More than 700 players were nominated for the sixth annual D3baseball.com All-American team, with All-Region teams being named for the first time.
D3baseball.com Player of the Year: Bruce Maxwell, C, Birmingham-Southern
D3baseball.com Pitcher of the Year: Austin Blaski, Marietta
D3baseball.com Rookie of the Year: Apolinar De la Cruz, Wheaton (Mass.)
D3baseball.com Coach of the Year: Brian Brewer, Marietta
It's the second consecutive season the Pitcher of the Year has worn a Marietta uniform, while it's the first year Birmingham-Southern is eligible for the top award after the Panthers became full members of Division III last offseason. A Rookie of the Year is included for the first time and our Coach of the Year will be announced after the Championship round.
All statistics are through the end of the regular season, including conference tournaments and Regional Tournaments.
First team
Pos | Name, School | Yr. | Avg. | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | Fld.% |
C | Bruce Maxwell, Birmingham-Southern | Jr. | .471 | 56 | 72 | 25 | 0 | 15 | 48 | 4 | .993 |
1B | Steven Karnyski, St. John Fisher | Sr. | .427 | 56 | 76 |
16 | 6 | 5 | 38 | 25 | .994 |
2B | Esteban Meletiche, Keystone | Sr. | .374 | 47 | 67 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 46 | 34 | .953 |
3B | Kevin Callahan, Illinois Wesleyan | Jr. | .355 | 42 | 66 | 17 | 0 | 11 | 54 | 1 | .967 |
SS | Tim Saunders, Marietta | Sr. | .439 | 74 | 83 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 45 | 40 | .946 |
OF | Conor Bierfeldt, Western Connecticut | Jr. | .430 | 48 | 61 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 50 | 7 | .958 |
OF | Chase Brown, Texas-Dallas | Sr. | .413 |
42 |
66 |
14 | 4 | 8 | 42 | 7 | .989 |
OF | Tyler Pfeffer, Whitworth | So. | .377 | 46 | 69 | 19 | 4 | 12 | 58 | 7 | .978 |
DH | Adam Derner, William Paterson | Sr. | .413 | 40 | 59 | 15 | 1 | 13 | 62 | 0 | 1.000 |
UTL | Dylan Thomas, St. Thomas | Jr. | .385 | 22 | 35 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 3 | .955 |
Pitchers
Pos | Name, School | Yr. | ERA | W-L | Sv | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | OBA |
P | Austin Blaski, Marietta | Sr. | 0.93 | 12-1 | 1 | 96.2 | 68 | 10 | 27 | 103 | .197 |
P | Ben Klimesh, Trinity (Texas) | Sr. | 1.71 | 13-3 | 0 | 110.2 | 77 | 21 | 40 | 154 | .194 |
P | Kyle Lindquist, Marietta | Sr. | 1.41 | 1-0 | 7 | 38.1 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 33 | .172 |
P | Steve Maher, St. Thomas | So. | 2.10 | 12-1 | 1 | 81.1 | 60 | 19 |
18 | 94 | .204 |
P | Brian Rauh, Chapman | Jr. | 1.27 | 8-1 | 0 | 92.0 | 52 | 13 | 29 | 122 | .159 |
UTL | Dylan Thomas, St. Thomas | Jr. | 2.42 | 7-2 | 2 | 67.0 | 57 | 18 | 18 | 67 | .225 |
Second team
Pos | Name, School | Yr. | Avg. | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | Fld.% |
C | Collin Janssen, Concordia (Texas) | Sr. | .331 | 36 | 55 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 36 | 1 | .990 |
1B | Jay Fanta, UW-La Crosse | Sr. | .408 | 40 | 69 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 37 | 5 | .988 |
2B | Tim Clark, Western New England | Jr. | .428 | 39 | 80 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 45 | 2 | .975 |
3B | Anthony Even, Concordia (Ill.) |
Sr. | .432 | 50 | 86 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 15 | .936 |
SS | John Adornetto, Cortland State | Jr. | .362 | 40 | 50 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 11 | .963 |
OF | Kenny Durling, Misericordia | Jr. | .396 | 40 | 67 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 52 | 9 | .978 |
OF | Brandon Rogalski, Washington U. |
Sr. | .433 | 39 | 77 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 40 | 15 | .992 |
OF | Nick Stein, Coe | Jr. | .355 | 43 | 59 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 37 | 20 | .958 |
DH | Tucker White, Southern Maine | Jr. | .392 | 48 | 73 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 49 | 14 | .750 |
UTL | Bryce Murphy, Manchester | Jr. |
.325 | 43 | 66 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 11 | .949 |
Pitchers
Pos | Name, School | Yr. | ERA | W-L | SV | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | OBA |
P | Drew Gay, Aurora | Jr. | 1.63 | 8-0 | 0 | 77.1 | 65 | 14 | 16 | 67 | .220 |
P | Joey Long, St. John's |
Jr. | 2.22 | 1-0 | 10 | 24.1 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 24 | .179 |
P | Ryan Lucero, Trinity (Texas) |
Jr. | 1.57 | 8-0 | 0 | 68.1 | 41 | 12 | 15 | 74 | .172 |
P | Blaine O'Brien, Keystone | Sr. | 1.23 |
9-2 |
0 | 73.1 | 37 | 10 | 30 | 84 | .150 |
