JACK CAWLEY & DUSTIN
CORBETT NAMED TO 2008 DAKTRONICS
NCAA DIVISION II BASEBALL ALL-NORTHEAST REGION SECOND
TEAM
PHILADELPHIA, PA - Pace University senior's catcher/outfielder Jack Cawley (Bronx, NY/Iona Prep) and starting pitcher Dustin Corbett (Vestal, NY/Vestal) have both been named to the 2008 Daktronics NCAA Division II All-Northeast Region Second Team, as voted on by the Sports Information Directors in the region. The classmates were also named to the 2008 Northeast-10 Conference Baseball All-Conference First Team, earlier this week.
Cawley and Corbett were both 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 2008 NE-10 Conference 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 conference 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 ended 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 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).