Hood's Patterson, Jean-Baptiste earn All-MAC Commonwealth

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ANNVILLE, Pa. - Hood College's Jordan Patterson and Jahlin Jean-Baptiste were selected to the All-Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth baseball team in voting conducted by the conference coaches. 

Patterson was selected to the first team for his third career All-MAC Commonwealth accolade. For Jean-Baptiste, who was voted an honorable mention, it is his first career honor. 

Patterson was voted as the first team's utility player as a two-way player who excelled both on the mound and at the plate. As a pitcher, he finished in the top 10 in the MAC Commonwealth in eight different pitching categories. He posted a 3.37 earned run average and had a 58-to-8 strikeout-to-walk ratio in 50.2 innings, ranking second in the conference in strikeouts. He went 4-2 in eight starts with a 1.05 WHIP and limited opposing hitters to a .227 batting average. Among his three complete games were a 10-strikeout, shutout performance against Messiah. As a hitter, Patterson hit .319 with a .817 OPS. He had 29 hits, three doubles, a triple, one home run and eight RBIs. Patterson had nine multi-hit games.  

He was named to the first team previously in 2017 and 2019 and was the 2017 MAC Commonwealth Rookie of the Year. He is a two-time D3baseball.com All-Mid-Atlantic Region selection, earning the distinction in 2017 and 2019. 

Jean-Baptiste held hitters to a league-low .189 batting average. His 1.80 earned run average was second in the MAC Commonwealth. A reliever for his first three-and-a-half seasons, he joined the starting rotation midseason and excelled. He pitched a three-hit shutout against Alvernia on April 15 and allowed just one unearned run against Widener eight days later. For the season, he finished with a 1.03 WHIP and one save, tossing 35 innings. 

Hood finished 11-21 in 2021 but pushed the conference's top-seeded York (Pa.) to a third game in the MAC Commonwealth Quarterfinals.