KOROITs Patrick Sinnott says coach Sam McCosh laid the foundations for his teams success this season and for his personal success at last nights presentation.

The Saints captain was named the Warrnambool and District Cricket Association under 17 cricketer of the year after polling 26 votes during the home-and-away season.

Sinnott collected 21 wickets and scored 398 runs at an average of 44.2.

The all-rounder, who modestly only described himself as a batsman, believed McCosh was instrumental in guiding Koroit to a semi-final appearance.

Our coach really helped us at training, he said.

I improved along with the whole team because of Sam.

It was a successful season because we made finals.

The 17-year-old opener said his aim each time he went to the crease was to try and be his teams anchor.

I just tried to stay around and work with the others who were around me, he said.

Batting-wise, sometimes I did all right and sometimes I was a little bit off.

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