MAAC Announces 2018 Baseball All-Academic Team
STATEN ISLAND, NY – The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) announced today that a total of 118 student-athletes comprise the 2018 MAAC Baseball All-Academic Team. To be eligible for the MAAC All-Academic Team, a student-athlete must complete two semesters at their institution and hold a cumulative grade point average of 3.20 on a 4.0 scale.
Canisius College, Fairfield University, and Niagara University each placed 15 student-athletes on the All-Academic Team to lead all schools. Quinnipiac University had 14 named to the team, while Marist College followed with 13, and Manhattan College added 12. Iona College recorded nine recipients, Rider University had eight, and Saint Peter’s University totaled seven. Siena College and Monmouth University round out the All-Academic Team with five and four honorees respectively.
| Name |
Institution |
Year |
Major |
| Stephen Bennett |
Canisius |
Sophomore |
Criminal Justice |
| Jacob Burlingame |
Canisius |
Sophomore |
Sport Management |
| Nicholas Capitano |
Canisius |
Senior |
Accounting/Finance |
| John Conti |
Canisius |
Senior |
Finance |
| Will Frank |
Canisius |
Sophomore |
Finance |
| Michael Ginther |
Canisius |
Senior |
Sport Administration |
| Jared Kennedy |
Canisius |
Junior |
Health and Wellness |
| Andrew Kneussle |
Canisius |
Junior |
Health and Wellness |
| William Krull |
Canisius |
Sophomore |
Political Science |
| Gage Lanning |
Canisius |
Senior |
Finance |
| Joseph Preziuso |
Canisius |
Junior |
Computer Science |
| Ryan Stekl |
Canisius |
Senior |
Health and Wellness |
| Jacob Victor |
Canisius |
Senior |
Health and Wellness |
| Liam Wilson |
Canisius |
Senior |
Sport Administration |
| Jacob Woodrich |
Canisius |
Sophomore |
Biology |
| Drew Arciuolo |
Fairfield |
Senior |
Management |
| Josh Arnold |
Fairfield |
Sophomore |
Finance |
| Drew Blake |
Fairfield |
Senior |
Finance |
| Eric Cerno |
Fairfield |
Sophomore |
Sociology |
| Tyler Gambardella |
Fairfield |
Junior |
Finance |
| Jack Gethings |
Fairfield |
Junior |
Accounting |
| Ian Halpin |
Fairfield |
Sophomore |
Communication |
| Bobby McNiff |
Fairfield |
Junior |
Accounting |
| Austin Pope |
Fairfield |
Sophomore |
Business |
| Kevin Radziewicz |
Fairfield |
Senior |
Accounting |
| Tom Ryan |
Fairfield |
Junior |
Finance |
| David Sacco |
Fairfield |
Senior |
Information Systems |
| Justin Wazaney |
Fairfield |
Sophomore |
Finance |
| Mitch Williams |
Fairfield |
Senior |
Biology |
| Tim Zeng |
Fairfield |
Junior |
Finance |
| Dion Austrie |
Iona |
Senior |
Marketing |
| Sean Breen |
Iona |
Junior |
Criminal Justice |
| Mario Ferraioli |
Iona |
Sophomore |
Undeclared |
| Matt Flannery |
Iona |
Senior |
Finance |
| Seth Hoagland |
Iona |
Senior |
Accounting |
| Vinny Martin |
Iona |
Graduate |
Management |
| Dan McBryan |
Iona |
Senior |
Mass Communications |
| Brian Picone |
Iona |
Sophomore |
Undeclared |
| Ryan Preusse |
Iona |
Senior |
Physics/Math |
| Ashton Bianchi |
Manhattan |
Sophomore |
Finance Economics Dual Major |
| Brendan Bisset |
Manhattan |
Senior |
Finance |
| Alexis Calderon |
Manhattan |
Sophomore |
Finance |
| Marc Galvan |
Manhattan |
Junior |
Finance |
| Adam Genners |
Manhattan |
Senior |
Finance Economics Dual Major |
| Paul Genners |
Manhattan |
Senior |
Finance |
| Joe Jacques |
Manhattan |
Graduate |
Finance |
| Jack Kelly |
Manhattan |
Sophomore |
Economics |
| Dominic Palma |
Manhattan |
Sophomore |
Physical Education |
| Fabian Pena |
Manhattan |
Junior |
Finance |
| T.J. Stuart |
Manhattan |
Sophomore |
Marketing |
| Brandon Valls |
Manhattan |
Senior |
Biology |
| Brandon Bonomo |
Marist |
Junior |
Political Science |
| Spencer Bunting |
Marist |
Senior |
Environmental Science/Policy |
| Frankie Gregoire |
Marist |
Junior |
Communication |
| Thomas Henderson |
Marist |
Senior |
Accounting |
| Greg Kocinski |
Marist |
Senior |
Business Administration |
| Patrick Lightner |
Marist |
Sophomore |
Business Administration |
