Trio Earn All-MAAC Second Team Honors

Staten Island, NY - Juniors Richie Barrella (Larchmont, NY / Canterbury Prep), Fabian Pena (Miami, FL / Calusa Prep) and sophomore T.J. Stuart (Milford, CT / Joseph A. Foran) were named to the All-MAAC Second Team as announced by the league at the annual postseason banquet at Richmond County Bank Ballpark.

Barrella Highlights (UTILITY):
 
* Hit a team-leading .309 while ranking ninth in the MAAC with 59 hits
* 2x MAAC Player of the Week
* Registered a team-best 16 multi-hit games to go along with a 17-game hitting streak
* During his aforementioned 17-game stretch, batted .424 (28-of-66) with 11 RBI and 10 runs
* Started 37 games at first base and 14 in the outfield 

Pena Highlights (CATCHER): 
 
*  All-MAAC honoree at catcher for the third-straight year, joining Nick Derba and Ramon Ortega as the only catchers in program history to be cited three times
* Hit .255 with 32 runs, 12 doubles, six home runs and a team-best matching 36 RBI
* Registered 13 multi-hit and six multi-RBI performances
* MAAC Player of the Week after batting .438 (7-for-16) with two doubles, two home runs, seven runs and eight RBI with a .938 slugging percentage over four games at Stony Brook (3/6) and UNC Asheville (3/9-3/10)
* Crushed a three-run homer in leading the Jaspers to a series victory over Canisius (5/13)

Stuart Highlights (PITCHER): 
 
* Becomes the 14th hurler in program history to earn All-MAAC honors
* Went 6-2 with a school-record and MAAC-leading 10 saves and a 2.57 ERA (2nd MAAC) with 50 strikeouts over 63.0 innings
* Limited opposing hitters to a scant .178 average, which also paces the MAAC
* Manhattan went 18-7 in his outings, including winning 14-straight at one point
* MAAC Pitcher of the Week after earning saves at LIU Brooklyn (3/14), La Salle (3/16) and Villanova (3/17) with four strikeouts over scoreless innings of one-hit ball.

Twelve Manhattan players were named MAAC All-Academic Team, which recognizes student-athletes that have completed two semesters at their institution while holding a cumulative grade point average of 3.20 on a 4.0 scale (as of fall 2016 semester).

Jasper Honorees:
Seniors/Graduate Students (5): 
Brendan Bisset (New City, NY / Don Bosco Prep)
Adam Genners (Jacksonville, FL / Stanton College Prep) 
Paul Genners (Jacksonville, FL / Stanton College Prep) 
Joe Jacques (Shrewsbury, NJ / Red Bank Regional)
Brandon Valls (Miami, FL / Dean CC)
Juniors (2):  
Marc Galvan (Brielle, NJ / Manasquan)
Pena
Sophomores (5): 
Ashton Bianchi (Mullica Hills, NJ / Clearview Regional)
Alexis Calderon (Bethlehem, PA / Liberty)
Jack Kelly (Yorktown Heights, NY / Yorktown)
Dominic Palma (Hilton, NY / Hilton)
Stuart