COMPLETE ALL-SKYLINE CONFERENCE RELEASE
NEW YORK | The Skyline Conference's 11 head baseball coaches have voted on this season's All-Conference team and four student-athletes were recognized for Farmingdale State.
Senior right fielder Bobby Pollock (Manorville, N.Y.) and senior pitcher Johnny Dougherty (Kings Park, N.Y.) each earned a spot on the First Team, while junior designated hitter Daniel Deutsch (Northport, N.Y.) and sophomore second baseman Chris McGuggart (Bethpage, N.Y.) were named Second Team All-Conference.
Pollock was the National Division III leader for slugging percentage with a 1.011, he ranked ninth in the NCAA for triples (7), and was 40th for home runs (12). He led the Skyline in Slugging % and OBP+SLG (1.511), ranked second for both home runs and triples, was fifth in batting average (.400), sixth for on-base percentage (.500) and 12th for walks (20). He set single-season school records for slugging %, (320 points higher than the previous record-holder .691 - Frank Yera (2009)), 12 home runs (previous record was 5 - Vincent Rice (2019) & Michael Labrozzi (2009)) and total bases with 96 (86 - Vincent Rice (2019)). Pollock is also the career home run leader in program history with 17, Labrozzi had previously held the record of nine since 2009, and the single-game home run leader, with three against John Jay on March 23rd. This season, 27 of Pollock's 38 hits went for extra bases.
Dougherty appeared in 11 games, with seven starts and ranked second in the Skyline for ERA (2.66), third for strikeouts looking (16), fifth for wins (5) and least hits allowed (41), seventh for opposing batting average (.256) and 10th for total strikeouts (44). He led the team in innings pitched (40.2), ERA, strikeouts, K/9 (9.74) and complete games (2). Dougherty also ranked 22nd in the NCAA for strikeout-to-walk ratio (6.29) and was 85th in ERA.
Deutsch ranked sixth in the Skyline Conference with a .400 batting average in 100 at-bats. He ranked second on the team in on-base percentage (.474), hits (40) and doubles (8), was third for walks (10) and fifth for runs scored (22) and RBI's (15).
McGuggart ranked fourth in the Skyline in batting average (.402), striking out just seven times in 121 plate appearances. He led the team with 45 hits, was second for home runs (5) and fourth in both runs (23) and runs batted in (18).
2023 Skyline Conference Baseball All-Conference Team
First Team
C - Garrett Clapsaddle, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
1B - Eric Zimmermann, Mount Saint Vincent
2B - Joe Sanguedolce, St. Joseph's-Long Island
3B - Freddie Forgione, Maritime
SS - Johnny Brucato, Mount Saint Vincent
SS - Jared Chambers, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
OF - Phil Krpata, St. Joseph's-Long Island
OF - Matt Milone, Maritime
OF - Bobby Pollock, Farmingdale State
OF - Joey Zanetti, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
OF - Jamal Ritter, Old Westbury
DH - Tyler Mandel, Manhattanville
UTL - Tyler Reistetter, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
SP - Justin Aviles, Old Westbury
SP - Matthew Demme, Maritime
SP - Johnny Dougherty, Farmingdale State
SP - Andrew Geiger, Mount Saint Vincent
SP - Tyler Reistetter, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
RP - Dante Morabito, St. Joseph's-Long Island
RP - Aidan Rice, Mount Saint Vincent
Second Team
C - Michael Matica, Manhattanville
1B - Liam Daly, Purchase
2B - Jaime Barrios, Old Westbury
2B - Chris McGuggart, Farmingdale State
3B - Nick Papageorge, Old Westbury
SS - Ryan Decoursey, St. Joseph's-Long Island
OF - Brian Bornkamp, Manhattanville
OF - Paul Gugliuzzo, St. Joseph's-Long Island
OF - Anthony Madigan, Maritime
DH - Daniel Deutsch, Farmingdale State
UTL - Louis Lombardi, St. Joseph's-Brooklyn
SP - Jack Kelly, St. Joseph's-Long Island
SP - Sean Kennedy, Mount Saint Vincent
SP - Michael Monkevich, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
RP - Jack Kellner, Maritime
Co-Player of the Year: Matt Milone, Maritime; Tyler Reistetter, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
Pitcher of the Year: Andrew Geiger, Mount Saint Vincent
Rookie of the Year: Liam Daly, Purchase
Coach of the Year: Tom Caputo, St. Joseph's-Long Island (First Season)
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