BABSON PARK, Mass. - The New England Women's and Men's Athletic
Conference (NEWMAC) announced its 2009 baseball award winners on
Tuesday. Wheaton College led the way with five All-Conference
selections, as well as the Rookie of the Year, Dan
Haugh (Andover, Mass.). MIT and WPI each had four
players named to the First or Second Teams. MIT senior
Thomas Phillips (Durham, N.C.)
was selected as the NEWMAC Player of the Year and WPI senior
Conor Fahey (Cumberland, R.I.)
was tabbed as the league's Pitcher of the Year.
Andy Barlow was honored as the
Coach of the Year while Barlow's Engineers also received the NEWMAC
Sportsmanship Award.
Among Wheaton's five honorees were four First Team picks,
Paul Malaguti (Andover, Mass.),
Sean Munley (Trenton, N.J.), Nick
Pecora (Highland Park, N.J.) and Josh
Simmons (Cranston, R.I.). Jeff Lieneck
(Foxboro, Mass.) was also named to the Second Team. Fahey was
joined on the First Team by teammate Scott McNee
(Falmouth, Mass.). Andrew Aizenstadt (Norwell,
Mass.) of Babson and Scott Hollingsworth (Tilton,
N.H.) from Clark rounded out the squad.
In addition to Phillips' award, Dan Hyatt
(Wallingford, Conn.), David Nole (Torrington,
Conn.) and Steven Nunez (Tulare, Calif.) of MIT
were selected to the Second Team. Also on the Second Team were
Billy Besinger (Milton, Mass.) and Bryan
Evans (Bellaire, Texas) from Babson, Clark junior
Phillip DiMarco (Bellingham,
Mass.), and Nick Bean
(Middleboro, Mass.) and Mitch
McClune (Pembroke, Mass.) of WPI.
2009 NEWMAC Baseball
Awards
Player of the
Year
Thomas Phillips, MIT
Pitcher of the Year
Conor Fahey,
WPI
Rookie of the
Year
Dan Haugh, Wheaton
Coach of the Year
Andy Barlow, MIT
Sportsmanship Award
MIT
First Team All-Conference
Andrew Aizenstadt, Babson
Scott Hollingsworth, Clark
Thomas Phillips, MIT
Paul Malaguti, Wheaton
Sean Munley, Wheaton
Nick Pecora, Wheaton
Josh Simmons, Wheaton
Conor Fahey, WPI
Scott McNee, WPI
Second Team All-Conference
Billy Besinger, Babson
Bryan Evans, Babson
Phillip DiMarco, Clark
Dan Hyatt, MIT
David Nole, MIT
Steven Nunez, MIT
Jeff Lieneck, Wheaton
Nick Bean, WPI
Mitch McClune, WPI