Landmark Baseball All-Conference Team Selected
MADISON, N.J. – After a Landmark Conference baseball season that featured drama to the final inning, a total of 24 student-athletes have been selected to the 2012 All-Landmark Conference Baseball Team as voted by the conference's seven head coaches. The All-Landmark Team includes a first and second team with the voting done by position. The voting also took place prior to the start of the Landmark postseason.
Moravian College, which finished atop the Landmark regular season standings for a third-straight year had a conference-high eight selections and also took three additional awards. Pitcher Brendan Close was voted Pitcher of the Year for a second-straight year, while shortstop Dave Zubia earned Player of the Year honors and freshman hurler Chris Lansberry was selected as the Rookie of the Year. First-year Head Coach Brian Hirschberg and the Drew University coaching staff were picked as the Coaching Staff of the Year. All seven Landmark teams had at least one honoree selected to the All-Conference Team.
2012 All-Landmark Conference Baseball Team
First Team
Pos-Name, School, Class, Hometown (High School)
C-Blake Shortall, Moravian, Sr., Kintnersville, Pa. (Freedom)
1B-Colin McCarthy, Catholic, Fr., Westport, Conn. (Staples)
2B-Tim Mierzwa, Catholic, Sr., Laurel, Md. (Reservoir)
SS-Dave Zubia, Moravian, Sr., Bethlehem, Pa. (Bethlehem Catholic)
3B-Marc Hanna, Catholic, So., Bloomfield, N.J. (St. Peter's Prep.)
OF-Tommy Little, Catholic, Sr., Hyattsville, Md. (DeMatha)
OF-Ben Mersky, Juniata, Jr., Hershey, Pa. (Hershey)
OF-Ethan Rieker, Susquehanna, Sr., Lancaster, Pa. (Manheim Township)
DH-Austin Rock, Moravian, Sr., Arlington, Va. (Flour Bluff)
SP-Andrew Carroll, Catholic, So., Malvern, Pa. (Devon Prep)
SP-Brendan Close, Moravian, Sr., Bethlehem, Pa. (Freedom)
RP-Pat Rock, Drew, Jr., Cranston, R.I. (Providence Country Day)
Second Team
Pos-Name, School, Class, Hometown (High School)
C-Jacob Wood, USMMA, Fr., Richmond, Va. (Benedictine)
1B-Steve DeBonis, Drew, Sr., Hamilton, N.J. (Nottingham)
2B-Daniel Seitzinger, Moravian, So., Doylestown, Pa. (Central Bucks West)
SS-Danny Collins, USMMA, So., Sleepy Hollow, N.Y. (Briarcliff)
3B-Gregg Steinmann, Moravian, Sr., Miami, Fla. (Palmer Trinity School)
OF-Michael Bodden, Drew, Jr., Toms River, N.J. (Monsingnor Donovan)
OF-Mike Gaeta, Scranton, So., Cranford, N.J. (Cranford)
OF-Ty Raubenstine, Susquehanna, So., Elizabethville, Pa. (Upper Dauphin Area)
DH-Dustin Thomsen, USMMA, Jr., Alamogordo, N.M. (Alamogordo)
SP-Chris Lansberry, Moravian, Fr., Garnet Valley, Pa. (Garnet Valley)
SP-Andrew Martin, USMMA, Sr., San Diego, Calif. (Point Loma)
RP-Kyle Longnecker, Moravian, Sr., Bethlehem, Pa. (Bethlehem Catholic)
Player of the Year: Dave Zubia, Moravian
Pitcher of the Year: Brendan Close, Moravian
Rookie of the Year: Chris Lansberry, Moravian
Coaching Staff of the Year (Head Coach): Drew (Brian Hirschberg)