Chris Shank headlines
FPC's All-Northeast Region selection with a spot on
the first team. |
Shank Heads List of
Three All-Region Picks for FP
Shank named to first team, while Loiseau
and White voted to second team
RINDGE, N.H. (May 22, 2002) -
The honors keep coming in for members of the 2002 ECAC Division
II Champion Franklin Pierce University
baseball team as three
members earned spots on the American Baseball Coaches of
America (ABCA)/Rawlings Division II Northeast Region Baseball
Team. The announcement was made at the NCAA Division II
Northeast Regional in Lowell, Mass.
Junior right-hander Chris Shank
(Westminster, Mass./Oakmont Regional) was named
to the first team by the region's coaches, while senior
shortstop Scott Loiseau (Worcester, Mass./St. Peter
Marian) and junior right-hander Jon White
(Medford, Mass./Arlington Catholic) both earned
spots on the second team.
Chris Shank |
Shank, the Northeast-10 Conference's
Pitcher of the Year and All-Conference first team pick,
earns his first All-Northeast award. The junior right-hander
ranks first in the Conference with 108 strikeouts, a .205
opponent batting average and 93.1 innings pitched this spring
- all of which are new single-season records at the school.
Shank posted a 9-2 record this spring with a 2.60 ERA to
go along with the 108 strikeouts and just 25 walks in 93.1
innings. He ranks second among Conference leaders in wins,
is third in ERA and fifth with four pickoffs. Shank also
ranks among NCAA Division II leaders with 10.41 strikeouts
per nine innings and ERA.
Shank, named NE-10 Pitcher of the
Week three times this year and Player of the Week once,
was also named Most Outstanding Player at the 2002 ECAC
Championship last week. He opened the spring by throwing
the first season-opening no-hitter in program history (second
overall) against Framingham State College on March 9.
This season, Shank became the all-time
leader at the College in wins (20), complete games (17)
and innings (243.2) to go along with a school-record 3.58
career earned run average. His 235 strikeouts matched the
program record set by former Ravens left-hander Justin Blood
from 1999-2001.
Shank also posted a .286 batting
average (24-84) with 20 runs scored, three doubles, seven
homeruns and 23 RBIs at the plate.
Scott Loiseau |
Loiseau, who earned first team All-Northeast-10
honors this season, has been named to his first All-Region
team. He finished his senior year with a .351 (66-188) batting
average, 46 runs scored, 11 doubles, three triples, 11 homeruns
(T-10th NE-10), 20 multi-hit games and 30 RBIs. Loiseau's
hit total is good for third all-time and he ranks third
in runs, second in at bats and fifth in homers on the program's
single season lists.
Loiseau has his named etched all
over the FP
record books. He holds the school's career
records for games played (171 of a possible 175), at bats
(703), hits (246), runs scored (195) and stolen bases (32).
Loiseau's string of 133 consecutive games played is also
a school record as is his 21-game hitting streak dating
back to last season that was extended earlier this spring.
His 18 career homers is good for fifth all-time, his nine
career triples ranks second as does his 37 career doubles,
while his 104 career RBIs is tied for second all-time.
Jon White |
White, also a first team All-Conference
pick this spring, is rewarded with his first ever All-Region
selection. After posting a 4-8 record with a 7.59 ERA and
52 strikeouts in his first two seasons at FPC, White finished
the 2002 season with a 10-3 record to lead the Northeast-10
in wins, becoming the first pitcher in program history to
register ten victories in a season. He
ranks second in the Conference with a school-record 2.55
ERA, fourth with a .220 opponent batting average, sixth
with 84 strikeouts and ninth with 81.1 innings pitched.
His school-record ten pickoffs also led the NE-10. White
is signed to pitch this summer with the Lowell Mill City
All-Americans in the New England Collegiate Baseball League.
In addition to holding the school
record for wins and ERA in a season, he also ranks fourth
in innings pitched and fifth in strikeouts all-time. White's
14 career wins is good for second all-time and he ranks
fourth with 136 strikeouts and his 5.21 career ERA is fourth.
FP
(31-17, 22-10 NE-10) wrapped
up the regular season with the second-best record in the
Northeast-10 Conference, establishing new school records
for overall and Conference victories and captured its first
ECAC Championship in program history.