PAC announces all-conference baseball teams, yearly award winners

PAC announces all-conference baseball teams, yearly award winners

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First Team | Second Team | Honorable Mention | Sportsmanship Team

GREENVILLE, Pa. (pacathletics.org)--The Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) announced its 2019 All-PAC baseball teams and annual award winners Tuesday morning. The All-PAC baseball teams, along with the PAC's yearly award winners, were determined by a vote of the league's nine head coaches.

Thiel College senior outfielder Nick Fowkes (New Eagle, Pa. | Ringgold) was selected as the PAC’s Player of the Year, while Washington & Jefferson College junior right-hander Ben Marsico (Bradford Woods, Pa. | North Allegheny) collected PAC Pitcher of the Year honors. W&J 17th-year head coach Jeff Mountain was voted the PAC’s Coach of the Year.

Also announced Tuesday were the members of this year's PAC Sportsmanship Team. The PAC’s Sportsmanship Teams were established to recognize student-athletes who have distinguished themselves through demonstrated acts of sportsmanship and ethical behavior and are an ongoing effort to both recognize and encourage positive sportsmanship among all conference teams.

In 39 games this season, Fowkes hit a league-leading .447 (71-for-159) with 15 doubles, three triples and five home runs. His .447 average is a Thiel single-season record, surpassing Lynn Jones' .440 average in 1974. He also leads the PAC in hits (71), on-base percentage (.494), RBIs (46) and total bases (107). His 47 runs scored are tied for first among league leaders while his .673 slugging percentage ranks second.

Fowkes' 71 hits this season rank eighth in NCAA Division III, and second in Thiel program history, while his .447 average ranks 10th among Division III leaders. His 46 RBIs are the fifth-most in a single season in Thiel program history. In 24 PAC regular season games, Fowkes hit .415 (39-for-94) with eight doubles, two triples and a pair of home runs. He finished with 30 runs scored and 26 RBIs during the league's regular season.  

His .360 career batting average ranks fifth among Thiel's all-time leaders. 

Fowkes is Thiel's sixth PAC Player of the Year selection. This is his first All-PAC honor. 

Marsico is currently 10-1 (11 starts), which includes a pair of combined shutouts, with a 3.36 earned-run average (ERA). His 10 victories this season lead the league and are tied for fourth in Division III. Marsico's 10 wins also rank third among W&J's single season leaders, trailing only Eddie Nogay (12 wins in 2013) and Riley Groves (11 wins in 2017).

He has also totaled 50 strikeouts to just eight walks in 69.2 innings pitched. In seven PAC regular season starts (8 appearances), Marsico went 8-0 with a pair of complete games while posting a 2.68 ERA. 

Marsico is W&J's third-straight PAC Pitcher of the Year selection and eighth award winner since 2009. He was an All-PAC Second Team selection in 2018. 

The PAC Coach of the Year citation is Mountain's eighth. He led top-seeded W&J (32-11) to its 12th PAC title last Saturday. It was the eighth conference championship claimed by W&J under Mountain. The Presidents are set to make their seventh appearance in the Division III Championship Friday when they take on No. 8 Salisbury University (34-8-1) in Salisbury, Md.

2019 Awards
PAC Player of the Year: Thiel senior outfielder Nick Fowkes
PAC Pitcher of the Year: W&J junior right-hander Ben Marsico
PAC Coach of the Year: W&J 17th-year head coach Jeff Mountain
 
2019 All-Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) Baseball Teams
First Team
Position Name Class School Hometown | High School
1B Josh Crummer Sr. W&J Great Falls, Va. | Flint Hill School
1B Bobby Finn Sr. Saint Vincent Venetia, Pa. | Peters Township
1B Neil Woods Sr. Bethany Pittsburgh, Pa. | North Allegheny
2B Alex Lam Sr. Thiel Springboro, Ohio | Springboro
2B Mullen Socha Sr. W&J Independence, Ohio | St. Ignatius
SS Spencer Howell Sr. W&J Oakwood, Ohio | Oakwood
3B Micah Burke Sr. Grove City Gilbert, Ariz. | East Valley Athletes for Christ
OF James Artale Sr. W&J Chagrin Falls, Ohio | Kenston
OF Dante Dalesandro Sr. W&J Pittsburgh, Pa. | Mount Lebanon
OF Nick Fowkes Sr. Thiel New Eagle, Pa. | Ringgold
DH Frank Cinicola Jr. Westminster Cranberry Township, Pa. | Seneca Valley
P John Bini Sr. Grove City Staten Island, N.Y. | Xaverian
P Ben Marsico Jr. W&J Bradford Woods, Pa. | North Allegheny
P Mason Miller Jr. Waynesburg Bethel Park, Pa. | Bethel Park
P Lake Pry So. Grove City West Sunbury, Pa. | Moniteau
 
