ner infielder doubled in his final at-bat of the season to finish with a .414batting average. Barry demolished the league record for hits in a sea-son with 67 and broke the record for RBI in a season with 43. Bowmanpitched at least seven innings in seven of his eight regular-seasonstarts, en route to a 5-2 record. He allowed a combined two runs in histwo losses, only one of which was earned, and posted a 0.82 ERA forthe season. Bowman logged two seven-inning shutouts along the way.All-CRCBL Team: Hunter Renfroe, c, (Mississippi State), Bethesda; BillGerstenslager, 1b, (Mercyhurst), Silver Spring-Takoma; Cory Jensen,2b, (Florida Southern), Baltimore; Adam Barry, 3b, (Cal StateNorthridge), Bethesda; Alex Frederick, ss, (Armstrong Atlantic),Baltimore; Jacob Morley, of, (VMI), Vienna; Sean Godfrey, of, (BallState), Southern Maryland; Cole McInturff, of, (James Madison), Vienna;Brian Eggleston, of, (Stetson), Herndon; Mike Mandarino, dh,(Cumberland), Southern Maryland; Angel Ibanez, util, (Texas-PanAmerican), Rockville; Matt Bowman, sp, (Princeton), Bethesda; KellySecrest, sp, (UNC Wilmington), Bethesda; John-Austin Shepard, rp,(Tusculum); Southern Maryland; Mike Aldrete, rp, (San Jose State),Bethesda.California Collegiate LeagueKris Kaplan drove a first pitch fastball into left field with the basesloaded in the top of the ninth inning to give Team Vegas a 4-2 lead over

the Santa Barbara Foresters, marking the firsttime in nine years the Foresters cannot claimsole ownership of the league title. By virtue ofVegas taking two of three games versus theForesters during the final weekend of the sea-son, the San Luis Obispo Blues matchedrecords with Santa Barbara and, for the firsttime in their history, can claim a league cham-pionship.CCL All-Star Team: Jo Jo Sharrar, c, (Utah),SLO Blues; James Wharton, 1b, (Cal StateLos Angeles), SB Foresters; Zac Elgie, 1b,(Kansas) SLO Blues; Michael Ratterree, 2b,(Rice), SB Foresters; Derek Legg, 3b, (CalState Fullerton), SB Foresters; Nick Boggan,3b, (Cal Lutheran), Conejo; Scott Heineman,util, (Oregon), Conejo; Adam Frazier, ss,(Mississippi State), SLO Blue; Shane Kroker,

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SUMMER BALL ROUNDUPSUMMER BALL ROUNDUPBy Bill Ballew

Atlantic Collegiate LeagueWith stellar pitching, sound defense and a five-runseventh-inning outburst, the Staten Island Tideclaimed the 2011 Atlantic Collegiate BaseballLeague championship with a 7-1 triumph over theWesthampton Aviators, the champion of theHampton Division. Staten Island had endured a diffi-cult test in the Kaiser Division championship serieswhile holding off the New York Atlantics in threegames with a 4-3 victory in the finale. The Tide com-piled a 21-14 record during the regular season, goodfor the second-best mark, behind Jersey, in the 11-team field. Kevin Heller (Amherst) of theWesthampton Aviators was named the SantyGallone Most Valuable Player and won the sluggingaward after posting a .645 average while hitting at a.319 clip. The senior outfielder also topped the ACBLin home runs (11), runs scored (31) and total bases(91). Alex Maruri (Delaware) of the New YorkAtlantics won the hitting award with a .410 averageand led the ACBL with a .490 on-base percentage.Rob Corsi (Rutgers) of the Jersey Pilots received the DarrinWinston Most Valuable Pitcher Award. The junior lefthandertopped the ACBL in strikeouts with 56 and tied for the leaguelead in wins with five while posting a 1.54 ERA. Brandon Kuter(George Mason) of the Westhampton Aviators was selected asthe outstanding reliever after posting 10 saves in 21 appear-ances. He allowed only one run in 22.1 innings for a 0.40 ERA.The 6-foot-7 righthander whiffed 36 and earned the save in theACBL All-Star Game. Robert Bernardo (Queens) of the JerseyPilots and Matt Carroll (San Jose State) of the North ForkOspreys were named co-MVPs for the ACBL All-Star Game.Cal Ripken, Sr. Collegiate Baseball LeagueThe Bethesda Big Train’s Adam Barry (Cal State Northridge)and Matt Bowman (Princeton) were named the Cal RipkenCollegiate Baseball League Most Valuable Player and MostOutstanding Pitcher, respectively, for the 2011 season. Theseason awards, along with the All-League Team, were votedon by the Ripken League coaches. Barry posted record-settingnumbers at the plate in helping the Big Train establish the fran-chise mark with 33 regular-season wins and its third straightCal Ripken Collegiate Baseball League championship. The cor-

