Keneborus Named First Team ECAC All-New England

STANDISH, ME – The Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) has released the 2011 NCAA DIII New England All-Star Team and Saint Joseph's College outfielder Todd Keneborus '11 (Hollis, Maine/Cheverus) has garnered First Team honors.

Keneborus, listed on the ECAC All-Star team for the first time in his career, collected GNAC Player of the Year, First Team All-GNAC and First Team All-NEIBA accolades for the second consecutive season after hitting .414 (65-157) with 38 runs, 11 doubles, three triples, five home runs, 40 RBI and four steals in 47 games this spring. He led the Monks in at bats, hits, homers, RBI, slugging (.618) and OBP (.497) in 2011 and also ranked second in the conference in hits, slugging and OBP.

The four-year standout closed out his career with a .399 (213-534) batting average and posted 141 runs, 40 doubles, a program-record 22 triples, 14 home runs and 150 RBI in 162 games at Saint Joseph's. His play helped the Monks collect three GNAC Championships and a trio of NCAA DIII Tournament appearances – including five victories at the New England Regional Tournament over the past two seasons.

He and his five classmates helped Saint Joseph's post a staggering 126-59 (.681) record over the last four campaigns.

For Keneborus, the regional honor is the 19th award of his prestigious career. He is the only GNAC player to be selected and joins Southern Maine first baseman Mike Eaton and Bowdoin College utility man John Lefeber as one of three hailing from a Maine institution to receive the honor.

He joins Luke Enman '08, Pat Moran '10 and Sam Murray '12 as St. Joe's players who have received ECAC New England All-Star mention over the past five years.

Last season, Saint Joseph's went 32-15 overall and 12-2 in GNAC play en route to claiming the conference championship for the third time in four years as a league member. The Monks proceeded to defeat #3 Wheaton College and top-seeded Tufts University in the 2011 New England Regional Tournament, which was held at Whitehouse Field in Harwich, Mass., before bowing out of the tourney with a loss to Wheaton in the elimination round.

For St. Joe's, the trip to the NCAA's was the team's fifth in the last six seasons.

2011 ECAC Division III Baseball New England All-Stars:

Player of the Year
Ryan Walsh, Sr., 2B, UMASS Boston (Little East Conference)

Pitcher of the Year
Jim Schult, Sr., Eastern Connecticut (Little East Conference)

Rookie of the Year
Jake Northrup, Fr., 1B, Endicott (Commonwealth Coast Conference)    

Coach of the Year
Matt LaBranche, Western New England (Commonwealth Coast Conference)

First Team

First Base: Michael Eaton, Sr., Southern Maine (Little East Conference)

Second Base: Ryan Walsh, Sr., UMass Boston (Little East Conference)

Shortstop: Eric Jensen, So., Wheaton (New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference)

Third Base: Dan Haugh, Jr., Wheaton (New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference)

Catcher: Tyler DiPrato, Sr., Keene State (Little East Conference)

Designated Hitter: Ryan Dudzinski, Sr., Western New England (Commonwealth Coast Conf.)

Outfield: Dave Ahern, Sr., Babson (New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference)

Outfield: David Orlowitz, Sr., Tufts (New England Small College Athletic Conference)

Outfield: Todd Keneborus, Sr., Saint Joseph's Maine (Great Northeast Athletic Conference)

Utility: John Apostolo, Jr., Mitchell (New England Collegiate Conference)

Pitcher: Matt Rogers, Sr., Western New England (Commonwealth Coast Conference)

Pitcher: Corey Batista, Jr., Bridgewater State (Mass. State Collegiate Athletic Conference)

Second Team

First Base: Jake Northrup, Fr., Endicott (Commonwealth Coast Conference)

Second Base: Mike Rubino, So., Western New England (Commonwealth Coast Conference)

Shortstop: John Phelan, Sr., Fitchburg State (Mass. State Collegiate Athletic Conference)

Third Base: Corey McDonald, Sr., Worcester State (Mass. State Collegiate Athletic Conf.)

Catcher: Zach Roeder, Jr., Middlebury (New England Small College Athletic Conference)

Designated Hitter: Gary Levesque, Sr., Rhode Island College (Little East Conference)

Outfield: Bobby Doyon, Sr., Keene State (Little East Conference)

Outfield: Hal Landers, Jr., Wheaton (New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference)

Outfield: Jeff Perillo, Sr., Mitchell (New England Collegiate Conference)

Utility: John Lefeber, Fr., Bowdoin (New England Small College Athletic Conference)

Pitcher: Jim Schult, Sr., Eastern Connecticut (Little East Conference)

Pitcher: Ed Bernstein, Sr., Tufts (New England Small College Athletic Conference)