June 15, 2010

Stony Brook, N.Y. - Freshman designated hitter William Carmona (Hempstead, N.Y.) of the Stony Brook University baseball team has been named a third team Freshman All-American by Ping!Baseball, the organization announced on Monday. Carmona was named a Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper last week.

Named the America East Rookie of the Year, Carmona's .387 batting average led the America East. Carmona led the conference in on-base percentage (.457) as well and was the only freshman named to the All-America East first team. He also hit .462 in the America East tournament and was selected to the All-Tournament team.

The Seawolves recently won their second America East title in three years and won the program's first NCAA Division I tournament game with a 6-2 victory over North Carolina State at the Myrtle Beach Regional last week.