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Coastal Plain LeagueGastonia’s Michael Heesch was named the 2011 CPL Defensive Player ofthe Year after the junior from the University of South Carolina Beaufort ledthe Grizzlies to their first-ever CPL Petitt Cup championship. Heesch fin-ished the summer with an overall ERA of 2.08, a league-best 9-0 record

and 79 strikeouts. Chase McDonald of the Morehead CityMarlins received CPL Offensive Player of the Year honors.A freshman from East Carolina, McDonald was an offen-sive machine while leading the league in batting average(.403), RBI (51), slugging percentage (.663) and on-basepercentage (.469). McDonald was second in the league inhome runs (13) and total bases (120), while his 73 hitsranked third in the CPL. He also had eight doubles,scored 36 runs and walked 22 times.Florida Collegiate Summer LeagueThe Sanford River Rats defeated the Winter ParkDiamond Dawgs, 7-5, to become the 2011 FCSLChampions at Tropicana Field. Fifteen days earlier, theRiver Rats had fallen to last place after a loss to theWinter Haven Loggerheads. Sanford then proceeded togo 9-4 in the rest of the way to achieve a feat thatappeared to be difficult at best. Winter Park’s TedBlackman (Coastal Carolina) was named the FCSL MostValuable Player while breaking five single-season records.He batted at a .425 clip in 33 games and finished the

season with 38 runs, 45 hits, 10 doubles, three home runs, and a league-leading 28 stolen bases. Teammate Ben Brown (Tampa) was named theloop’s top pitcher, appearing in eight games and starting six while also mak-ing an appearance in the All-Star Game and tossing in two contests during

ss, (Chico State), SB Foresters; Wynton Bernard, of,(Niagara), Orange County; Aaron Brown, of,(Pepperdine), Glendale; Jeff McVaney, of, (Texas State),SB Foresters; Greg Zebrack, of, (Penn), Orange County;Greg Bird, util, (Arkansas), Team Vegas; Chipper Smith,sp, (Cumberland), Team Vegas; J.C. Aguayo, sp, (Conejo),Azusa Pacific; Austin Kubitz, sp, (Rice), SB Foresters;Mitchell Mormann, sp, (Wichita State), SB Foresters;Patrick Smith, sp, (Cal Baptist), Academy Barons; TravisHuber, sp, (Nebraska), SLO Blues; Kyle Martin, rp, (TexasA&M), SLO Blues; T.J. McGreevy, rp, (Wichita State), SBForesters; Kyle DeMartino, rp, (Dixie State), Texas Vegas.Cape Cod LeagueThe Harwich Mariners edged the Falmouth Commodores,7-5, to sweep the Cape Cod Baseball LeagueChampionship Series and take home the Arnold MycockChampionship Trophy for the second time in four years.The CCBL recognized Travis Jankowski (Stony Brook) ofBourne, who hit .329 with 22 RBI for the Braves, as itsmost valuable player. Top Pro Prospect Award winner VictorRoache (Georgia Southern) of Cotuit was also named tothe All-League team after he batted .316 with six homersand 28 RBI, while sportsmanship winner Patrick Cantwell

(Stony Brook) of Bourne was also selected after hitting.277 with eight RBI. The CCBL Top Pitcher Award went toRyan Eades (LSU), who was 3-0 with a 0.84 earned runaverage, and Trevor Gott (Kentucky) of Orleans, who com-piled a 1.29 ERA with 12 saves, was tabbed the loop’s pre-mier reliever.CCBL All-League Team: Dane Phillips, c, (Oklahoma State),Chatham; Patrick Cantwell, c, (Stony Brook), Bourne;Stephen Piscotty, 1b, (Stanford), YD; Tommy Coyle, 2b,(North Carolina), Bourne; Logan Vick, 3b, (Baylor), Cotuit;Matt Duffy, ss, (Long Beach State), Orleans; Richie Shaffer,util, (Clemson), Chatham; Robert Refnsyder, util, (Arizona),Wareham; Travis Jankowski, of, (Stony Brook), Bourne;James Ramsey, of, (Florida State), YD; Jeremy Baltz, of,(St. John’s), Falmouth; Jason Monda, of, (WashingtonState), Brewster; Victor Roache, dh, (Georgia Southern),Cotuit; Daniel Palka, dh, (Georgia Tech), Wareham; JoeBircher, p, (Bradley), Falmouth; Anthony Bucciferro, p,(Michigan State), Brewster; Carter Capps, p, (Mount Olive),Harwich; Ryan Eades, p, (LSU), Bourne; Dietrich Enns, p,(Central Michigan), Hyannis Harbor; Scott Firth, p,(Clemson), Hyannis Harbor; Trevor Gott, p, (Kentucky),Orleans; Chris Overman, p, (N.C. State), Harwich; JohnSimms, p, (Rice), Falmouth; Nick Wittgren, p, (Purdue),Hyannis Harbor.

