2006 ABCA/Rawlings Division II Northeast Regional
Baseball Team Announced
Franklin Pierce SS Olson Named Regional Player Of Year,
Saint Anselm's Williams Tabbed As Regional Pitcher Of Year
Easton, Mass.-- Franklin Pierce College junior shortstop Garrett Olson has been named as the 2006 American Baseball Coaches of America/Rawlings Division II Northeast Region Player of the Year, while Saint Anselm College junior pitcher Ryan Williams has been tabbed as the ABCA/Rawlings Division II Northeast Regional Pitcher of the Year. The announcement came today from Patrick Boen, Head Baseball Coach at Stonehill College and the Northeast Regional chair of the ABCA Division II All-America Committee.
As winners of the regional awards, Olson and Williams are both assured of spots on the 2006 ABCA/Rawlings Division II All-America team, which will be announced later this month.
Olson, the 2006 Northeast-10 Conference Player of the Year, batted .355 with 17 doubles, five triples, eight home runs and 49 RBI in leading the Ravens to a 40-10 mark, the Northeast-10 regular season title and the top seed in this weekend's NCAA Division II Northeast Regional. Olson added 18 stolen bases and posted a .610 slugging percentage as well in rapping out 71 hits to date.
Williams, the 2006 Northeast-10 Conference Pitcher of the Year, posted a 6-3 mark for the Hawks with a 1.03 earned run average in 14 appearances, as he struck out 95 batters in 105 innings of work while holding opponents to a .181 batting average on the year.
The 2006 ABCA/Rawlings Division II Northeast Regional team is as follows:
FIRST TEAM: Jerod Edmondson, 1B, Saint Anselm; Mike Chambers, 2B, Franklin Pierce; Jose Ortiz, 3B, Southern Connecticut; Garrett Olson, SS, Franklin Pierce; Michael Moras, C, New Haven; Elliot Shea, OF, Franklin Pierce; Tom Reo, OF, Molloy; Rick Sotiropoulos, OF, Merrimack; Javier Diaz, OF, St. Thomas Aquinas; Matt Arburr, DH, Pace; Bryan Duplissie, UT, Franklin Pierce; Shane Presutti, SP, Franklin Pierce; Ed Sempsey, SP, New Haven; Ryan Williams, SP, Saint Anselm; Billy Sittig, SP, Stonehill; Pat Donovan, RP, UMass Lowell.
SECOND TEAM: Patrick Wilson, 1B, UMass Lowell; Jason Pominski, 2B, St. Thomas Aquinas; Billy Mottram, 3B, Dowling; Lino Mariot, SS, Bloomfield; Chris Irwin, C, Molloy; Bryan Bacarella, OF, Dowling; Eddie Martinez, OF, Concordia; Dan Cleary, OF, Wilmington; Mike Zani, OF, Dominican; Ryan Aiken, DH, New Haven; Kevin Reese, UT, Dowling; Tyler Cummings, SP, Franklin Pierce; Ken McGrady, SP, Wilmington; Arric Mather, SP, Franklin Pierce; David Qualben, SP, Pace; Earl Oakes, RP, Pace.
2006 ABCA/ Rawlings Northeast Region Player of the Year: Garrett Olson, Franklin Pierce
2006 ABCA/ Rawlings Northeast Region Pitcher of the Year: Ryan Williams, Saint Anselm
2006 ABCA/ Rawlings Division II Northeast Region Baseball Team
1st Team 2nd Team
Position Name School Name School
1B Jerod Edmondson Saint Anselm Patrick Wilson UMass Lowell
2B Mike Chambers Franklin Pierce Jason Pominski STAC
3B Jose Ortiz SCSU Billy Mottram Dowling
SS Garrett Olson Franklin Pierce Lino Mariot Bloomfield
C Michael Moras New Haven Chris Irwin Molloy
OF Elliot Shea Franklin Pierce Bryan Bacarella Dowling
OF Tom Reo Molloy Eddie Martinez Concordia
OF Rick Sotiropoulos Merrimack Dan Cleary Wilmington
OF Javier Diaz STAC Mike Zani Dominican
DH Matt Arburr Pace Ryan Aiken New Haven
UT Bryan Duplissie Franklin Pierce Kevin Reese Dowling
SP Shane
Presutti Franklin
Pierce Tyler
Cummings Franklin Pierce
SP Ed
Sempsey New
Haven
Ken McGrady Wilmington
SP Ryan
Williams Saint
Anselm
Arric Mather
Franklin Pierce
SP Billy
Sittig
Stonehill
David Qualben Pace
RP Pat
Donovan UMass
Lowell Earl
Oakes
Pace
2006 ABCA/ Rawlings Northeast Region Player of the Year
Garrett Olson Franklin Pierce
2006 ABCA/ Rawlings Northeast Region Pitcher of the Year
Ryan Williams Saint Anselm