Five Student-Athletes Earn PSUAC Honors

Five student-athletes earned PSUAC Honors this spring for their accomplishments on the field.

Earning Player of the Year and 1st Team All-Conference honors was sophomore, Blaise McCarty of Beaver Falls, PA.  This season Blaise batted an impressive .441 with 52 hits including 7 doubles, 2 triples and a home run with 16 RBI's.  From the mound, as a closer, he pitched 14.1 innings striking out 24 with an ERA of 1.26.

Earning 2nd Team honors was sophomore Nick Casasanta of Moon Township, PA.  Nick, the number two pitcher in the rotation has thrown 37.2 innings striking out 34 with an ERA of 2.87.  He holds a record of 5-0 in 7 outings.  From the plate he batted .349 with 29 hits and 13 RBI's including 4 doubles, 1 triple and 2 home runs.

Rounding out the honors for Beaver Baseball was freshman Jake Debo of New Brighton.  The number one pitcher in the rotation and a clean up hitter, Debo also earned 2nd Team All-Conference.  Batting .300, Jake had 30 hits and 31 RBI's including 10 doubles, 2 triples and 4 home runs.  From the mound he threw 54.2 innings with an ERA of 3.95 with 28 strike outs.

On the women's side, senior Rachel Borrell of Downingtown, PA earned a 1st Team All-Conference.  One of the best all-around players in the program, Rachel has been a leader from the plate and in the field all season.  Batting an impressive .431 she's tallied 24 RBI's on 31 hits (5 doubles, 3 triples) and racked up 6 stolen bases.

Also earning a spot on the 2nd Team All-Conference was Asia Borders a sophomore from Ellwood City.  Asia batted .359 with 21 RBI's.  She also had 3 doubles and 3 triples on the season while stealing 6 bases this season.

Congratulations to all of this spring's award winners.