May 26, 2004

Orono, Maine - Junior Matt Devins and freshman Chris Sipp were named to America East all-conference teams on Wednesday evening at the conference baseball banquet. Devins earned second-team all-conference honors at shortstop for the third straight season while Sipp was recognized for an excellent freshman campaign with all-rookie team accolades.

Devins took home second-team recognition of the third straight season after hitting a career-high .374, ranking third in the America East Conference. After missing a month of the season with a hand injury he incurred on a head first slide into home plate, Devins returned to spark the SB offense with team-high batting average as well as a team-best .433 on-base percentage, good for fifth in the league.

Sipp stepped into the starting lineup this season and was a tough out all season long for opposing pitchers, ranking third in the conference with 25 walks while hitting .237 during the regular season. The smooth-fielding Wantagh, N.Y., native earned America East Rookie of the Week for the week of April 19-25, after hitting .571 (8-for-14) in five games, including two crucial wins over Northeastern.

Albany's Dan Schoonmaker topped the list of six first-team Great Danes as he was named the Len Harlow Player of the Year Award, while Northeastern's Jordan Thomson was awarded the pitcher of the year in the conference. Vermont's Miguel Magrass earned rookie of the year and Albany's Jon Mueller was named coach of the year after leading the Great Danes to a 36-12 mark, 14-7 in the America East.

The fourth-seeded Seawolves open the 2004 America East baseball championship against the top-seeded Northeastern Huskies on Thursday at 3:30 p.m. All Stony Brook games in the double-elimination tournament will be carried live on WUSB 90.1 FM and on the internet at www.goseawolves.org.

Live audio broadcasts and up-to-the-minute information can also be obtained on the America East web site at http://www.americaeast.com/baseball/championshiplive.htm.