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2011 ABCA Second-Team All-American Will Hodges

Carthage's Will Hodges Named 2011 ABCA Second-Team All-America

Six Red Men Named All-CCIW

5/23/2011 2:06:13 PM

2011 ABCA All-America Team
2011 All-CCIW Baseball Team

Carthage College centerfielder Will Hodges (Sr., Oak Park, Ill./Naperville-North, .422, 17 doubles, 8 home runs, 44 RBI) was named American Baseball Coaches Association second-team All-America.  Hodges was named ABCA first-team All-Central Region. Rightfielder Mike Petti (Sr., Mundelein, Ill., .418 13 doubles, 4 home runs, 24 RBI, 6 stolen bases) was named second-team all-region, and pitcher Danny Dahm (Sr., Morton Grove, Ill./Skokie-Niles West, 5-0, 3.04 earned run average) earned third-team all-region honors.

Hodges was named College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin “Co-Player of the Year,” along with Illinois Wesleyan University first baseman Kevin Callahan. Hodges is the Red Men's seventh conference “player of the year” since 1996.

In addition to Hodges, four other Carthage players were named first-team All-CCIW. Those four were centerfielder Mike Petti (Sr., Mundelein, Ill., .418 13 doubles, 4 home runs, 24 RBI, 6 stolen bases), first baseman Joey Aiello (Jr., Libertyville, Ill., .351, 10 doubles, 3 home runs, 36 RBI), shortstop Kyle Pusateri (Jr., Schaumburg, Ill./.323, 3 home runs, 30 RBI) and pitcher Danny Dahm (Sr., Morton Grove, Ill./Skokie-Niles West, 5-0, 3.04 earned run average). Pitcher Eric Rohe (Jr., Mundelein, Ill., 7-2, 2.85 earned run average) earned second-team all-conference honors. Illinois Wesleyan pitcher Jason Pankau was named “pitcher of the year,” and North Park University's Luke Johnson earned “coach of the year” honors.
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