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Dominican's Made Named CACC Rookie of The Year
May 9, 2006

Dominican's Made Named CACC Rookie of The Year

New Haven, CT (5/9/06) – Bloomfield College shortstop Lino Mariot has been named the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Baseball Player of the Year in balloting released today. Ken McGrady of Wilmington was voted as the Pitcher of the Year and Dominican shortstop Jose Made is the Rookie of the Year. Coach of the Year honors went to Matt Belford of Bloomfield and the recipient of the annual Team Sportsmanship Award is Nyack College. The voting was conducted by the league’s 10 head coaches.

Dominican's Made Named CACC Rookie of The Year

New Haven, CT (5/9/06) - Bloomfield College shortstop Lino Mariot has been named the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Baseball Player of the Year in balloting released today. Ken McGrady of Wilmington was voted as the Pitcher of the Year and Dominican shortstop Jose Made is the Rookie of the Year. Coach of the Year honors went to Matt Belford of Bloomfield and the recipient of the annual Team Sportsmanship Award is Nyack College.  The voting was conducted by the league's 10 head coaches.

Mariot, who has earned All-CACC First Team honors three times in his career, ranks among league leaders in almost every offensive category.  Mariot, a senior from Perth Amboy, NJ, stands first in hits (79), doubles (19) and stolen bases (42), and is tied for first in runs scored (53).  Furthermore, he ranks second in batting average (.411), third in RBI (44) and fourth in slugging percentage (.589).

McGrady, a junior left-hander from Rising Sun, MD, went 8-1 during the regular-season and leads the CACC in wins and ERA (2.20).  He is also fourth in opponent batting average (.228). In 10 starts he recorded two complete games, one shutout, and allowed 56 hits in 64.1 innings of work to go with 50 strikeouts and only 14 walks. 

 Made, who hails from Binghamton, NY, made an immediate impact in his first collegiate season for the Chargers.  He ranks fifth in the CACC in batting average (.379), is tied for first in runs scored (53), stands second in hits (74) and total bases (103), and has a league-best eight triples. Made was a second-team All-CACC pick.

Belford led the Deacons to the third seed at this week's CACC Baseball Tournament after compiling a 17-10 conference record and a 25-25 overall slate. The Deacons were picked seventh in the conference's preseason poll after going 9-13 in league play last season.

Nyack, which is guided by head coach Josh Norton, was handed the Team Sportsmanship Award.

 Keith Gebert                        Tom Keegan

Six other Chargers were named All-CACC.  Junior Shortstop  Keith Gebert (Brooklyn, NY), junior third basemen Tom Keegan (Dickson City, PA) , senior outfielder Mike Zani (Goshen, NY), sophomore pitcher Tommy Mejia (Brooklyn, NY) and junior pitcher Dan Bucci (Dobbs Ferry, NY) were all named to the All-CACC First Team.

          Mike Zani                         Tommy Mejia

                                                   Dan Bucci

Junior catcher Peter Gilardo (Cornwall, NY), senior outfielder Eliezer Nunez (Brooklyn, NY) were named to the All-CACC Second Team, along with Made.

  Peter Gilardo           Eliezer Nunez

The complete All-CACC team is listed below.

                                FIRST TEAM (15 members due to a tie)

                                1B       Jordan Klein               Post                 Sr.     Smithtown, NY

                                2B       Keith Gebert               Dominican         Jr.      Brooklyn, NY

                                3B       Andy Chunn               Wilmington        Jr.      Lewes, DE

                                3B       Tom Keegan               Dominican         Jr.      Dickson City, PA

                                SS      Lino Mariot                 Bloomfield         Sr.     Perth Amboy, NJ

                                C        Mike Rooth                 Felician             Sr.     Bayville, NJ

                                OF      Derrick McCain           NJIT                  Jr.      Piscataway, NJ

                                OF      Dan Cleary                 Wilmington        Sr.     Milton, DE

                                OF      Mike Zani                   Dominican         Sr.     Goshen, NY

                                DH      Webster Zackery        Bloomfield         Sr.     Hamden, CT

                                UT       Tommy Murphy           Caldwell            So.    Monroe, NY      

                                P        Ken McGrady             Wilmington        Jr.      Rising Sun, MD

                                P        Tommy Mejia              Dominican         So.    Brooklyn, NY

                                P        Dan Bucci                  Dominican         Jr.      Dobbs Ferry, NY

                                RP      Mike Mundy               Wilmington        Jr.      Newark, DE

                               

                                SECOND TEAM (16 members due to a tie)

                                1B       Brian Testa                 Wilmington        Jr.      Cornwall, NY

                                2B       Ryan Depolo               Post                 Jr.      Milford, CT

                                3B       Mike Turner                NJIT                  So.    Whitehouse Station, NY

                                SS      Jose Made                 Dominican         Fr.     Binghamton, NY           

                                C        Peter Gilardo              Dominican         Jr.      Cornwall, NY

                                OF      Tim Dodgen                Nyack               Sr.     Flagstaff, AZ

                                OF      Derek Pugh                Wilmington        Sr.     New Castle, DE

                                OF      Craig Binkiewicz         NJIT                  Fr.     Belleville, NJ

                                OF      Eliezer Nunez             Dominican         Sr.     Brooklyn, NY

                                DH      Keith Heck                 Philadelphia       Jr.      Cherry Hill, NJ  

                                UT       Ryan Hayes               Philadelphia       Jr.      Bensalem, PA

                                P        Bret Urban                  Wilmington        Sr.     Bear, DE

                                P        Scott Van Es              Felician             So.    Secaucus, NJ

                                P        Stephen Pfeil              Caldwell            Fr.     Hampstead, NH

                                P        Joe Matterer               Wilmington        So.    Newark, DE

                                RP      Cory Kuzmik              NJIT                  So.    Wyckoff, NJ                  

                                                  

                                 Player of the Year: Lino Mariot, Bloomfield

                                 Pitcher of the Year: Ken McGrady, Wilmington

                                 Rookie of the Year: Jose Made, Dominican

                                 Coach of the Year: Matt Belford, Bloomfield

                                 Team Sportsmanship Award: Nyack College

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.