WASHINGTON, Pa. -- The Washington & Jefferson College baseball team concluded 2022 ranked No. 24 in the final American Baseball Coaches Association/Collegiate Baseball NCAA Division III Baseball Poll of the season. 

The Presidents finished the 2022 campaign with a 37-10 overall record. The 37 wins are tied with the 2021 team for the third most in a single-season in program history. Only the College World Series teams from 2017 and 2019 had more wins in a season. With a 10-2 victory over Westminster College on May 14, W&J captured its 14th Presidents' Athletic Conference title and punched its ticket to the NCAA Division III Tournament for a ninth time. The Presidents finished with a 25-2 record in conference play and won 23 of 26 games at Ross Memorial Park. 

Eastern Connecticut State, the 2022 NCAA Division III champion, finished in the top spot with a 49-3 record. Salisbury University, LaGrange University, Marietta College and Wisconsin-Stevens Point rounded out the top five in the rankings. 

Individually, junior utility Tyler Horvat (Irwin, Pa./Penn-Trafford) earned All-America honors from D3baseball.com. Collectively, a total of six different Presidents earned All-Region status from the ABCA and D3baseball.com. Senior catcher Peter Kalinski (Washington, D.C./Saint John's College) was voted PAC Player of the Year while 20th year head coach Jeff Mountain earned PAC Coach of the Year honors for the 10th time. A total of 10 Presidents garnered All-PAC recognition back in mid-May. 

Rank - School - Record - Points -Last Week
1. Eastern Connecticut (20) 49-3 600 1
2. Salisbury (Md.) 39-12 576 11
3. LaGrange (Ga.) 44-9 556 4
4. Marietta (Ohio) 44-7 542 2
5. Wis.-Stevens Point 42-10 528 12
6. Trinity (Texas) 38-13 498 13
7. Baldwin Wallace (Ohio) 37-13 460 18
8. Birmingham-Southern (Ala.) 41-10 438 3
9. Chapman (Calif.) 35-14 399 15
10. Wis.-Whitewater 36-11 395 7
11. Rowan (N.J.) 33-10 388 10
12. Endicott (Mass.) 40-10 356 16
13. Catholic 34-16 330 nr
14. Arcadia (Pa.) 40-9 310 5
15. Oswego (N.Y.) 33-13 290 17
16. Denison (Ohio) 35-11 285 9
17. Webster (Mo.) 38-8 265 6
18. Lynchburg (Va.) 36-12 235 8
19. Wooster (Ohio) 35-17 222 rv
20. Cortland (N.Y.) 35-12 218 14
21. Ithaca (N.Y.) 34-14 182 30
22. Shenandoah (Va.) 37-12-1 167 19
23. Aurora (Ill.) 36-11 163 20
24. Washington & Jefferson (Pa.) 37-10 147 21
25. Wheaton (Mass.) 32-12 129 24
26. Pomona-Pitzer (Calif.) 32-14 120 25
27. North Central (Ill.) 35-14 113 22
28. Bethel (Minn.) 35-11 69 29
29. La Verne (Calif.) 30-12-1 50 26
30. Christopher Newport (Va.) 27-14 46 rv

Also receiving votes: Texas-Dallas 41, Cal Lutheran 37, Montclair (N.J.) State 35, Middlebury (Vt.) 29, Augustana (Ill.) 21, East Texas Baptist 14, Pacific (Ore.) 12, William Paterson (N.J.) 11, Salve Regina (R.I.) 9, Brockport (N.Y.) 7, Rochester (N.Y.) 5, Penn State Harrisburg 2.