburn played in our legion program for 4 years, his final year winning Idaho state, Region 7, and went to the American Legion World Series where he threw a 9 inning shutout in the opening round. He then went and played at Walla Walla Community College for 1 year, and on to the University of San Francisco where he pitched for 4 years. 

While pitching at Walla Walla Community College, he made  11 appearances with eight starts as a freshman in 2018 ... Had a near-3-to-1 strikeouts-to-walks ratio with 54 Ks and only 19 walks in 54 innings pitched. Julian played his prep ball at Lewiston High School, graduating in 2017 ... Was a two-way threat for the Bengals as a senior, posting a 5-1 record and 0.73 ERA on the mound while hitting .385 with five doubles and 18 RBIs ... Helped lead Lewiston High to the Idaho High School Activities Association 5A playoffs, reaching the consolation final. At the University of San Francisco, Julian began his sophomore year with an 8-0 record, and won the program’s Newcomer of the Year award. At USF, he earned a Bachelor’s degree in History, and is currently attending LCSC to receive his teaching certificate. 

He says that he is excited to share all of the knowledge he learned at the Division 1 level with the local up-and-coming players. 

 A native of Turlock California, Darren Trainor is in his first year as the head coach of the Lewis-Clark Twins American Legion Baseball Program. Trainor is also the head coach of the Lewiston High School Baseball Program. Under Trainor the Lewiston Bengals have made it to back to back Idaho 5A State Tournament Appearances in 2022 & 2023, and won a 5A IEL District Championship in 2022.  Trainor was named the IEL 5A Baseball coach of the year in 2022.  Trainor started his coaching career at Lewis-Clark State in 2021, the Warriors finished 4th in the country and had a record of 44-6. Trainor graduated from Turlock High School in 2013 as a two-sport athlete in baseball and basketball. He started his collegiate baseball career at Merced Community College and earned all-conference and conference Gold Glove honors as a freshman. In the summer of 2017, he played in the prestigious Cape Cod Baseball League for the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox. Trainor transferred to LCSC and played for the Warriors in 2018 and 2019, finishing his career with a .346 batting average, 104 hits, 77 RBI and nine home runs. In the 2019 season under Head Coach Jake Taylor, he was voted the NAIA West Gold Glove catcher, the NAIA West Player of the Year and a Second-Team NAIA All-American.  After the 2019 season, Trainor played a season professionally in Australia in the Greater Brisbane League in the Gold Coast of Queensland, Australia. Trainor graduated from Lewis-Clark State in the spring of 2019 with a Bachelor’s in Kinesiology and an Idaho Teaching Credential. He currently resides in Lewiston and works at Lewiston High School as a PE instructor.