Multiple alumni up for National Awards

The 2010 collegiate season saw three Ripken League alumni placed on All-America teams, four alumni win their respective conference's Player or Pitcher of the Year Awards, and countless others earn All-Conference or All-Region honors. Meanwhile, outfielder Chris Duffy (Central Florida/Bethesda Big Train 2007) is a semi-finalist for the prestigious Golden Spikes Award, presented annually to the nation's top collegiate player by USA Baseball. Duffy is also a semi-finalist for the NCBWA's similar Dick Howser Trophy, as is Drew Lee (Morehead State/Bethesda Big Train 2008-09) and Joe Leonard (Pitt/Youse's Orioles 2009). Leonard was the Big East Conference Player of the Year in 2010.

Scroll down for a listing of the awards, with more still to come!

National Awards

Louisville Slugger All-America Second-Team
OF Chris Duffy (Central Florida/Bethesda Big Train 2007)

Louisville Slugger All-America Third-Team
3B Joe Leonard (Pitt/Youse's Orioles 2009)
SS Adam Bryant (Troy/Rockville Express 2008)

NCBWA Dick Howser Trophy Semi-Finalists
SS Drew Lee (Morehead State/Bethesda Big Train 2008-09)
OF Chris Duffy (Central Florida/Bethesda Big Train 2007)
3B Joe Leonard (Pitt/Youse's Orioles 2009)

USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award Semi-Finalist
OF Chris Duffy (Central Florida/Bethesda Big Train 2007)

NCBWA Stopper of the Year Mid-Season Watch List
P Billy Barber (Richmond/Silver Spring-Takoma T-Bolts 2008)

NCBWA Pro-Line National Player of the Week
OF/P Billy Barber (Richmond/Silver Spring-Takoma T-Bolts 2008), March 16
SS Drew Lee (Morehead State/Bethesda Big Train 2008-09), April 20

NCBWA Division II Honorable Mention All-America
P Max Russell (Florida Southern/Youse's Orioles 2008)

D3Baseball.com All-America Second-Team
OF Jesse Sikorski (Johns Hopkins/Alexandria Aces 2009)

College Baseball Foundation Brooks Wallace Shortstop Award Quarter-Finalists
SS Drew Lee (Morehead State/Bethesda Big Train 2008-09)
SS Adam Bryant (Troy/Rockville Express 2008)

College Baseball Foundation Weekly National All-Star Line-Up
SP Kent Worthington (Mt. St. Mary's/Alexandria Aces 2009), Week 5
3B Quentin Cate (Wright State/Rockville Express 2006), Week 6
OF Kevin Collins (Towson/Rockville Express 2009), Week 6
SS Drew Lee (Morehead State/Bethesda Big Train 2008-09), Week 8
3B Joe Leonard (Pitt/Youse's Orioles 2009), Week 9
3B Joe Van Meter (VCU/Youse's Orioles 2006), Week 9

Daktronics, Inc. Division II All-Southeast Region Second-Team
C Richard Pirkle (Georgia College/Maryland Redbirds 2008)

ACBA/Rawlings Division II All-South Region First-Team
SP Max Russell (Florida Southern/Youse's Orioles 2008)

ACBA/Rawlings Division II All-Southeast Region Second-Team
C Richard Pirkle (Georgia College/Maryland Redbirds 2008)

ACBA/Rawlings Division II All-Midwest Region Second-Team
C Mike Wiseman (Wayne State/Alexandria Aces 2008)
P Justin Mazur (Wayne State/Alexandria Aces 2009)

ACBA/Rawlings Division III All-New England Region Second-Team
UTL Gary Levesque (Rhode Island/Rockville Express 2009)

ACBA/Rawlings Division III All-Mid-Atlantic Region First-Team
OF Jesse Sikorski (Johns Hopkins/Alexandria Aces 2009)

ACBA/Rawlings Division III All-South Region Third-Team
1B Mike Celenza (Salisbury/College Park Bombers 2007-08, Bethesda Big Train 2009)
3B Grant Morlock (Wesley/College Park Bombers 2008)

ACBA/Rawlings Division III All-West Region First-Team
P Chase Tigert (Cal Lutheran/Bethesda Big Train 2008)

ACBA/Rawlings Division III All-West Region Second-Team
DH Jordan Ott (Cal Lutheran/Rockville Express 2006)

Conference Awards

America East Conference

First-Team All-Conference
OF Corey Taylor (Binghamton/Herndon Braves 2009)
SP James Giuletti (Binghamton/Herndon Braves 2009)
RP Justin Latta (Maine/Rockville Express 2008)

Second-Team All-Conference
DH Joe Charron (Binghamton/Herndon Braves 2008)

Player/Pitcher-of-the-Week
P Ed Bach (UMBC/Youse's Orioles 2006-07, Silver Spring-Takoma T-Bolts 2008)
OF Corey Taylor (Binghamton/Herndon Braves 2009)

Atlantic 10 Conference

Second-Team All-Conference
OF Billy Barber (Richmond/Silver Spring-Takoma T-Bolts 2008)