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Keene Swamp Bats

SUMMER BALL ROUNDUPSUMMER BALL ROUNDUPthe playoffs. He posted a team-best 1.35 ERA, which tied for second in theFlorida League, while going 4-1. The most outstanding pro prospect wasGarrett Nuss (Central Florida); Stephen Bellantoni (USC-Aiken) won the bat-ting championship; and Ethan Bader (Lake Sumter CC) was the league strike-out leader and most outstanding reliever.Great Lakes Summer Collegiate LeagueLefthander Adam Clark threw 4.2 innings of no-hit shutout relief to lift theLima Locos to a 2-1 victory and a two-game sweep over Southern Ohio in theseries championship of the Great Lakes Collegiate League at Bob Wren

Stadium. The triumph marked the Locos’ third league title.Alex Radon (Toledo) of Lake Erie was named the loop’spitcher of the year, while Licking County outfielder AlexJohnson (Miami University) was tabbed the top positionprospect. Stark County’s Mark Lapikas (Toledo) receivedthe Gary Henschen Player of the Year award.All-GLSCL First Team: Wes Meadows, c, (Otterbein), LickingCounty; Mark Lapikas, 1b, (Toledo), Stark County; CalebPalensky, 2b, (Nebraska-Omaha), Xenia; Mike August, 3b,(Millersville), Southern Ohio; Dustin Dunlop, ss, (EasternKentucky), Lima; Alex Johnson, of, (Miami University),Licking County; Tyler Grogg, of, (Toledo), Southern Ohio;Jake Proctor, of, (Cincinnati), Cincinnati; J.T. Riddle, util,(Kentucky), Lexington; Andy Chriscaden, dh, (KennesawState), Lima; Aaron Hilt, p, (Ashland), Southern Ohio;Chuck Ghysels, p, (Maryland), Hamilton; Alex Radon, p,(Toledo), Lake Erie; Tyler Vaske, p, (Denison), Licking County; Zach Botjer, p,(Ashland), Southern Ohio; Adam Clark, rp, (Eastern Illinois), Lima.New England Collegiate Baseball LeagueThe Keene Swamp Bats won the New England Collegiate Baseball Leaguetitle with the help of Jeff Thompson, who was named the Top Pro Prospect on

the circuit. Holyoke had two players receive year-endhonors, with Ron Freeman garnering the SportsmanshipAward and Ben Mount taking the Robin Roberts Awardas the circuit’s top pitcher. Laconia’s Chris Costantinoreceived the Rick Ligi Most Valuable Player award, whileAndrew Gamer of Danbury won the league batting title.Billy Bereszniewicz of Old Orchard Beach was namedthe Christopher Ashmos 10th Player Award; AlexChittenden of Keene was the Defensive Player of theYear; Trey Mancini of Holyoke was tabbed Rookie of theYear; and Dario Pizzano of North Shore garnered MostImproved Player honors.All-NECBL First Team: Ron Freeman, c, Holyoke; TimKiene, 1b, Newport; Brett Mollenhauer, 2b, Sanford; AlexChittenden, ss, Keene; Brett Doran, 3b, Mystic; DarioPizzano, of, North Shore; Tyler Horan, of, Danbury;Andrew Gamer, of, Danbury; Dave Ciocchi, dh, Danbury;Ben Mount, p, Holyoke; Jacob Lee, p, Newport; JeffThompson, p, Keene; Kyle Grana, rp, Vermont.New York Collegiate Baseball LeagueWebster’s Chris Bostick, who was headed to St. John’sprior to signing late in the summer with the Oakland A’s,was named the NYCBL Most Valuable Player. Bostickled the league for nearly the entire season in battingaverage, finishing with a .413 norm. He added 17 extra-base hits, including five home runs, and drove in 32

