October 20, 2020

SUNYAC Releases Baseball All-Decade Honors

CORTLAND, N.Y. - The State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) announces its Baseball Athlete of the Decade, Coach of the Decade and All-Decade Team as nominated and voted on by the institution's sports information directors.

To be eligible for the All-Decade Team, athletes must have competed in the SUNYAC at least one season during the 2009-10 academic year through 2019-20 and athletes must have been named to the All-SUNYAC team more than once or named Athlete of the Year once. Athlete and Coach of the Decade recipients were previously named SUNYAC Athlete of the Year or Coach of the Year.

SUNYAC Baseball Athlete of the Decade - Eric Hamilton, Oswego

Hamilton played for the Lakers from 2014-17. During that time he was was a two-time ABCA/Rawlings All-American (second team, third team), two-time D3Baseball All-American (second team), three-time ABCA/Rawlings All-Region selection and four-time first team All-SUNYAC selection. He added a pair of ABCA/Rawlings Gold Gloves to his resume at third base in 2015 and 2017. In his junior and senior years, he was the SUNYAC Player of the Year. In 2016 and 2017, he batted .399 and .435 with 142 hits, 18 homeruns, and 94 RBI combined in his two All-American campaigns. Hamilton's career stats included: 160 games played, a .384 batting average, 229 hits, 146 RBI, a .424 on-base percentage and 24 steals.

SUNYAC Baseball Coach of the Decade - Joe Brown, Cortland

Brown's 10-year record from 2010-19 was 386-96-3 which is the highest win total and winning percentage (.799) of any Division III coach during the decade. Cortland won at least 34 games each season the last decade, including 40 or more victories four times. Brown and his team appeared in the NCAA tournament each of the last 10 years winning a national championship in 2015 and finishing as the runner-up in 2010. The Red Dragons had five World Series appearances (2010-12-14-15-16), six SUNYAC titles (2011-12-13-14-15-16) and the program placed in the top 10 nationally in nine of the 10 years during the decade. Brown was the D3baseball.com Coach of the Decade (2010-19) and in 2015 he was the ABCA Division III National Coach of the Year and D3baseball.com National Coach of the Year. He was a six-time ABCA Division III New York Region Coach of the Year (2010-11-12-14-15-19), four-time D3baseball.com New York Region Coach of the Year (2014-15-18-19), the 2015 ECAC Division III Upstate New York Coach of the Year and a three-time SUNYAC Coach of the Year (2015-16-19). Brown was also a 2016 inductee into the New York State Baseball Hall of Fame.

2010's SUNYAC Baseball All-Decade Team (PDF)

Name	School	Position	Years Competed
Wes Burghardt	Brockport	Designated Hitter, Second Base	2013-16
John Adornetto	Cortland	Shortstop	2011-13
Ray Angelucci	Cortland	Pitcher	2012
Steven Figueroa	Cortland	Infield	2016-17
Andersen Gardner	Cortland	Catcher	2007-10
Zack Graczyk	Cortland	Outfield	2011-13
Anthony Iacomini	Cortland	Third Base	2013-14
Matt June	Cortland	Second Base	2009-12
Seth Lamando	Cortland	Pitcher	2015-16
Brandon McClain	Cortland	Pitcher	2011-15
Aaron Schuldt	Cortland	Pitcher	2011-12
Brandon Serio	Cortland	Pitcher	2013-15
Jason Simone	Cortland	Outfield	2008-10
Justin Teague	Cortland	Catcher	2015-18
Matt Valin	Cortland	Pitcher	2018-19
Alex Weingarten	Cortland	Pitcher	2015, 2017
Conrad Ziemendorf	Cortland	Outfield	2013-16
Rob Herrmann	Fredonia	Catcher	2007-10
Chris Chismar	New Paltz	Pitcher	2010-13
Dave Filak	Oneonta	Pitcher	2008-10
Kevin Knack	Oneonta	Infield	2009-12
Tim Cronin	Oswego	Pitcher	2014-17
Mike Dellicarri	Oswego	Outfield	2016-19
Robert Donnelly	Oswego	Pitcher/Infield	2015-18
Eric Hamilton	Oswego	Infield/Catcher	2014-17
Brendyn Karinchak	Oswego	Pitcher	2014-15
Myles Kutscher	Oswego	Designated Hitter	2015-18
Patrick Shaughnessy	Plattsburgh	Second Base	2009-12