Official NECBL All-Star Press Release

NECBL Commissioner Mario Tiani proudly announces the 2008 New England Collegiate Baseball League All-Star Teams.

On July 20, 2008 the NECBL will hold its 15^th annual All-Star Game at Fuessenich Park in Torrington CT. First pitch is scheduled for 6:00 PM. An additional feature for our fans and scouts in attendance will be our Skill Competition. The Skill Competition for Most Accurate Arm and Fastest Runner will kick off at 1:45 PM. Our traditional Home Run Derby is scheduled to start at 2:15 PM. Please join the crowd and watch the best Players from the North and South Divisions compete. Come early to watch the exciting pre-game events and batting practice. For those that cannot attend in person, please watch or listen-in on TeamLine as we plan to broadcast “Live” the Skill Events, Home Run Derby and the 2008 New England Collegiate Baseball League All-Star Game.

Representing the North Division:

Position	Starter	Substitute(s)
Catcher	Sean Killeen – Holyoke – Trinity	Gerald Ogrinc – Vermont – Wright State
		Danny Petro – Keene – East Tenn. State
1B	Kyle Groth – Sanford – Cornell	Paul Karmas – Keene – St. John’s
2B	Tyler Kuehl – N. Shore – P.L. Nazarene	Corey Jones – Holyoke – Cal St. Fullerton
SS	Matthew Nandin – Sanford - LeMoyne	Pat Mc Kenna – Lowell – Bryant
3B	Nicolas Pecora – Lowell – Wheaton	Corey Hunt - Sanford – Virginia
OF	Alex Lee – Keene – Clemson	Kevin Rivers – Lowell – Franklin Pierce
	Sean McNaughton–N. Shore-Brigham Young	James Wood – Holyoke – Trinity
	Michael Provencher –N. Shore - Mesa St.	Kevin Nieto – Vermont – Manhattan
DH	Nick Harris – Vermont – SE Missouri St.
Pitchers		Middle Inning
Starter	Casey Harmen – Vermont – Clemson	Justin Albert – Holyoke – Vermont
		Pat Lehman – Sanford – George Washington
Closer	Chris Prescott – N. Shore – St Joe’s	James Wise – Keene – Washington St.
		Matt Fontaine – Lowell – Eastern Ct.
		Dusty Odenback – Vermont - UConn
		Jason Markovitz – N. Shore – Long Beach St.
		Tony Chisman – Sanford – Georgia Southern

Representing the South Division:

Position	Starter	Substitute(s)
Catcher	Mike Melillo – Newport - Elon	Jack Murphy – Newport - Princeton
		Kyle Mahoney – Danbury – High Point
1B	Matt Adam – Pittsfield – Slippery Rock	Paul Hoilman – N Adams – East Tenn. St.
2B	Taylor Meehan – Newport - Harvard	Kevin Carby – N. Adams – Tenn. Wesleyan
SS	Michael Olt – Danbury - UCONN	Jake Rosenbeck – Pittsfield - Buffalo
3B	Mike Tamsin – Newport – Northeastern	Chase Austin – Torrington - Elon
OF	Chris Edmondson – Pittsfield - LeMoyne	Nick Santomauro – Newport - Dartmouth
	Matt Grosso – Manchester – Notre Dame	Jason Martin – Pittsfield – San Jose St.
	John Malloy – N. Adams - LaSalle	Brian Baudinet – Torrington - UMASS
DH	Alex Gregory – Newport - Radford
Pitchers		Middle Inning
Starter	Tim Boyce – N. Adams – Rhode Island	Brian Pendergast – Manchester - Manhattan
		Michael Oskandy – Danbury - Quinnipiac
Closer	Dan Mahoney – Newport - UCONN	Zach Anderson – Pittsfield - Buffalo
		Kyle Vazquez – Pittsfield – Franklin Pierce
		Chase Reid – Newport - Vanderbilt
		Michael Ness – Pittsfield - Duke
		Robert Chimpky – Torrington - Utah

Head Coach – North All-Stars…. Joe Brown – Sanford – Cortland

Head Coach – South All-Stars…. Mike Coombs – Newport - Lakeland

The Home Run Derby and Skill Contestants will be announced soon…….

So Stay Tuned!