page_title: David Jordan Bachner
section_title: Renaming of baseball field
hierarchical_section_title: David Jordan Bachner / Renaming of baseball field
caption_attribution_description: English: Banner naming the WWP North Varsity field in honor of David J Bachner
context_page_description: David Jordan Bachner, was a high school baseball player born in Princeton, New Jersey. He shared the captaincy of the West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North baseball team. He was named the Trenton Times and Trentonian Player of the Year in 2009.
  He died suddenly in August 2009, leading to the creation of a charitable foundation in his name.
context_section_description: A five-year battle was waged with the West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District Board of Education to have the local high school ball field named after Bachner.  In August 2009 shortly after Bachner's death Pete Weale proposed that the North baseball field be named in honor of David Bachner.  At a celebration in May 2010 in honor of Bachner the phrase "Bachner Field #16" was spray painted on the varsity field fence tarp in protest for the School Board's refusal to name the field.  On February 6, 2012 Bachner's coach, Bob Boyce, created a petition that was filled with 1500 signatures and delivered to the school board to try to convince board members to take action on naming the field.  On October 2, 2012 the West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District Board of Education voted to adopt a facilities naming policy that required a five-year waiting period.  In June 2014 Tim Hitchings wrote a letter to the WWP School Board of Education requesting that the High School North baseball field be named after David Bachner.  Tim Hitchings's letter was in response to Pete Weale's letter of May 16, 2014.
  On September 23, 2014 the West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District Board of Education voted to rename West Windsor-Plainsboro  High School North Baseball Field as David J. Bachner Baseball Field. On April 25, 2015 a dedication ceremony was held with alumni from David's High School North Baseball Team. David Bachner's teammates unveiled a banner to "name" the field.
caption: Banner naming the WWP North Varsity field in honor of David J Bachner
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