EASTON, Mass. (May 19, 2008) – Junior pitcher Bobby Kay (Stony Brook, N.Y.) was named to the 2008 ABCA/Rawlings Division II Northeast Regional Baseball Team. The announcement was made Monday afternoon by Patrick Boen, Stonehill head coach and Northeast Regional chair of the ABCA Division II All-America Committee. 

Southern Connecticut's Karl Derbach was named the region's Player of the Year while teammate Jim Fuller received Pitcher of the Year honors.

Kay was 7-2 this year with a 2.14 earned run average and recorded 82 strikeouts in 84 innings pitched while holding opponents to a .202 batting average. Kay recorded a season record four shutouts to add to his career total of five career shutouts. 

The Pioneers (29-27) won their first East Coast Conference title in program history and advanced to the NCAA Northeast Regional for the first time since 1985. 

2008 ABCA/Rawlings Div. II Northeast Region First Team
1B Cody Levins, Nyack
2B Mike Baillargeon, Assumption
3B Mike DiReda, Assumption
SS Michael Diaz, SCSU
C Jack Cawley, Pace
OF Karl Derbacher, Southern Conn.
OF Kevin Renaud, Franklin Pierce
OF Adric Saxon, Caldwell
OF Nick Campbell, Bryant
DH Anthony Fiorillo, Southern Conn.
UT Scott Savastano, Franklin Pierce
SP Eric Loh, Bryant
SP, Mike Adams, Frankin Pierce
SP Jim Fuller, Southern Conn.
SP Dustin Corbett, Pace
RP Tyler Bishop, Franklin Pierce

2008 ABCA/Rawlings Div. II Northeast Region Second Team
Tom Maloney, Dominican
Tyler Mentzer, Philadelphia
Jason Alexander, Bryant
John Mazzello, St. Thomas Aquinas
Chris Irwin, Molloy
James Roche, Bentley
Michael Curry, Univ. of the Sciences Philadelphia
T.J. Greg, Molloy
Jeff Bercume, Merrimack
Tommy Murphy, Caldwell
Brian Testa, Wilmington
Robert Casal, Caldwell
Michael Mondesir, Dominican
Bobby Lanigan, Adelphi
Bobby Kay, C.W. Post
Mackenzie King, Pace