Tucson High’s baseball team is seeded No. 2 in the 6A state tournament after winning nine of its last 11 games and one of the Badgers’ top players is only a sophomore — Gennaro Brito — with highly productive numbers.
Brito, a left-hander, is third in Arizona with a 1.19 ERA. He has struck out 53 batters while walking 19 in 41 1/3 innings.
He also has 37 stolen bases, which ranks seventh in the state. He is batting .291 with 31 runs and 10 RBIs.
His strong performance, especially in the month of April, merits him the Jet Sports Training Male Athlete of the Month.
2023 MALE ATHLETE OF THE MONTH HONORS
January 2023: Sabino basketball player Weston Haebig
February 2023: Sunnyside wrestler Sergio Vega
March 2023: Catalina Foothills baseball player Ethan Bell
April 2023: Tucson baseball player Gennaro Brito
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ALLSPORTSTUCSON.com publisher, writer and editor Javier Morales is a former Arizona Press Club award winner. He is a former Arizona Daily Star beat reporter for the Arizona basketball team, including when the Wildcats won the 1996-97 NCAA title. He has also written articles for CollegeAD.com, Bleacher Report, Lindy’s Sports, TucsonCitizen.com, The Arizona Republic, Sporting News and Baseball America, among many other publications. He has also authored the book “The Highest Form of Living”, which is available at Amazon. He became an educator five years ago and is presently a special education teacher at Gallego Fine Arts Intermediate in the Sunnyside Unified School District.
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