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Ten Baseball Players Earn All-Ivy Honors
5/12/2011 4:24:00 PM | Baseball
HANOVER, N.H. — A total of 10 Dartmouth baseball student-athletes garnered All-Ivy League honors as voted on by the conference's coaches, the most of any team in the league. Headlining the team for the Big Green were four selected for the first team — senior reliever Ryan Smith, junior starting pitcher Kyle Hendricks, junior shortstop Joe Sclafani and junior starting pitcher Cole Sulser.
Four more Dartmouth players were named to the second team in senior outfielder Sam Bean, sophomore utility player Ennis Coble, sophomore starting pitcher Kyle Hunter and senior second baseman Jeff Onstott. Senior first baseman Jason Brooks and sophomore catcher Chris O'Dowd earned honorable mention status.
The highest individual awards were spread out among three schools. Yale senior first baseman Trey Rallis was named the Ivy League Player of the Year, Penn senior Paul Cusick was chosen as the Pitcher of the Year and freshman pitcher/first baseman Mike Ford from Princeton was given the Rookie of the Year.
Smith, a right-handed pitcher from Greenlawn, N.Y., holds the Ivy League records for saves in a season (11 in 2009) and a career (28), including the four he earned in his final season. In 29.2 innings this year, he posted a 3-1 record with a 3.94 ERA while holding opponents to a .248 batting average, striking out 31 and walking just eight. Smith was also the league's Pitcher of the Week back in mid-April after winning two games and saving another in one weekend. Over his last 10 appearances, he was 3-0 with three saves and a 1.96 ERA, striking out 24 in 18.1 innings. Twice before during his career, Smith had been on the All-Ivy second team.
A second-team selection as a freshman two years ago, Hendricks ranked among the Ivy League leaders in numerous pitching categories to earn first-team honors this year. The right-hander from San Juan Capistrano, Calif., is tied for the league lead with five victories against three losses, ranks third with a 2.47 ERA and is second only to Cusick with 70 strikeouts. Opponents hit just .236 against him, and three times he was chosen as the Ivy League Pitcher of the Week, once garnering National Player of the Week honors for striking out 15 batters over seven innings against Army back on March 18.
Sclafani, a native of Palm City, Fla., has been an All-Ivy honoree in each of his three seasons at Dartmouth, twice making the first team. The switch-hitter provided plenty of pop at the plate with a .349 batting average (sixth in the league) and a .581 slugging percentage (fourth). He currently leads the conference in hits with 60 and triples — setting a school record with eight — is second with 46 runs scored and 100 total bases, fifth with 12 doubles and 34 RBIs, seventh with 19 walks and 10th with a .414 on-base percentage. Defensively Sclafani has recorded the most assists in the conference with 132 and was a part of 22 double plays.
The league's top control artist, Sulser is fourth nationally in fewest walks issued per nine innings, allowed just four batters to reach via the base on balls. Combined with his 49 strikeouts in just 48.2 innings, his strikeout-to-walk ratio of 12.25 blew away the rest of the pitchers in the league. In eight appearances and six starts on the mound, the native of Santa Ysabel, Calif., registered a 4-1 record and a 2.59 ERA, fifth in the league, while holding opponents to a .220 average, the fourth lowest mark among Ivy pitchers. In conference play, he posted the second-lowest ERA at 1.71 and a 3-1 record. For his career, he sports a sparkling 15-3 record and was a second-team selection as a relief pitcher last year.
On the second team, Bean (Needham, Mass.) is eighth among Ivy hitters with a .335 average, fourth with 55 hits and fifth with 12 doubles and 35 runs scored. Coble (Atlanta, Ga.) played all over the diamond with starts at second base, third base, left field and designated hitter, finishing the season with a .361 average (third in the league) with 14 doubles (third) and a league-leading 40 RBIs. A southpaw starter, Hunter (Palm City, Fla.) also tied for the league lead with five victories as well as five complete games, and handcuffed Ivy League hitters to the tune of a .234 average. Onstott (Houston, Texas) was named to the second team for the second time in his career, hitting .268 while ranking sixth in the conference with 33 RBIs and third with four triples. He finished his career as the all-time Dartmouth leader in games played with 168.
Brooks (Westlake Village, Calif.), a second-team selection a year ago, finished the year with a .285 average, four homers and 36 RBIs, the last of which ranked third in the league to earn his honorable mention. O'Dowd (Cherry Hills Village, Colo.) garnered honorable mention status for the second straight year while topping the Ivy League with 49 runs scored and leading the Big Green with seven home runs and 21 walks as he hit .329 for the season.
