The Frank Sayre Award

An umpire must maintain an atmosphere of impartiality. With this in mind, Frank Sayre gave the NJSBUA a sense of direction. His 45 years of service steered its membership constantly in the directions that the impartiality of umpiring stand for - integrity and consistency. And within this atmosphere, a baseball game played at any level will be decided through competitive play and good sportsmanship. To many, the NJSBUA was Frank Sayre's life work.

The "Frank Sayre Award" recognizes a high school baseball team from the area that our association serves: Union, Essex, Morris Sussex and parts of Passaic and Somerset Counties. The team selected best represents the "Spirit of Competition and Exemplary Sportsmanship" reflecting Frank Sayre's dedication to the game of baseball.

Frank Sayre served the NJSBUA from 1948 to 1995. He was our President in 1962. In that time, the NJSBUA emerged as the largest baseball officiating organization in New Jersey. His dedication to the NJSBUA merited him as one of the initial recipients of our Hall of Fame (Jack Schrumpf Award), along with J. Walter Coffee, Carl Newman, Barry Finn, George Swoyer and Harry De Lorenzo, in 1977. Frank was elected to the Union County Baseball Hall of fame in 1992. He was elected to the Cranford Sports Hall of fame as an Official in 2000.