Knox Named Player of the Year, Baseball Awards Announced

5/13/2024 10:00:00 AM

BEVERLY, Mass. – On Monday, the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) announced the 2024 baseball awards winners and All-Conference Teams. Honorees are selected by a vote of the league’s head coaches based on regular-season play.

Nichols College senior Johnny Knox is the Player of the Year. During the regular season, he led the CCC in batting average (.424) and slugging percentage (.718). His 12 home runs, 27 stolen bases and 58 runs scored also led the league.

Representing Endicott College, senior Jordan Gottesman is the Pitcher of the Year, Charlie Hale is the Rookie of the Year, senior Will Fox is the Scholar-Athlete of the Year and Bryan Haley is the Coach of the Year.

On the mound, Gottesman went 10-0 overall and 5-0 in league play. He posted a 2.27 ERA with 63.33 innings pitched, allowing 48 hits, 15 walks and striking out 84. Hale posted records of 6-0 overall and 2-0 in Conference play. In 43 innings pitched, he allowed 34 hits and 19 walks while striking out 46 with an ERA of 2.09.

Fox will earn his degree in business management and a minor in business analytics later this month (3.97 grade point average). He is a multi-time member of the Dean’s List, a member of the Sigma Beta Delta Honor Society and a former NCAA Elite 90 award nominee.

Roger Williams University senior Jack Morin is the Defensive Player of the Year. In 32 regular-season games behind the plate, he guided the Hawks’ to a 23-11-1 overall record and nine CCC wins. He totaled 207 putouts and 29 assists with a fielding percentage of .983.

Awards Winners
Player of the Year: Johnny Knox, Nichols College, senior (Jefferson, N.J.)
Defensive Player of the Year: Jack Morin, Roger Williams University, senior (North Andover, Mass.)
Pitcher of the Year: Jordan Gottesman, Endicott College, senior (Acton, Mass.)
Rookie of the Year: Charlie Hale, Endicott College, freshman (Brookline, N.H.)
Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Will Fox, Endicott College, senior (West Hartford, Conn.)
Coach of the Year: Bryan Haley, Endicott College
Team Sportsmanship Award: Endicott College

First-Team All-Conference
SP - Nicholas Cannata, Endicott College, senior (Marlborough, Conn.)
SP - John Connolly, Endicott College, junior (Attleboro, Mass.)
SP - Jordan Gottesman, Endicott College, senior (Acton, Mass.)
RP - Kyan Bagshaw, Endicott College, sophomore (Amherst, Mass.)
RP - Brett Bucklin, Suffolk University, graduate student (Lynn, Mass.)
C - Jack Morin, Roger Williams University, senior (North Andover, Mass.)
1B - Danny MacDougall, Endicott College, junior (Taunton, Mass.)
2B - CJ Demers, Gordon College, junior (Sandy Hook, Conn.)
3B - Cody Waterbury, Western New England University, 
SS - Johnny Knox, Nichols College, senior (Jefferson, N.J.)
OF - Nicolas Notarangelo, Endicott College, senior (Taunton, Mass.)
OF - Brennan Hyde, Nichols College, senior (Tampa, Fla.)
OF - Aidan Hawley, Roger Williams University, senior (Natick, Mass.)
DH - Brendan O'Neil, Endicott College, graduate student (Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.)
U - Dylan Pacheco, Endicott College, senior (Dartmouth, Mass.)

Second-Team All-Conference

SP - John Steed, Nichols College, junior (Vernon, Conn.)
SP - Louie Mosca, Roger Williams University, sophomore (Old Tappan, N.J.)
SP - Garret Roberts, Suffolk University, senior (Stratham, N.H.)
RP - Evan Scully, Endicott College, sophomore (Maynard, Mass.)
RP - Clark Churchill, Nichols College, junior (Windsor, Conn.)
C - John Mulready, Endicott College, senior (Peabody, Mass.)
C - A.T. DiPina, Wentworth Institute of Technology, senior (Pawtucket, R.I.)
1B - Harry Painter, Suffolk University, junior (Essex, Mass.)
2B - Paul Villecco, Western New England University, senior (Danbury, Conn.)
3B - Robbie Wladkowski, Endicott College, junior (Norwood, Mass.)
SS - TJ Liponis, Endicott College, sophomore (Scarborough, Maine)
SS - Jonny Gilbride, Suffolk University, senior (Beverly, Mass.)
OF - Joey Frammartino, Endicott College, senior (North Reading, Mass.)
OF - Will Kleinhenz, Nichols College, graduate student (Madison, Conn.)
OF - Owen Hibbard, Roger Williams University, junior (Roxbury, Conn.)
DH - Garret Roberts, Suffolk University, senior (Stratham, N.H.)
U - Alex Sorenti-Burns, Suffolk University, graduate student (Sagamore Beach, Mass.)

Third-Team All-Conference

SP - JT Gunzy, Roger Williams University, sophomore (Danbury, Conn.)
SP - Harry Painter, Suffolk University, junior (Essex, Mass.)
SP - Jared Kuryan, Western New England University, senior (Madison, Conn.)
RP - MarkAnthony Glickman, Roger Williams University, senior (Newbury, Mass.)
RP - Troy Donohue, Western New England University, senior (Wilbraham, Mass.)
C - Aidan Finnegan, Curry College, junior (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
1B - Christian Peruzzi, Wentworth Institute of Technology, senior (Plymouth, Mass.)
2B - Matthew Favazzo, Wentworth Institute of Technology, sophomore (Lexington, Mass.)
3B - Ty Cali, Roger Williams University, junior (Taunton, Mass.)
SS - John Bova, Western New England University, junior (Trumbull, Conn.)
OF - Ben Jerome, Nichols College, senior (Waterford, Conn.)
OF - Colin Flynn, Suffolk University, freshman (Dorchester, Mass.)
OF - Aaron Cole, Western New England University, senior (Forestdale, Mass.)
DH - Will Kleinhenz, Nichols College, graduate student (Madison, Conn.)

Teams listed by position and then alphabetically by school.


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