May 25, 2004
Baltimore, MD -
Johns Hopkins senior second baseman Tim Casale (West Hempstead, NY/Chaminade), junior centerfielder Paul Winterling (Glenelg, MD/McDonogh) and senior righthander Jeremy Brown (Baltimore, MD/McDonogh) were named to the 2004 ABCA Mid-Atlantic All-Region Baseball Team on Tuesday.
Senior rightfielder Rob Morrison (Malibu, CA/Loyola) was named to the second team.
Brown, who this year was named the Centennial Pitcher of the Year for the second straight season, led Hopkins with nine wins, a 1.55 earned run average, 81.1 innings pitched, 93 strikeouts and a 1.72 opponents' batting average. He allowed one earned run in seven-inning complete game wins over Ursinus on March 27 and Franklin & Marshall on April 10, and gave up one earned run in consecutive nine-inning complete game victories over McDaniel on April 15 and Catholic on April 21. In the NCAA Regional Brown threw a complete game shutout against Juniata, just the second shutout by Hopkins in NCAA history, and was named to the all-regional team. He finished his career second at Hopkins with 247 strikeouts and tied for seventh with 24 career wins, while his .828 career winning percentage is the sixth highest in JHU history.
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Casale, the Centennial Conference Player of the Year, batted .405 with team-highs of 44 runs scored and five triples while ranking second with 60 hits. Additionally he hit 12 doubles, knocked in 25 runs and stole 27 bases in 30 attempts while posting 19 multiple-hit games this season. Casale went 6-for-12 with five runs scored in the league tournament and recorded five three-hit games from the leadoff spot this year. He recorded a hit in 34 of the 40 games in which he had an at bat this season, and currently is ranked 26th in Division III in stolen bases per game.
Winterling, a first team all-conference selection this year, batted .336 with team-highs of 10 home runs and 50 runs batted in. He stole a team-high 31 bases in 32 attempts, was third on the team with 39 runs scored and added 42 hits and 12 doubles. Winterling, who is currently 15th in Division III in stolen bases per game and 19th in RBIs per game, had two three-hit games and seven two-hit games this season. He is currently tied for third at Hopkins with 22 career home runs and is the only player in JHU history to hit at least 10 home runs in two seasons.
Morrison, who was named to the all-conference second team, led the Blue Jays with a .477 batting average and 63 hits this season. Morrison, who had a 20-game hit streak snapped Sunday, recorded a hit in 32 of the 35 games in which he had an at-bat this year. He went 4-for-5 with two runs scored in the win over Wheaton on March 20, and has seven three-hit games and 14 two-games games this season. In the May 1 win over F&M in the conference tournament Morrison went 3-for-5 with two RBIs and a runs scored, and the following day was 3-for-6 with two runs batted in and three runs scored. He batted .409 at the NCAA Regional with two home runs and five RBIs to earn all-regional honors.
The Blue Jays ended the year 40-4, setting a school record for wins in a season.
2004 ABCA Mid-Atlantic All-Region Baseball First Team
C - Mike Rucci, Rowan
DH - Brian Hickey, College of New Jersey
1B - Mark Roth, Delaware Valley
2B - Tim Casale, Johns Hopkins
3B - Joe Hernandez, William Paterson
SS - Harold Knebel, Misericordia
OF - Nigel Archibald, Centenary
OF - Brad Doppstadt, Elizabethtown
OF - Paul Winterling, Johns Hopkins
OF - Brandon McCabe, Delaware Valley
P - Josh Schwartz, Rowan
P - Tom McCullen, Rowan
P - Jeremy Brown, Johns Hopkins
U - George Lopresti, Misericordia
Second Team
C - Chris Regan, Messiah
DH - Scott Haft, Franklin & Marshall
1B - Pat Zegarski, College of New Jersey
2B - Chris Schoonhoven, College of New Jersey
3B - Tom Calistri, FDU-Florham
SS - A.J. DeNardo, Delaware Valley
OF - Doug Aday, Ramapo
OF - Mike Cohan, DeSales
OF - Rob Morrison, Johns Hopkins
OF - Justin Loomis, Arcadia
P - Jeff Gogal, Montclair State
P - Dave Henninger, Messiah
P - Matt Reppert, DeSales
U - Nick Urbanovich, Rowan
Third Team
C - Nolan Neiman, DeSales
DH - Chris Crescenzi, Richard Stockton
1B - John Connell, Arcadia
2B - John Drozdowski, Gwynedd-Mercy
3B - Gary Kruger, Franklin & Marshall
SS - Dan Hauze, DeSales
OF - Dan Fratantoro, DeSales
OF - Shane Elzer, Penn State-Behrend
OF - Brian Ciconte, Rowan
OF - Chris Heisey, Messiah
P - Julius Jenkins, College of New Jersey
P - Ryan Willauer, Gwynedd-Mercy
P - Brian McLaughlin, Rowan
U - Rocky Ruiz, Centenary
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