Second Team
Position Name Class School Hometown | High School
C Ryan Anselmino Jr. Bethany North Huntingdon, Pa. | Serra Catholic
 1B Christian Aldrich Jr. Thiel Cranberry Township, Pa. | Central Catholic
2B Justin Buberl Jr. Waynesburg Westminster, Md. | Westminster
SS Anthony Rago So. Thiel Pittsburgh, Pa. | Baldwin
3B Daniel Patrice Sr. Thiel Munich, Germany | EST
OF Shane Hammel Sr. Grove City Fort Collins, Colo. | Fossil Ridge
OF Matt Morrone Sr. Saint Vincent Munhall, Pa. | Central Catholic
OF Noah Rady Jr. Bethany North Huntingdon, Pa. | Norwin
UTIL Dante Parente Sr. Westminster Beaver Falls, Pa. | Blackhawk
DH Joe Mott Jr. Thiel Kinsman, Ohio | Badger
P Sante Carducci So. Thiel Toronto, Ohio | Toronto
P Garrett Harstine Sr. W&J New Philadelphia, Ohio | New Philadelphia
P Casey Jones Fr. Saint Vincent Georgetown, Pa. | South Side Beaver
P Jimmy Malone Jr. Saint Vincent Connellsville, Pa. | Connellsville
P Isaac Wengert Jr. Bethany Jonestown, Pa. | Northern Lebanon
 
Honorable Mention
Position Name Class School Hometown | High School
C Hunter Alexander Sr. Westminster Beaver Falls, Pa. | Blackhawk
C Caleb Lehman Fr. Chatham Monroeville, Pa. | Gateway
1B Jonny Kutchman Jr. Waynesburg Johnstown, Pa. | Richland
2B Paul Nussbaum Sr. Chatham Pittsburgh, Pa. | Pine-Richland
SS Bobby Abbott  Jr. Grove City Westfield, N.J. | Westfield
SS Alec Fantaskey Sr. Waynesburg Williamsport, Pa. | Williamsport
SS Kyle Goodwin So. Bethany Parkersburg, W.Va. | Parkersburg
3B Tyler Reis Sr. Waynesburg Pittsburgh, Pa. | Penn Hills
OF Tyler Godwin Sr. Waynesburg Bridgeville, Pa. | South Fayette
OF Dawson Porter Fr. Westminster Kittanning, Pa. | Kittanning
OF Anthony Sebastian So. Thiel Beaver Falls, Pa. | Blackhawk
UTIL Tyler Frazee Sr. Bethany Markleysburg, Pa. | Uniontown
UTIL Mark Overmier Sr. Geneva Crofton, Md. | Mount St. Joseph
DH Bobby Dulay Sr. Grove City Youngstown, Ohio | Ursuline
P Clay Martin Sr. W&J Canonsburg, Pa. | Canon-McMillan
P Cory Pullen Sr. Westminster Wexford, Pa. | North Allegheny
P Tim Reinhard Jr. Bethany Middle Island, N.Y. | Longwood
P Mitchell Taufer Sr. W&J Washington, Pa. | Bishop Canevin
P Ty Wickline Sr. Waynesburg Clarksburg, W.Va. | Liberty
 
Sportsmanship Team
Position Name Class School Hometown | High School
2B Josh Lonero Sr. Bethany Trafford, Pa. | Penn-Trafford
2B Paul Nussbaum Sr. Chatham Pittsburgh, Pa. | Pine-Richland
1B Jericho Hilling Sr. Geneva Williamsburg, Pa. | Hollidaysburg
3B Micah Burke Sr. Grove City Gilbert, Ariz. | East Valley Athletes for Christ
P Matt Evans So. Saint Vincent New Brighton, Pa. | Quigley Catholic
2B Alex Lam  Sr. Thiel Springboro, Ohio | Springboro
P Garrett Harstine Sr. W&J New Philadelphia, Ohio | New Philadelphia
2B Justin Buberl Jr. Waynesburg Westminster, Md. | Westminster
2B Jaret Johnson Jr. Westminster Niles, Ohio | Niles McKinley