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Pete Wolf made an all-league squad, the first team, for the first time as a senior.

Walter, Wolf, Mahony and Stoll Make All-Patriot League Baseball Teams

Two Bison Each on First and Second Team

May 5, 2004

LEWISBURG, Pa. - The Bucknell baseball team (20-24), which wrapped up its season Tuesday with a 9-5 win over Temple, had four players honored on Wednesday by the Patriot League on its all-conference first and second teams. Kyle Walter (Mifflinburg, Pa./Mifflinburg) and Pete Wolf (Oak Park, Ill./Oak Park & River Forest) were first team honorees, while Chris Mahony (Newtown, Pa./Council Rock) and Ben Stoll (Swampscott, Mass./Swampscott) made the second team.

Sophomore Walter finishes with a Bucknell-best .372 batting average, 23 points higher than any of his teammates. He also led the Bison this year in most offensive categories with 31 runs scored, 48 hits, 12 doubles, five triples, seven home runs, 25 RBI, 101 total bases, and a .647 slugging percentage. Walter was also rewarded for his defense, making just four errors in 100 chances for a .962 fielding percentage. It is the second all-league honor for the 2003 Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American, who made the league's second team last year.

Wolf, a senior designated hitter, receives his first Patriot League honor. He finished fourth among regular Bison starters with a .315 average, collecting a team third-best 47 hits and seven doubles, as well as a team second-best 22 RBI. Wolf also appeared in a team-high 43 of Bucknell's 44 contests, starting 41.

Mahony, another senior, is also honored for the first time after enjoying a breakout season in 2004. The left fielder's .339 average was second among regular starters, to go with a fourth-best 43 hits and second-best 22 runs. Mahony was in the Patriot League's batting title race for a stretch during the season, highlighted with a 10-for-15 week against Penn State and Navy in March.

Stoll, the Patriot League's batting champ and first-team honoree in 2003 with a .376 average, hit .319 this year, capping a career that also saw him hit .319 over his four years. The senior finishes with a team second-best 51 hits this year after notching 50 last season. His seven doubles and 62 total bases are both third on the team, and he was Bucknell's top base stealer by far this year, swiping 12 while his closest teammate had six.

As a team, Bucknell finished with a 20-24 record after enduring a difficult 15-for-19 losing stretch that also cost Bucknell its chance at repeating the Patriot League title and NCAA Tournament berth it earned in 2003. Nine seniors, including three of the team's four weekend starters and five starting position players plus designated hitter Wolf, finished their careers this season.

2004 Baseball All-Patriot League Teams

ALL-LEAGUE FIRST TEAM
Player, School Cl. Pos. Hometown/High School Prev. Honors Nick Hill, Army Fr. SP Bluff City, Tenn./Sullivan East Justin Kashner, Army Jr. SP Effort, Pa./Pleasant Valley Burgess Nichols, Navy Fr. RP Charlestown, Mass./Boston Latin Schuyler Williamson, Army Jr. C Pensacola, Fla./Pensacola Catholic '03 1st Jared Munde, Navy So. 1B Rolling Hills Estates, Calif./PV Peninsula Nate Stone, Army Jr. 2B Bellefonte, Pa./Bellefonte Eric Hoffman, Lehigh Sr. SS Malvern, Pa./Haverford '03 2nd Jesse Novalis, Lehigh Sr. 3B Florham Park, N.J./Hanover Park '03 POY, 1st; '02 2nd Kyle Walter, Bucknell So. OF Mifflinburg, Pa./Mifflinburg Area '03 2nd Adam Rosenberg, Lafayette Sr. OF Ocean Grove, N.J./Neptune '03 1st; '01 2nd Jason Boyd, Lafayette Sr. OF Littlestown, Pa./Littlestown '03 2nd; '02 2nd Pete Wolf, Bucknell Sr. DH Oak Park, Ill./Oak Park & River Forest Frank Cortazar, Lafayette Fr. DH Miami, Fla./Ransom Everglades

ALL-LEAGUE SECOND TEAM
Marcus Ward, Lafayette Sr. SP New Tripoli, Pa./Northwestern Lehigh '02 2nd Jack Muscalus, Lehigh Jr. SP Harrisburg, Pa./Central Dauphin '02 2nd Wade Greenlee, Army Jr. RP Bourbonnais, Ill./Bradley-Bourbonnais Matt McBride, Lehigh Fr. C Bethlehem, Pa./Liberty Forrest Doane, Lehigh Jr. 1B Springfield, Pa./McLean Tucker Frawley, Holy Cross So. 2B New Haven, Conn./Hopkins School Kyle Scogin, Army Fr. SS Salt Lake City, Utah/Brighton Ben Stoll, Bucknell Sr. SS Swampscott, Mass./Swampscott '03 1st Jeremy Stache, Army So. 3B Louisville, Tenn./Alcoa Milan Dinga, Army Fr. OF Tampa, Fla./Robinson Wes Bumgardner, Army Sr. OF Gastonia, N.C./Forestview Chris Mahony, Bucknell Sr. OF Newtown, Pa./Council Rock

Co-Players of the Year: Schuyler Williamson, Army, Jr., C Adam Rosenberg, Lafayette, Sr., OF Pitcher of the Year: Nick Hill, Army, Fr., SP Freshman of the Year: Milan Dinga, Army, Fr., OF/RP Coach of the Year: Joe Sottolano, Army (first award)