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Four Monks Earn All-Conference Accolades

Four Monks Earn All-Conference Accolades
Posted: May 10, 2023

STANDISH, Maine – The 2023 Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) baseball postseason awards have been released and four members of the Saint Joseph's College program have earned honors.

Junior relief pitcher Luke Stephens (Glastonbury, Conn.) has collected First Team All-GNAC honors, senior catcher Jonathan Dube (Rochester, N.H.) is listed on the Second Team, and senior designated hitter Jackson Stanton (Saugus, Mass.) and freshman center fielder Jared Wilhelm (Tolland, Mass.) have claimed Third Team All-Conference accolades. Wilhelm was also listed on the GNAC All-Rookie Team.

Stephens garners First Team All-Conference honors after posting a 3-2 record with a GNAC-best five saves and a 3.60 ERA while fanning 16 and walking only four batters in 15 innings across 15 relief appearances during his junior season. Also the Monks' primary third baseman this spring, Stephens hit .271 (35-129) with 17 runs, six doubles, two home runs, and 28 RBI this spring.

Dube, a 2022 First Team All-Conference selection is listed on the Second Team after enjoying a fine senior season during which he hit .331 (46-139) with career highs in hits (46), doubles (6), home runs (3), and slugging percentage (.439). The team captain led the Monks in at-bats (139) and walks (16) and was second on the squad in hits.

For his career, Dube hit .310 (97-313) with 44 runs, 14 doubles, two triples, four home runs, 53 RBI, and six stolen bases in 106 games over two full seasons and a pair of pandemic-shortened campaigns.

Stanton earns Third Team All-Conference honors for the second time after hitting .352 (43-122) with 28 runs, nine doubles, five home runs, 29 RBI, and seven stolen bases in 37 games during his senior season. The senior captain established career highs in at-bats (122), runs, hits (43), doubles, home runs, RBI, steals, batting average, OBP (.420), and slugging percentage (.549) while logging time at designated hitter, catcher, and right field this spring.

Stanton caps his college career having hit .300 (74-247) with 46 runs, 12 doubles, seven home runs, 50 RBI, and 12 stolen bases in 92 games.

Wilhelm secured Third Team All-GNAC accolades after posting one of the finest offensive seasons by a first-year player in recent memory. The April 3rd GNAC Rookie of the Week hit .371 (49-132) with 30 runs, 10 doubles, three triples, four home runs, 26 RBI, and 12 stolen bases in 36 games during the 2023 campaign. Wilhelm's 1.012 OPS (OBP + SLG%) is the fourth-highest ever recorded by an SJC freshman and best since the 2000 campaign when Jesse LaCasse '03 notched a 1.437 OPS.

Wilhelm ranked fourth in the GNAC in triples, eighth in total bases (77), and ninth in hits and stolen bases this spring.

This spring, Saint Joseph's posted an 18-22 overall record with a 9-9 mark in GNAC play en route to earning the #5 seed in the conference tournament. The Monks suffered a season-ending 4-1 setback at #4 Elms College on May 3rd.

One of the highlights during the program's first sub-.500 season since 2004 occurred on March 9th, when 31st-year Head Coach Will Sanborn '86 notched the 800th victory of his career with a 5-2 victory over the University of Mount Union in Auburndale, Florida. He was the 27th head coach in NCAA DIII Baseball history, and one of 11 active D3 skippers, to join the 800-win club.

 

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Founded in 1912 by the Sisters of Mercy in Portland, Maine, Saint Joseph’s College is Maine’s Catholic liberal arts college in the Mercy tradition. We are inclusive of all faiths, including no faith. The 474-acre campus, located on the shore of Sebago Lake in Standish, Maine offers more than 40 undergraduate programs and a Division III athletic program to a population of approximately 1,000 on-campus students. A pioneer of distance education since the 1970s, the College also provides online certificates and undergraduate and graduate degrees for thousands more working adults who reside in more than 20 other countries. In 2015 the College was selected by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching to receive its Community Engagement Classification, highlighting the College’s focus on community service throughout its mission and daily interactions within local, regional, and global communities. In 2018, Princeton Review recognized SJC as one of its “Green Colleges” for its sustainability initiatives. Learn more at www.sjcme.edu.

 

 

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