14 Earn D3Baseball.com and ABCA/Rawlings Earn Regional Honors, Frink Named D3Baseball Rookie of the Year and Vining Named All-American
Winthrop, Mass. - 14 Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Baseball student-athletes earned D3Baseball.com and American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA)/Rawlings All-Region Region 1 honors as announced last week. The following 14 student-athletes were recognized as the conference's representatives of these teams: Elijah Spataj (Albertus Magnus), Jonathan Guardascione (Anna Maria), Evan Dennis (Colby-Sawyer), Owen Davis (Johnson & Wales), Trevor Juan (Johnson & Wales), Aidan Vining (Johnson & Wales), Tim Callahan (Lasell), Michael Ficocelli (Mitchell), Eddie Kaftan (Mitchell), Ty Baker (Rivier), Nic Frink (SJC), JJ Fox (USJ), Jack Kane (USJ), and Dom Scalia (USJ).
Frink of Saint Joseph's (Maine) was also named the D3Baseball.com Rookie of the Year while JWU's Vining earned both All-American honors from D3Baseball as well as ABCA/Rawlings.
The honorees teams list can be viewed below:
Elijah Spataj, Albertus Magnus: D3Baseball.com Third Team
Jonathan Guardascione, Anna Maria: D3Baseball.com Second Team
Evan Dennis, Colby-Sawyer: D3Baseball.com and ABCA/Rawlings Third Team
Owen Davis, Johnson & Wales: ABCA/Rawlings Second Team
Trevor Juan, Johnson & Wales: D3Baseball.com and ABCA/Rawlings First Team
Aidan Vining, Johnson & Wales: D3Baseball.com, ABCA/Rawlings First Team, D3Baseball.com Fifth Team (All-American) and ABCA/Rawlings First Team (All-American)
Tim Callahan, Lasell: D3Baseball.com First Team and ABCA/Rawlings Second Team
Michael Ficocelli, Mitchell: D3Baseball.com Third Team
Eddie Kaftan, Mitchell: D3Baseball.com and ABCA/Rawlings Second Team
Ty Baker, Rivier: D3Baseball.com Second Team
Nic Frink, Saint Joseph's (Maine): D3Baseball.com (Rookie of the Year) and ABCA/Rawlings First Team
JJ Fox, University of Saint Joseph (Conn.): D3Baseball.com and ABCA/Rawlings Third Team
Jack Kane, University of Saint Joseph (Conn.): D3Baseball.com Third Team and ABCA/Rawlings First Team
Dom Scalia, University of Saint Joseph (Conn.): D3Baseball.com First Team and ABCA/Rawlings Second Team