Two Cards named Pre-Season Players to Watch

Pat Shaughnessy and Tyler Greene of the Plattsburgh State baseball team have been named two of the 2012 NCAA Division III Players to Watch by Collegiate Baseball earlier this month. Players selected to the preseason list are chosen by Division III coaches from across the country.

Shaughnessy, who is entering his final season with as the Cardinals’ second baseman, earned First-Team All-SUNYAC honors following the 2011 season. The Plattsburgh native led Plattsburgh with 21 runs batted in – 13 of which came in conference play. Shaughnessy was second among regular players with a .312 batting average and scored a team-high 26 runs. He hit eight doubles, two triples and two home runs in his junior year.

Following last season, Greene was a recipient of an American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA)/Rawlings Gold Glove Award. A pitcher from Fort Edward, N.Y., Greene finished the year with a 4-4 record and a 2.08 earned run average. He started more games (9) than any other Cardinal pitcher in 2011, holding opponents to a .221 batting average. Greene did not commit an error in the field throughout 56 1/3 innings of work.

Shaughnessy and Greene are two of 13 State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) players to be named to this year’s list.

The Cardinal baseball team will get the 2012 season underway with a 15-game trip to Florida beginning Mar. 9.

Polar Plunge

A dozen members of the Cardinals baseball team decided to do the Polar Plunge in support of the Special Olympics. Great job Cards! Who is that in the penguin outfit?

Cardinals Continue Community Service Efforts

The baseball team continued its community service efforts this past Sunday with a standout performance at the Medicine Horse Farms Monster Dash.

Nine players performed as monsters, while the rest of the team (and Coach Doorey) ran the event.

Steve Corea was the top finisher finishing in 20th place out of more than 200 runners.

Way to go Cards!

Former baseball player Paul Dingman '69 heading to Hall of Fame

Former baseball player Paul Dingman '69 will be inducted into the Plattsburgh State Athletic Hall of Fame Saturday, October 15. The ceremony will take place at Noon in the Warren Ballrooms.

Dingman finished his baseball career holding most of the program’s pitching records. At the time his three-year career ended in 1969, he was the all-time leader in games (37), starts (28), complete games (15), shutouts (3), wins (14) and earned-run average (2.30). He still holds the all-time record for complete games, shutouts, wins and earned-run average and is third all-time with 120 strikeouts. Dingman also held the single-season records for games (13), starts (11), complete games (6), innings pitched (71 2/3), earned-run average (1.52), wins (5) and strikeouts (61). He received First-Team All-SUNYAC honors in 1967 and was named the team’s Most Valuable Player in 1968.

Congratulations Paul!