Baseball Earns ABCA Team Academic Excellence Honors

Montclair, NJ –The Montclair State baseball team was honored for its work in the classroom on Wednesday as the Red Hawks earned the 2023-24 American Baseball Coaches Association Team Academic Excellence Award.

Montclair State earns their fourth straight honor, as the Red Hawks placed 11 student-athletes on the NJAC Academic Honorable Mention Team: SAM ANGELO, PATRICK CUCCURULLO, NICK DESIDERIO, REECE MALEK, Mac McLoughlin, Mike Murphy, MATT PONTARI, MATT SHUHET, PATRICK TEEHAN, MICHAEL TIMBERLAKE, and EVAN WOOD.

To be honored, teams had to meet the following criteria:

Must be a high school or college team
Head coach must be a current ABCA member
Team must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00 on a 4.0 scale during the 2021-22 academic year

The American Baseball Coaches Association has a long tradition of recognizing the achievements of baseball coaches and student-athletes. The ABCA/Rawlings All-America Teams are the nation's oldest, founded in 1949, and the ABCA's awards program also includes the ABCA/Rawlings All-Region Awards, the ABCA/ATEC Regional & National Coaches of the Year and several other major awards such as the ABCA Hall of Fame and the Dave Keilitz Ethics in Coaching Award.

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Players Mentioned

#13 Patrick Teehan: P; 6' 4"; Sophomore; L/R

#25 Sam Angelo: IF; 6' 0"; Graduate Student; L/L

#40 Patrick Cuccurullo: P; 5' 9"; Graduate Student; L/L

#22 Nick Desiderio: P; 6' 0"; Junior; R/R

#1 Reece Malek: IF/OF; 5' 6"; Graduate Student; L/R

#26 Matt Pontari: P; 5' 11"; Junior; R/R

#28 Michael Timberlake: P; 6' 7"; Sophomore; R/R

#13 Evan Wood: P; 5' 10"; Sophomore; R/R

#14 Matt Shuhet: C; 5' 10"; Junior; L/R

Players Mentioned

#13 Patrick Teehan
: 6' 4"; Sophomore; L/R
: P

#25 Sam Angelo
: 6' 0"; Graduate Student; L/L
: IF

#40 Patrick Cuccurullo
: 5' 9"; Graduate Student; L/L
: P

#22 Nick Desiderio
: 6' 0"; Junior; R/R
: P

#1 Reece Malek
: 5' 6"; Graduate Student; L/R
: IF/OF

#26 Matt Pontari
: 5' 11"; Junior; R/R
: P

#28 Michael Timberlake
: 6' 7"; Sophomore; R/R
: P

#13 Evan Wood
: 5' 10"; Sophomore; R/R
: P

#14 Matt Shuhet
: 5' 10"; Junior; L/R
: C