CUNYAC CC Baseball presented by Municipal Credit Union
The CUNYAC and MCU are proud to announce the 2017 CC Baseball All-Stars. Kingsborough Community College’s Nathaniel Cruz was voted as the CUNYAC Player of the Year. Kingsborough sophomore, Alipio Tibercio, was named CUNYAC Pitcher of the Year. Maximo Garcia of BMCC was named Rookie of the Year, and Queensborough head coach Roger Mischel was named Coach of the Year.
Queensborough had a total of five all-stars each including Coach of the Year and the Sportsmanship Winner. Kingsborough had four all-stars including the Player of the Year and the Pitcher of the Year. Bronx CC and BMCC had three all-stars each, including for BMCC, the Rookie of the Year.
Nathaniel Cruz from Kingsborough CC earned Player of the Year honors after a stellar season in which he batted .333 in 19 games played. The sophomore had 17 hits while driving in 11 runs. Cruz also scored 15 runs on the season. In the field, Cruz played the majority of his games at third base.
Alipio Tibercio of Kingsborough CC was named the CUNYAC/MCU Pitcher of the Year for 2017. The righty went 2-1 on the season, appearing in eight games for the Wave. Tibercio had an ERA of 4.70. He threw 30.2 innings pitched while only giving up 29 hits on the year. Opponents scored 17 times off of him, and he struck out 37 batters while only walking 13 of them.
BMCC’s Maximo Garcia received Rookie of the Year recognition after hitting .297 in his first season with the Panthers. The shortstop collected 22 hits on the season, while hitting 4 doubles, and 1 home run. The freshman drove in 14 runs, and had a slugging percentage of .392.
Roger Mischel was named the Coach of the Year, for the first time, after leading his Tigers to a 15-23 overall record. Mischel led the Tigers to their second straight in the CUNYAC/MCU Tournament Championship appearance. The Tigers hit .275 as a team for the season.
For a complete list of this year’s All-Star selections and Sportsmanship award winners, refer to the table below.
2017 CUNYAC All-Stars
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Player of the Year
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Year
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Position
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School
|
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Nathaniel Cruz
|
So.
|
3B
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Kingsborough
|
|
Pitcher of the Year
|
Year
|
Position
|
School
|
|
Alipio Tibercio
|
So.
|
P
|
Kingsborough
|
|
Rookie of the Year
|
Year
|
Position
|
School
|
|
Maximo Garcia
|
Fr.
|
SS/OF
|
BMCC
|
|
Coach of the Year
|
Year
|
Position
|
School
|
|
Roger Mischel
|
|
|
Queensborough
|
|
All-Stars
|
Year
|
Position
|
School
|
|
Brandon Bautista
|
So.
|
OF/P
|
Queensborough
|
|
Brian Santana
|
So.
|
OF
|
Queensborough
|
|
Nick Zuvic
|
So.
|
2B
|
Queensborough
|
|
Andres Perez
|
So.
|
SS
|
Queensborough
|
|
Christopher Rodriguez
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Fr.
|
1B/3B
|
BMCC
|
|
Matthew Palmieri
|
So.
|
P
|
Kingsborough
|
|
Yunior Munoz
|
Fr.
|
P
|
Bronx
|
|
Steven Catuogno
|
So.
|
2B
|
Kingsborough
|
|
Carlos Rivera Ayala
|
Fr.
|
SS
|
Bronx
|
|
Sportsmanship Winner
|
Year
|
Position
|
School
|
|
Gabriel Sibrian
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Fr.
|
INF
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Queensborough
|
|
Sportsmanship Team
|
Year
|
Position
|
School
|
|
Raynel Cabrera
|
Fr.
|
C
|
Bronx
|
|
Kevin Tapia
|
Fr.
|
C/3B
|
BMCC
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