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DOMINICAN’S TONY BLAKE AND LEMOYNE RIGHT-HANDER CASEY CANNON NAMED NCBWA EAST REGION HITTER AND PITCHER OF THE WEEK
April 3, 2012

DOMINICAN’S TONY BLAKE AND LEMOYNE RIGHT-HANDER CASEY CANNON NAMED NCBWA EAST REGION HITTER AND PITCHER OF THE WEEK

Bridgeport, CT (4/3/12) Junior outfielder Tony Blake of Dominican (N.Y.) College (Windsor, Conn.) and junior, right-handed pitcher Casey Cannon of LeMoyne College (Manasquan, N.J.) have been selected as the East Region National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Hitter and Pitcher of the Week for games played from March 26-April 1, 2012.

Bridgeport, CT (4/3/12) Junior outfielder Tony Blake of Dominican (N.Y.) College (Windsor, Conn.) and junior, right-handed pitcher Casey Cannon of LeMoyne College (Manasquan, N.J.)  have been selected as the East Region National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Hitter and Pitcher of the Week for games played from March 26-April 1, 2012. 

The Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Player of the Week, Blake hit .500 (11-for-22) with a .727 slugging percentage over seven games last week, which saw the Chargers post a 6-1 mark.  He scored 10 runs while adding a home run, four RBI, eight walks and three stolen bases.

Cannon, the Northeast-10 Conference Pitcher of the Week, posted a two-hit shutout in a 7-0 victory over American International on Wednesday afternoon. The junior struck out a career-high 11 batters and registered 19 outs before giving up his first hit.

The aim of Dominican University New York is to promote educational excellence, leadership, and service in an environment characterized by respect for the individual and concern for the community and its needs. Founded by the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt, the university is an independent institution of higher learning, Catholic in origin and heritage. In the Dominican tradition, it fosters the active, shared pursuit of truth and embodies an ideal of education rooted in the values of reflective understanding and compassionate involvement.  Committed to building its programs upon a strong foundation in the liberal arts and sciences, the university maintains a student-centered climate and serves a diverse community of students in undergraduate and graduate programs. The university empowers this community of learners to excel, lead and serve with integrity and to engage responsibly in the pursuit of a more just, ethical and sustainable world.  Dominican also sponsors 18 varsity intercollegiate sports that compete at the NCAA Division II level.  To learn more about Dominican University New York, please visit www.duny.edu.