NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – The New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL) unveiled the members of the 2019 All-NECBL First and Second Teams on Monday and a familiar name appeared on the list. 

Sanford Mainers second baseman Drew DeMartino earned first-team honors after finishing the season with a .319 batting average in 160 at-bats. The right-handed hitter from Pittsfield, Massachusetts, had six home runs and 31 RBIs in 43 games played. DeMartino was selected to the NECBL All-Star Game in late July.  

DeMartino

Comprised of a position player at each spot on the diamond, a designated hitter, three starting pitchers, three relievers and a closer on each side, the league honored 32 student-athletes on their outstanding summers in the New England League.

Twelve of the league’s 13 teams were represented on the All-NECBL Teams, with the Mystic Schooners leading all organizations with five selections thanks to three first-team honorees and a pair of second-team picks. Their three first-team selections were tied with the Upper Valley Nighthawks for the most by a single NECBL organization this summer. 

The 2019 league champion Keene Swamp Bats joined the Newport Gulls and Vermont Mountaineers with four honorees, followed by the Martha’s Vineyard Sharks, Nighthawks and Valley Blue Sox with three selections apiece. 

The North Adams SteepleCats boasted a pair of all-league designees, while the Danbury Westerners, Ocean State Waves, Sanford Mainers and Winnipesaukee Muskrats rounded out the honorees with one all-league selection apiece.

The league announces the annual end-of-year awards today followed by the unveiling of the 2019 New England League Most Valuable Player on Wednesday

For the fifth time in the 25-year history of the New England Collegiate Baseball League, the Fay Vincent Sr. Cup will reside with the Keene Swamp Bats, which concluded the summer with a nearly unblemished postseason run that ended with the organization’s fifth championship, the second-highest title total among all organizations. Keene swept the 2019 NECBL Championship Series over the Martha’s Vineyard Sharks.