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

Babson Park, Mass. - The New England Women and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) announced its 2008 Baseball Post-season awards on Tuesday. Scott NcNee (Falmouth, Mass.) of WPI was named the Player of the Year, while Adam Gingras (Woonsocket, R.I.) of Wheaton was named Pitcher of the Year. Andrew Aizenstadt (Norwell, Mass.) of Babson took home the Rookie of the Year award. Wheaton head coach Eric Podbelski was named the Coach of the Year and Springfield earned the NEWMAC Sportsmanship Award.

McNee, Gingras and Aizenstadt all earned a spot on the First team All-Conference. They were joined by Matt Delaney (Newton, Mass.) and Steve Tahmoush (Arlington, Mass.) of Babson, Stewart Park (Brooklyn, N.Y.) from MIT, Jimmy Lisowski (Warwick, Mass.) from Springfield and Robert Foote (Walpole, Mass.) and Chris McDonough (Weymouth, Mass.) of Wheaton.

The Second team All-Conference was made up of Dave Ahern (Bedford, Mass.) of Babson, Joe Silva (Westbury, N.Y.) of Clark, Ken Franklin (Orchard Park, N.Y.) from Coast Guard, Jay Turner (Holliston, Mass.) and Kevin Wheeler (Tucson, Ariz.) of MIT, Rex Cone (Bristol, Conn.) and Casey Federico (Agawam, Mass.) of Springfield, Conor Fahey (Cumberland, R.I.) from WPI and Jeff Lieneck (Foxboro, Mass.) and Paul Malaguti (Andover, Mass.) from Wheaton.

2008 NEWMAC Baseball All-Conference Team and Award Winners

Player of the Year
Scott McNee, JR, WPI, OF

Pitcher of the Year
Adam Gingras, JR, Wheaton College

Rookie of the Year
Andrew Aizenstadt, Babson College, P

Coach of the Year
Eric Podbelski, Wheaton College

Sportsmanship Award
Springfield College

First Team All-Conference

Andrew Aizenstadt, FY, Babson, P
Matt Delaney, SR, Babson, 2B/SS
Steve Tahmoush, SR, Babson, OF
Stewart Park, SO, MIT, SS
Jimmy Lisowski, JR, Springfield, P
Robert Foote, JR, OF, Wheaton
Adam Gingras, JR, P, Wheaton
Chris McDonough, SR, Wheaton, P
Scott NcNee, JR, WPI, OF

Second Team All-Conference

Dave Ahern, SO, Babson, P/SS/1B
Joe Silva, SR, Clark, C
Ken Franklin, SR, Coast Guard, 1B
Jay Turner, SR, MIT, P
Kevin Wheeler, SR, MIT, 1B/3B
Rex Cone, SR, Springfield, OF
Casey Federico, SR, Springfield, 1B
Conor Fahey, JR, WPI, P
Jeff Lieneck, SO, Wheaton, C
Paul Malaguti, SO, Wheaton, OF

NEWMAC Announces 2008 Baseball Post-Season Award Winners