Four Selected as Collegiate Baseball Players to Watch
Collegiate Baseball Magazine recently announced its 2018 NCAA Division III Players to Watch List, which includes four Penn State Behrend players.
ERIE, Pa. - Collegiate Baseball Magazine recently announced its 2018 NCAA Division III Players to Watch List, which includes four Penn State Behrend players.
Junior and senior pitchers Phil Myers (DuBois, PA/DuBois Central Catholic) and Jack Herzing (St. Mary's, PA/Elk County Catholic), senior first baseman David Boehme (Venetia, PA/Seton-La Salle), and junior infielder Scott Sada (Saegertown, PA/Saegertown) were all selected to the prestigious list.
Myers had an exceptional sophomore campaign and was selected to the All-Region second team along with tabbing First-Team All-AMCC honors. The team's two-time most valuable pitcher continued to lead the Lions to a team-high six wins on 65.0 innings of work. Myers accumulated an ERA of 3.05, gave up 22 earned runs, and struck out 50 batters on the season.
The left-handed hurler, Herzing, sat down a conference-best 80 batters during his junior campaign. In 11 starts for the lefty, he picked up five victories and notched a 3.84 ERA in 58.2 innings.
Boehme was instrumental for the Lions batting a .309 average and a .488 slugging percentage. He was third for Behrend in hits (47), doubles (9), and runs batted in (26). Boehme tallied 30 RBI's while fielding at a .985 clip.
Earning ECAC All-Star North Region First Team, ABCA/Rawlings All-Region, and First-Team All-AMCC honors, Sada had a breakout sophomore season leading the team in every major category. This all-around player not only was second in the conference with 19 stolen bases, but was also second with three saves as a pitcher. He drove in 48 RBI's on 62 hits while hitting a .686 slugging percentage. Sada was voted by his teammates as the team's Most Valuable Player.
Since 2009, twenty-seven Lions have been recognized by Collegiate Baseball Magazine. Behrend will begin the season on February 24 against Franklin. Game one of the doubleheader is set for 1:00 p.m.
In the 2018 pre-season poll released by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper, the Behrend Lions received votes towards a Top 25 ranking. In 2017, finished with a 25-19 record.