5.23 BSB East Region Teams

Three Baseball Knights Earn D2CCA & NCBWA East Region Team Honors

5/24/2023 11:15:00 AM

FLUSHING, N.Y.  – For the third straight year, the Queens College Baseball team has garnered All-East Region teams honors. 
 
In 2021, the Knights earned one All-East Region honors, that number would increase in 2022 as it went up to two, but after their historic 2023 season, head coach Chris Reardon team sees three Knights finding a spot in the first and second team honors on the Division II Conference Commissioners Association (CCA) and National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA).
 
The Division II Conference Commissioners Association (D2CCA) encourages and promotes Division II athletics and high standards of sportsmanship as important elements of higher education. The CCA is a key communications link among the conferences as they discuss views, policies, and regulations that impact Division II intercollegiate athletics and works closely with the NCAA as a communications channel to NCAA Division II member colleges and universities.
 
On the D2CCA and NCBWA First Team honors, sophomore second baseman Marc Cisco (Long Island City, N.Y.) and freshman outfielder Jorsixt Jimenez (Queens, N.Y.) earned First Team Honors making both Knights eligible for All-American honors which will be released in June.
 
While on the D2CCA and NCBWA Second Team honors was senior first baseman Anthony Fontana (Wantagh, N.Y.) as Queens placed a program best three All-Region honorees for the first time in program history. 
 
2023 Cisco All-Region
Marc Cisco (Long Island City, N.Y.) | Sophomore | First Team – Second Baseman
 
For the second straight year Cisco has added two more All-Region honors to resume to go with his East Coast Conference First-Team All-Conference honors added earlier this month. 
 
Cisco appeared in 48 games with 47 starts as he batted .345 with 59 hits, 13 doubles, two triples, four home runs, 28 RBI, with a team-high 60 runs scored and 45 walks. 
 
The 60 runs scored moves Cisco into second place on the Single Season Runs Record, while the 45 walks give Cisco first place on the Single Walks Record overtaking his previous record set in 2022 with 33 walks. 
 
The sophomore tallied 15 multi-hit games on the year with nine two-hit games, and six three-hit games to go with nine multi-RBI games. 
 
Along the way he would tally a 13 game hitting streak and a team-high 34 reached Base Streak. 
 
In the ECC Baseball Championship game, Cisco would score the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning as Queens defeated Mercy 14-13 to advance to Saturday's Championship game before lifting the crown following the doubleheader header sweep over Molloy.
2023 Jimenez All-Region
Jorsixt Jimenez (Queens, N.Y.) | Freshman | First-Team - Outfielder
 
Jimenez becomes the second straight Knights rookie to earn two East Region First Team honors joining teammate Cisco who would earn the same honors in his freshman campaign in 2022. 
 
Earlier in May, Jimenez became the second straight Knight to earn ECC Rookie of the Year and was named to the ECC All-Conference First Team honors.
 
The rookie appeared in 53 games while earning 49 starts as he batted .371 with a team-high 72 hits, 17 doubles, one triple, seven home runs, 25 walks, 44 runs scored and a single season program record for 56 RBI. 
 
Jimenez became the first Knights players in 25 years to record 50 RBI as he broke the overall Single Season RBI and the freshman RBI record. 
 
Jimenez recorded a team-high 22 multi-hit games, tallying 13 two-hit games, four three-hit games, and five four-hit performances, to go with a team-high 14 multi-RBI games on the year. 
 
The Queens native showed his power throughout the year including a career-best performance against Southern Connecticut State University when he went perfect at the plate with a line of 4-4 AB, three runs scored, three home runs, and eight RBI in the victory. 
 
While Jimenez tied the program record for most home runs hit in a single game since Eric Roubal hit three blasts on March 15, 2019, against Bloomfield. The rookie would break the program record for most RBI recorded in a single game previously held by Roubal who tallied seven RBI against Bloomfield (Mar. 15, 2019) and junior Nick Barreiros (Seaford, N.Y.) (1-1 AB, RBI, R, 2BB) who recorded seven RBI on February 27, 2022 against Felician University.
2023 Fontana All-Region
Anthony Fontana (Wantagh, N.Y.) | Senior | Second Team – First Baseman
 
Adding to his ECC First Team All-Conference honors, Fontana has earned All Region Second Team honors as a first baseman. 
 
In a remarkable year for the Wantagh native, Fontana was one of the most dangerous bats in the lineup as he finished the year batting .378 with 62 hits, 13 doubles, one triple, a team-high nine home runs, 20 walks, 36 runs scored and 51 RBI as he appeared and started in 45 games. 
 
Fontana's 51 RBI are second on the Single Season RBI record as he became the second on the season to record 50 RBI or more in one season and the third Knights overall in 25 years. 
 
The Wantagh native recorded 20 multi-hit games, tallying 13 two-hit games, and seven three-hit games while recording 13 multi-RBI games on the year. 
 
Following his performance in the ECC Baseball Tournament, Fontana would be awarded ECC Tournament MVP Honors as the Wantagh native held a batting average of .450 with one double, three home runs, six runs scored, and 10 RBI over the five games. 
 
In the winners taking all game against Molloy in the ECC Championship game, With the Knights trailing 8-7 with two outs in the bottom of the eighth, Fontana would provide the spark with his second home run of the game and third of the day as he sent a rocket over 390 feet over center field to knot the game 8-8 before Queens walked it off in the bottom of the 10th inning to win their ECC Championship crown in 25 years. 
 
All three Knights played a key role in helping the program finish with a program best 34-19 overall record as Queens won their first ECC Baseball Championship and second title in 25 years as they defeated Molloy 9-8 in extra inning as Jimenez scored the winning run in the bottom of the 10th inning. 
 
The Knights first ECC title would earn Queens an NCAA Tournament Appearance and they would help Queens add the program's first NCAA Tournament win on May 19 with a 7-4 victory over Felician University. 
 
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