Three Ravens Earn NE-10 Weekly Awards
Shank named NE-10 Pitcher of the Week Dunn and Jones Freshmen of the Week in baseball and tennis

RINDGE, N.H. (March 11, 2002) - Three Franklin Pierce University
student-athletes were honored by the Northeast-10 Conference office this afternoon.

Shank

Junior Chris Shank (Westminster, Mass./Oakmont Regional) was named the NE-10 Pitcher of the Week, while third baseman Bear Dunn (Charlton, Mass./Shepherd Hill) earned NE-10 Freshman of the Week honors in baseball. Ryan Jones (Westfield, N.J./Westfield) copped Freshman of the Week accolades in men’s tennis.

Shank made Franklin Pierce history when the righthander fired the first season-opening no-hitter to lead the Ravens to a 10-0 win over Framingham State College at the 2002 Cape Cod Classic on Saturday. Shank struck out 11 and walked just two in the seven-inning contest.

The no-hitter was the first for an FP
pitcher since March 24, 2000, when former FP
lefthander Justin Blood tossed a no-no against Cardinal Stritch University in Fort Myers, Fla.

Shank’s 11 strikeouts moved him into second place on FPC’s career strikeout list with 138, still 97 behind Blood for the career mark. The complete game was the 12th of his career, also matching Blood for second place all-time, and he also tied Blood and former lefthander John Learson for the all-time lead with his 12th career victory on Saturday.

Dunn

Dunn sparked the Franklin Pierce offense as he batted .500 (5-10) with two doubles, two triples, three runs scored and a team-best five RBIs in the first three games of his collegiate career at the 2002 Cape Cod Classic.

Dunn batted two-for-three with a double, a triple and three RBIs to lead the Ravens to a 10-0 win over Framingham State in his collegiate debut. He followed that up with a 2-2 performance, including a double and a run scored, in FPC’s 7-1 win over Saint Michael’s College. Dunn belted a two-run triple in the Ravens tough 13-9 loss to Keene State College on Sunday.

Jones opened the spring season with two wins at No. 6 singles for the Franklin Pierce men’s tennis team. Jones posted a 6-1, 6-0 win over Chris Kantehener of Green Mountain College in the Ravens 9-0 victory over the Eagles on March 2. He added a 6-4, 6-0 victory over Pace University’s Ross Charbonne in a tough 5-4 loss on Saturday night.

Jones is currently 2-2 overall in his first collegiate season at No. 6 singles and is 1-0 in Northeast-10 Conference play.

The FP
baseball team (2-1) returns to action on Wednesday when it travels to Oakdale, N.Y., to face Dowling College in a non-conference battle at 3 p.m. The Ravens men’s tennis team (2-2, 0-1 NE-10) travels to Manchester, N.H., on Thursday to face NE-10 rival Saint Anselm College at 3 p.m.