Eastern Connecticut State University outfielder Jim Schult (Sr., Wappingers Falls, N.Y./John Jay) has been named National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association NCAA Division III “Position Player of the Year,” while Marietta College’s Brian Gasser (Jr., New Philadelphia, Ohio/Indian Valley) earned that organization’s NCAA Division III “Pitcher of the Year” honors.
Schult was named the New England Intercollegiate Baseball Association “Player of the Year” and first-team All-Little East Conference with a .392 batting average, 56 runs scored, 19 doubles, five triples, 11 home runs, 64 RBI, a .711 slugging percentage, a .478 on-base percentage and 20-of-21 stolen bases. He received two first-place votes and four second-place votes from a panel of sports information directors. Gasser, who received five first-place votes and three second-place votes, was named “D3baseball.com Pitcher of the Year” and the Ohio Athletic Conference “Pitcher of the Year” with a 13-0 record, a 1.09 earned run average, 2.51 walks per nine innings, 8.62 strikeouts per nine innings and a .157 opponent-batting average.
Position Players in order of voting
New England Region
Jim Schult
Outfielder
Eastern Connecticut State University
Sr., Wappingers Falls, N.Y./John Jay
Named the New England Intercollegiate Baseball Association “Player of the Year” and first-team All-Little East Conference with a .392 batting average, 56 runs scored, 19 doubles, five triples, 11 home runs, 64 RBI, a .711 slugging percentage, a .478 on-base percentage and 20-of-21 stolen bases.
Mideast Region
John Snyder
Outfielder
Marietta College
Sr., Altoona, Pa./Altoona
Named “D3baseball.com” first-team All-America and the Ohio Athletic Conference “Player of the Year” with a .460 batting average (thru regional play), 44 runs scored, 20 doubles, two triples, four home runs, 58 RBI, a .681 slugging percentage, a .533 on-base percentage and 13-of-20 stolen bases.
Central Region
Brandon Rogalski
Outfielder
Washington University (Mo.)
Jr., Mount Pleasant, S.C./Wando
Named “D3baseball.com” first-team All-America and first-team All-University Athletic Association with a .438 batting average, 49 runs scored, 20 doubles, five triples, six home runs, 60 RBI, a .722 slugging percentage, a .470 on-base percentage and 28-of-31 stolen bases.
West Region
Kyle Felix
Catcher
Trinity University (Texas)
Sr., Woodside, Calif./Bellarmine College Prep
Named “D3baseball.com” second-team All-America and first-team All-Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference with a .365 batting average, 51 runs scored, 24 doubles, 14 home runs, 61 RBI, a .729 slugging percentage, a .443 on-base percentage and 14-of-17 stolen bases.
Midwest Region
Cody Koback
Outfielder
Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Jr., Plover, Wis./Stevens Point Area
Named “D3baseball.com” second-team All-America and the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference’s “Position Player of the Year” with a .424 batting average, 71 runs scored, 11 doubles, seven triples, eight home runs, 47 RBI, a .701 slugging percentage, a .516 on-base percentage and 16-of-18 stolen bases.
South Region
Drew Leachman
Outfielder
Birmingham-Southern College
Sr., Mobile, Ala./McGill Toolen Catholic
Named the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference’s “Offensive Player of the Year” with a .451 batting average, 60 runs scored, 16 doubles, two triple, four home runs, 44 RBI, a .648 slugging percentage, a .521 on-base percentage and 18-of-20 stolen bases.
Mid-Atlantic Region
Michael Pascarella
Second Base
Pittsburgh-Bradford
Fr., Bradford, Pa./Bradford
Named the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference “Player of the Year” and “Rookie of the Year” with a .464 batting average, 45 runs scored, six doubles, six triples, six home runs, 32 RBI, a .791 slugging percentage, a .558 on-base percentage and six-of-seven stolen bases.
New York Region
David Kinney
Third Base
Clarkson University
Jr., Mexico, N.Y./Mexico
Named the Liberty League’s “Player of the Year” with a .403 batting average, 39 runs scored, 19 doubles, two triples, six home runs, a .669 slugging percentage, a .460 on-base percentage and 16-of-16 stolen bases.
