Every month for the past several years, MomsTEAM contributing writer, University of Missouri law professor, and youth hockey coach Doug Abrams [1], has highlighted an individual or team (usually, but not always, a youth athlete) as a Youth Sports Hero for doing something special, usually an act of exceptional sportsmanship.  

In December each year, Doug lists his top five in an article for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 

With 2012 now history, here are Doug's dozen heroes for the year:

January: Wakana Ueda, Sami Stoner, Doug Wells and Taylor Howell [2]

February: John Huether (West Roxbury, Mass.) [3]

March: Allan Guei (Compton, Calif.) [4]

April: Jack Jablonski (Minneapolis, Minn.) and Heriberto "Eddie" Avila (Belvidere, Ill.) [5]

May: Mark Mannarn (North York, Ontario, Canada) [6]

June: Rashawn King (Apex, North Carolina)  [7]

July: Mehan Vogel (West Liberty, Ohio) [8]

August: 1955 Cannon Street YMCA All-Starts Baseball Team (Charleston, S.C.) [9]

September: Matt Woodrum (Worthington, Ohio) [10]

October: Kyle Lograsso (Murrieta, California)  [11]

November: Seth Goldstein (East Memphis, Tenn.) [12]

December: St. Clairsville (Ohio) High School Football Team [13]

Okay, now that you've read all twelve, click here [14] to see which ones Doug picked as his top five.

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