Angelo Bruno |
Mitch Davis |
Rich McHugh |
Alex McCormick |
Michael White |
Stonehill Places Five on All-NE-10 Baseball Teams
Bruno leads Skyhawks
contingent with first team selection
Davis and McHugh earn second team honors
White and McCormick selected to third team
EASTON, Mass. (May 25, 2010) – Five members of the Northeast-10 Conference Champion Stonehill College baseball team have been selected to the NE-10 All-Conference by the Conference's 14 head coaches. The five All-Conference selections are the most for the Skyhawks since placing five on the All-NE-10 teams in 2006.
Junior first baseman Angelo Bruno (Norwalk, Conn./Norwalk) leads the list of Stonehill honorees with his selection to the All-Northeast-10 first team. Senior second baseman Mitch Davis (Bow, N.H./Bow) and sophomore catcher/designated hitter Rich McHugh (Pembroke, Mass./Thayer Academy) both earned second team All-NE-10 honors, while junior pitcher Alex McCormick (Weymouth, Mass./Cardinal Spellman) and sophomore pitcher/outfielder Michael White (Lisbon, N.H./Lisbon Regional) were both selected to the All-Conference third team.
Bruno earns All-Northeast-10 honors for the first time with his first team selection at first base. He 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. Bruno slugged .508 (8th) for the season to go with a .395 on-base percentage (12th), a team-best 12 multiple RBI game 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.
Bruno, 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. 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.
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.
Davis is also a first-time All-Northeast-10 honoree with his second team selection at second base. He started all 46 games played and led Stonehill with a .330 (65-for-197) average (7th NE-10) with 35 runs scored, 15 doubles (6th) and Conference-best five triples while adding two home runs and 23 RBI. He slugged .487 (12th) and posted a .386 on-base percentage, a team-best 20 multiple-hit games and five multi-RBI outings. His ten-game hitting streak was the longest by any Skyhawk this season and he led the team with a .375 (27-72) batting average with runners on base and .348 (16-46) average with runners in scoring position, converting 75% (12-16) of his opportunities with a runner on third and less than two out and chipped in with seven two-out RBI.
Davis, named to the All-Tournament team at the NCAA East Regional, matched the team lead with a .319 (36-113) average in NE-10 play this spring with 23 runs scored, eight doubles, two triples, two homers and 13 RBI. He hit a team-best .382 (13-34) in the postseason with five runs scored, two doubles and a triple, including going 9-for-18 (.500) with three runs scored, a double and triple. In nine games for Stonehill in the month of May, he hit .421 (16-38) with seven runs scored, two doubles, two triples and a home run.
Davis started 148 of the 153 games he played over his four-year Stonehill career, hitting .294 (179-for-609) with 114 runs scored, 28 doubles, eight triples, three home runs and 60 RBI with 18 stolen bases.
McHugh earns All-NE-10 honors for the first time with his selection to the second team as designated hitter. He started 32 of the 35 games he played in his first season at Stonehill after transferring from fellow Conference member Southern Connecticut State University, hitting .322 (37-for-115) with 20 runs scored, eight doubles, two triples and 17 RBI. He slugged .426 and posted a .444 on base percentage with 12 multi-hit games. McHugh hit .349 (22-63) with runners on base, including a team-best .357 (15-42) with runners in scoring position, converting 8-of-13 (61.5%) chances with a runner on third and less than two out.
McHugh shared the team lead with Davis with his .319 (23-72) batting average in NE-10 play with 13 runs scored, five doubles and 11 RBI. Named NE-10 Player of the Week once this season, he committed just two errors on 164 chances (.988 fielding percentage) behind the plate for Stonehill, committing only two passed balls, picking off two baserunners and throwing out 13 of 41 (31.7%) potential basestealers.
McHugh appeared in 13 games at Southern Connecticut State as a freshman in 2009, starting ten, and hit .268 (11-for-41) with three runs scored, four doubles, a home run, stolen base and RBI. In two collegiate seasons, he has played 48 games and is hitting .308 (48-156) with 23 runs scored, 12 doubles, two triples, a home run and 18 RBI.
McCormick earns All-Northeast-10 honors for the first time as well. The righthander started ten of his 11 appearances on the mound this spring for Stonehill, posting a 6-4 record (5th NE-10 wins) and 1.92 earned run average (5th) with a team-best 58 strikeouts and just nine walks in 79.2 innings pitched (5th), holding opposing batters to a .244 average. He ranks third nationally allowing a mere 1.02 walks per nine innings while also averaging 7.24 innings per appearance (5th) with 6.55 strikeouts per nine innings.
McCormick made seven starts in NE-10 play this season, posting a 5-1 record and 1.00 earned run average with 34 strikeouts and just five walks over 54.0 innings. He was especially tough on the road, going 4-0 with a 0.70 ERA, 27 strikeouts and only three walks in 38.2 innings over five starts.
McCormick has made 28 career appearances (11 starts) and posted a 7-7 record with two saves, a 4.07 ERA, 77 strikeouts and 24 walks over 115 innings pitched. Prior to his junior year, he had made just one start in 17 career appearances over his first two seasons.
White is the fifth and final first time All-Conference honoree for Stonehill with his third team selection at utility. He starred for the Skyhawks on the mound, at the plate and in the outfield with a breakout sophomore season. White started 39 of the 42 games he played this season, seeing time in leftfield (28 starts), pitcher (8) and designated hitter (5), hitting .308 (36-for-117) with 12 runs scored, three doubles, a home run, 11 RBI and team-high matching 11 stolen bases on 14 attempts. He also made nine appearances (eight starts) on the mound and the lefthander was 6-2 (5th NE-10 wins) with a 2.22 earned run average (12th), 51 strikeouts and 14 walks over 69.0 innings pitched, limiting opposing batters to a mere .180 batting average (5th). White was near flawless in the field, committing just one error in 92 chances (.989%).
White posted 11 multi-hit games and his nine game hitting streak was the second longest by a Stonehill player this season. He allowed a team-low 19.7-percent (14-71) of opposing leadoff hitters (2nd) to reach base while averaging a team-best 7.67 innings per appearance (2nd), yielding just 5.87 hits per nine innings with 1.85 walks and 6.65 strikeouts per nine. White made five starts in NE-10 play, posting a 3-2 record and 2.79 ERA with 29 strikeouts and just nine walks over 38.2 innings of work.
White turned it up in the postseason, winning both starts, with a complete game shutout, while posting a 0.53 ERA with 13 strikeouts and three walks over his 17 innings of work. He earned All-Tournament team honors at the NCAA East Regional after firing a two-hit shutout in the Skyhawks NCAA Tournament opener against the University of New Haven, striking out seven and walking just one. In Stonehill's late season 12-game winning streak, White made three starts and was 3-0 with a 0.74 ERA, 19 strikeouts and four walks over 24.1 innings.
White, also a starter for the Stonehill men's soccer team, has played 58 games in his two seasons for the baseball team (48 starts) and is hitting .301 (46-153) with 13 runs scored, five doubles, a home run and 20 RBI with 13 steals. He has also made 16 career appearances (11 starts) on the mound, posting a 6-3 record and 3.06 ERA with 60 strikeouts and 25 walks in 88.1 innings pitched.
Stonehill (31-18, 17-9 NE-10) captured its third NE-10 Championship this month, 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.