| Skyler Pichardo |
Marist |
Sophomore |
Psychology |
| Tony Romanelli |
Marist |
Senior |
Business Administration |
| Andrew Rouse |
Marist |
Senior |
Biomedical Sciences |
| Matt Rubayo |
Marist |
Sophomore |
Economics |
| Randy Taveras |
Marist |
Junior |
Business Administration |
| Chris Tracz |
Marist |
Senior |
Accounting |
| Will Van Beusekom |
Marist |
Junior |
Biology |
| Kyle Ajjan |
Monmouth |
Junior |
Business Marketing and Management |
| Austin Counsellor |
Monmouth |
Sophomore |
Health Studies and Physical Education |
| Ryan Lillie |
Monmouth |
Junior |
Business Accounting |
| Peter Papcun |
Monmouth |
Senior |
Health Studies |
| Peter Battaglia |
Niagara |
Sophomore |
Academic Exploration |
| Darian Blanks |
Niagara |
R-Junior |
Marketing |
| Matthew Brash |
Niagara |
Sophomore |
Sport Management |
| Brett Cook |
Niagara |
Junior |
Economics |
| Cody Eckerson |
Niagara |
R-Senior |
Psychology |
| Julian Gallup |
Niagara |
Senior |
Marketing |
| Zachary Kolodziejski |
Niagara |
Senior |
Sport Management |
| Philippe Langlois |
Niagara |
Senior |
Marketing |
| Alex MacKinnon |
Niagara |
Sophomore |
Marketing |
| Trevor McCauley |
Niagara |
R-Senior |
Accounting |
| Wyatt Olson |
Niagara |
Senior |
Business Management |
| Jordan Parranto |
Niagara |
Junior |
Accounting |
| Nigel Stearns |
Niagara |
R-Junior |
Finance |
| Joseph Tevlin |
Niagara |
Sophomore |
Mathematics |
| Matt Zaremba |
Niagara |
Sophomore |
Mathematics |
| Anthony Cruz |
Quinnipiac |
Senior |
Criminal Justice |
| Mike DellaMedaglia |
Quinnipiac |
Senior |
Criminal Justice |
| Mike Davis |
Quinnipiac |
Senior |
Business Management |
| Chris Enns |
Quinnipiac |
Senior |
Finance |
| Ben Gibson |
Quinnipiac |
Senior |
Engineering |
| Wyatt Hamilton |
Quinnipiac |
Graduate |
Business Administration |
| Kyle Horton |
Quinnipiac |
Junior |
Engineering |
| Derek Kasperzyk |
Quinnipiac |
Sophomore |
Finance |
| David Longstreeth |
Quinnipiac |
Sophomore |
Criminal Justice |
| Taylor Luciani |
Quinnipiac |
Senior |
Business Management |
| Dylan Lutz |
Quinnipiac |
Sophomore |
Finance |
| Brian Moskey |
Quinnipiac |
Junior |
Entrepreneurship and Strategy |
| Nick Paasch |
Quinnipiac |
Sophomore |
Management |
| Evan Vulgamore |
Quinnipiac |
Sophomore |
Management |
| Jake Bender |
Rider |
Senior |
Global Supply Chain Management |
| Dallas Clark |
Rider |
Senior |
Biology |
| Christian Estevez |
Rider |
Senior |
Global Supply Chain Management |
| Harrison McClure |
Rider |
Senior |
Finance |
| Nick Payesko |
Rider |
Junior |
Finance |
| Jordan Silverman |
Rider |
Junior |
Communication Studies |
| Tyler Stockwell |
Rider |
Sophomore |
Business Administration |
| Richie Tecco |
Rider |
Junior |
Business and Sports Management |
| John Yocum |
Rider |
Sophomore |
Biology |
| Antony Assante |
Saint Peter’s |
Senior |
Business Management |
| Stephen Epstein |
Saint Peter’s |
Junior |
Business Management |
| Michael Ionta |
Saint Peter’s |
Senior |
Biology |
| Hunter Mason |
Saint Peter’s |
Sophomore |
Cyber Security |
| Chris Micak |
Saint Peter’s |
Senior |
Business Management |
| Alex Slawinski |
Saint Peter’s |
Sophomore |
Finance |
| Brian Turton |
Saint Peter’s |
Sophomore |
Business Management |
| Zach Durfee |
Siena |
Sophomore |
Finance |
| Brian Kelly |
Siena |
Junior |
Finance |
| Tommy Miller |
Siena |
Junior |
Accounting |
| Domenic Nardone |
Siena |
Sophomore |
Finance |
| Tom Sutera |
Siena |
Junior |
Management |
About the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference:
With 11 institutions strongly bound by the sound principles of quality and integrity in academics and excellence in athletics, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) is in its 37
th year of competition during the 2017-18 academic year. Current Conference members include: Canisius College, Fairfield University, Iona College, Manhattan College, Marist College, Monmouth University, Niagara University, Quinnipiac University, Rider University, Saint Peter’s University, and Siena College.