GREENWOOD, Ind. – Four members of the Washington & Jefferson College baseball team represented the Presidents on the 2025 Academic All-District® Baseball Team. The team, selected by College Sports Communicators, recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the diamond and in the classroom.
 
The CSC Academic All-America® program separately recognizes honorees in four divisions — NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III and NAIA.
 
Receiving the recognition for their work in the classroom and in competition were Dante DiMatteo (Pittsburgh, Pa./Fox Chapel), Drew Garth (Glenshaw, Pa./North Hills), Ethan Marszalek (Katy, Texas/Seven Lakes) and Brian Feldman (Gibsonia, Pa./Eden Christian Academy).
 
DiMatteo, a two-time CSC Academic All-District recipient, concluded his tenure at W&J with a 3.78 cumulative grade-point average as an accounting major. DiMatteo is a multi-time Beta Scholar, seven-time Dean's List recipient, PAC Spring Academic Honor Roll recipient and a Member of Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society.
 
DiMatteo wrapped a historic campaign for the Presidents this season recently being named a 2025 Division III D3baseball.com First Team All-American and an American Baseball Coaches Association/Rawlings Third Team All-American. DiMatteo is the first W&J baseball player to earn First Team All-America honors since Tyler Horvat '23 in 2023. He cements himself as one of the greats in W&J baseball history as the 10^th player and the seventh pitcher to earn All-America honors in a Presidents uniform.
 
DiMatteo was also recently announced as D3baseball.com Region 7 Pitcher of the Year, the first since Henry Litman '22 during the 2021 season. He also received All-Region First Team honors (Region 7) from D3baseball.com and ABCA/Rawlings.
 
The Presidents' ace followed the same trajectory as Litman, collecting the Presidents' Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Year award. DiMatteo is W&J's first PAC Pitcher of the Year since Horvat '23 in 2023 and the 10^th all-time to be awarded the honor in program history.
 
The senior right-handed pitcher is now a three-time All-PAC selection, making his first appearance on First Team. He finished 9-0 with a 0.83 earned run average and 68 strikeouts in 65.1 innings on the season. The starting battery for the Presidents holds the second-best ERA in all NCAA Divisions (I, II, III). DiMatteo held opposing batters to a .200 batting average with six earned runs given up all season. He collected two PAC Pitcher of the Week honors as well as a PAC All-Tournament laurels in his final campaign.
 
DiMatteo compiled one of the best statistical seasons for a W&J pitcher in program history this season. The senior hurler topped the W&J record books in career appearances with 61 throughout his career, lowest single-season ERA (Min. 40 innings pitched) with a 0.83 mark and added a save to his W&J career saves record with 16. DiMatteo also moved to second all-time in career strikeouts with 213, second only to Sam Mann '07 who had 250.
 
DiMatteo also holds the 10^th most wins in program history with a nearly perfect 19-1 career record. His only recorded career loss came during the 2024 season. Following this season, DiMatteo's 9-0 record moved him to a tie for sixth in the W&J baseball record book in single season wins.
 
Garth, a two-time CSC Academic All-District recipient, finished his tenure at W&J with a 3.72 cumulative GPA as an accounting major. The Magna Cum Laude graduate is a multi-time member of the Dean's List and PAC Spring Academic Honor Roll. He is a member of the Investment Club Accounting Society at W&J and was an intern with PPG Industries, Inc. in Pittsburgh for Finance.
 
Garth sustained his offensive impact in his second year with the Red & Black, earning All-PAC First Team honors for the second-consecutive season. Garth ranked 11th in the PAC in OPS (1.018), eighth in batting average (.369), ninth in hits (55), tied for fifth in home runs (6), fourth in total bases (86) and sixth in slugging percentage (.577). Garth had 13 multi-hit games this season, including four three-hit games. Five of his six home runs came in conference play, the outlier being hit against Division I Kent State. Garth also appeared as a PAC Hitter of the Week in late April.
 
Garth wraps his career ranked sixth in batting average at W&J (.379) and tied for ninth in home runs (16).
 
Marszalek concludes his time at W&J with a 3.80 cumulative GPA in his major of Biology. The senior right-handed pitcher graduated Magna Cum Laude.
 
Marszalek finishes his time at W&J as an All-PAC Second Team selection, the first of his career. The senior hurler for the Presidents posted a 3.31 season ERA (seventh in the PAC) in 68.0 innings pitched (fourth in the PAC) with a career-high 58 strikeouts (third in the PAC) and overall record of 5-3. Marszalek was named the PAC Pitcher of the Week for his performances on spring break in Florida this season.
 
Marszalek caps his career with the Presidents holding a 3.53 career ERA, 13 total wins, 163.0 innings pitched, 138 strikeouts while holding opposing batters to a batting average of .253 over his four-year career.
 
Feldman earns his first CSC Academic All-District nod following his sophomore season holding a 3.74 cumulative GPA as an accounting major.
 
The sophomore first baseman put together a respectable season, playing in a career-high 37 games and breaking his way into the starting lineup with 29 starts. Feldman wrapped the season with a .276 batting average with 32 hits, 18 runs scored, 11 doubles, 29 RBIs, 10 walks, four steals and one home run. Feldman also held one of the highest fielding percentages in the PAC (.996) with only one error on the season.
 
To be eligible for academic all-district honors, student-athletes must compete in 90 percent of the institution's games/contests played OR must start in at least 66 percent of the institution's games/contests. An undergraduate student-athlete must have at least a 3.50 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale).
 
DiMatteo and Garth now move on to the Academic All-America ballot. First, second and third-team Academic All-America® honorees will be announced July 1.