May 7, 2012

Stony Brook, N.Y. - Senior Tyler Johnson (Chatsworth, Calif.) and sophomore Brandon McNitt (Chino Hills, Calif.), of the Stony Brook University baseball team have been named to the 2012 District I Capital One Academic All-District first team, the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) announced.

Johnson (7-1, 1.52 ERA) leads the America East in ERA and wins and ranks in the top 20 in the nation in ERA. This is the second consecutive season he has been named to the District I first team.

McNitt (6-2, 2.13 ERA) is second in the America East, to Johnson, in ERA and is holding opponents to a .231 batting average. He is also second in wins and ranks in the top 50 in the country in ERA.

Johnson and McNitt will now advance to the Capital One Academic All-America Team ballot. First-, second- and third-team All-American honorees will be selected later this month.

The first-place Seawolves (36-11, 14-3 AE) took two of three from second-place Binghamton over the weekend and have won 22 of their last 25 games. Ranked No. 30 in the latest NCBWA poll, Stony Brook hosts UMBC in a three-game series this weekend.