Matt Walsh Named to Baseball All-Conference First Team
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Matt Walsh Named to Baseball All-Conference First
Team
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DOBBS FERRY, NY - Sophomore Matt Walsh (Staten Island, NY) was named to the East Coast Conference (ECC) Baseball All-Conference First Team as an outfielder. The ECC announced its annual awards on Thursday.
Walsh led the team and ranks among the conference leaders in batting average (.395), slugging percentage (.535) and on base percentage (.485). The St. Peter's Boys High School graduate led the Mavericks in hits with 45, nine doubles, and 22 runs scored. He also stole 13 bases and drove in 16 runs.
Walsh had 17 multiple hit games, including 3-for-4 performances against Adelphi, St. Thomas Aquinas and Bloomfield. He reached base in every game of the season, with the exception of five games.
Walsh also made the most of the time he spent on the mound. He tossed 11.2 innings with a 2.31 earned run average. In his only start of the year he went 7.1 innings, allowing two runs with seven strikeouts against Molloy. He was twice named ECC Player of the Week.
As a freshman Walsh was named to the ECC All-Conference Second Team.
About Mercy
College
Mercy College is a New York metropolitan area college of over 9,000
students studying at five campus locations including the main
campus in Dobbs Ferry, plus Bronx, Manhattan, White Plains, and
Yorktown Heights. With over 90 undergraduate and graduate programs,
Mercy College offers a quality liberal arts and education within
its five schools: Business, Education, Health and Natural Sciences,
Liberal Arts, and Social and Behavioral Sciences. Mercy College
also offers competitive financial support, making college
affordable. The Mercy College faculty is dedicated to the
scholarship of teaching. Mercy College professors include
Fulbright Scholars, published authors and national authorities in
their fields.
