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Black earns ABCA/Rawlings First Team All-East Region accolades
6/16/2021 12:17:00 PM | Baseball
GREENSBORO, N.C. – After one of the most successful seasons by a pitcher in Lehigh baseball history, junior right-hander Mason Black has earned First Team All-East Region recognition by the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) and Rawlings.
Black becomes just the fifth player in program history to earn ABCA All-Region honors and the first since Jacen Nalesnik in 2017. He's the first Lehigh pitcher to receive the award.
He was fantastic in his third season with the Mountain Hawks, going 7-3 with a 3.11 ERA in 13 starts. He struck out 95 batters, walked 31 and held hitters to a .235 batting average. His 95 strikeouts are a single-season program record, which broke Lehigh Athletics Hall of Famer Craig Anderson's record from 1960. He struck out 10 or more batters in six games with four complete games and two shutouts to close out the regular season. Black was named Patriot League Pitcher of the Year and a First Team All-Patriot League selection for his performances. He is Lehigh's second Pitcher of the Year winner in program history and first since Dave Cerminaro in 2002.
Black is hoping to hear his name called in the Major League Baseball Draft set for July, in which he would become the 18th player drafted in program history. If he were to turn pro, he will have finished his Lehigh career with a 11-5 record, 3.53 ERA with 152 strikeouts and 51 walks over 127.1 innings, holding batters to a .236 average.
The ABCA and Rawlings will announce its All-American slate for the 2021 season on Saturday, June 19. As a first-team All-Region selection, Black is eligible to become Lehigh's first ABCA All-American since Matt McBride in 2006.
The Mountain Hawks finished a success-filled 2021 season with a 24-19 record, 17-10 in Patriot League contests and earned the Patriot League Regular Season title and top seed in the tournament for the first time since 2006. Lehigh advanced to the Patriot League Championship Series for the first time since 2015, falling to Army West Point in three games.
Like Lehigh Baseball on Facebook, follow on Twitter and Instagram for continued updates on the Mountain Hawks.
Black becomes just the fifth player in program history to earn ABCA All-Region honors and the first since Jacen Nalesnik in 2017. He's the first Lehigh pitcher to receive the award.
He was fantastic in his third season with the Mountain Hawks, going 7-3 with a 3.11 ERA in 13 starts. He struck out 95 batters, walked 31 and held hitters to a .235 batting average. His 95 strikeouts are a single-season program record, which broke Lehigh Athletics Hall of Famer Craig Anderson's record from 1960. He struck out 10 or more batters in six games with four complete games and two shutouts to close out the regular season. Black was named Patriot League Pitcher of the Year and a First Team All-Patriot League selection for his performances. He is Lehigh's second Pitcher of the Year winner in program history and first since Dave Cerminaro in 2002.
Black is hoping to hear his name called in the Major League Baseball Draft set for July, in which he would become the 18th player drafted in program history. If he were to turn pro, he will have finished his Lehigh career with a 11-5 record, 3.53 ERA with 152 strikeouts and 51 walks over 127.1 innings, holding batters to a .236 average.
The ABCA and Rawlings will announce its All-American slate for the 2021 season on Saturday, June 19. As a first-team All-Region selection, Black is eligible to become Lehigh's first ABCA All-American since Matt McBride in 2006.
The Mountain Hawks finished a success-filled 2021 season with a 24-19 record, 17-10 in Patriot League contests and earned the Patriot League Regular Season title and top seed in the tournament for the first time since 2006. Lehigh advanced to the Patriot League Championship Series for the first time since 2015, falling to Army West Point in three games.
Like Lehigh Baseball on Facebook, follow on Twitter and Instagram for continued updates on the Mountain Hawks.
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