Sophomore pitcher Charlie Furbush
of Saint Joseph's College was honored as the North Atlantic
Conference Baseball Player of the Year in a vote
by the conference coaches. Furbush, who earned co-Player of the
Year last season as a freshman, leads the nation in strikeouts per
nine innings with an average of 14.6. In seven appearances during
conference play, Furbush was 4-0 with two saves posting a 2.14 ERA
with 34 strikeouts in 21 innings. The hurler allowed just 10 hits
and five earned runs as opponents hit a meager .141 against
him.
St. Joseph's freshman outfielder Wade Oliver
earned Rookie of the Year accolades. Oliver hit
.357 with 4 RBI while scoring 9 runs and posting a .607 slugging
percentage during league contests. Furbush and Oliver led St.
Joseph's to
a regular season record of 11-1. The Monks will host this weekend's
NAC baseball tournament.
Thomas head coach Greg King was selected as NAC Coach of the Year
by his peers. After a 2005 campaign in which the Terriers posted
just one conference victory, King led this year's squad to a 7-5
league mark and an appearance in the upcoming NAC baseball
tournament.
Thomas and Maine-Farmington shared the Team Sportsmanship Award.
NAC all-conference selections are determined by a vote of the conference coaches. Additional players honored are due to ties in the voting.
ALL-CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM | ALL-CONFERENCE SECOND TEAM | |||||||
2B | Devin Caron | Becker | SR | 1B | Brandon Connors | Thomas | SR | |
IF | Luke Enman | St. Joe's | SO | P | Anthony DeRosa | Husson | FR | |
P | Charlie Furbush | St. Joe's | SO | SS | Nathan Hawes | Elms | JR | |
SS | Jason Harvey | Husson | SR | OF | Wade Oliver | St. Joe's | FR | |
P | Jack Hughes | St. Joe's | GR | 3B | Phil Puleo | Castleton | JR | |
OF | Matt Pavlis | Thomas | JR | P | Ryan Rulman | Thomas | SR | |
OF/P | Keith Renaud | Becker | SO | 3B | Adam Sheehan | Husson | SR | |
C | Kevin Renaud | Becker | SO | OF | Cory Shepherd | Becker | JR | |
SS | Brian Schools | St. Joe's | SO | OF | Jordan Stebbins | Thomas | SR | |
CF | Justin Spencer | Husson | SR | C | Andrew Wood | St. Joe's | SO | |
SS | Tim Zorio | Castleton | JR |