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Matt Perry Earns Second Team All-New England Honors
May 28, 2009
WORCESTER, Mass. - Holy Cross junior third baseman Matt Perry (Sudbury, Mass.) has been selected second team All-New England, as announced by the New England Intercollegiate Baseball Association. Perry will now take part in the 2009 New England All-Star Game, which will take place on Thursday, June 4, at Campanelli Stadium in Brockton, Mass. The 2009 Patriot League Player of the Year, Perry hit .423 this season with 16 doubles, seven home runs, 42 runs scored and 37 runs batted in. He led the Patriot League in both batting average and on-base percentage (.491), in addition to standing third in the conference in slugging percentage (.626). Perry set new Holy Cross single-season records with 77 hits and 114 total bases, breaking the old marks of 66 hits and 99 total bases which were set by his father, Ronnie Perry, in 1978. He also tied school single-season marks with 16 doubles, 49 games played and 49 games started. Over the first three years of his collegiate career, Perry owns a .343 batting average with 36 doubles, nine home runs, 81 runs scored and 64 runs batted in. Holy Cross finished the 2009 season with an overall record of 22-27, and finished third in the Patriot League with an 11-7 mark in conference games. The Crusaders, who won 21 games in 2008, finished with at least 20 victories in consecutive seasons for the first time since 1922 and 1923. 2009 ALL-NEW ENGLAND BASEBALL TEAMS DIVISION I FIRST TEAM No. Player, Yr., School Pos. Ht. Wt. B/T Hometown / High School 26 Tony Sanchez, Jr., Boston College C 6-1 220 R/R Miami, Fla. / Miami Killian 35 Jeff Hanson, Sr., Sacred Heart 1B 6-5 245 R/R Woodstock, N.Y. / Oneonta 8 Oliver Palmer, Jr., Rhode Island 2B 5-11 200 R/R North Kingstown, R.I. / North Kingstown 17 Mickey Wiswall, So., Boston College 3B 6-0 205 L/R Stoneham, Mass. / Belmont Hill 13 Matt Duffy, So., Vermont SS 6-3 215 R/R Milton, Mass. / St. Sebastian's 4 George Springer, Fr., Connecticut OF 6-3 185 R/R New Britain, Conn. / Avon Old Farms 1 Kevin McAvoy, Sr., Maine OF 5-11 185 R/R Brewer, Maine / Brewer 10 Peter Fatse, Jr., Connecticut OF 5-10 170 L/R Hampden, Mass. / Minnechaug 25 Jim Macdonald, Sr., Massachusetts DH 6-3 220 R/R Cheshire, Conn. / Cheshire 24 Eric Polvani, Jr., Bryant SP 6-2 200 R/R Wallingford, Conn. / Sheehan 18 Nick Greenwood, Jr., Rhode Island SP 6-1 175 R/L Southington, Conn. / Xavier 15 Pat Dean, So., Boston College SP 6-1 175 L/L Naugatuck, Conn. / Naugatuck 24 Mike Belfiore, Jr., Boston College RP 6-3 220 R/L Commack, N.Y. / Commack DIVISION I SECOND TEAM No. Player, Yr., School Pos. Ht. Wt. B/T Hometown / High School 18 Jeff Vigurs, Jr., Bryant C 5-11 190 L/R South Windsor, Conn. / South Windsor 24 Mike Belfiore, Jr., Boston College 1B 6-3 220 R/L Commack, N.Y. / Commack 33 James Donaldson, Sr., Northeastern 2B 6-2 215 R/R Nashua, N.H. / Bishop Guertin 15 Matt Perry, Jr., Holy Cross 3B 6-2 190 L/R Sudbury, Mass. / St. Sebastian's 10 Dan Rhault, Sr., Rhode Island SS 6-2 190 L/R Lincoln, R.I. / Lincoln 7 Nick Campbell, Jr., Bryant OF 5-10 170 R/R Raynham, Mass. / Bridgewater-Raynham 24 Nick Santomauro, Jr., Dartmouth OF 6-2 205 L/R North Caldwell, N.J. / West Essex 3 Mark Micowski, So., Vermont OF 6-2 175 L/R Haddam, Conn. / Xavier 20 Pete Greskoff, So., Brown DH 6-1 195 R/R Paoli, Pa. / Malvern Prep 44 Mitchell Clegg, Sr., Massachusetts SP 6-4 225 R/L Woburn, Mass. / Arlington Catholic 41 Kevin Cobb, Sr., Bryant SP 6-1 200 R/R Acton, Mass. / Acton-Boxboro 23 Eric Smith, Jr., Rhode Island SP 6-3 215 R/R Milford, Conn. / Foran 40 David Erickson, Sr., Connecticut RP 6-0 190 R/R Stratford, Conn. / Fairfield Prep COACH OF THE YEAR: Jim Foster, Rhode Island
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