runs. One of the fastest players in the league, he alsoswiped 18 bases. Other year-end award winners includePitcher of the Year Jacob Petitt of Utica and Webster’sDave Brust, who was tabbed the NYCBL Coach of theYear. The Oneonta Outlaws won the NYCBL champi-onship, with Chase Compton earning offensive MVPhonors and Bryan Galligan garnering defensive MVPaccolades.All-NYCBL First Team: Derek Sprout, c, (Bradley),Allegany County; Brendan Consantino, inf, (Seton Hill),Sherrill; Chris Bostick, inf, (Aquinas), Webster; CarosAsuaje, inf, (Nova Southeastern), Oneonta; John Howell,inf, (Binghamton), Oneonta; Chase Compton, inf,(Louisiana Lafayette), Oneonta; Scott Krutel, inf,(Missouri Baptist), Utica; Leon Stimpson, of, (Alvernia),Geneva; Dan Scahill, of, (Buffalo), Rome; Ben Bostick,of, (St. John Fisher), Webster; Chase Presley, dh,(Harding), Hornell; Matt Chavez, util, (San Francisco),Oneonta; Jacob Petitt, sp, (Warner Southern), Utica; JoeGreenfield, sp, (Eastern Illinois), Webster; ScottWeathersby, sp, (Mississippi), Oneonta; Tyler Mann, sp,(Alfred State CC), Rome; Jeff Croteau, sp, (Bentley),Geneva; Kevin Johnson, rp, (Monroe CC), Webster;

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Kenny Frosch, rp, (Palm Beach Atlantic), Rome; TylerBrunneman, rp, (Harden-Simmons), Rome.Northwoods LeagueThe Battle Creek Bombers won the league crown bysweeping through the Divisional Series and theSummer Collegiate World Series while winning theirfinal 11 games of the summer, which culminated with a13-0 blowout victory at home against the MankatoMoonDogs at C.O. Brown Stadium in front of 1,202fans. Mankato outfielder Shaun Cooper was named theNorthwoods League MVP while fellow MoonDog right-handed pitcher Blake Schwartz was named Pitcher ofthe Year. Cooper flirted with the Triple Crown by lead-ing the NWL in home runs and RBI. Schwartz(Minnesota State-Mankato), in his second summer withthe MoonDogs, led the NWL in ERA and strikeoutsand was the starting and winning pitcher for the NorthDivision in the NWL All-Star Game.NWL All-Star Team: Chris Manship, c, (Kansas), Duluth;Andrew Knapp, c, (California), La Crosse; Nate Theunissen, 1b,

(Central Michigan), Madison; Johnny Coy, 1b, (Wichita State),Rochester; Brett Wiley, 2b, (Evansville); Battle Creek; CullenMahoney, 2b, (South Mountain CC), Thunder Bay; Dan Olinger, 3b,(Minnesota), Brainerd Lakes Area; Cameron Perkins, 3b, (Purdue),Waterloo; Ty Forney, ss, (New Mexico State), Eau Claire; JasonLeblebijian, ss, (Bradley), Wilmar; Daniel Rockett, of, (Texas-SanAntonio), Battle Creek; Steven Brault, of, (Regis), Brainerd LakesArea; Billy Moon, of, (Gonzaga), Green Bay; Shaun Cooper, of,(Utah), Mankato; Carlos Lopez, of, (Cal State Fullerton), St.Cloud; Danny Susdorf, of, (California San Diego), Wisconsin;Eduardo Gonzalez, dh, (Alcorn State), Willmar; Carlos Escobar,dh, (Nevada-Reno), Wisconsin; Anthony Bazzani, rhp, (EasternKentucky); Alexandria; Jason Forjet, rhp, (Florida Gulf Coast),Brainerd Lakes Area; Joey Novak, rhp, (Harvard), Duluth; AndyHunter, rhp, (Gonzaga), Green Bay; Tim Giel, rhp, (Columbia),Green Bay; Adam Cimber, rhp, (Washington), Green Bay; DanChild, rhp, (Oregon State), La Crosse; Rusty Shellhorn, lhp,(Texas Tech), Madison; Blake Schwartz, rhp, (Minnesota State-Mankato), Mankato; Patrick Goelz, rhp, (Bethune Cookman),Mankato; Michael Fagan, lhp, (Princeton), St. Cloud; MikeWisecarver, lhp, (Nicholls State), Waterloo.Prospect LeagueThe Quincy Gems rode the arms of starting pitcher TaylorRobson and reliever Josh Janway, who combined on a two-hitshutout to lead the Gems to a 5-0 victory over the West VirginiaMiners in Prospect League Championship Game at QU-Stadium.The triumph gave Quincy its second Prospect League title inthree years. Coupled with the Gems’ three Central Illinois

