Five From Baseball Earn All-Conference Honors
WINTHROP, Mass. - Five members of the University of Saint Joseph (USJ) baseball team received All-Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) accolades, it was announced Tuesday afternoon by the league's front office. Graduate student Luke Fox (West Hartford, Conn.) and junior Ryan Shaw (Ellington, Conn.) earned a spot on the All-GNAC Second Team at relief pitcher and first base, respectively, while sophomore Dom Scalia (Northford, Conn.) was tabbed to the All-GNAC Third Team at third base. Additionally, Scalia and freshmen Tyler Carlstrom (Rocky Hill, Conn.) and Ethan Slowik (Greenville, N.Y.) were selected to the GNAC All-Rookie Team. Sophomore Justin Baker (Killingly, Conn.) was picked to the GNAC All-Sportsmanship Team. The awards are voted upon by the league's 13 head coaches following the regular season and do not take postseason play into account.
For the complete list of all-conference honorees, major award winners, and all-sportsmanship selections, please see below.
MAJOR AWARDS
Player of the Year - Riley Hasson, Johnson & Wales
Pitcher of the Year - Aidan Vining, Johnson & Wales
Rookie of the Year - Michael Ficocelli, Mitchell
Coach of the Year - Shawn Gilblair, Mitchell
Institutional Sportsmanship - Saint Joseph's (Maine)
ALL-CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM
SP - Aidan Vining, So., Johnson & Wales
SP - Matthew Fletcher, Jr., Lasell
RP - Jack Mullen, Jr., Colby-Sawyer
C - Owen Davis, Jr., Johnson & Wales
1B - Tim Callahan, Jr., Lasell
2B - Jack Magane, Sr., Johnson & Wales
3B - Xavier Botelho, Jr., Johnson & Wales
SS - Riley Hasson, Sr., Johnson & Wales
OF - Luis Colon, Jr., Rivier
OF - Cole Lalli, Sr., Mitchell
OF - Trevor Juan, Jr., Johnson & Wales
DH - Jack Hayes, Jr., Mitchell
ALL-CONFERENCE SECOND TEAM
SP - Chris Gibbs, Jr., Mitchell
SP - Camren Varney, Sr., Mitchell
RP - Luke Fox, Gr., Saint Joseph (Conn.)
C - Michael Gajda, Sr., Mitchell
1B - Ryan Shaw, Jr., Saint Joseph (Conn.)
2B - Scott Lyon, Gr., Lasell
3B - Sean Roeger, Fr., Colby-Sawyer
SS - Kosta Drosidis, Gr., Anna Maria
OF - Cooper O'Brien, Gr., Colby-Sawyer
OF - Chas Terni Jr., Fr., Mitchell
OF - Dylan Watson, So., Colby-Sawyer
DH - Brady Philibotte, Jr., New England College
ALL-CONFERENCE THIRD TEAM
SP - Padraig Mac Seain, So., Saint Joseph's (Maine)
SP - Dylan Watson, So., Colby-Sawyer
RP - Justin Markell, Jr., Johnson & Wales
C - Tyler Galenski, Gr., Elms
1B - Shawn Smith, Jr., Albertus Magnus
2B - Adam Vartanian, So., Mitchell
3B - Dom Scalia, So., Saint Joseph (Conn.)
SS - Cam Carignan, So., Colby-Sawyer
OF - Geffen Franus, So., Norwich
OF - EJ Leone, Sr., Johnson & Wales
OF - Jared Wilhelm, So., Saint Joseph's (Maine)
DH - Michael Ficocelli, Fr., Mitchell
ALL-ROOKIE TEAM
Tyler Carlstrom, Saint Joseph (Conn.)
Andrew Denison, Anna Maria
Michael Ficocelli, Mitchell
Jason Figuereo, New England College
Vinny O'Leary, Saint Joseph's (Maine)
Troy Piascik, Albertus Magnus
Sean Roeger, Colby-Sawyer
Dom Scalia, Saint Joseph (Conn.)
Rylan Secovich, Dean
Ethan Slowik, Saint Joseph (Conn.)
Chas Terni Jr., Mitchell
ALL-SPORTSMANSHIP TEAM
Bobby Arent, Albertus Magnus
Maeson Robinson, Anna Maria
Kenneth Spratt, Colby-Sawyer
Seth Cruz, Dean
CJ Moriarty, Elms
Alex Coutcher, Johnson & Wales
Camdyn Ames, Lasell
Cole Lalli, Mitchell
Tyler Gendron, New England College
Michael Sabasteanski, Norwich
Kyle Hsu, Rivier
Dawson Gundlah, Saint Joseph's (Maine)
Justin Baker, Saint Joseph (Conn.)
About The GNAC
The Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) is an NCAA Division III association made up of 16 member institutions and over 4000 student-athletes across the New England region. Founded in 1995, the GNAC annually sponsors and administers 22 championships, while balancing academic integrity, athletic opportunity and community involvement in an effort to enhance the student-athlete experience.
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