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Mariot, Zani, McGrady And Cleary Named To NCBWA All-Region Team
May 25, 2006

Mariot, Zani, McGrady And Cleary Named To NCBWA All-Region Team

New Haven, CT (5/25/06) – Lino Mariot of Bloomfield College, Mike Zani of Dominican College and Ken McGrady and Dan Cleary of Wilmington College have been named to the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) All-Northeast Region team. Zani and McGrady were named to the first team and Mariot and Cleary were second team picks

Mariot, Zani, McGrady And Cleary Named To NCBWA All-Region Team

 New Haven, CT (5/25/06) - Lino Mariot of Bloomfield College, Mike Zani of Dominican College and Ken McGrady and Dan Cleary of Wilmington College have been named to the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) All-Northeast Region team.  Zani and McGrady were named to the first team and Mariot and Cleary were second team picks.

McGrady, the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Pitcher of the Year, led the conference in wins with a 9-2 record, while also topping the list with a 1.98 ERA. The junior left-hander from Rising Sun, MD, fanned 60 batters in 72.2 innings and walked just 17.

Zani was a first team All-CACC performer after hitting .372 with eight doubles, one triple, 20 RBI and 31 stolen bases.  The senior outfielder from Goshen, NY, helped lead the Chargers to a 42-18 overall record this season, CACC regular-season and tournament championships and a spot in the NCAA Division II Northeast Region Tournament.

Mariot, the CACC Player of the Year, finished the campaign second in the CACC with a .408 batting average and recorded 84 hits, 57 runs, 20 doubles, three triples, three home runs and 44 RBI. He also stole 44 bases in 48 attempts. The senior shortstop from Perth Amboy, NJ, was named to the All-CACC first team three times in his career.

Cleary, a senior outfielder from Milton, DE, was a first team All-CACC choice after batting .335 for the year with 38 runs scored, 13 doubles, five home runs and 42 RBI.

Shortstop Garrett Olson of Franklin Pierce College was named the NCBWA Player of the Year and Ryan Williams of Saint Anselm College was the choice for Pitcher of the Year. Bob Bellizzi of The College of Saint Rose and Frank Vieira of the University of New Haven shared Coach of the Year honors.

The NCBWA's Northeast Regional committee for 2006 is Doug Monson, Sports Information Director at Franklin Pierce (coordinator), Ken Johnson, Jr, SID at Saint Anselm, Chuck Sadowski, SID at New Haven, Jennifer Mischke, SID at Molloy, Tony Berich, Assistant AD/SID at Philadelphia and Bob Heller, Assistant AD/SID at USP.

The complete NCBWA All-Northeast Region team is below.

NCBWA All-Northeast Region First and Second Teams

First Team                                                                         Second Team

First Base               Jerod Edomonsdon, Saint Anselm        Patrick Wilson, UMass Lowell

Second Base           Mike Chambers, Franklin Pierce           Jason Pominski, St. Thomas Aquinas

Third Base              Jose Ortiz, Southern Connecticut         Scott Savastano, Franklin Pierce

Shortstop                Garrett Olson, Franklin Pierce             Lino Mariot, Bloomfield

Catcher                  Michael Moras, New Haven                   Chris Irwin, Molloy

Outfield                  Elliot Shea, Franklin Pierce                   Bryan Baccarella, Dowling

Outfield                  Tom Reo, Molloy                                   Eddie Martinez, Concordia

Outfield                  Rick Sotiropoulos, Merrimack                Javier Diaz, St. Thomas Aquinas

Outfield                  Mike Zani, Dominican                         Dan Cleary, Wilmington

DH                         Matt Arburr, Pace                                  Ryan Aiken, New Haven

Utility                     Bryan Duplissie, Franklin Pierce            Kevin Reese, Dowling

Starting Pitcher       Ken McGrady, Wilmington                   Tyler Cummings, Franklin Pierce

Starting Pitcher       Shane Sempey, New Haven                Arric Mather, Franklin Pierce

Starting Pitcher       Ryan Williams, Saint Anselm               Billy Sittig, Stonehill

Relief Pitcher          Pat Donovan, UMass Lowell              Earl Oakes, Pace

Player of the Year:           Garrett Olson, Franklin Pierce

Pitcher of the Year:          Ryan Williams, Saint Anselm

Co-Coaches of the Year:  Bob Bellizzi, Saint Rose and Frank Vieira, New Haven

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.