STANDISH, ME - The Great Northeast Athletic Conference has released the 2009 All-Conference Baseball honors, and Saint Joseph's College (25-10, 13-1 GNAC), the top seed in the GNAC Tournament, is well-represented.

In all, eight St. Joe's players have been voted by conference coaches to either the first or second team. Head Coach Will Sanborn '86 has been named GNAC Coach of the Year and junior standout Pat Moran (Winterport, ME) has received both Player and Pitcher of the Year accolades.

Moran, Ben Grant-Roy '10 (Biddeford, ME), Michael Burdin '10 (Gardiner, ME), Wade Oliver '09 (Owls Head, ME) and Chris Campbell '11 (Rochester, NH) have all been recognized as First Team All-Conference players. Eric LaBatte '11 (Rochester, NH) and Ian Lee '11 (Hampden, ME) were voted to the Second Team and Stephan Gorsun '09 (South Berwick, ME) is the club's All-Sportsmanship Team selection.

For Sanborn, the Coach of the Year honor is the third of his career. He has guided the Monks to nine conference titles and seven trips to the regional tournament in his 17 seasons as the Monks' clipboard carrier and ranks as the winningest skipper in St. Joe's baseball history with a 430-253-6 (.630) record. Saint Joseph's is in pursuit of the team's fifth consecutive tournament championship and, if achieved, their fourth straight appearance in the NCAA DIII New England Regional tourney.

Moran is in the midst of one of the finest seasons ever posted by a Monks' two-way player. The University of Maine transfer is 6-0 on the mound with a 2.25 earned run average and leads the GNAC with 62 strikeouts in 52 innings pitched. The tall righthander also leads the conference in opponent's batting average (.189) and his 0.69 walks per nine innings is the fifth-best ratio in all of NCAA DIII Baseball. As a hitter, Moran leads the league in home runs (8) and slugging percentage (.797) and ranks third in the conference with a .405 batting average and 32 runs batted in.

Moran also garnered First Team All-Conference honors as a pitcher and a designated hitter.

Grant-Roy, named to the First Team for the second time, leads the GNAC with 15 doubles and ranks second in runs scored with 41. The junior first baseman, a gold glove caliber defender, is hitting .378 with 26 RBI as the Monks' cleanup hitter.

Burdin's first All-Conference nomination is well-deserved, as the junior infielder has batted .404 with 30 runs, 10 doubles, four home runs and 29 RBI in 33 games during his breakout campaign. His .687 slugging percentage ranks second on the team and third in the GNAC. The wily veteran posted the second cycle in program history when he recorded a single, double, triple and home run against Rivier College on April 4th.

With the First Team nomination, Oliver has received All-Conference recognition in each of his four seasons while donning the Royal Blue. The senior captain has solidified the center field position this season and carries a .284 average with 30 runs, 27 RBI and 12 doubles into the GNAC Tournament.

Having logged time at second, left field, shortstop and third base, Campbell is a logical choice for the utility spot on the First Team All-Conference list. The sophomore standout has started 31 games for the Monks this season and is currently hitting .384 with 28 runs and 22 RBI. Campbell has served as an excellent catalyst for a Monks offensive scoring machine that leads the league in scoring by 63 runs. The postseason accolade is Campbell's first.

LaBatte receives his first All-Conference nomination after logging valuable time in the middle of the SJC batting order this season. The second-year starter and #5 hitter is currently hitting .350 with 31 runs, 30 RBI, 10 doubles and five long balls, the second most in the conference.

Lee, the leading hitter in the GNAC with a .471 batting average, has been named to the Second Team for the second consecutive season. The 2008 GNAC Rookie of the Year leads the league in hits (58) and total bases (75) and ranks second in RBI (41) and doubles (12).

Gorsun, one of the team's captains as a senior, was selected to represent Saint Joseph's on the GNAC All-Sportsmanship Team. The fourth-year outfielder has served as the Monks' top pinch runner and defensive replacement in the outfield during his career and fits the true definition of the term team-player. Gorsun has made the most of his playing time this season, with a .421 (8-19) average, 12 runs, 10 RBI and three stolen bases in 25 games.