Shank named to first team, while Loiseau and White voted to second team

RINDGE, N.H. (May 22, 2002) - The honors keep coming in for members of the 2002 ECAC Division II Champion Franklin Pierce baseball team as three members earned spots on the American Baseball Coaches of America (ABCA)/Rawlings Division II Northeast Region Baseball Team. The announcement was made at the NCAA Division II Northeast Regional in Lowell, Mass.

Junior right-hander Chris Shank (Westminster, Mass./Oakmont Regional) was named to the first team by the region's coaches, while senior shortstop Scott Loiseau (Worcester, Mass./St. Peter Marian) and junior right-hander Jon White (Medford, Mass./Arlington Catholic) both earned spots on the second team.

Shank, the Northeast-10 Conference's Pitcher of the Year and All-Conference first team pick, earns his first All-Northeast award. The junior right-hander ranks first in the Conference with 108 strikeouts, a .205 opponent batting average and 93.1 innings pitched this spring - all of which are new single-season records at the school. Shank posted a 9-2 record this spring with a 2.60 ERA to go along with the 108 strikeouts and just 25 walks in 93.1 innings. He ranks second among Conference leaders in wins, is third in ERA and fifth with four pickoffs. Shank also ranks among NCAA Division II leaders with 10.41 strikeouts per nine innings and ERA.

Shank, named NE-10 Pitcher of the Week three times this year and Player of the Week once, was also named Most Outstanding Player at the 2002 ECAC Championship last week. He opened the spring by throwing the first season-opening no-hitter in program history (second overall) against Framingham State College on March 9.

This season, Shank became the all-time leader at the College in wins (20), complete games (17) and innings (243.2) to go along with a school-record 3.58 career earned run average. His 235 strikeouts matched the program record set by former Ravens left-hander Justin Blood from 1999-2001.

Shank also posted a .286 batting average (24-84) with 20 runs scored, three doubles, seven homeruns and 23 RBIs at the plate.

Loiseau, who earned first team All-Northeast-10 honors this season, has been named to his first All-Region team. He finished his senior year with a .351 (66-188) batting average, 46 runs scored, 11 doubles, three triples, 11 homeruns (T-10th NE-10), 20 multi-hit games and 30 RBIs. Loiseau's hit total is good for third all-time and he ranks third in runs, second in at bats and fifth in homers on the program's single season lists.

Loiseau has his named etched all over the Franklin Pierce record books. He holds the school's career records for games played (171 of a possible 175), at bats (703), hits (246), runs scored (195) and stolen bases (32). Loiseau's string of 133 consecutive games played is also a school record as is his 21-game hitting streak dating back to last season that was extended earlier this spring. His 18 career homers is good for fifth all-time, his nine career triples ranks second as does his 37 career doubles, while his 104 career RBIs is tied for second all-time.

White, also a first team All-Conference pick this spring, is rewarded with his first ever All-Region selection. After posting a 4-8 record with a 7.59 ERA and 52 strikeouts in his first two seasons at Franklin Pierce, White finished the 2002 season with a 10-3 record to lead the Northeast-10 in wins, becoming the first pitcher in program history to register ten victories in a season. He ranks second in the Conference with a school-record 2.55 ERA, fourth with a .220 opponent batting average, sixth with 84 strikeouts and ninth with 81.1 innings pitched. His school-record ten pickoffs also led the NE-10. White is signed to pitch this summer with the Lowell Mill City All-Americans in the New England Collegiate Baseball League.

In addition to holding the school record for wins and ERA in a season, he also ranks fourth in innings pitched and fifth in strikeouts all-time. White's 14 career wins is good for second all-time and he ranks fourth with 136 strikeouts and his 5.21 career ERA is fourth.

Franklin Pierce (31-17, 22-10 NE-10) wrapped up the regular season with the second-best record in the Northeast-10 Conference, establishing new school records for overall and Conference victories and captured its first ECAC Championship in program history.