NEC Baseball Coaches Tab Wagner Preseason No. 1

Wagner won a plurality of first-place votes to finish atop the 2010 Northeast Conference Baseball Preseason Coaches Poll.  The league office released the results of the annual survey as a prelude to its 24th season on the diamond.   Flying high following the program’s first ever regular season conference crown last spring, the Seahawks received four top nods to finish one spot in front of defending NEC Tournament champion Monmouth and its two first-place votes.  Finishing in the same position it held at the conclusion of the 2009 regular season schedule, Central Connecticut State, which earned a pair of top nods, took third. Sacred Heart received the lone first-place vote and finished fourth.   Set for its first season as a Northeast Conference member, Bryant finished fifth, one place ahead of 2008 NEC champion Mount St. Mary’s.  Quinnipiac took seventh with Fairleigh Dickinson and Long Island rounding out the survey results in eighth and ninth, respectively.

Former FDU Standout Inks Pro Deal With Evansville Otters

Matt Maher   Former Fairleigh Dickinson University baseball standout Matt Maher (Peekskill, NY) signed a professional baseball contract Tuesday, January 12th. Maher, who hit .339 in his final season, was signed by the Evansville Otters (Indiana) of the Frontier League. Maher reports to spring training May 21. Maher broke the FDU all-time record for most hits (201) and most stolen bases (71), while being named an ESPN First Team Academic All-American in 2009 and Northeast Conference Scholar Athlete of the Year after he posted a 3.9 grade point average. "Matt had a tremendous four-year career here and I am ecstatic that he is getting the opportunity to play at the next level," said Head Coach Jerry DeFabbia.