JOSHUA COLON EARNS D2CCA & ABCA/RAWLINGS DIVISION II ALL-AMERICAN HONORS

June 4, 2021

JOSHUA COLON EARNS D2CCA & ABCA/RAWLINGS DIVISION II ALL-AMERICAN HONORS

Orangeburg, N.Y. (6/4/21) The Division II Conference Conference Commissioners Association, along with the American Baseball Coaches Association and Rawlings Sporting Goods released their Division II All-America selections for the 2021 season earlier today.

Orangeburg, N.Y. (6/4/21) The Division II Conference Conference Commissioners Association (D2CCA), along with the American Baseball Coaches Association and Rawlings Sporting Goods released their Division II All-America selections for the 2021 season earlier today.

Dominican College's Joshua Colon was named to the ABCA/Rawlings All-American First Team and to the D2CCA All-American Third Team. Colon adds these accolades to his previously awarded CACC Player of the Year, the NCBWA East Region Player of the Year, the D2CCA East Region Player of the Year, the All-CACC First Team, the NCBWA First Team, the D2CCA East Region First Team and the NCBWA All-American Third Team honors.

Colon, the senior captain from the Bronx, N.Y., led the Chargers to a 19-15 record, the program's 18th (CACC) Championship and the No. 6 seed in the NCAA East Regional Championship. Colon batted .405 for the season, while slugging eight home runs, racking up 37 RBI and scoring 31 runs. The shortstop has also made just four errors in 106 total chances for a .963 fielding percentage. He has hit safely in 25 contests, including 10 straight from April 24-May 2. Colon ranked second in the CACC in home runs, triples and total bases, third in batting average, slugging, hits and doubles, fifth in RBI, seventh in OBP, and 12th in runs and walks. Nationally, Colon was seventh in triples, 19th in slugging and 32nd in batting.

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.