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Grenier & Tompkins Top List Of Worcester Area All Stars
Worcester, Mass. - All ten Worcester area colleges were represented in the inaugural Worcester Area Baseball All Star team. In addition to the All-Worcester honors, four separate major individual award winners were also named.
Holy Cross senior outfielder Nick Ciardiello (Edison, N.J.) and Worcester State senior third baseman Corey McDonald (Hudson, Mass.) earned Co-Players of the Year honors. Ciardiello, a First-Team Patriot league selection, finished his final season at Holy Cross batting .345 with eight homers and 43 RBI, each ranked in the top five in the Patriot League. McDonald batted .483 during the regular season with 18 extra base hits, including 12 doubles and five homers, to go with 24 RBI, a .733 slugging percentage and a .547 on-base percentage. McDonald was also named to the All MASAC First-Team and MASCAC Player of the Year.
Holy Cross junior southpaw John Pedrotty (Portsmouth, R.I.) garnered Worcester Area Pitcher of the Year accolades. Pedrotty led all Patriot League pitchers with seven wins (7-2) while posted a 4.62 ERA with 56 strikeouts in 60.1 innings pitched. Pedrotty also received a nod to the All Patriot League First-Team.
Becker College freshman pitcher Matt Grenier (Rochester, N.H.) was honored as the Worcester Area Rookie of the Year. Grenier finished the season with a perfect 6-0 on record while pitching to a 3.54 ERA with 30 strikeouts in 40.2 innings for the season. Grenier was also named the New England Collegiate Conference Rookie of the Year.
Anna Maria head baseball coach David McNamara was named the Worcester Area Coach of the Year. McNamara coached the AMCATS to a program record 26 wins. In addition to being Commonwealth Coast Conference Tournament Semifinalists, Anna Maria was crowned Co-Champions of the Eastern College Athletic Conference Division III New England Baseball Tournament after upsetting seconded-seeded Brandeis University and six-seeded Coast Guard.
Joining Ciardiello, McDonald, Pedrotty and Grenier on the Worcester Area All Star First-Team was Becker Sophomore (C) Todd Tompkins (West Haven, Conn.), Worcester State senior (1B) Nick Fluegge (Ware, Mass.), Anna Maria senior (2B) Andy Fallon (Worcester, Mass.), Fitchburg State senior (SS) John Phelan (Walpole, Mass.), Assumption College seniors (SS) Shawn Frigon (Worcester, Mass.), and (OF) Wally Derosier (Shrewsbury, Mass.), Holy Cross senior (OF) Jack Laurendeau (Sudbury, Mass.), Anna Maria junior (Utl) Jeff Scafidi (Worcester, Mass.), Quinsigamond freshman (DH) Alex Quiles (Leominster, Mass.), WPI junior (SP) Sean Minor (Sherman Oaks, Calif.) and Worcester State sophomore (RP) Shaun Slattery (Gardner, Mass.).
Second-Team honors went to Assumption College junior (C) Tim Quinn (Paxton, Mass.), WPI junior (1B) Daniel Thomas (Manchester, N.H.), Nichols College senior (2B) Josh Clark (Brunswick, ME.), Clark University senior (3B) Peter Lewis (Gardiner, ME.), Becker College senior (SS) Keith Kandel (Fresno, Calif.), Anna Maria sophomore (OF) Mike Guarnieri (Wallingford, Conn.), Fitchburg State sophomore (OF) Jeff Boice (Glastonbury, Conn.), Worcester State sophomore (OF) Chris Creen (Worcester, Mass.), Quinsigamond sophomore (Utl) Pat Gilman (Leominster, Mass.), Clark University sophomore (SP) Andrew LeBlanc (Farmington, Conn.), Holy Cross sophomore (RP) Johh Colella ( Verndon, Va.), Anna Maria seniors (SP) Brendon Tivnan (Worcester, Mass.) and (SP) Zack Rafferty (Worcester, Mass.).
Worcester Area Baseball All Stars
(First Team)
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Todd Tompkins (Becker) |
C |
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Nick Fluegge (Worcester St.) |
1B |
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Andy Fallon (Anna Maria) |
2B |
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Corey McDonald (Worcester St.) |
3B |
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John Phelan (Fitchburg) |
SS |
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Shawn Frigon (Assumption) |
SS |
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Nick Ciardiello (HC) |
OF |
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Wally Derosier (Assumption) |
OF |
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Jack Laurendeau (HC) |
OF |
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Alex Quiles (QCC) |
DH |
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Jeff Scafidi (Anna Maria) |
Utility |
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Sean Minor (WPI) |
SP |
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Matt Grenier (Becker) |
SP |
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John Pedrotty (HC) |
SP |
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Shaun Slattery (Worcester St.) |
RP |
Worcester Area Baseball All Stars
(Second Team)
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Tim Quinn (Assumption) |
C |
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Daniel Thomas (WPI) |
1B |
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Josh Clark (Nichols) |
2B |
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Peter Lewis (Clark) |
3B |
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Keith Kandel (Becker) |
SS |
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Mike Guarnieri (AMC) |
OF |
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Jeff Boice (Fitch) |
OF |
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Chris Creen (Worcester St.) |
OF |
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Pat Gilman (QCC) |
Utility |
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Brendon Tivnan (AMC) |
SP |
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Andrew LeBlanc (Clark) |
SP |
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Zack Rafferty (AMC) |
SP |
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Johh Colella (HC) |
RP |
Co-Players of the Year: Nick Ciardiello (HC) & Corey McDonald (Worcester St.)
Pitcher of the Year: John Pedrotty (HC)
Rookie of the Year: Matt Grenier (Becker)
Coach of the Year: David McNamara (AMC)
