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Graphic for Dominican's Chad Falcon being named the NCBWA East Region Hitter of the Week. Photo is of Falcon at the plate getting ready to hit. Photo by Tom Salus
March 19, 2026

DOMINICAN'S FALCON SELECTED REGIONAL HITTER OF THE WEEK

Courtesy of the CACC

Orangeburg, N.Y. (3/19/26)  Dominican University New York junior Chad Falcon has been named the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association NCAA Division II East Region Hitter of the Week for the period ending Mar. 15, the NCBWA announced on Wednesday. He was also chosen as the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Player of the Week on Mar. 16.

Falcon hit .560 and slugged 1.280 as Dominican went 3-3 last week. He had nine extra-base hits, including four home runs, scored 15 runs, and drove in 11. He homered during all three games of a weekend series with Chestnut Hill College.

Falcon is the fourth consecutive player from the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference to earn the NCBWA D-II East Region Hitter of the Week Award. In 14 games this season, he is batting .465 with five home runs, 20 runs scored, and 17 RBI for the 8-10 Chargers.

The NCAA Division II East Region is comprised of the CACC, East Coast Conference, and Northeast 10 Conference and contains 28 baseball-playing schools.

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.