NEW YORK – Former Harvard baseball player and now Milwaukee Brewers pitcher, Brent Suter '12, has been nominated for Major League Baseball's Roberto Clemente Award.
 
The Roberto Clemente Award is bestowed annually to the player who best represents the game of Baseball through extraordinary character, community involvement, philanthropy and positive contributions, both on and off the field.
 
Brent serves as an ambassador for "Players for the Planet" and last year participated with other athletes in a beach cleanup in the Dominican Republic.
 
In addition to volunteering for cleanup projects, he is a supporter of multiple environmental groups such as Milwaukee Urban Ecology, the Outrider Foundation, ECO in the City of Milwaukee, and EcoAthletes.
 
In the spring of 2019, he partnered with a bottle manufacturer to produce reusable glass water bottles to support his #StrikeOutWaste initiative, an eco-friendly effort to reduce plastic use across the league.
 
As a leader in the sustainable sports movement, Brent is a founding member of Sidelining Carbon, an initiative from the American Conservation Coalition Campus that focuses on offsetting the carbon impact of professional sports team travel. Launched in late August, the initiative aims to offset at least 50 percent of the carbon footprint associated with professional sports team travel by 2025.
 
In addition to trying to help save the planet, Brent has donated $10,000 to Brewers Community Foundation for each of the past three years, and during the pandemic, he partnered with other teammates to donate $10,000 toward the Ballpark Employee Emergency Relief Fund for stadium employees affected by COVID-19.
 
Fans can vote for Suter on MLB.com until Sept. 27.