Major League Baseball and Boys & Girls Clubs of America presented 11-year-old Carly Anderson, from the Boys & Girls Club of Southwestern Oregon, with the 2008 MLB STAR Award for the state.

Carly was among hundreds of Boys & Girls Club members throughout the country recognized for demonstrating an exceptionally positive attitude in after-school sports, fitness and recreation programs. Along with winning the STAR Award, she also received an autographed baseball from baseball Commissioner Allan H. “Bud” Selig.

The program recognizes club members, ages 10-18, who lead by example and demonstrate the positive behaviors of sportsmanship, team spirit, achievement and responsibility.