Ravens have now had 27 earn All-America honors in program history

Full ABCA All-America selections

RINDGE, N.H. (June 4, 2015) – Senior right-hander Brendan O'Rourke (Shrewsbury, Mass.) has been named to the American Baseball Coaches Association All-America First Team, leading four All-America selections for the Franklin Pierce University baseball team, as announced last week by the ABCA. In addition to O'Rourke, junior right-hander Miles Sheehan (Madison, Conn.) was selected to the All-America Second Team, while sophomore third baseman Jay Jabs (Schwenksville, Pa.) and sophomore designated hitter Chris LaVorgna (North Haven, Conn.) landed on the Third Team.

With Sheehan, Jabs and LaVorgna each earning their first career All-America selections, Franklin Pierce has now had 27 players earn All-America accolades in program history. O'Rourke adds ABCA First Team honors to his NCBWA All-America First Team selection. The quartet represented four of seven East Region All-America selections, as Wilmington (Del.) had the other three honorees: senior pitcher Tyler Fries on the Second Team and senior outfielder Sam Goines and senior pitcher Jamie Treml on the Third Team.

Over 13 starts and one relief appearance, O'Rourke -- who was the consensus East Region Pitcher of the Year and a consensus All-East Region First Team selection, having earned the accolades from the NCBWA, the ABCA and Daktronics -- allowed just 10 runs (seven earned) on 42 hits over 75 innings, to post a miniscule, 0.84 earned run average. Of those 42 hits, just 15 went for extra bases, including just one home run. In the Northeast-10, O'Rourke led the league in wins (11-0) and was tied for the league lead in strikeouts (93). He also ranked second in strikeouts per nine innings (11.16) and third in ERA and innings pitched. Nationally, he finished fifth in the country in ERA, tied for seventh in wins, eighth in hits allowed per nine innings (5.04), tied for 21st in strikeouts, 22nd in WHIP (0.96) and 25th in strikeouts per nine innings.

In his first season in a Franklin Pierce uniform, Sheehan earned All-Region honors from the ABCA earlier in the spring. He made 10 appearances on the year (eight starts) and allowed just five runs (two earned) on 34 hits over 62 innings to post a 0.29 earned run average. The ERA stands as the fourth-lowest in NCAA Division II history, as well as the lowest mark since 1973. He led the Northeast-10 in ERA and tied for fourth in wins (7-0). Nationally, he led the country in ERA and WHIP (0.69), and also ranked seventh in hits allowed per nine innings (4.94) and 31st in walks allowed per nine innings (1.31).

While starting all 52 games this year for the Ravens, primarily at third base and in the second spot in the order, Jabs -- who was the consensus East Region Player of the Year and a consensus All-East Region First Team selection as well -- owns a .328/.414/.656 slash line over 195 at-bats (64-for-195). He hit 13 home runs, which is tied for the fifth-highest single-season total in program history. In the Northeast-10, Jabs led the league in slugging percentage, triples (6), home runs, total bases (128, which was 30 more than his closest competition) and extra-base hits (32). He also ranked third in runs scored (53) and runs batted in (50), tied for third in sacrifice flies (5), tied for fourth in hits, seventh in stolen bases (23-for-26), tied for seventh in doubles (13), tied for eighth in walks (23), tied for 10th in hit by pitch (9), 14th in on-base percentage and 25th in batting average. Nationally, he finished tied for 11th in the country in triples, was tied for 29th in stolen bases and was tied for 44th in home runs.

LaVorgna, who transitioned to designated hitter from left field after the season's first 10 games, earned consensus All-East Region First Team accolades earlier this spring. While starting in all 52 games, mostly out of the six spot in the order, he put together a .358/.407/.524 line over 187 at-bats (67-for-187) with 19 extra-base hits. He finished second in the league in total bases (98) and runs batted in (51), third in hits, tied for fourth in triples (4) and stolen bases (29-for-37), tied for fifth in runs scored (46) and extra-base hits, sixth in slugging percentage, eighth in batting average, tied for ninth in home runs (4), tied for 10th in sacrifice flies (4) and hit by pitch (9) and tied for 16th in doubles (11). Nationally, he tied for 10th in the country in stolen bases and ranked 22nd in stolen bases per game (0.56).

The Ravens (48-4) laid claim to their fifth Northeast-10 title this spring and played host to the NCAA Championship East Regional for the seventh time. Franklin Pierce captured its fourth straight Northeast-10 Northeast Division title along the way.

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