Minor League Baseball named the Charleston RiverDogs the winner of the 2025 MiLB Together Award, presented at the annual MiLB Awards Show at the MiLB Business Summit in Indianapolis.
The award recognizes a team that demonstrates an outstanding, ongoing commitment to charitable service, support, and leadership within both their local community and within the baseball industry. The RiverDogs were selected from a group of 10 finalists and named the winner across the 120 Minor League Baseball clubs around the country.
Supporting the local community has been a key tenet of the RiverDogs’ success in the Charleston-area for its more than 40 years of ownership by The Goldklang Group. The RiverDogs received the award both for that long-standing commitment and for taking their commitment to the Charleston community to new heights in 2025.
The RiverDogs are proud to partner with MUSC Health to honor Diversity and Inclusion Award recipients at Joe Riley Park with three awards honoring outstanding members of the Charleston community: the RiverDogs Humanitarian Award, which recognizes an individual that has helped strengthen the Charleston community through peace, love, & unity, the Perros Santos Award, which recognizes a person that has showcased integrity and passion in making significant contributions to the local Hispanic community, and the Rainbows Award, showcasing an individual for their respect and excellence in extraordinary ways and for making momentous contributions to the local LGBTQ+ community.
Chris Singleton (right) poses with Charlie T. RiverDog and Mayor Tecklenburg before the first pitch of Opening Day at The Joe in 2019. Singleton, now the RiverDogs' Director of Community Outreach, was the 2016 recipient of the RiverDogs' Humanitarian Award.
2019 - Dr. Akif Aydin
2017 - Tony 'the Peanut Man' Wright
2016 - Chris Singleton
2011 - Dr. Willis C. Ham
2010 - Wendell Gilliard
2008 - Augustus Holt
2007 - Hon. Jim Clyburn
2019- Berkeley County School District
2019- The Charleston Hurricanes Rugby Team