Baseball
Greenwood Named to ABCA Northeast Region Second Team
June 15, 2009
KINGSTON, R.I. - Rhode Island's Nick Greenwood (Southington, Conn.) has been named a Second Team All-Northeast Region selection by the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA). He was one of six starting pitchers from the Northeast to earn the honor, in voting conducted among the region's 41 head coaches.
Greenwood, who just wrapped up his junior year with the Rams, receives the accolade after being picked by the San Diego Padres (414th overall) in the 14th round of the 2009 MLB First Year Player Draft. He was one of four URI players - a new program high - to be selected in the draft as teammates Eric Smith (Milford, Conn.), Dan Rhault (Lincoln, R.I.) and Luke Demko (Gilford, N.H.) were taken my the Arizona Diamondbacks (60th overall, 2nd round), the Tampa Bay Rays (799th, 26th round) and the San Francisco Giants (867th, 29th round), respectively.
Greenwood - who paced the team with 74 strikeouts - finished his junior campaign with a 6.00 strikeout-to-walk ratio in Atlantic 10 games (42 strikeouts, seven walks) and was fourth in the conference with a .239 opposing batting average and a 3.15 ERA in league games. He turned in a team-best seven wins, including a victory over No. 25 Ohio State and a complete-game shutout over St. Bonaventure.
The Rhody southpaw and All-New England first team selection also earned A-10 All-Championship honors after giving up just two runs over eight innings of work in a 9-2 win over top-seeded Dayton. Most recently, he picked up the win in the 35th Annual New England Intercollegiate Baseball Association (NEIBA) All-Star Game on June 4.
ABCA NORTHEAST REGION FIRST TEAM
Tim Morris - St. John's - 1B - JR
Kevin Mailloux - Canisius - 2B - SR
Kevin Mahoney - Canisius - 3B - SR
Tony Sanchez - Boston College - C - JR
Clint Moore - Army - SS - SO
Joey Henshaw - Army - DH - SO
Kevin Nieto - Manhattan - OF - JR
Mike McCann - Manhattan - OF - SO
George Springer - Connecticut - OF - FR
Eric Polvani - Bryant - P - JR
Murphy Smith - Binghampton - P - JR
Matt Watson - Wagner - P - JR
Mike Belfiore - Boston College - RP - JR
ABCA NORTHEAST REGION SECOND TEAM
Jeff Hanson - Sacred Heart - 1B - SR
Dan Paolini - Siena - 2B - FR
Mickey Wiswall - Boston College - 3B - SO
Jeff Vigurs Bryant - C - JR
Matt Duffy - Vermont - SS - SO
Jim MacDonald - Massachusetts - DH - SR
Corey Taylor - Binghampton - OF - SO
Jim Parqne - St. John's - OF - JR
Kevin McAvoy - Maine - OF - SR
Nick Greenwood - Rhode Island - P - JR
Pat Dean - Boston College - P - SO
Mitch Clegg - Massachusetts - P - SR
Andrew Huebner - Wagner - RP - SR
