Endicott Athletics and Recreation

    • Will Bryant, Michael DeDonato Earn Multiple Postseason Awards

    BEVERLY, Mass. – Endicott baseball student-athletes Will Bryant (Cumberland, Maine) and Michael DeDonato (Chelmsford, Mass.) were honored by multiple organizations with postseason awards earlier this week.

    Split photo.
    May 24, 2018

    D3BASEBALL.COM ALL-NEW ENGLAND REGION TEAM | ABCA/RAWLINGS & NEIBA ALL-NEW ENGLAND REGION TEAMS

    BEVERLY, Mass. – Endicott baseball student-athletes Will Bryant (Cumberland, Maine) and Michael DeDonato (Chelmsford, Mass.) were honored by multiple organizations with postseason awards earlier this week. DeDonato collected ABCA/Rawlings and NEIBA All-New England Region First Team accolades in addition to receiving D3baseball.com All-New England Third Team honors. Meanwhile, Byrant was picked as an All-New England Third Team selection by all three organizations.

    Today's announcement marks Bryant's second career D3baseball.com All-New England Region honor (2nd Team, 2017) and first career selections to both the ABCA and NEIBA All-Region Teams. DeDonato, on the other hand, collected All-New England honors from all three organizations for the first time in his career.

    WILL BRYANT | JUNIOR | RHP | CUMBERLAND, MAINE

    Bryant appeared in 20 games for the Gulls in 2018 and posted a 1-2 record, 10 saves, 22 strikeouts (7.33 per game), and a 2.00 earned run average (ERA) on 27.0 innings pitched. Bryant ranked first in the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) in saves and second in appearances. Nationally, Bryant also ranked No. 7 in saves.

    Other highlights from his season included a 14 innings scoreless streak to start the year from March 4 to April 10 (1-0 record, eight saves, nine strikeouts, Endicott 10-1 overall) and an inherited runner scored percentage of .267 (15/4).

    MICHAEL DEDONATO | SENIOR | 2B | CHELMSFORD, MASS.

    DeDonato boasted a .403/.454/.540 slash line (.avg/.obp/.slg) for Endicott in 44 games played/started, all at second base. DeDonato also compiled 41 runs scored, 71 hits, 15 doubles, three home runs, 37 RBI, 95 total bases, 12 walks, and 41 stolen bases on the year.

    DeDonato paced the conference in hits, doubles, total bases, stolen bases, and batting average, and also finished in the top-10 in runs (5th), home runs (8th), RBI (6th), on-base percentage (9th), and slugging percentage (3rd). Meanwhile, nationally, DeDonato is No. 1 in the country in stolen bases, No. 4 in stolen bases per game (0.93), No. 23 in hits, and No. 81 in batting average.

    Additional highlights from DeDonato's senior campaign included the following totals: 22 multi-hit games (2-14, 3-5, 4-3), 10 multi-RBI contests (2-7, 3-2, 4-1), a 12-game hitting streak to end the year, a 15-game on-base streak, a .463 batting average with runners in scoring position (25-for-54), and a .449 batting average with two outs (22-for-49).

    YEAR IN REVIEW

    Endicott went 27-17 overall this spring and advanced to the CCC Tournament semifinals, which extended the Gulls' postseason streak to 23 straight seasons. The Blue and Green also secured their 17th 20-win season in program history and ninth straight season with 25 wins or more in 2018.