{"id":99205,"date":"2025-12-30T04:57:45","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T08:57:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/richard-bautista-athlete-of-the-year-from-abadina-recognition-for-manito-and-odalis-sanchez\/"},"modified":"2025-12-30T04:57:45","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T08:57:45","slug":"richard-bautista-athlete-of-the-year-from-abadina-recognition-for-manito-and-odalis-sanchez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/richard-bautista-athlete-of-the-year-from-abadina-recognition-for-manito-and-odalis-sanchez\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard Bautista, &#8220;Athlete of the Year&#8221; from Abadina: Recognition for &#8220;Manito&#8221; and Odalis S\u00e1nchez"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Richard Bautista and Odalis S\u00e1nchez, Awarded by Abadina<\/h2>\n\n\nThe National District Basketball Association (Abadina) held its traditional annual awards ceremony, highlighting key figures in local basketball. Richard Bautista, player for the Mauricio B\u00e1ez club, was awarded &#8220;Athlete of the Year.&#8221; In addition, the renowned journalist Odalis S\u00e1nchez was honored for his career in the sports field.\n\nBautista, known as &#8220;Manito&#8221; and coming from the El Caliche club of Cristo Rey, received the award in recognition of his outstanding performance in the TBS District 2025. His leadership was crucial for the Mauricio B\u00e1ez club to obtain its tenth championship.\n\nOdalis S\u00e1nchez, a sports journalist with almost 25 years of experience, was recognized for his dedication and work in covering basketball. S\u00e1nchez has been a pillar in the dissemination of basketball incidents in the National District, including tournaments of minor and superior categories of Abadina.\n\nS\u00e1nchez also serves as the press director of the TBS District for eight years, and holds the same position in the Dominican Basketball Federation (Fedombal) and in the senior men&#8217;s national team.\n\nOther highlights at the ceremony included Jonathan Betances (Dom Deportes), recognized for his work on social media, and the El Caliche club of Cristo Rey, awarded for its &#8220;More Development&#8221;.\n\nThe event, chaired by Edwin Castillo (Tatico), took place at the Volleyball Training Center of the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Center. The &#8220;Club of the Year&#8221; award went to Bameso.\n\nThe directors of Abadina were present at the ceremony, including H\u00e9ctor Junior Gil, Jos\u00e9 -Boy\u00f3n- Dom\u00ednguez, Alex Romero, Santos Mar\u00eda, Anthony Fern\u00e1ndez and C\u00e9sar Pilarte.\n\nThe directors of Abadina presented the plaque accrediting Bameso as &#8220;Club of the Year 2025&#8221; to Alberto Castro and Augusto Castro, president and advisor of the entity, respectively, and to the also Bamesian advisor, the lawyer Pedro Lara.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Richard Bautista and Odalis S\u00e1nchez, Awarded by Abadina The National District Basketball Association (Abadina) held its traditional annual awards ceremony, highlighting key figures in local basketball. 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