Dan Diblasi Earns Spot on ECAC Metro All-Star Team

Press Release from the Skyline Conference

CENTERVILLE, Mass. – Purchase senior Michael Sarni has been named the 2014 Player of the Year as the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) announced its 2014 Division III Metro Baseball All-Stars and major award winners.  The voting was completed by the head coaches within the ECAC Division III Metro Baseball membership.

Sarni batted .373 with 19 RBI this season for the Panthers. He recorded 38 hits in 29 games, including eight doubles and a pair of triples, helping Purchase to a 17-13 record and a berth in the 2014 ECAC Division III Metro-Upstate Baseball Championship. Sarni reached base at a .463 clip, stealing 37 bases in 41 attempts (90.2%) and scoring 34 runs. For his efforts, Sarni was also named an American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) All-New York Region Second-Team selection, a D3baseball.com All-New York Region Third-Team honoree and the Skyline Conference Player of the Year.

Sarni was joined on the first team by John Angelino of Old Westbury and Farmingdale State's Edward Bergmann.  Second-team selections include John Jonas of Purchase; Old Westbury's Kevin Licul; Vinnie Carminati of Mount Saint Mary; Dan Diblasi of St. Joseph's-L.I.; and Farmingdale State's Alex Weingarten.