Six Jaspers Earn MAAC Accolades

Staten Island, NY - Sophomore Matt Padre (Flemington, NJ / Hunterdon Central) and freshman Nick Cimillo (Airmont, NY / Suffern) were each selected to the All-MAAC First Team to highlight a night in which six Jaspers were recognized by the league at the annual postseason awards banquet.

Additionally Cimillo was lauded as the MAAC Rookie of the Year in unanimous fashion. Click HERE for the full release.

Junior RHP T.J. Stuart (Milford, CT / Joseph A. Foran) collected All-MAAC Second Team honors for the second-straight year, and was joined on the squad by sophomore Jake Knop (Portland, ME / Portland).

Cimillo also was one of three Manhattan student-athletes named to the inaugural 10-member MAAC All-Rookie Team, joining fellow freshmen Jonathan Barditch (Miami, FL / Belen Jesuit) and Sam Franco (Bardonia, NY / Clarkstown South).

All told, the Green & White matched Fairfield with a league-best matching seven combined recipients on the All-Rookie, MAAC First and MAAC Second teams.

Cimillo Highlights:
* Ranked among the MAAC leaders with 71 hits (2nd), a .345 average (3rd), a .413 OBP (7th) and six home runs (8th) while serving as the primary right fielder.
* During MAAC play, he batted a league-leading .405 while hitting safely in 18-of-24 league games.
 
* MAAC Player/Rookie of the Week after hitting a blistering .636 (7-of-11) at GW with a double, home run, four runs and three RBI.
* Registered a team-best 26 multi-hit performances and a 15-game hitting streak.
 
Padre Highlights:
* Batted .282, including a blistering .390 (2nd MAAC) during league play, with 30 runs, 11 doubles, four home runs and 31 RBI.
* Padre becomes the fourth Jasper in as many years to earn All-MAAC accolades at catcher, joining three-time honoree and current San Francisco Giant farmhand Fabian Pena.
 
* Picked it up down the stretch, hitting .500 (18-of-36) over his final 10 games with four doubles, three homers, 12 RBI, 10 runs and eight multi-hit performances.
* Named MAAC Player of the Week on May 14 after batting a blistering .769 (10-for-13) over four games, including .889 (8-for-9) in the series sweep of Saint Peter's, with three doubles, two home runs, eight runs and nine RBI. 

Stuart Highlights
* Leads the nation with seven complete games, to go along with a 7-5 record, 77 strikeouts, a 4.32 ERA and a save over 77.0 innings.
* Becomes just the fourth Manhattan pitcher to earn back-to-back All-MAAC honors, after being recognized with a second team nod last year.
 
* Fired a complete game shutout against Iona, while yielding just one earned run in complete game wins over Rider and Siena.
* Went the distance in six of his eight MAAC starts.

Knop Highlights
* Hit .281, including .329 in MAAC action, with 21 runs, eight doubles, one home run, 18 RBI and five stolen bases.
* Had a stellar .986 fielding percentage while not making a single error during league play.
 
* Becomes just the fourth Jasper to earn All-MAAC honors at second base.
* Since entering the starting line-up in the series finale against Iona, is hitting .333 (31-of-93) with 18 runs, 10 XBH and 14 RBI over the last 26 games.

Barditch Highlights:
* Hit .271, including a blistering .365 during MAAC play, with 36 runs, seven doubles. two home runs, 12 RBI, 21 walks and four stolen bases.
* Has reached base safely in 31 of his last 32 games, including 26-straight at one point.
 
* Also reached base safely in 23-of-24 league games.
* Crushed huge a three-run home run in win over Rider and a game-tying two-run shot in victory over Saint Peter's.

Franco Highlights
* Two-time MAAC Rookie of the Week selection.
* Hit .304 with 27 runs, eight doubles, four home runs, 28 RBI and a team-best 12 stolen bases.
 
* During MAAC play, batted .330 with 18 runs, nine XBH and a team-high 18 RBI.
* Reached base safely in 21-of-24 league games.

Manhattan was also well-represented on the MAAC All-Academic Team (3.2 GPA or higher) as 11 student-athletes earned recognition:

Seniors: Joe DiTorrice (Montgomery, NJ / Montgomery), Marc Galvan (Brielle, NJ / Manasquan)

Juniors: Ashton Bianchi (Mullica Hills, NJ / Clearview Regional), Alexis Calderon (Bethlehem, PA / Liberty), Jack Kelly (Yorktown Heights, NY / Yorktown), Dominic Palma (Hilton, NY / Hilton)

Sophomores: Matt Fahey (Rumson, NJ / Rumson Fair-Haven Regional), Padre, Santiago Riera (Rioclaro, Venezuela / Brunswick School (CT)), Teddy Sabato (Rye Brook, NY / UNC), Will Trochiano (Morganville, NJ / Marlboro)