PITTSBURGH -- Point Park's Olindo Pezzone and Ethan Parker were named to the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Division II All-Atlantic Region Team, the writers announced on Friday. Pezzone was named to the First Team and Parker was tabbed to the Second Team. 

 

Pezzone, who was named to the All-MEC First Team as a designated hitter, earned MEC Player of the Week honors on Mar. 9. He led the conference with 15 home runs and led Point Park in batting average (.312), slugging (.636) total bases (98) and RBIs (49). His OPS of 1.021 was second on the team and fifth in the MEC. 

 

Parker was also named to the All-MEC First Team as a relief pitcher. He led the MEC with his eight saves, and his 68.1 innings pitched led Point Park and were fifth-best in the conference. Parker was third among qualified Pioneers in ERA (4.21) and opponent average (.266) and was fourth in WHIP (1.46). 

The full teams are as follows:

First Team 

C – Jakob Haynes, Seton Hill 

1B – Randy Carlo, Clarion 

2B – Walker Zampella, East Stroudsburg 

3B – Brady McGuire, Seton Hill 

SS – Edward Mateo, Wheeling 

OF – Grant Russo, Bloomsburg 

OF – Jack Whalen, Seton Hill 

OF – Connor Evans, California (Pa.) 

OF – AJ Wenrich, Shippensburg 

DH – Olindo Pezzone, Point Park 

UT – Michael Kitko, Slippery Rock 

SP – Julian Costa, West Chester 

SP – Sebastian Khan, Wheeling 

SP – Sean Williams, Seton Hill 

SP – Mark Wechtenhiser, Seton Hill 

RP – Joe Morrissey, Millersville 

RP – Cole Dymek, East Stroudsburg 

Second Team 

C – Ricardo Aponte, Indiana (Pa.) 

1B – Thomas Cano-Piszel, Shippensburg 

2B – Matt DiSanti, Concord 

3B – Ryan Fluharty, Shepherd 

SS – Owen Henne, Seton Hill 

OF – Reese Rina, Salem 

OF – Jackson Schalick, Frostburg State 

OF – Hunter Smith, West Chester 

OF – Ashton Crace, Glenville State 

DH – Camden Rhude, Indiana (Pa.) 

UT – Reilly Bubb, Fairmont State 

SP – Zach Dellerman, Glenville State 

SP – Ryan Dewees, East Stroudsburg 

SP – Kaden Varela Payne, Concord 

SP – Aiden Murphy, Bloomsburg 

RP – Ethan Parker, Point Park 

RP – Joey Serafin, Frostburg State 

  

Player of the Year | Brady McGuire, Seton Hill 

Pitcher of the Year | Julian Costa, West Chester 

Coach of the Year | Marc Marizzaldi, Seton Hill