2011 PLAYERS/PITCHERS OF THE WEEK

Player of the Week (ending July 30)

Sam Eberle, 3B/RF
Holyoke Blue Sox
Junior
Chattanooga, TN
Jacksonville State
 
If Eberle drove in runs all summer at the pace he did this week, he would have shattered the NECBL’s season RBI record on the 14th game of the summer.  Eberle drove in 15 Blue Sox for the week; three times in five games he drove in at least three.  The third baseman also homered twice and doubled twice en route to hitting .500 (9-for-18) on the week.  Eberle missed winning Jacksonville State’s Triple Crown this spring by just two home runs.
  

Pitcher of the Week (ending July 30)

Mark Bordonaro, RHP
Freshman
Mystic Schooners
Berlin, CT
Fairfield University
 
Bordonaro threw four innings of shutout ball and allowed just one base runner in Mystic’s July 24th win over Danbury. Bordonaro got the win and struck out six.   As a reliever on a sub-.500 team, it could be easy to overlook the summer that the flame throwing freshman is having.  But Bordonaro has a 1.78 ERA and 36 strikeouts in 25.1 innings of work.  His WHIP is a scant .83.  He led the Stags in appearances this spring.

Player of the Week (ending July 23)

Dario Pizzano  OF

North Shore Navigators

Columbia University

Sophomore

Saugus, MA

First week Player of the Week Pizzano continues his All-Star season with another stellar week. Dario hit at a .500 pace with 13 hits, scoring 8 times, adding 2 doubles, 1 HR, and 5 RBI. His OBP was .581 and SLG .692. He led the Navs to a double-header sweep of the Bay Sox on the 22^nd knocking in 4 runs.

Pitcher of the Week (ending July 23)

Chris CostantinoRHP/INF

Laconia Muskrats

Walters State CC

Freshman

Lincoln, RI

Chris became the fifth pitcher in NECBL history and first for Laconia to throw a no-hitter. The 6’3” righty redshirt freshman from Lincoln, RI tamed the surging Keene team striking out 9 Swamp Bats and throwing 70 strikes out of 107 pitches. Costantino capped off the week with a 14 strikeout, 5-1 win over New Bedford on the 23^rd. As a standout for Bishop Hendricken High School, prepster Costantino was selected by the Red Sox in the 49^thround of the 2009 draft.

Player of the Week (ending July 16)

Brett DeLoach, C
Keene Swamp Bats
Sophomore
Blackshear, GA
University of Georgia
 
DeLoach started off the week 1-for-7…then promptly rattled off five consecutive multi-hit games.  The Georgia Bulldog closed the week with an exclamation point, homering in three straight games during which he drove in seven.  DeLoach, who hit 263 with 27 RBIs in 48 games for UGA this spring, ended the week with 9 RBI and a 1.329 On Base Plus Slugging Percentage. Besides the three homers, he also doubled twice and struck out just once.

Pitcher of the Week (ending July 16)

Brad Monroe RHP
Keene Swamp Bats
Junior
Hampton, NH
Southern New Hampshire University
 
Monroe went 2-0 this week, while holding hitters to a .125 slugging against and not yielding an earned run.  He picked up the win on July 10th against New Bedford, as he threw six shutout, two innings where he struck out seven.  Four nights later, he got the “W” against Old Orchard Beach with a hitless, walkless, two strikeout inning.  Monroe had a 3.03 ERA and 83 strikeouts in 11 starts for Southern New Hampshire this spring.

Player of the Week (ending July 9)

Trey Mancini, 1B

Holyoke Blue Sox

Freshman

Winter Haven, FL

Notre Dame

Mancini might have gotten Player of the Week for his monster game on Independence Day alone: he had two homers, a double and six RBI in the Blue Sox’ 9-3 win over Old Orchard Beach. But after a two game “layoff”, Mancini rapped an extra base hit in each of his next five contests. He concluded the week with three homers, 13 RBI and a .931 slugging percentage. Mancini’s .323 average, nine homers and .577 slugging percentage all led the Fighting Irish last spring.

Pitcher of the Week (ending July 9)

Cameron Copping, RHP

North Adams SteepleCats

Junior

Temple City, CA

University of Buffalo

Coppingcelebrated Independence Day in a big way- earning the win in a 3-0 shutout of Mystic. The 6’6” right hander struck out eight and allowed just one walk and two singles in seven innings. This spring, the California native struck out 43 in a dozen starts for Buffalo.

