The American Baseball Coaches Association has released their All-Region Teams and four ECC student-athletes were named to the Second Team. Carlos Guzman of Molloy College was also named the ABCA East Region Rookie of the Year.
After capturing the ECC regular season title, the Molloy College Lions swept the ECC Baseball All-Conference major awards as voted on by the league’s coaches.
Carmine Pellechia of Molloy College and Matt Bartolomei of the University of Bridgeport have been selected as the East Region National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Player and Pitcher of the Week.
The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association has released their preseason East Region poll, with ECC members C.W. Post and Molloy included on the list.
Mercy College Director of Athletics has announced that Peter Milani will be added to the baseball coaching staff as an assistant coach. Milani, a long-time baseball man, will work under the tutelage of Bob Greiner, who is now in his second year at the helm of the Mavericks.
Former C.W. Post standout pitcher Pete Budkevics 10 (Deer Park, N.Y.) had a whirlwind week, as he signed a contract with the Windy City Thunder Bolts of the Fronter League located in Crestwood, Ill., but within 24 hours of the signing, his contract was purchased by the Los Angeles Dodgers, whom Budkevics then signed with as a free agent.