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Jan 18, 2008  Men's Baseball
Gomez Selected to the D3Baseball 2008 NCAA Div III Preseason Team
Men's Baseball
New York, NY - CCNY’s third baseman Richard Gomez has been selected to the D3Baseball 2008 NCAA Division III Baseball Preseason All-America Second-Team. The Teams were announced on Thursday by the website D3Baseball.com.

Last season, Gomez (New York, NY) received ABCA/Rawlings All-New York Region First Team honors as he finished the season with a batting average of .463 (56-for-121) and was ranked 5th in the nation. He was also ranked 1st in the nation in RBIs with a total of 49. He also led his team with 39 runs scored and 4 home runs in 29 games played.

The 2007 Beavers finished in second place in the City University of New York Athletic Conference with a record 16-13 overall and 11-7 in the Conference.


2008 D3baseball.com Preseason All-American Team

Pos     First Team                                        Second Team
C         Mike Zaccardo, Cortland State      Matthew Pexa, St. Thomas
1B       Drew Hedman, Pomona-Pitzer      Brent Voorhees, McMurry
2B       Ricky Angel, Illinois Wesleyan       Joe Roth, Emory
3B       Derek David, McMurry                     Richard Gomez, CCNY
SS      Adam Frost, St. Norbert                    Jonas Fester, Johns Hopkins
OF      Marc Blakeley, Augustana              Bryan Burke, Kean
OF      Blake Eller, St. Scholastica             Joey McDaniel, Ohio Wesleyan
OF      Hunter Owen, Millsaps                    Alex Weber-Shapiro, CMS
DH      Brad Ketterer, Thomas More         Nate Nelson, Worcester State
UTL    Kurt Yacko, Chapman                     Shawn Gilblair, Eastern Conn
P         Matt Aronson, Illinois Wesleyan    Robert Flanagan, Rhodes
P         Wayde Kitchens, Chapman            Aaron Saeubling, Wartburg
P         Adam Samson, Wooster                 Ahmed Shelton, Averett
P         Anthony Trapuzzan, Wooster

Honorable Mention: C: Brandon Sales, Pacific Lutheran; 1B:    Daniel Vanaman, Rhodes; 2B: Matt Stanziano, Pitt-Greensburg; 3B: Jack Walker, Concordia-Chicago; SS: Luke Enman, St. Joseph’s (Me.); OF: Mitch Kuczek, Transylvania; OF: Michael Sims, LaGrange; P: Dan Remenowsky, Otterbein
Related Links:

http://www.d3baseball.com/
http://www.cunyathletics.com/News/baseball/2008/1/17/08gomez_pre_aa.asp?path=baseball

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Kristina Phu 
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HVWAC Rookie of the Week (10/10/07)

For  the second straight week and third time this season, Kristina Phu is the  HVWAC Rookie of the Week after leading the vastly improved Beavers to their  first HVWAC win of the year, a 5-1 win over Medgar Evers on Sunday. Phu  also enjoyed solid outings during loses to Mount Saint Mary, Mount Saint  Vincent, and NJCU.   

Fast Facts
Did you know that CCNY won the NCAA and NIT Tournaments in the 1949-1950 season and is the only school to ever win both tournaments in the same season?