Bruno a Consensus All-Region Pick

Bruno a Consensus All-Region Pick

Norwalk, Conn., native named to all three East Region All-Star squads

EASTON, Mass. (May 31, 2010) – Stonehill College junior first baseman Angelo Bruno (Norwalk, Conn./Norwalk) is a consensus All-East Region selection after being named to all three squads from the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA), National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) and Daktronics.

Bruno, earning All-Region honors for the first time in his career, was named to the All-East Region first team by the ABCA while collecting second team honors from the NCBWA and Daktronics. The first team All-Northeast-10 selection started all 49 games for Stonehill this season, posting a .286 (53-for-185) batting average, with 32 runs scored, nine doubles, a triple, team-high ten home runs (2nd NE-10) and 45 RBI (3rd) to go with a team-best 11 stolen bases on 14 attempts. His ten home runs his this season are the most by a Stonehill baseball player since the NE-10 adopted the use of wood bats in 2003.

Bruno slugged .508 (8th) for the season to go with a .395 on-base percentage (12th), a team-best 12 multiple RBI games and 15 multi-hit games. He converted 70.6-percent (12-for-17) of his opportunities with a runner on third and less than two out and led the team with 11 two-out RBI. The NE-10 Championships MVP and a two-time NE-10 Player of the Week hit .305 (29-95) in Conference play this season, scoring 19 runs to go with five doubles, a triple, five home runs and 24 RBI. He drove in ten runs during the postseason, six in the NE-10 Championships with two home runs.

In 129 career games played, Bruno has hit .260 (116-for-446) with 85 runs scored, 24 doubles, five triples, 15 home runs and 77 RBI with 16 stolen bases and 67 walks.

Stonehill (31-18, 17-9 NE-10) captured its third NE-10 Championship this season, going 4-0 at the tournament as it closed out the season winners of 13 of its last 15 games, including a 12-game winning streak. The Skyhawks earned the NE-10's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament and were seeded fourth in the East Regional. They posted a 2-2 record in their second NCAA regional appearance in program history.