2015-16 AMCC Baseball News
The Mount Aloysius baseball team earned the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) Team Academic Excellence Award as announced by the organization on Tuesday afternoon.
The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford didn’t have to go far to find its next head Bradford native and former University of Pittsburgh at Bradford star pitcher Zach Foster has been named to take over the position vacated by Brett Butler, who stepped down after this past season to assume full-time duties as the university’s new director of athletics.
Alfred State University will join the AMCC as an affiliate member in the sports of men's and women's swimming and diving and men's lacrosse, effective for the 2016-17 season.
John Czarnecki, Hilbert College Director of Athletics, announced the promotion of Drew Fittry as the new Head Baseball coach at Hilbert College.
The University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg recently announced the promotion of Scott Adams to head coach of the baseball program.
Penn State Altoona sophomore outfielder Jim Shomberg and Penn State Behrend freshman infielder Scott Sada were named to the 2016 Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division III South Region All-Star squad, announced Tuesday afternoon.
The La Roche College Baseball team finished the year ranked fifth in D3Baseball's top 25 poll and sixth in ABCA/Rawlings top 30 poll.
All institution sport teams which compete for an AMCC championship may select one member from their team who displays good sportsmanship throughout the season to be a member of the All-AMCC Sportsmanship Team.
After being recognized as 2016 College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-District First Team selections in early May, Mount Aloysius senior baseball players Connor Bowie and Ian Helsel earned Academic All-American honors on Wednesday afternoon as announced by the organization.
La Roche Baseball is now just one of four teams left at the College World Series after eliminating St. John Fisher on Monday afternoon in a loser's bracket game.
The Redhawks' record-setting season came to an end in the NCAA DIII National Semifinals as they lost to Keystone College 5-4 in ten innings.
Keystone used a five run sixth inning to hold on for a 6-1 victory and advance in the winner's bracket of the College World Series.
Luis Navedo gave La Roche an early cushion with a 2-run first inning home run and Tanner Wilt cruised through the Warhawks lineup as the Redhawks opened the DIII College World Series with a 5-3 victory over 2014 National Champion Wisconsin-Whitewater. La Roche will play fellow Pennsylvania team Keystone College tomorrow at 2:15pm (ET) at Neuroscience Group Field.
Nine AMCC baseball players have been recognized on the 2016 ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Div. III All-Mideast Region Team. The teams are voted on by members of the American Baseball Coaches Association and the process is led by the ABCA NCAA Div. III All-America Committee.
Penn State Behrend head baseball coach, Paul Benim, has been chosen the 2016 Baseball Person of the Year by the Erie Country Baseball Umpires Chapter (ECBU).
Nine AMCC baseball players earned spots on the 2016 D3baseball.com All-Mideast Region Team, along with La Roche head coach Chase Rowe being named the Mideast Region Coach of the Year, announced on Monday.
