The Roy Halladay Award honors the top senior baseball player, scholar and community steward in Colorado. The award, named after the late Hall of Fame pitcher who attended Arvada West before becoming a Cy Young winner with the Blue Jays and Phillies, factors in on-field performance as well as grades and community service.

The award is backed by a non-profit, the Colorado High School Baseball Player Award Corporation, led by board president Ed Henderson, treasurer Alan Bossart and secretary Justin North. The winner is decided by a 14-person selection committee, which votes on the winner and finalists based on a system that gives candidates three points for a first-place vote, two points for a second-place vote and one point for a third-place vote.

The trophy for the award, named “The Mighty Casey,” is made by the Lundeen Sculpture company in Loveland. It is an approximately 15-inch-tall bronze sculpture of an old-time ballplayer leaning on his bat. The winner also receives a $1,000 scholarship and an honorary luncheon put on by the non-profit in downtown Denver.

Anyone wishing to make a tax-deductible donation to the award should email reporter Kyle Newman at knewman@denverpost.com.