STANDISH, Maine – The Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) spring season accolades have been announced and five Saint Joseph's College athletes have garnered All-Rookie Team honors.

Baseball freshmen Jason Johnson (Thomaston, Conn.) and Michael Wearne (Ellington, Conn.), men's lacrosse rookies Calvin Heline (Amesbury, Mass.) and Anthony Samiotes (Hampstead, N.H.), and women's lacrosse first-year Shauna Clark (Oakland, Maine) have received All-Rookie accolades after enjoying outstanding 2022 seasons.

Johnson, who also earned First Team All-GNAC honors, recorded one of the finest seasons ever posted by an SJC freshman pitcher this spring. The rookie righthander made 11 appearances with eight starts and sported a 6-1 record with a 1.05 ERA and 43 strikeouts – versus just 16 walks – in 43 innings while holding opponents to a paltry .191 (29-152) batting average.

Wearne, who also claimed Third Team All-Conference accolades, emerged as a starter midway through the season and logged considerable time at six different positions – including on the mound - while hitting .383 (23-60) with 11 runs, three doubles, nine RBI and a pair of stolen bases in 27 games. Saint Joseph's posted a 13-1 record with the first-year standout in the line-up, and he finished the season second on the team in batting average.

Heline earns GNAC All-Rookie Team honors after tallying 19 goals, 10 assists, 19 ground balls and seven caused turnovers in 16 games – including 13 starts – in his first collegiate campaign.

Samiotes, a 2022 Third Team All-GNAC honoree, adds All-Rookie Team honors after logging 53 ground balls with 25 caused turnovers in 18 games – including 16 starts – as a freshman defender. He led the team in caused turnovers and ranked second on the squad in ground balls.

Clark rounds out the Monks' GNAC All-Rookie Team selections after scoring 30 goals with 16 assists for 46 total points while notching 47 ground balls, 37 draw controls, and 15 caused turnovers in 21 games this season.