Haley Claims Second Straight ABCA/ATEC Region 2 Coach Of The Year Honors

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BEVERLY, Mass. — Endicott baseball head coach Bryan Haley has been voted the 2024 American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA)/ATEC Sports NCAA Division III Region 2 Coach of the Year.

This is Haley's second career ABCA/ATEC Regional Coach of the Year award.

Earlier this season, Haley also earned D3baseball.com Region II and New England Intercollegiate Baseball Association (NEIBA) Division III Coach of the Year accolades, respectively.

YEAR IN REVIEW

Endicott posted a 47-4 overall record, a 13-1 conference mark, and a perfect 25-0 record at home.

The Gulls captured their third straight Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) Championship, won the Mansfield Regional Championship, and swept No. 6/7 Johns Hopkins (7-5, 10 inn. | 5-2) at home to punch their ticket to the College World Series for the second straight season.

At the NCAA Division III Championship, Endicott secured its first-ever victory on the game's biggest stage by defeating No. 9/12 Pomona-Pitzer, 7-6, in walk-off fashion on Saturday, June 1.

Additional milestones for this year's squad include a program record 47 wins, becoming the first varsity sport in school history to earn a No. 1 national ranking, and a third straight New England Intercollegiate Baseball Association (NEIBA) D3 Team of the Year award.

Endicott concluded the 2024 season ranked inside the top-5 on the final ABCA and D3baseball.com polls, respectively.

The Gulls were slotted third overall on the ABCA Poll, a year-end program record, and fourth via D3baseball.com — marking their highest finish ever from the media organization.

The previous year-end school record was No. 5 on the 2023 ABCA final poll.

TOP-25 NCAA NATIONAL RANKINGS

• Walks (1st, 316)
• Doubles (23, 103)
• Earned Run Average (1st, 2.99)
• Fielding Percentage (1st, .979)
• Hit By Pitch (17th, 95)
• Hits (16th, 526)
• Hits Allowed Per Nine Innings (1st, 6.92)
• Home Runs (14th, 53)
• On-Base Percentage (9th, .435)
• Runs (6th, 451)
• Scoring (24th, 8.8)
• Shutouts (11th, 6)
• Stolen Bases (13th, 130)
• Strikeout-to-Walk Ratio (5th, 2.94)
• Strikeouts Per Nine Innings (9th, 9.8)
• Triples (16th, 19)
• WHIP (1st, 1.14)
• Win-Loss Percentage (1st, .922)
• Walks Allowed Per Nine Innings (17th, 3.32)

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(Photo Credit - David Le '10)