Collegiate League titles, the Gems have won five championshipsin franchise history since 1996.Texas Collegiate LeagueOutfielder Taylor Dugas highlighted the Acadiana Cane Cutters’inaugural season by earning the TCL Player of the Year award.Dugan finished second in the league with a .336 batting averageand led the circuit with a .475 on-base percentage. The two-timeAll-SEC performer from Alabama was also second in the TCLwith 28 steals in just 40 games, and he walked 34 times whilestriking out on only nine occasions. Brazos Valley Bombers leftyDamian Rivera was tabbed the TCL Pitcher of the Year. Riverawas a perfect 7-0 with a 2.01 ERA, tying for the league lead inwins and finishing a shade behind teammate Alec Mills for theERA crown. The Saint Louis University freshman won consecu-tive TCL Pitcher of the Week awards late in the season, kickingoff a streak of four straight weekly honors for a Bombers staffthat helped lead Brazos Valley into the postseason. HunterDozier and Ben Taylor, both of East Texas, were named theFreshman and Coach of the Year, respectively.All-TCL Team: Joe Andrade, c, Coppell; Grant Dozar, c, Acadiana;Terry Porras, 1b, Brazos Valley; Freddy Villalobos, 2b, Victoria;Hunter Dozier, 3b, East Texas; Nick Smelser, ss, Coppell; TaylorDugas, of, Acadiana; Seth Granger, of, East Texas; Chad Kruse,of, Victoria; Tyler Migl, dh, Coppell; Jaden Dillon, rhp, East Texas;Damian Rivera, lhp, Brazos Valley; Jason Jester, rp, East Texas;Garrett Shepperd, rp, Brazos Valley.

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Covington Lumberjacks

Corvallis Knights

SUMMER BALL ROUNDUPSUMMER BALL ROUNDUPValley LeagueThe Covington Lumberjacks won the 2011 Valley Baseball League bydefeating the fourth, second and sixth seeds in the circuit’s threerounds of playoffs. Strasburg first baseman Brad Zebedis was namedthe Valley League MVP after leading the loop with a .420 average forthe first-year Express. Zebedis was first in hits, doubles, total basesand OBP, second in slugging percentage and tied for third with 36RBI. Aaron Luchterhand was tabbed the VBL Most Valuable Pitcherafter he helped Harrisonburg post the league’s best regular-seasonrecord. Luchterhand, from Arkansas Tech, had a league-best 1.60ERA, held opponents to a .168 batting average, and threw a league-high 73.0 innings. He was 4-1 with 48 strikeouts against 18 walks.West Coast LeagueThe Corvallis Knights won the West Coast League championship bysweeping the Walla Walla Sweets. The Knights won their second WCLchampionship in the league’s seven-year history while making theirfourth appearance in the title series. Alex Stanford of Walla Walla wasnamed the WCL Most Valuable Player. The senior second baseman

finished second in the league in hitting with a .340 averagewhile setting the circuit’s single-season mark with 66 hits.Stanford smashed two home runs, drove in 11 runs, and stole15 bases. Righthander Owen Jones of Wenatchee earned WCLPitcher of the Year honors. Jones, a senior at the University ofPortland, set a league record for wins by going 7-1 with a 2.00ERA while striking out 78 batters over 77 innings pitched.All-WCL First Team: Corey Davis, c, (Wright State), Corvallis;Brock Gates, 1b, (Pacific Lutheran), Wenatchee; Alex Stanford,2b, (Gonzaga), Walla Walla; Adam Nelubowich, 3b (WashingtonState), Wenatchee; Trent Oleszczuk, ss, (Seattle), Corvallis;Payden Cawley-Lamb, of, (Gonzaga), Wenatchee; BrelandAlmadova, of, (Hawaii), Wenatchee; Kyle Garlick, of (Oregon),Cowlitz; Michael Benjamin, util, (Arizona State), Bend Elks;Adrian Sampson, p, (Bellevue College), Bellingham; AlexPhillips, p, (Kentucky), Wenatchee; Owen Jones, p, (Portland),Wenatchee; Daniel Chavez, p, (College of San Mateo), BendElks; Jeff Gold, p, (Oregon), Cowlitz; Mark Trentacosta, rp, (UCIrvine), Corvallis.

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