Saint Joseph's Tandem of Furbush, McIntosh
nab CO-PLAYER OF THE YEAR Title
The North Atlantic Conference announced the 2005
Baseball All-Conference teams on Monday, May 9, along with Player
of the Year and Rookie of the Year selections. Saint Joseph's took
home most of the major awards in 2005, as rookie hurler
Charlie Furbush (S. Portland,
Me.) and senior catcher Derek
McIntosh (Auburn, Me.) shared NAC PLAYER OF THE
YEAR honors. Freshman outfielder Keith Renaud of Becker earned the
league's Rookie of the Year award.
Furbush and McIntosh both
received NAC All-Conference First Team recognition as well, as St.
Joe's placed four players on the 2005 team with
Mark Clapp (So., Blue Hill, Me.)
and Andy Exley (Portland, Me.)
joining the Co-Players of the Year. Rounding out the All-Conference
First Team were Travis Myers (Castleton State), Devin Caron and
Keith Renaud (Becker), and Sean Brawn, Jason Harvey, and Kyle
Mathieu (Husson).
Furbush led his team from the rubber this season,
going 6-0 through eight appearances, with a 1.01 ERA. In addition,
Furbush struck out 49 batters while only surrendering nine walks,
holding opponents to a .187 batting average.
McIntosh, who played in 36 of St. Joseph's 37
outings this season, led the NAC in batting average (.455) and home
runs (9), while posting a .991 fielding percentage.
The NAC also awarded two more SJC players All-Conference Second
Team honors, those being senior pitcher Greg
Kimball (Lebanon, Me.), and rookie outfielder
Luke Enman (Milan, N.H.).
In the Monks' first year of competition in the North Atlantic
Conference, head coach Will
Sanborn guided his club to the top of the
standings and a shot at this year's tournament championship. For
his efforts, Sanborn was selected by the league's coaches as the
2005 NAC COACH OF THE YEAR. Castleton State earned the 2005 Team
Sportsmanship Award.
Nomination and voting for NAC All-Conference teams is conducted by
the head coaches of the member institutions the week prior to the
NAC Championship.
Founded in the Fall of 1999, the North Atlantic Conference is
comprised of 13 NCAA Division-III institutions across New England.
They are Bay Path College, Becker College, Castleton State College,
Elms College, Husson College, Johnson State College, Lasell
College, Lesley University, Maine Maritime Academy, the University
of Maine-Farmington, Mount Ida College, Thomas College, and
Wheelock College. Saint Joseph's joined the NAC as an Associate
Member/Baseball for the 2005 season.
