The New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference

NEW LONDON, CONN.-- For the second straight season, Wheaton senior catcher Adam Laplante was named the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Baseball Player of the Year and Wheaton head coach Eric Podbelski was named NEWMAC Coach of the Year as the conference champion Lyons took three of the four major awards.

Wheaton junior pitcher Chris McDonough was named Pitcher of the Year, while Babson freshman outfielder Peter O'Toole earned Rookie of the Year honors. Laplante is hitting .323 with two homers and 19 RBI's. McDonough, who held opponents to a .176 batting average this season, is 5-1 while leading the NEWMAC with a 1.50 ERA. O'Toole is hitting .346 with 18 RBI's.

MIT won the inaugural NEWMAC sportsmanship award as voted on by the players of each team. It is awarded to the team that most closely demonstrates the ideals of the NEWMAC and its Code of Conduct.

Joining Laplante and McDonough on the 2007 NEWMAC First Team all-conference squad are Coast Guard's Chuck Arena, WPI's Conor Fahey and Matt Fiore, Springfield's Jimmy Lisowski, Babson's Steve Tahmoush and Sam Whelan as well as MIT's Jason Witzberger.

The second team all-NEWMAC squad consists of Coast Guard's Will Becker and Christian George, Wheaton's Louie Bernardini and Nick Pecora, Clark's Joe Pasciucco, Joe Silva and Nick Tapper, Babson's Jeff Wojnar and WPI's Ryan Rainone.

NEWMAC Announces the 2007 Baseball All-Conference Awards.