NEWMAC Announces 2006 Baseball All-Conference Team

NEW LONDON, CONN.--Wheaton junior catcher Adam Laplante was named the New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Baseball Player of the Year while Wheaton head coach Eric Podbelski was named NEWMAC Coach of the Year as the conference champion Lyons took two of the four major awards.

Coast Guard senior pitcher Mike Jarbeau was named the Pitcher of the Year while WPI freshman pitcher Conor Fahey earned Rookie of the Year honors.

Laplante hit .346 with seven homers and 29 RBI’s. Jarbeau, who tied the single-season school record and led the NEWMAC with 84 strikeouts was 6-3 with a 2.77 ERA. Fahey was 5-2 with a 2.54 ERA and was second in the league with 74 strikeouts.

NEWMAC All-Conference First Team
Chuck Arena, JR, OF Coast Guard
Ted Dziuba, SR, C Babson
Matt Fiore, JR, C WPI
Chris McCarthy, SR, SS Springfield
Chris McDonough, SO, P Wheaton
Scott Guillerault, SO, 3B Wheaton
Mike Jarbeau, SR, P/OF Coast Guard
Jason Witzberger, JR, OF MIT
Adam Laplante, JR, C Wheaton

NEWMAC All-Conference Second Team
Jamie Baker, SR, P Wheaton
Jon Davis, SR, P Springfield
Wayne Duggan, SR, 2B/P MIT
Conor Fahey, FR, P WPI
Gunnar Hagstrom, JR, C/OF Clark
Jon Igoe, SO, P Babson
Brian Lisko, SO, 2B Coast Guard
Chris Martin, SR, P Wheaton
Ryan Rainone, SO, 1B WPI
Kevin Wheeler, SO, 1B/3B MIT

PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Adam Laplante, Wheaton
PITCHER OF THE YEAR: Mike Jarbeau, Coast Guard
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Conor Fahey, WPI
COACH OF THE YEAR: Eric Podbelski, Wheaton