DECKER NAMED TO 2019 GOOGLE CLOUD ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT® BASEBALL TEAM

May 9, 2019

DECKER NAMED TO 2019 GOOGLE CLOUD ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT® BASEBALL TEAM

Orangeburg, N.Y. (5/9/19) Dominican College baseball player, Justin Decker (Rotterdam, N.Y.) has been named to the 2019 Google Cloud Academic All-District® Baseball Team as was announced by the College Sports Information Directors of America (Co-SIDA) today.

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Orangeburg, N.Y. (5/9/19) Dominican College baseball player, Justin Decker (Rotterdam, N.Y.) has been named to the 2019 Google Cloud Academic All-District® Baseball Team as was announced by the College Sports Information Directors of America (Co-SIDA) today.

The 2019 Google Cloud Academic All-District® Baseball Team, selected by CoSIDA, recognizes the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the field and in the classroom. The Google Cloud Academic All-America® program separately recognizes baseball honorees in four divisions — NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III and NAIA.

First-team Academic All-District® honorees advance to the Google Cloud Academic All-America® ballot. First-, second- and third-team (when selected) Academic All-America® honorees will be announced in June.

The senior second basemen, makes his second consecutive appearance on the Google Cloud Academic All-District® First Team. Decker maintains a 3.81 GPA and is majoring in Financial Management. He was previously named to the All-Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) First Team for the second time and in 2018 earned All-CACC Second Team honors. He recorded his 200th career hit this season and became the program's All-Time Hit Leader. Decker is second on the team and is sixth in the conference in hits and runs batted in, while sitting sixth in the CACC in on-base percentage and 12th in batting average. Prior to the start of the season he was named to the 2019 National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Division II Preseason All-East Region First Team.

NCAA DIVISION II – DISTRICT 1 (Central Atlantic, East Coast, Northeast 10)

FIRST TEAM

Pos. Name School GPA Yr. Major

P Timmy Kalantzakos Merrimack College 3.73 So. Business Administration

P Cam Monagle Merrimack College 3.58 Sr. Business

P Jake Walkinshaw Southern New Hampshire 3.88/4.00 Gr. Business Management

C Ryan Kuskowski New York Institute of Technology 3.45 Jr. Engineering Management

IF Justin Decker Dominican College 3.81 Sr. Financial Management

IF Thomas Joyce Merrimack College 3.85 Jr. Economics

IF Brett Malm Adelphi University 3.65 Sr. Sports Management

IF John Mooradian Mercy College 3.78 Jr. Nursing

OF Julian Kurych Wilmington University 3.85 Sr. Business Management

OF Matthew Ronai Merrimack College 3.83 Sr. Sports Medicine

OF Max Troiani Bentley University 3.74 Jr. Economics-Finance

DH Michael Manzione LIU Post 3.56 Sr. Criminal Justice

The aim of Dominican University New York is to promote educational excellence, leadership, and service in an environment characterized by respect for the individual and concern for the community and its needs. Founded by the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt, the university is an independent institution of higher learning, Catholic in origin and heritage. In the Dominican tradition, it fosters the active, shared pursuit of truth and embodies an ideal of education rooted in the values of reflective understanding and compassionate involvement. Committed to building its programs upon a strong foundation in the liberal arts and sciences, the university maintains a student-centered climate and serves a diverse community of students in undergraduate and graduate programs. The university empowers this community of learners to excel, lead and serve with integrity and to engage responsibly in the pursuit of a more just, ethical and sustainable world. Dominican also sponsors 17 varsity intercollegiate sports that compete at the NCAA Division II level. To learn more about Dominican University New York, please visit www.duny.edu.