Justin Nyarady And Craig Leonard Earn All-ECC Baseball Accolades

West Babylon, N.Y.-Two members of the University of Bridgeport baseball team have earned spots on the 2021 All-East Coast Conference teams.  Sophomore pitcher Justin Nyarady (Trumbull, Conn.) was named First Team All-ECC, and junior second baseman Craig Leonard (Holtsville, N.Y.) earned a spot on the All-ECC Second Team.

Nyarady finished the 2021 campaign with a 3-1 record and a team-best 1.50 earned run average, as he appeared in five games making four starts.  Justin worked a total of 30.0 innings this season allowing only 17 hits and five runs (all earned) with 30 strikeouts and 12 walks.  He shared a pair of shutouts during the year and allowed the opposition a batting average of only .165 against.

Leonard started all 21 of his team's games this season helping the team to a 12-9 record as he batted .321 with 11 runs batted in.  Craig scored 15 runs in 2021, as he had 26 hits including four doubles, and was a perfect 5-for-5 in the stolen base department.

Below is a complete list of the 2021 All-East Coast Conference baseball teams:

2021 ECC Baseball All‐Conference

First Team

C ‐ Thomas Brady, Molloy

1B ‐ Anthony Murphy, Mercy

2B ‐ Sean Hogan, Molloy

3B ‐ Andrew Jemison, St. Thomas Aquinas

SS ‐ Miguel Ortiz‐Sanchez, Mercy

OF ‐ Elias Beltre, Lincoln

OF ‐ Matt Overton, Molloy

OF ‐ James Versage, St. Thomas Aquinas

DH ‐ Thomas Martens, Staten Island

UTL ‐ Reed Hoskins, Queens

SP ‐ Charlie Cucchiara, Molloy

SP ‐ Alex Mack, St. Thomas Aquinas

SP ‐ Justin Nyarady, Bridgeport

SP ‐ Timothy Panetta, Molloy

RP ‐ James Reilly, St. Thomas Aquinas

Second Team

C ‐ Jeremy Glinski, DʹYouville

1B ‐ Jake McCarthy, Molloy

2B ‐ Craig Leonard, Bridgeport

3B ‐ David Franchi, Molloy

SS ‐ James Messina, Molloy

OF ‐ Charles Lebron, Mercy

OF ‐ Garrett Scavelli, Molloy

OF ‐ Peter Theodorellis, Molloy

DH ‐ Gregory DiGiaro, St. Thomas Aquinas

DH ‐ Andrew Smith, Queens

UTL ‐ Matthew Johnson, St. Thomas Aquinas

UTL ‐ Francisco Paulino, Mercy

SP ‐ Anthony Burgio, Mercy

SP ‐ Aaron Dona, St. Thomas Aquinas

SP ‐ Liam Pulsipher, Queens

SP ‐ Ryan Rozinski, Mercy

RP ‐ Dean Fazah, Queens

Player of the Year: Sean Hogan, Gr., 2B, Molloy

Pitcher of the Year: Alex Mack, Gr., St. Thomas Aquinas

Rookie of the Year: Nolan Giblin, So., 3B, Mercy

Coach of the Year: Joe Fucarino, Molloy

There are two DH and UTL on the Second Team due to ties in the voting.