Baseball

Schuster, Hughes Headline Baseball All-Conference Teams

LANCASTER, Pa. - The Atlantic East Conference announced the Baseball All-Conference teams and major award winners on Monday, as Marywood University, Immaculata University and Cabrini University earned major honors. 

Marywood's Jake Schuster was named Player of the Year after having the top batting average (.403), slugging percentage (.694) and on base percentage (.522) in the conference. The grad student had 50 hits, 10 doubles, 4 triples, 6 homeruns and 30 RBI on the season. Schuster also held a .996 fielding percentage with 218 putouts and 8 assists at first base.

Jason Hughes of Immaculata earned the Pitcher of the Year accolade after a dominant performane on the mound all season. Hughes had a conference best 1.38 ERA with only 9 earned runs allowed. The sophomore recorded a 7-1 record with 63 strikeouts. Hughes was also named the Tournament MVP of the Atlantic East Baseball Playoffs after helping the Mighty Macs defeat Marymount in the playoff opener. He threw 127 pitches to secure a complete game, hurling six strikeouts while walking zero Saints batters to earn the win.

Cabrini's freshman pitcher, Brian Dino, garnered Rookie of the Year after leading the conference in the following statistical categories: strikeouts (70), batters struckout looking (26), hits allowed (36) and opposing batting average (.198). Although a rookie, Dino helped Cabrini secure the #2 seed in the conference playoffs. 

Immaculata was awarded Coaching Staff of the Year after earning the top seed to host the 2022 Atlantic East Baseball Playoffs with an 14-4 conference record. The coaching staff, consisting of Josh Copskey, John Merkh, Jeff Paglione, Lucas Rollins, Norm Schoenig and Joe Brooks guided the Mighty Macs to their first Atlantic East Baseball title this year. 

Lastly, the Atlantic East Elite 20 award winner for baseball, which is presented to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade-point average competing at the finals site at each of the Atlantic East's 20 team championships, was awarded to Hunter Hall of Immaculata University. Hall maintains a cumulative 3.93 GPA as an accounting major. For the entire selection criteria and process, click here.

For the full list of All-Conference teams, check out below...

Player of the Year - Jake Schuster, Marywood
Pitcher of the Year - Jason Hughes, Immaculata
Rookie of the Year - Brian Dino, Cabrini
Elite 20 Award Winner - Hunter Hall, Immaculata
Coaching Staff of the Year - Immaculata

First Team
Jason Hughes, Immaculata - Pitcher
Will Hart, Neumann - Pitcher
Mason Keller, Immaculata - Pitcher

Josh Crowding, Immaculata - Catcher 

Jake Schuster, Marywood - First Base

Alex Lemery, Marymount - Infield
Gil Peralta, Cabrini - Infield
Joey Wright, Immaculata - Infield

Shawn Vega, Neumann - Outfield
Mack McKisson, Cabrini - Outfield
Frank Margiotta, Immaculata - Outfield

Ryan Lee, Marymount - DH

Jake Martell, Gwynedd Mercy - Utility

Trevor Wagner, Immaculata - Relief Pitcher


Second Team
Ryan Crowell, Immaculata - Pitcher
Jonathan Baker, Cabrini - Pitcher
Brian Dino, Cabrini - Pitcher

Ryan Maylie, Marymount - Catcher

Pat Toal, Cabrini - First Base

Jon Fleck, Centenary - Outfield
Zack Brook, Cabrini - Outfield
TJ Brasier, Gwynedd Mercy - Outfield

Garrett Laraia, Cabrini - Infield
Steven Theisen, Immaculata - Infield
Jimmy Baker, Marymount - Infield

Billy Collins, Gwynedd Mercy - DH

Louis Sharp, Immaculata - Utility

Mitchell Bramsway, Gwynedd Mercy - Relief Pitcher