Norwich, CT – On the eve of the 2017 Northeast Conference (NEC) Baseball Tournament, five members of the Wagner baseball team have earned All-NEC accolades, announced by the league at its annual tournament barbecue dinner hosted at Dodd Stadium on Wednesday evening.
Junior OF Anthony
Godino (
Thornwood, NY/Pleasantville) along with senior pitchers, Austin
Goeke (
Bordentown, NJ/The Hun School) and
Danny Marsh (Monroe Township, NJ/Monroe Township), were each selected to the All-NEC First Team while sophomore catcher Phil
Capra (North Salem, NY/North Salem) and freshman designated hitter Freddy
Sabido (Staten Island, NY/Susan E. Wagner [Saint Louis
Univ]) garnered All-NEC Second Team honors.
For Wagner, this marks the third consecutive season that five Seahawks were selected to the All-NEC squad, matching the totals in 2015 & 2016, respectively.
Godino, who is now a two-time All-NEC First Team honoree after picking up honors in 2015, finished the year batting .329 with team-bests in runs scored (43), doubles (11), triples (4) and slugging (.578), which was also second-best in the conference this season. The third-year
Seahawk blasted seven home runs on the year, tying him with
Capra for second on the squad, and his 17 stolen bases. which were fourth-best in the circuit. The 2015 Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American accounted for 16 multi-hit games and nine multi-RBI games, both second-best on the
Seahawk squad. Starting 46 games in left field,
Godino helped punch Wagner's ticket into Thursday's NEC Tournament when hitting out of the leadoff spot, he went 3-for-5 against Mount St. Mary's in the regular season finale, with two runs scored and three RBIs. His leadoff home run set the tone for the afternoon as the Seahawks went on to win, 7-3. For his performance in the series finale,
Godino enters the tournament as the reigning NEC Player of the Week.
Goeke delivered a magnificent senior season, finishing the year with a 6-2 record while posting a 2.69 ERA, good for second in the league behind his teammate Marsh. The 6-5 right-hander limited the opposition to a league-best .192 batting average. A three-time NEC Pitcher of the Week,
Goeke finished the season with 75 strikeouts, good for second in the conference and the sixth-highest total in single-season for a
Seahawk pitcher, passing former
Seahawk, Mike
McTamney, who had 73 in 2004.
Marsh, who played in his first full season since returning from injury, also put forth a stellar campaign, posting a 6-2 record with a miniscule 1.52 ERA, the seventh-lowest in the entire nation and lead the NEC this season. As of 5/24, Marsh's ERA is the eighth-lowest for a
Seahawk in a single-season. Named co-captain for the 2017 season, Marsh was the nation's ERA leader back on April 10, when he sported a 0.40 ERA. This season, Marsh earned two NEC Pitcher of the Week citations and pitched two complete games. The Monroe Township, NJ native struck out a career-best 11 batters over eight innings as the Seahawks blanked LIU Brooklyn, 12-0, back on April 30.
Capra repeats as an All-NEC Second Team performer, after earning his first citation a season ago, as he finished the regular season batting a team-best .369 while ranking third in the conference in batting, slugging (.568) and on-base percentage (.455). The North Salem, NY native belted seven home runs on the year, tying him with
Godino for the second-most on the squad. The second-year backstop had 17 multi-hit games while recording ten multi-RBI games, which included a five-RBI game against LIU Brooklyn back on April 28. One of three Seahawks to start in all 47 games this season,
Capra joined the 100-hit club as he stands with 117 for his two-year career.
Sabido had a tremendous rookie campaign, finishing third on the squad with a .294 batting average while clubbing a team-best nine round trippers. The nine home runs this year are the tenth-best single-season home run total in Wagner history, surpassing former
Seahawk Peter
Delleani's eight homers, set back in 2007. The reigning NEC Rookie of the Week,
Sabido had back-to-back two home run games, coming against
Fairleigh Dickinson back on May 6. The 6-7 left-handed hitter also saw time as a relief pitcher, throwing 13.2 innings, allowing just two earned runs while striking out ten batters.
