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DIAZ NAMED TO ABCA/RAWLINGS DII ALL-AMERICA TEAM
June 2, 2025

DIAZ NAMED TO ABCA/RAWLINGS DII ALL-AMERICA TEAM

2025 ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Division II All-America Teams

Orangeburg, N.Y. (6/2/25)  Dominican University New York baseball player, Erick Diaz, has been named to the 2025 ABCA/Rawlings NCAA DII All-America Third Team as was announced this past Friday by the American Baseball Coaches Association.

This is Diaz's first All-American honor.

Diaz is one of four players from the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) to be named to an All-America Team.  The freshman outfielder Diaz was previously named to the ABCA/Rawlings East All-Region First Team, the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Assocation (NCBWA) All-East Region First Team and to the D2CCA All-East Region First Team.  He also earned All-Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) First Team accolades.  Diaz ranked fifth in the conference in hits and home runs, first in triples and seventh in RBIs.

Diaz earns his third All-Region honors as he was previously named to the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Assocation (NCBWA) All-East Region First Team and to the D2CCA All-East Region First Team.  He also earned All-Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) First Team accolades.  Diaz ranked fifth in the conference in hits and home runs, first in triples and seventh in RBIs.

The Chair of the ABCA NCAA Div. II All-America & Coach of the Year Committee is Rudy Garbalosa of Lynn University. Also on the committee are Jim Gantt (Catawba College), Rick Giannetti (Dominican University New York), Dave Hajek (University of Colorado at Colorado Springs), Ryan Kelley (Wayne State University), Alex Koch (Wayne State College) and Marc Marizzaldi (Seton Hill University) and Tony Schifano (San Francisco State University).

 

The ABCA All-America team was first recognized in 1949 and now includes nine divisions: NCAA Divisions I, II and III, NAIA, NJCAA Divisions I, II and III, Pacific Association Division, and high school. ABCA/Rawlings Gold Glove teams were first recognized in 2007.

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.