Junior shortstop Luke Enman of Saint Joseph's College was honored as the North Atlantic Conference Baseball Player of the Year in a vote by the conference coaches. Enman was atop the league in runs batted in with 41 and slugging percentage (.734). The junior led the Monks in batting average (.435), runs, (39), hits (54), on base percentage (.503) and total bases (91) as St. Joe's finished 9-3 in conference play and earned the second seed in the NAC Championship.
Castleton freshman shortstop Travis Bass earned Rookie of the Year accolades. Bass was among the conference leaders in nearly every offensive category including batting average (.435), slugging percentage (.609) and on base percentage (.494) while leading the league in runs scored (47) and hits (60). The Spartans enter this weekend's NAC Championship as the number one seed.
Castleton head coach Ted Shipley was selected as NAC Coach of the Year by his peers. Shipley led this year's squad to a 10-2 league mark and the top seed in the upcoming NAC Tournament.
Maine-Farmington was honored with 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 | |||||||
SS | Travis Bass | Castleton | Fr. | OF | Mike Chamard | Thomas | Jr. | |
P | Sean Bergeron | Elms | Fr. | P | Tom Cummings | Castleton | Sr. | |
SS | Luke Enman | Saint Joseph's | Jr. | P | Jeremy Gilcris | Castleton | So. | |
3B | Nate Hawes | Elms | Sr. | 1B | Scott Netkovick | Elms | Jr. | |
OF | Kell Martin | Saint Joseph's | Sr. | OF | Jeff Miller | Husson | So. | |
OF | Wade Oliver | Saint Joseph's | So. | SS | Jim Pierce | Thomas | Sr. | |
OF | Matt Pavlis | Thomas | Sr. | 3B/OF | Corey Provencher | Me.-Farmington | Sr. | |
3B | Phil Puleo | Castleton | Sr. | C | Joe Sawa | Elms | Jr. | |
P | Sam Tupper | Saint Joseph's | Sr. | OF | Dustin Spiller | Saint Joseph 's | Jr. | |
C | Andrew Wood | Saint Joseph's | Jr. | 2B | Danny White | Husson | Sr. | |
Honorable Mention | ||||||||
Player of the Year | C | Tyler Hanson | Me.-Farmington | So. | ||||
SS Luke Enman | Saint Joseph 's | Jr. | P | Dan Hemdal | Me.-Farmington | So. | ||
OF | Josue Lopez | Becker | Jr. | |||||
Rookie the Year | C | Nick Schauwecker | Thomas | So. | ||||
SS Travis Bass | Castleton | Fr. | SS | Adam Sheehan | Husson | Sr. | ||
Coach the Year | ||||||||
Ted Shipley | Castleton |