Catcher Tim Bickford Earns Second Team All-East Region Rawlings/ABCA Honors

Bridgeport, Conn.-University of Bridgeport sophomore catcher Tim Bickford (Wallingford, Conn.) has been selected to the 2013 Rawlings/ABCA (America Baseball Coaches' Association) NCAA Division II All-East Region Second Team in a vote of regional coaches that was released on Monday.

Bickford, who also was named last week to the 2013 Daktronics All-East Region Second team, hit .351 with a team-high three home runs and 33 RBI.  Tim also led the team with 24 doubles which, as of May 13, was the third best total in the nation. On defense, he cut down a total of 21 runners trying to steal in 2013.

The University of Bridgeport baseball program which reached the championship final of this season's East Coast Conference Tournament marking the third straight UB has played in the conference final game, has placed at least one player on each of the three major all-region team (NCBWA, Daktronics and Rawlings/ABCA) that have been released this spring.

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