The Seawolves had 11 players named all-conference, including eight on the first team. Carmona became the first player in program history to be named Player of the Year and Tropeano became the first player in America East history to win two Pitcher of the Year awards.
Joining Tropeano and Carmona on the first team were seniors Stephen Marino (Lake Grove, N.Y.) and Chad Marshall (Paris, Ontario), juniors Tyler Johnson (Chatsworth, Calif.) and Pat Cantwell (West Islip, N.Y.) and sophomores Maxx Tissenbaum (Paris, Ontario) and Travis Jankowski (Lancaster, Pa.). McNitt earned second team honors along with sophomore Tanner Nivins (Kitchener, Ontario) and was also joined on the All-Rookie team by freshman Kevin Courtney (Lindenhurst, N.Y.).
Senk and his coaching staff led the Seawolves to their first America East regular season title and a school record 41 wins. Winners of 11 straight and 22 of their last 23, Stony Brook also tied an America East record with 22 conference wins.
One of 25 finalists for the College Baseball Hall of Fame’s Pitcher of the Year Award, Tropeano had another spectacular year as won a school record 11 games and posted a 1.91 ERA in 85.0 innings of work. The right-hander struck out 107 batters and held opponents to a .189 batting average.
The 2010 America East Rookie of the Year, Carmona hit .360 with six home runs, 26 doubles and 40 RBI. Carmona led the America East in five offensive categories including batting average, slugging percentage (.597) and hits (76) and entered last week ranked third in the nation in doubles. He is just the second player in America East history to be named Rookie of the Year before being named Player of the Year as a sophomore.
McNitt went 7-2 with a 1.73 ERA and also picked up three saves in his 73.0 innings of work. The right-hander ranked second in the America East in ERA and walked just 13 batters all season. He is the third Stony Brook player to take home the America East Rookie of the Year award.
Marino earned first team honors for the second straight season as he started 51 games at third base and hit .335 with 20 doubles and 42 RBI. A three-time second team selection, Marshall hit .327 in 51 starts at shortstop and became Stony Brook’s career-hits leader on May 14 at Binghamton.
Selected to the first team for the second straight year, Johnson went 9-2 with an America East best 1.66 ERA and has allowed just one earned run over his last 32.0 innings of work. A second team selection last season, Cantwell hit .311 in 51 starts behind the dish and threw out 15 of 25 attempted basestealers.
Tissenbaum ranked second behind Carmona with a .355 batting average and led the America East in runs scored (53) and RBI (43). In addition to playing a flawless centerfield, Jankowski hit .352 and ranked sixth in the nation with 30 steals.
An America East All-Rookie selection last season, Nivins hit .321 with 14 doubles and 33 RBI. Courtney made 35 starts in his first season with the Seawolves, batting .306 with 12 doubles and 29 RBI.
The top-seed and host for this week’s 2011 America East Baseball Championship, the Seawolves will be looking to repeat as conference champions for the first time in program history.
SBU will open the four-team double-elimination tournament on Wednesday at Joe Nathan Field against No. 4 Albany. First pitch is set for 3 p.m.