Position Players
| Name | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Total |
| Jim Schult | 2 | 4 | 2 | 54 | |||||
| John Snyder | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 48 | ||
| Brandon Rogalski | 2 | 4 | 2 | 48 | |||||
| Kyle Felix | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 40 | |
| Cory Koback | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 35 | |||
| Drew Leachman | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 32 | ||||
| Michael Pascarella | 1 | 5 | 2 | 17 | |||||
| David Kinney | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 14 |
Pitchers
Mideast Region
Brian Gasser
Marietta College
Jr., New Philadelphia, Ohio/Indian Valley
Named “D3baseball.com Pitcher of the Year” and the Ohio Athletic Conference “Pitcher of the Year” with a 13-0 record, a 1.09 earned run average, 2.51 walks per nine innings, 8.62 strikeouts per nine innings and a .157 opponent-batting average.
West Region
Brian Rauh
Chapman University
So., Lake Forest, Calif./Laguna Hills
Named “D3baseball.com” first-team All-America and All-Independents “Pitcher of the Year” with an 11-0 record, a 1.71 earned run average, 2.37 walks per nine innings, 10.77 strikeouts per nine innings and a .176 opponent-batting average…the 2010 NCBWA national “pitcher of the year.”
Mid-Atlantic Region
Brendan Close
Moravian College
Jr., Bethlehem, Pa./Freedom
Named “D3baseball.com” first-team All-America and the Landmark Conference “Pitcher of the Year” with a 10-0 record, seven complete games, four shutouts, a 1.00 earned run average, 0.56 walks per nine innings, 11.17 strikeouts per nine innings and a .176 opponent-batting average.
South Region
Greg Van Sickler
Shenandoah University
Sr., Stephenson, Va./Wood
Named “D3baseball.com” first-team All-America and USA South Athletic Conference “Player/Pitcher of the Year” with an 11-1 record, a 1.81 earned run average, 1.00 walks per nine innings, 8.34 strikeouts per nine innings and a .267 opponent-batting average…2010 NCBWA South Region “Pitcher of the Year.”
Midwest Region
Luke Westphal
Wisconsin-Oshkosh
Jr., Clintonville, Wis./Clintonville
Named “D3baseball.com” second-team All-America and the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference’s “Pitcher of the Year” with a 7-0 record, a 1.34 earned run average, five complete games, 2.09 walks per nine innings, 9.55 strikeouts per nine innings and a .184 opponent-batting average.
Central Region
Jason Pankau
Illinois Wesleyan University
Sr., Elmhurst, Ill./York
Named “D3baseball.com” third-team All-America and the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin’s “pitcher of the year” with an 8-2 record, a 1.53 earned run average, 1.33 walks per nine innings, 9.10 strikeouts per nine innings and a .203 opponent batting average…2010 NCBWA Central Region “Pitcher of the Year.”
New England Region
Corey Batista
Bridgewater State University
Jr., Fall River, Mass./Bishop Connolly
Named the Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference “Pitcher of the Year” and first-team All-New England Intercollegiate Baseball Association with a 7-3 record, a 1.78 earned run average, 1.91 walks per nine innings, 10.07 strikeouts per nine innings and a .227 opponent-batting average.
New York Region
Justin D’Amato
St. John Fisher College
Fr., Canandaigua, N.Y./Canandaigua Academy
Named the Empire 8 Athletic Conference “Pitcher of the Year” with a 9-2 record, a 3.25 earned run average, 2.73 walks per nine innings, 10.78 strikeouts per nine innings and a .227 opponent-batting average.
Pitchers
| Name | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Total |
| Brian Gasser | 5 | 3 | 61 | ||||||
| Brian Rauh | 5 | 2 | 1 | 52 | |||||
| Brendan Close | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 49 | ||||
| Greg Van Sickler | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 39 | ||||
| Luke Westphal | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 31 | ||||
| Jason Pankau | 4 | 3 | 1 | 26 | |||||
| Corey Batista | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 17 | ||||
| Justin D’Amato | 3 | 5 | 11 |