P | Ryan Zamorsky, Kean | Sr. | 0.92 | 10-1 | 0 | 88.1 | 73 | 9 | 23 | 57 | .228 |
UTL | Bryce Murphy, Manchester | Jr. | 3.79 | 8-3 | 1 | 80.2 | 86 | 34 | 26 | 48 | .272 |
Third team
Pos | Name, School | Yr. | Avg. | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | Fld.% |
C | Todd Tompkins, Becker | Jr. |
.492 | 53 | 61 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 42 | 26 | .985 |
1B | Brock Gates, Pacific Lutheran | Sr. | .407 | 43 | 70 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 47 | 8 | .990 |
2B | Tim Wilson, Linfield | So. |
.404 | 34 | 67 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 20 | .965 |
3B | Tim Mackey, Aurora |
Sr. | .391 | 59 | 79 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 37 | .936 |
SS | Dave Zubia, Moravian | Sr. | .432 | 54 | 67 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 39 | 20 | .947 |
OF | Aaron Hopper, Marietta | Jr. | .362 | 43 | 71 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 55 | 5 | .981 |
OF | Ethan Moser, DeSales | Sr. | .379 | 45 | 55 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 31 | 3 | .969 |
OF | Andrew Vallejo, Whittier | Sr. |
.437 | 47 | 69 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 14 | .982 |
DH | James Campbell, Pomona-Pitzer | Sr. | .397 | 40 | 50 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 49 | 8 | .976 |
UTL | Drew Golz, Wheaton (Ill.) | Sr. | .404 | 45 | 69 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 2 | .972 |
Pitchers
Pos | Name, School | Yr. | ERA | W-L | SV | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | OBA |
P | Ray Angelucci, Cortland State | Sr. | 1.28 | 11-1 | 0 | 77.1 | 43 | 11 | 22 | 66 | .163 |
P | Justin D'Amato, St. John Fisher | So. | 2.14 | 11-0 | 0 | 75.1 | 66 | 18 | 20 | 97 | .228 |
P | Bryce Gapinski, St. Thomas | Sr. | 1.51 | 9-0 | 0 | 83.1 | 74 | 14 | 11 | 54 | .239 |
P | Justin McCarthy, Brockport State | So. | 1.20 | 2-2 | 10 | 30.0 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 17 | .173 |
P | Chad Rafferty, St. Joseph's (Maine) | Jr. | 1.71 | 10-0 | 1 | 68.1 | 53 | 13 | 20 | 74 | .213 |
UTL | Drew Golz, Wheaton (Ill.) | Sr. | 2.52 | 8-2 | 0 | 85.2 | 71 | 24 | 24 | 46 | .226 |
Honorable mention
Pos | Name, School | Yr. | Avg. | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | Fld.% |
C | Kyle Moody, St. Scholastica | Sr. | .380 | 35 | 60 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 57 | 0 | .985 |
1B | Apolinar De la Cruz, Wheaton (Mass.) | Fr. | .384 | 26 | 66 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 9 | .988 |
1B | Matt Thompson, McMurry | Sr. | .404 | 43 | 63 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 36 | 16 | .991 |
2B | Sean Riley, Bridgewater State | Jr. |
.373 | 52 | 62 | 25 | 6 | 8 | 40 | 9 | .968 |
2B | Derek Smith, Pitt-Bradford | Jr. | .482 | 37 | 66 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 57 | 14 | .934 |
3B | Mike Rubino, Western New England | Jr. | .376 | 43 | 74 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 50 | 0 | .923 |
SS | Corey Marchant, Manchester | Jr. | .380 | 53 | 73 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 49 | 6 | .937 |
OF | Kyle Flagstad, St. Scholastica | Jr. | .424 | 38 | 59 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 50 | 12 | 1.000 |
OF | Dave Jacob, Ramapo | Jr. | .421 | 65 | 82 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 26 | .969 |
OF | Kyle Strawn, Adrian | Sr. | .413 | 44 | 59 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 29 | 8 | .962 |
DH | Dominick Robusto, Trinity (Texas) | Sr. | .376 | 41 | 64 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 17 | .000 |
UTL | David Kinney, Clarkson | Sr. | .467 | 32 | 63 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 2 | .982 |
Pitchers
Pos | Name, School | Yr. | ERA | W-L | SV | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | OBA |
P | Russ Gilliam, Neumann | Jr. | 1.12 | 11-1 | 1 | 88.1 | 63 | 11 | 23 | 109 | .197 |
P | Sean Kistler, Texas Lutheran | Jr | 0.91 | 4-1 | 8 | 29.2 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 28 | .165 |
P | Chris Perry, Methodist | Jr. | 2.14 | 6-2 | 0 | 92.2 | 69 | 22 | 23 | 132 | .207 |
P | Chris Phelan, Farmingdale State | Sr. | 2.01 | 9-1 | 0 | 76.0 | 61 | 17 | 11 | 79 | .213 |
P | Nick Soldano, North Park | Jr. | 3.12 | 9-2 | 0 | 101.0 | 98 | 35 | 27 | 99 | .258 |
P | Blake Yance, Birmingham-Southern | Jr. | 0.95 | 5-0 | 8 | 38.0 | 31 | 4 | 11 | 44 | .228 |
UTL | David Kinney, Clarkson | Sr. | 4.72 | 4-4 | 1 | 55.1 | 59 | 29 | 15 | 35 | .273 |