Dartmouth finished the 2011 season with a school-record 30 victories against just 12 losses and won its fourth consecutive Rolfe Division title. In the Ivy Championship Series, the Big Green were bested by Princeton, two games to one.
Four more Dartmouth players were named to the second team in senior outfielder Sam Bean, sophomore utility player Ennis Coble, sophomore starting pitcher Kyle Hunter and senior second baseman Jeff Onstott. Senior first baseman Jason Brooks and sophomore catcher Chris O'Dowd earned honorable mention status.
The highest individual awards were spread out among three schools. Yale senior first baseman Trey Rallis was named the Ivy League Player of the Year, Penn senior Paul Cusick was chosen as the Pitcher of the Year and freshman pitcher/first baseman Mike Ford from Princeton was given the Rookie of the Year.
Smith, a right-handed pitcher from Greenlawn, N.Y., holds the Ivy League records for saves in a season (11 in 2009) and a career (28), including the four he earned in his final season. In 29.2 innings this year, he posted a 3-1 record with a 3.94 ERA while holding opponents to a .248 batting average, striking out 31 and walking just eight. Smith was also the league's Pitcher of the Week back in mid-April after winning two games and saving another in one weekend. Over his last 10 appearances, he was 3-0 with three saves and a 1.96 ERA, striking out 24 in 18.1 innings. Twice before during his career, Smith had been on the All-Ivy second team.
A second-team selection as a freshman two years ago, Hendricks ranked among the Ivy League leaders in numerous pitching categories to earn first-team honors this year. The right-hander from San Juan Capistrano, Calif., is tied for the league lead with five victories against three losses, ranks third with a 2.47 ERA and is second only to Cusick with 70 strikeouts. Opponents hit just .236 against him, and three times he was chosen as the Ivy League Pitcher of the Week, once garnering National Player of the Week honors for striking out 15 batters over seven innings against Army back on March 18.
Sclafani, a native of Palm City, Fla., has been an All-Ivy honoree in each of his three seasons at Dartmouth, twice making the first team. The switch-hitter provided plenty of pop at the plate with a .349 batting average (sixth in the league) and a .581 slugging percentage (fourth). He currently leads the conference in hits with 60 and triples — setting a school record with eight — is second with 46 runs scored and 100 total bases, fifth with 12 doubles and 34 RBIs, seventh with 19 walks and 10th with a .414 on-base percentage. Defensively Sclafani has recorded the most assists in the conference with 132 and was a part of 22 double plays.
The league's top control artist, Sulser is fourth nationally in fewest walks issued per nine innings, allowed just four batters to reach via the base on balls. Combined with his 49 strikeouts in just 48.2 innings, his strikeout-to-walk ratio of 12.25 blew away the rest of the pitchers in the league. In eight appearances and six starts on the mound, the native of Santa Ysabel, Calif., registered a 4-1 record and a 2.59 ERA, fifth in the league, while holding opponents to a .220 average, the fourth lowest mark among Ivy pitchers. In conference play, he posted the second-lowest ERA at 1.71 and a 3-1 record. For his career, he sports a sparkling 15-3 record and was a second-team selection as a relief pitcher last year.
On the second team, Bean (Needham, Mass.) is eighth among Ivy hitters with a .335 average, fourth with 55 hits and fifth with 12 doubles and 35 runs scored. Coble (Atlanta, Ga.) played all over the diamond with starts at second base, third base, left field and designated hitter, finishing the season with a .361 average (third in the league) with 14 doubles (third) and a league-leading 40 RBIs. A southpaw starter, Hunter (Palm City, Fla.) also tied for the league lead with five victories as well as five complete games, and handcuffed Ivy League hitters to the tune of a .234 average. Onstott (Houston, Texas) was named to the second team for the second time in his career, hitting .268 while ranking sixth in the conference with 33 RBIs and third with four triples. He finished his career as the all-time Dartmouth leader in games played with 168.
Brooks (Westlake Village, Calif.), a second-team selection a year ago, finished the year with a .285 average, four homers and 36 RBIs, the last of which ranked third in the league to earn his honorable mention. O'Dowd (Cherry Hills Village, Colo.) garnered honorable mention status for the second straight year while topping the Ivy League with 49 runs scored and leading the Big Green with seven home runs and 21 walks as he hit .329 for the season.
Dartmouth finished the 2011 season with a school-record 30 victories against just 12 losses and won its fourth consecutive Rolfe Division title. In the Ivy Championship Series, the Big Green were bested by Princeton, two games to one.
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