NORTHEAST-10 ANNOUNCES
BASEBALL ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMS
CAWLEY AND CORBETT NAMED TO FIRST TEAM; KING NAMED TO SECOND
TEAM
SOUTH EASTON, MA - For the third straight season, Pace University senior catcher/outfielder Jack Cawley (Bronx, NY/Iona Prep) has been named to the Northeast-10 Conference Baseball All-Conference First Team. Joining Cawley on the First Team is classmate starting pitcher Dustin Corbett (Vestal, NY/Vestal), who was a Second Team selection last season. Making his first career appearance on the all-conference team is sophomore relief pitcher MacKenzie King (Blairstown, NJ/North Warren Regional), who was named to the Second Team.
Cawley, Corbett and King were all instrumental in leading Pace (31-23, 18-12) to its third straight 30-win season, fourth overall in program history. The 31 wins this season are second only to the 34 wins posted by the 2006 squad. The Setters earned the 5th seed in the NE-10 Tournament defeating the 4th seed University of Massachusetts- Lowell in the first round 7-1, before falling to NCAA tournament bound #1 seed Bryant University and #2 seed Southern Connecticut State University, 4-3 and 6-1, respectively, in the double elimination round of the tournament.
Cawley, the 2008 Pace Male Athlete of the Year, had a standout senior campaign starting in all 54 games this season for Pace, topping the team in batting average (.333), slugging percentage (.486), on base percentage (.422), hits (70), RBI (41), runs scored (39), home runs (6), total bases (102), walks (31) and stolen bases (20). In the NE-10, Cawley ranked seventh in on base percentage, tied for sixth in hits, tied for fourth in RBI, tied for eighth in doubles, fifth in homeruns, seventh in total bases and walks and tied for fifth in stolen bases. Cawley ends his stellar four year career ranked third all-time at Pace in hits (221), fifth all-time in doubles (43), tied for eighth in triples (6), 11th in RBI (113), ninth in runs scored (135), seventh in walks (83) and fourth in stolen bases (72).
Corbett was a workhorse this season for the Setters this season making a team-high 12 starts posting a 7-3 record with a 1.20 ERA in 82.1 innings pitched, to go along with a pair of complete games and a shutout. He struck out 76 batters on the year and held opposing hitters to a .185 batting average. Corbett bested the team in wins, ERA and innings pitched. In the NE-10, Corbett ranked second in ERA, fifth in opposing batter average and innings pitched, sixth in strikeouts, tied for sixth in wins and tied for third in games started. Corbett leaves Pleasantville ranked first all-time in school history in innings pitched (240.0) and strikeouts (199), while ranking second all-time in career victories (19) and eighth all-time in ERA (3.00).
King avoided a sophomore slump by posting a team-best 80
strikeouts this season, good for fifth in the NE-10. In 52.2
innings pitched this season, King posted a 3-3 record and three
saves with a 1.88 ERA. Making 22 appearances on the year, two
starts, King held opposing batters to a .174 average. In just two
seasons at Pace, King has posted an 8-5 record and five saves with
a 1.70 ERA, striking out 123 batters in just 84.2 innings pitched.
