Boys and Girls Club members Jazmen Fowler, left, and Isaiah Mayo, both of Lawrence, will be on hand for Game 7 of the World Series, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014, at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Mo. Fowler will present the game ball to Kansas City Royals pitcher Jeremy Guthrie before the start of the game.

Free State High School senior Hannah Moyer with Ben Aken, senior director of community relations for the Royals, before Moyer delivered the ball to the mound for Game 6 of the World Series on Oct. 28, 2014.

After Free State High School senior Hannah Moyer delivered the game ball Tuesday night at Game 6 of the World Series, Lawrence High School senior Jazmen Fowler received the same honor before Game 7 Wednesday at Kauffman Stadium.

Moyer and Fowler, both 17, got the opportunity because of their involvement in the Boys and Girls Club of Lawrence’s 2013 Youth of the Year program, which honors high school juniors and seniors who overcome significant obstacles, help the community and do well in school, Lawrence’s BGC executive director Colby Wilson said.

Boys & Girls Club of America is an official charitable partner of Major League Baseball, which gives the once-in-a-lifetime experience to extraordinary members.

During games 1 and 2, members of the Kansas City club delivered the game balls. As the second-closest chapter to Kauffman Stadium, the Lawrence club was told last month that it might have the chance to send over members, but Wilson said it was a long shot.

“We were notified of the opportunity several weeks ago and at that point it was uncertain,” Wilson said. “There were big ‘ifs’ – if the Royals got into the World Series and if the Royals made it to games 6 and 7.”

Because of the big “ifs,” Wilson kept the possible plans a secret, surprising Moyer Tuesday and Fowler on Wednesday morning.

Lawrence High School world literature teacher Keri Lauxman said Fowler told her of the news as soon as she found out.

“Jazmen came up to the top of the stairs and told me she got to ‘deliver a ball to someone named Cain,'” Lauxman said. “She asked me, ‘Is that a good thing?’ and I said ‘Yes, that’s Lorenzo Cain!'”

Fowler said she isn’t really a baseball fan, but recognized the significance of the honor.

MLB also offered the Lawrence club two tickets to the Wednesday game. Fowler took one and 11-year-old club member Isaiah Mayo took the other.

“MLB reached out to say ‘We want these to go to a kid who deserves it,” Wilson said. “Isaiah has been a member of the Boys & Girls Club since he was in kindergarten and participated in the Junior Youth of the Year program last year.”

Mayo, unlike Fowler, is a self-professed baseball fanatic. Mayo said he watched every game of the series and the reality of watching the final one in person hadn’t sunk in as of Wednesday afternoon.

“I didn’t believe my mom when she told me,” Mayo said. “She came to school and asked if I wanted to go to the World Series. I said, ‘That’s an honor.'”