Player of the Week (ending July 3)

Tanner Krietemeier, OF

Danbury Westerners

Freshman

Castle Rock, CO

University of Nebraska

Krietemeier hails from the same college that produced Angel star OF, Darin Erstand and this week, the Colorado native hit like him.  Krietemeier hit .542 with six extra base hits and eight RBI in Danbury’s six games.  His 1.494 On Base Plus Slugging led the League.  Krietemeier sandwiched a four-hit game against Keene on July 1^st around three multi-RBI games.  Krietemeier made 18 starts this spring for the Cornhuskers.

Pitcher of the Week (ending July 3)

Jon Prosinski, RHP

Newport Gulls

Junior

Skillman, NJ

Seton Hall

Prosinski was nearly perfect on June 26^th at North Adams.  He and the Gulls won 1-0 as the 6’3” right hander surrendered just one base runner- a single- in seven innings.  He fanned seven in the effort.  Prosinski posted a sparkling 1.91 ERA in 14 starts for the Pirates this spring. 

Player of the Week (ending June 25)

Francis Whitten, C

Old Orchard Beach

Freshman

Westborough, MA

University of Maine

Whittenhit .438 for the week, slugging two homers, three doubles and knocking in seven.  His seven RBIs and 1.500 On Base Plus Slugging Percentage led the NECBL this week.   Whiten belted his two bombs on June 25^th in an 8-6 loss to Danbury.  Six days prior, he drove in four in the Raging Tide’s 12-7 loss to Mystic, he game where he even pitched a scoreless 1.1 innings.  Whitten hit .268 with five homers in 35 starts for the Black Bears this spring.  He made just one error all season for Maine.

Pitcher of the Week (ending June 25)

Nick Neumann, RHP

Keene Swamp Bats

Sophomore

Middletown, CT

Central Connecticut State

Neumannthrew eight shutout innings in Keene’s 2-0 blanking of North Shore on June 25^th.  He struck out nine, walked none and scattered just two hits.  Neumann has allowed just one earned run in 12 NECBL innings this summer.  At CCSU in 2011, Neumann went 5-3 with a 2.61 ERA.  He tossed three complete games this spring.

Player of the Week-Week ending June 18)

Jacob Schrader, 1B
North Shore Navigators
Sophomore
San Antonio, FL
St. Johns’ River State College
 
Schrader became the second Navigator in a row to carry home the Player of the Week award.  The first baseman hit .391 while slugging three homers and three doubles.  He slammed two homers and drove in five in a 7-0  win versus New Bedford on June 13th, then followed it up with at least one extra base hit in three of his next four games.

Pitcher of the Week-Week ending June 18

A.J. Bazdanes, RHP
Sanford Mainers
Junior
Nashua, NH
University of Maine
 
Bazdanes got the win on June 17th against Laconia, throwing 7.2 innings of shutout, three hit baseball.  All three hits were singles.  Bazdanes fanned eight and walked just one in claiming the “W”.  The University of Maine product was a second team America East selection as a sophomore.

Player of the Week-Week ending June 11

Dario Pizzano  OF

North Shore Navigators

Columbia University

Sophomore

Saugus, MA

Columbia outfielder Dario Pizzano, had yet to make an out in his first two games. Pizzano had gotten on base by hit, walk or hit by pitch in his first seven plate appearances.   He singled and walked in North Shore’s 2-1 rain shortened loss to Holyoke on Opening Night, and followed it up by slamming two doubles and four RBI in North Shore’s 12-1 win against Newport two nights later.

A two-time, first team all-Ivy League selection,  Pizzano hit .359 with nine homers while leading Columbia in virtually every offensive category this season.

Pitcher of the Week-Week ending June 11

Michael Johnson  LHP

North Shore Navigators

Dartmouth College

Sophomore

Georgetown, MA

Dartmouth lefty Michael Johnson was the winning pitcher in the aforementioned game, earning NECBL Pitcher of the Week honors.  He struck out seven in five shutout innings, yielding just three base runners. Johnson was 3-0 with a 4.39 ERA this season for the Big Green.  He led Dartmouth with 12 appearances.