2013 Arch Award Results Part 1

Oct 18, 2012; St. Louis, MO, USA; General view of the Gateway Arch before game four of the 2012 NLCS at Busch Stadium between the St. Louis Cardinals and the San Francisco Giants. Mandatory Credit: Peter G. Aiken-USA TODAY Sports

As followers of this blog are aware, to end the 2013 calendar year, we introduced our first annual Arch Awards. We had 5 categories and we wanted to announce the first two winners of the 2013 Arch Awards. Our other 3 polls are still open until January 8th.  Here are the links to those awards:

Best STL Storyline
Best Team
MVP of St. Louis.

Here are the results.

Rising Star award.

Nominees:

Alex Steen
Michael Wacha
Tavon Austin
Maty Mauk

And the Winner is………

Michael Wacha

Oct 18, 2013; St. Louis, MO, USA; St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Michael Wacha holds the series MVP trophy after game six of the National League Championship Series baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Busch Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports

Wacha dominated the vote total with 74% of the vote. Tavon Austin finished second with 14% of the vote. Mizzou freshman quarterback Maty Mauk finished 3rd with 7% and Blues forward was last with 5% of the vote.