All-Rookie Team
SS Justin Roland (Charlotte/Bethesda Big Train 2009)

Player/Pitcher-of-the-Week
OF Billy Barber (Richmond/Silver Spring-Takoma T-Bolts 2008)

Atlantic Coast Conference

Second-Team All-Conference
C Steve Domecus (Virginia Tech/Rockville Express 2007)
OF Jarrett Parker (Virginia/Herndon Braves 2007)
SP Justin Wright (Virginia Tech/Bethesda Big Train 2008)

Atlantic Sun Conference

Big East Conference

Player-of-the-Year
3B Joe Leonard (Pitt/Youse's Orioles 2009)

First-Team All-Conference
3B Joe Leonard (Pitt/Youse's Orioles 2009)

Big South Conference

First-Team All-Conference
3B Scott Woodward (Coastal Carolina/Herndon Braves 2007)
DH Matt Hillsinger (Radford/Silver Spring-Takoma T-Bolts 2009)

Big Ten Conference

Second-Team All-Conference
OF Eli Boike (Michigan State/Bethesda Big Train 2007-09)

Colonial Athletic Association

First-Team All-Conference
3B Joe Van Meter (VCU/Youse's Orioles 2006)
DH Steve Ulaky (Delaware/College Park Bombers 2008-09)

Second-Team All-Conference
C Jake Lowery (James Madison/Herndon Braves 2009)
SS Nick Natoli (Towson/Youse's Orioles 2007-08)
OF Kevin Collins (Towson/Rockville Express 2009)
OF Ben Winter (Towson/Maryland Redbirds 2009)

Third-Team All-Conference
DH Shane Davis (George Mason/Herndon Braves 2008)

Player/Pitcher-of-the-Week
OF Kevin Collins (Towson/Rockville Express 2009)
SP Daniel Cropper (UNC-Wilmington/Youse's Orioles 2006)

Conference-USA

First-Team All-Conference
OF Chris Duffy (Central Florida/Bethesda Big Train 2007)
RP Collin Cargill (Southern Miss/Bethesda Big Train 2007)

Player-of-the-Week
OF Chris Duffy (Central Florida/Bethesda Big Train 2007)

Horizon League

First-Team All-Conference
OF Quentin Cate (Wright State/Rockville Express 2006)

Ivy League

Player-of-the-Year
OF Tommy Grandieri (Pennsylvania/Alexandria Aces 2008-09)

First-Team All-Conference
OF Tommy Grandieri (Pennsylvania/Alexandria Aces 2008-09)
OF Jeremy Maas (Pennsylvania/Herndon Braves 2009)

Second-Team All-Conference
2B Gant Elmore (Yale/Herndon Braves 2008)

Honorable Mention All-Conference
C Will Davis (Pennsylvania/Alexandria Aces 2009)
SS Alex Ferrera (Columbia/Herndon Braves 2008)
OF Billy Rumpke (Columbia/Herndon Braves 2009)
P Vinny Lally (Yale/Herndon Braves 2008)

Player/Pitcher-of-the-Week
OF Tommy Grandieri (Pennsylvania/Alexandria Aces 2008-09)
P Vinny Lally (Yale/Herndon Braves 2008)

Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference

Pitcher-of-the-Year
P Mike Thomas (Rider/Maryland Redbirds 2008-09)

First-Team All-Conference
P Mike Thomas (Rider/Maryland Redbirds 2008-09)

Second-Team All-Conference
OF Nick Wojnowski (Rider/Maryland Redbirds 2007-09)

Player/Pitcher-of-the-Week
P Mason Heyne (Rider/Maryland Redbirds 2008)

Mid-East Athletic Conference

Second-Team All-Conference
OF Phillip Vaughn (Maryland-Eastern Shore/College Park Bombers 2009)

Northeast Conference

Second-Team All-Conference
P Mike Matta (Mt. St. Mary's/Bethesda Big Train 2007, 2009)
P Kent Worthington (Mt. St. Mary's/Alexandria Aces 2009)

Ohio Valley Conference

First-Team All-Conference
2B Bert Smith (Jacksonville State/Bethesda Big Train 2007)
SS Drew Lee (Morehead State/Bethesda Big Train 2008-09)

Second-Team All-Conference
UTL Michael Bottoms (Morehead State/Bethesda Big Train 2009)

Patriot League

Player-of-the-Year
OF Andrew Brouse (Bucknell/Alexandria Aces 2008)

First-Team All-Conference
OF Andrew Brouse (Bucknell/Alexandria Aces 2008)
OF Michael Speciale (Navy/Silver Spring-Takoma T-Bolts 2008)

Player/Pitcher-of-the-Week
OF Andrew Brouse (Bucknell/Alexandria Aces 2008)

Southern Conference

Player/Pitcher-of-the-Week
OF Corey Overholtzer (UNC-Greensboro/Silver Spring-Takoma T-Bolts 2005)

Sun Belt Conference

First-Team All-Conference
SS Adam Bryant (Troy/Rockville Express 2008)


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