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D3Baseball.com Releases Preseason Top 25 and All-America Team

February 7, 2016

By Jacob Gill
Philadelphia Region Director of Scouting

With some programs in NCAA Division III already getting their season underway, it's time to take a look at Pennsylvania products having an impact on elite DIII programs around the country. D3Baseball.com recently released its preseason Top 25 rankings and All-Americans. Below is a list of the players with Pennsylvania ties who are rostered by those teams.

D3Baseball.com 2016 Preseason Top 25 Rankings


#3 Emory Eagles (opening game 2/12 vs George Fox)
Bryan Rubin, So, IF, Friends' Central

#10 Frostburg State Bobcats (opening game 2/13 at Roanoke)
Eddie Dutkewycz, Jr, C, Albert Gallatin
Greg Schneider, So, RHP/OF, Thomas Jefferson

#11 Rhodes Lynx (opening game 2/6 at Maryville)
Matt Dale, R-Fr, P/IF, Germantown Academy

#12 Heidelberg Student Princes (opening game 2/27 vs Manchester)
Ryan Marasti, So, IF, Penn-Trafford
Darrin Shirk, So, OF, Northern Lebanon

#16 Shenandoah Hornets (opening game 2/13 vs La Roche)
Corey Ensslin, Sr, RHP, Plymouth Whitemarsh
Robert Klinchock, Fr, LHP, Mt. Lebanon
Jacob Leclerc, Fr, OF/P, Owen J. Roberts
Brian Roden, Jr, RHP, Boiling Springs
Patrick Staul, Sr, RHP, Trinity (Camp Hill)
Steven Varner, Jr, LHP, Bishop McDevitt (Harrisburg)
John Wilt, Jr, SS, Hempfield

#19 Baldwin Wallace Yellow Jackets (opening game 2/20 vs Pitt-Bradford)
Alec Palmer, So, P, West Allegheny

#21 Wooster Fighting Scots (opening game 3/14 vs Johns Hopkins)
Anthony Malky, So, P, Riverview
Joe Superick, Sr, 2B, Uniontown Area
Harrison Walls, Fr, C, State College Area

#24 Marietta Pioneers (opening game 2/26 vs #1 SUNY Cortland)
Doug Bennett, Sr, OF/2B, Shenango
Austin Eaton, So, P, Mt. Lebanon
Shane Fetsko, So, 1B, South Park
Christian Herstine, Sr, P, Beaver Area
Chandler Palyas, Fr, OF, Canon-McMillan
Tyler Paranzino, Fr, P, Brentwood
Garrett Sanders, Fr, P, Peters Township
David Stover, So, P, Thomas Jefferson

#25 Alvernia Crusaders (opening game 2/20 at Randolph-Macon)
Have yet to release a 2016 roster, but, if history is any indication, the number of Pennsylvania products will run well into double-digits.

Others Receiving Votes (Pennsylvania institutions)
Misericordia, La Roche, Keystone, DeSales

D3Baseball.com Preseason All-Americans [with 2015 stats]


Honorable Mention
Joseph Saufley, Sr, 1B, Messiah (Lower Dauphin)
.419 AVG, 29 R, 30 RBI, 6 SB // 12 2B, 7 3B, 5 HR, .736 SLG // 9 BB, 2 HBP, 15 K, .464 OBP

Chris Boroch, Sr, SS, Misericordia (North Penn)
.409 AVG, 45 R, 26 RBI, 10 SB // 15 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, .500 SLG // 21 BB, 13 HBP, 15 K, .505 OBP

Kyle Wenger, Jr, OF, Delaware Valley (Souderton Area)
.432 AVG, 36 R, 29 RBI, 22 SB // 8 2B, 5 3B, 5 HR, .712 SLG // 18 BB, 5 HBP, 10 K, .517 OBP

Greg Schneider, So, Util, Frostburg State (Thomas Jefferson)
1.85 ERA, 9-1, 87.1 IP, 58 H, 29 BB, 98 K, .187 Opp AVG
.333 AVG, 23 R, 14 RBI, 7 SB // 5 2B, 2 3B, 3 HR, .527 SLG // 5 BB, 0 HBP, 17 K, .367 OBP

Ryan Dorosh, Sr, P, Misericordia (Garnet Valley)
2.47 ERA, 7-0, 69.1 IP, 62 H, 14 BB, 58 K, .233 Opp AVG

Christian Herstine, Sr, P, Marietta (Beaver Area)
1.78 ERA, 6-5, 96.0 IP, 73 H, 35 BB, 76 K, .216 Opp AVG

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