University of Delaware Athletics
Hens Place League-High 11 Players on All-CAA Teams; Three Hens Named to First Team
5/23/2017 2:38:00 PM | Baseball
WILMINGTON, N.C. -- The University of Delaware placed a league-best 11 players on the All-Colonial Athletic Association baseball teams announced Tuesday afternoon.
Senior relief pitcher Burk FitzPatrick, senior outfielder Jordan Glover (Marlton, N.J./Cumberland County CC), and sophomore first baseman Nick Patten (Butler, Pa./IMG Academy) each earned first team All-CAA honors.
Senior shortstop Jeremy Ake (Readington, N.J./Hunterdon Central), senior catcher Brian Mayer (Brick, N.J./Brick Township), junior starting pitcher Ron Marinaccio (Toms River, N.J./Toms River North), and senior designated hitter Doug Trimble (Rosemont, Pa./Episcopal Academy) were named to the second team, while sophomore outfielder Kevin Mohollen (Rose Valley, Pa/Strath-Haven), junior third baseman Diaz Nardo (Harbeson, Del./Cape Henlopen), junior outfielder Calvin Scott (Newark, Del./St. Mark's), and senior infielder Nick Tierno (Voorhees, N.J./Eastern) were named as third team Selections.
Mayer, a graduate student at Delaware, was also named to the CAA All-Academic Team.
Glover was named a first team selection for the second consecutive year. The outfielder, despite missing nine games with a broken hand, led the CAA in stolen bases (19) and was in the top-10 in batting average (.331), home runs (10), slugging percentage (.600) and runs batted in (44).
Patten was named to the CAA first team for the first time and was a member of the CAA All-Rookie squad a season ago. The power hitting first baseman hit .306 this season, with 13 home runs, nine doubles and 45 RBI. Patten was top-10 in the conference in homers (13), RBI (45), runs scored (52), slugging percentage (.590) and on-base percentage (.435). He was twice named CAA Player of the Week, including this past week (May 22).
FitzPatrick, the Blue Hens' final representative on the first team, compiled a 1.11 ERA in CAA play this season. He earned five saves and struck out 26 batters in 24 innings with CAA batters hitting just .180 off the right hander.
Delaware had three representatives on the second team as Mayer (.328 avg., 10 home runs, 35 RBI, .664 slugging pct.), Trimble (.343, 15 doubles, 6 home runs, 69 hits) and Marinaccio (3-2, 2.19 ERA, 49.1 innings pitched, 60 strikeouts) were all chosen.
The Hens were also well represented on the third team as Delaware placed four on the final All-CAA squad. Mohollen (.314, 12 doubles, 42 runs, .435 on-base pct.), Nardo (.269, 15 doubles, 37 runs, 35 RBI), Scott (.350, 12 doubles, 39 RBI, .442 on-base pct.) and Tierno (.325, 4 triples, 36 runs, .427 on-base pct.) were all selected.
The conference Player of the Year was awarded to Casey Golden (UNCW) while teammate Alex Royalty (UNCW) was selected as Pitcher of the Year. Northeastern's Mike Glavine was named Coach of the Year while his shortstop Max Burt (Northeastern) took home Defensive Player of the Year honors. The league selected Kyle Bronovich (Elon) as the Rookie of the Year.
The 2017 CAA Tournament gets underway Wednesday, May 24, from Brooks Field on the campus of UNCW. Delaware, the fourth seed, faces No. 5 seed College of Charleston Wednesday at 1 p.m. in the opening game of the tournament.
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