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Forbes, Mejia And Made Earn CACC Baseball Weekly Accolades
May 8, 2006

Forbes, Mejia And Made Earn CACC Baseball Weekly Accolades

New Haven, CT - Robert Forbes of NJIT has been selected as the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Baseball Player of the Week for the week ending Sunday, May 7. Tommy Mejia of Dominican is the Pitcher of the Week selection, while Jose Made of Dominican is the Rookie of the Week.

Forbes, Mejia And Made Earn CACC Baseball Weekly Accolades

New Haven, CT - Robert Forbes of NJIT has been selected as the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Baseball Player of the Week for the week ending Sunday, May 7. Tommy Mejia of Dominican is the Pitcher of the Week selection, while Jose Made of Dominican is the Rookie of the Week.

Forbes, a senior 1B from West Caldwell, NJ, hit .667 in two games last week with one home run, three runs scored and two RBI. He went 2-for-3 with a solo home run against USP and went 2-for-3 with two runs and an RBI against Concordia.

   Mejia has now been named CACC Pitcher of the Week three times this season. The Brooklyn, NY native, earned a victory against Wilmington on Saturday to clinch the CACC regular-season championship for Dominican. He worked 5.2 innings and allowed five hits and one run while fanning three.

 Made is now a three-time CACC Rookie of the Week pick. Made, a freshman shortstop from Binghamton, NY, hit .333 with four RBI, three runs scored, a triple and a stolen base in three games last week. He went 2-for-4 with a triple, two runs and three RBI against Concordia.

The aim of Dominican University New York is to promote educational excellence, leadership, and service in an environment characterized by respect for the individual and concern for the community and its needs. Founded by the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt, the university is an independent institution of higher learning, Catholic in origin and heritage. In the Dominican tradition, it fosters the active, shared pursuit of truth and embodies an ideal of education rooted in the values of reflective understanding and compassionate involvement.  Committed to building its programs upon a strong foundation in the liberal arts and sciences, the university maintains a student-centered climate and serves a diverse community of students in undergraduate and graduate programs. The university empowers this community of learners to excel, lead and serve with integrity and to engage responsibly in the pursuit of a more just, ethical and sustainable world.  Dominican also sponsors 18 varsity intercollegiate sports that compete at the NCAA Division II level.  To learn more about Dominican University New York, please visit www.duny.edu.