HADLEY, Mass. – The Trinity College Baseball team landed four New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) All-Conference selections, announced by the conference office Wednesday. Juniors
Tyler Bernstein (Ponte Verde, Fla.) and
Dylan Schnitzer (Huntington, N.Y.) claimed First Team honors, while classmate
Joseph Capano and sophomore
Aidan Stern receive Second Team status.
Berntstein collects his first All-Conference honor after posting career-highs in batting average (.343), OPS (1.204), runs (50), hits (37), doubles (14), home runs (7), runs batted in (17), total bases (76), slugging percentage (.704), walks (31), and on-base percentage (.500) during his junior campaign. With 20 stolen bases, Bernstein became Trinity's all-time leader in stolen bases (59), passing the mark set by John Stamatis form 2016-19. Bernstein ranks third all-time in career triples (10) and sixth all-time in career runs scored (50). His mark of 14 doubles is the eighth-most in a season in program history.
Schnitzer picked up his second straight All-Conference selection after producing a .369 batting average with 37 hits, 14 doubles, two triples, 17 runs batted in and 69 total bases. Schnitzer started all 37 games and delivered career-highs in OPS (1.060), home runs (7), slugging percentage (.566), walks (33) and on-base percentage (.494). Against Westfield State, Schnitzer became the first Bantam since Matt Koperniak in 2018 to hit for the cycle.
Stern becomes the third Bantam in program history to garner All-Conference nods in their first-year and sophomore seasons, joining James Wood and Kent Graham from 2007-08. Stern registered career-highs in OPS (.884), runs (36), doubles (9), on-base percentage (.464) and stolen bases (26). Stern tallied a .319 batting average with 38 hits, 17 runs batted in, 50 total bases, a .420 slugging percentage and 18 walks in 37 games started. Stern logged the second-most stolen bases and hit by pitches (15) in a season.
Capano anchored the Bantams pitching staff en route to his first All-Conference nod, logging a career-low 4.36 ERA in a career-high 66 innings of work in a career-high 11 appearances, tying Jeremiah Bayer for fifth-most starts in a season. Capano fired a career-high 53 strikeouts and notched a career-low 1.23 WHIP with opponents batting .254 on the season, another career-low mark. Capano earned a career-high five victories on the hill, including a complete game victory with a career-high eight strikeouts in a 5-1 win over Colby.
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