WASHINGTON, Pa. – Five members of the Washington & Jefferson College baseball team earned All-Region status when the 2022 D3baseball.com All-Region Teams were announced Tuesday morning by the organization.
Following a 37-10 campaign, which included a 25-2 conference mark, the Presidents were well-represented on the All-Region 7 Teams. The five honorees were the second most in the region. W&J captured its 14th Presidents' Athletic Conference title earlier this month and made its ninth appearance in the NCAA Tournament.
Jameson Campbell (Painesville, Ohio/Riverside),
Tyler Horvat (Irwin, Pa./Penn-Trafford) and
Peter Kalinski (Washington, D.C./Saint John's College) earned All-Region Second Team status.
Dante DiMatteo (Pittsburgh, Pa./Fox Chapel) and
Henry Litman (Marietta, Ga./Walton) picked up All-Region Third Team honors.
Horvat earns All-Region honors for the second time in his career. He produced another exceptional season as one of the top two-way players in Division III Baseball. Offensively, Horvat ranked first in on-base percentage (.494) and in batting average (.445) among conference players with 38 runs scored and 30 RBI. Despite missing 10 games, his 65 hits ranked second among conference players. Horvat has also stolen 21 bases in 25 attempts. On the mound, Horvat has posted a 2.13 earned-run average and sports an 8-1 record with two complete games. Opponents have hit just .212 against him. He issued just 11 walks in 67.2 innings.
Campbell put together a remarkable senior season, as he compiled a 10-2 record with a 3.10 earned run average. Campbell led the conference in wins (10) and ranked third in opponent batting average (.214) and fifth in strikeouts (70). Campbell earned a pair of wins against regionally ranked foes, beating Benedictine on March 18 and Wooster on March 23 during W&J's Spring Break trip to RussMatt Central Florida Invitational. Campbell tossed a two-hit shutout versus conference runner-up Westminster on May 7.
Kalinski, a First Team All-PAC pick and PAC Player of the Year, compiled a .356 batting average with six doubles, five home runs, 41 RBIs and 42 runs scored. His 42 runs scored were the most among PAC players, while his on-base percentage (.469) and RBIs ranked fifth in the PAC. Kalinski was terrific in run-producing situations, hitting .404 with runners in scoring position and totaling 16 two-out RBIs. He ranked seventh in NCAA Division III with eight sacrifice flies.
DiMatteo led the PAC and ranks sixth in NCAA Division III with 10 saves as a freshman. He registered 38 strikeouts in 30.1 innings pitched. He limited the opposition to a .175 batting average. He recorded impressive two-inning saves against regionally-ranked foes Mount Union, Benedictine and Wooster.
Litman compiled an 8-3 record with a 2.93 earned-run average over a team-high 86 innings. His 86 strikeouts established a new single-season school record. He limited the opposition to a .229 batting average. He struck out a season-high 10 batters in W&J's PAC Tournament semifinals victory over Grove City. The D3baseball.com All-Region honor is the second straight for Litman, who last year was D3baseball.com Mideast Region Pitcher of the Year as a junior.
Marietta senior third baseman Damian Yenzi (Player of the Year), Marietta senior pitcher Sam Mathews (Pitcher of the Year), Mount Aloysius utility Tyler Quade (Rookie of the Year) and Hope head coach Stu Fritz (Coach of the Year) claimed the respective All-Region 7 awards.
D3baseball.com is expected to announce its Division III All-American Teams on Wednesday. Players were nominated for these awards by the Sports Information Directors at the various schools.