With another competitive season of Brooklyn/Queens CHSAA baseball in the books, here’s a look at The Tablet’s 2014 All-Star team.
Special thanks to the league’s coaches for submitting nominations.
Baseball First Team
Infielders
Brandon Simone, Holy Cross H.S., Flushing — Junior; .391 batting average; 27 hits (led team); five doubles; three triples; 22 RBI; named First Team All-Brooklyn/Queens CHSAA
Anthony Scotti, Xaverian H.S., Bay Ridge — Junior; team tri-captain; .375 batting average; 28 stolen bases; named First Team All-Brooklyn/Queens CHSAA
Nick Morici, Archbishop Molloy H.S., Briarwood — Senior; .347 batting average; 21 runs scored; selected to play in 2014 N.Y.C. Mayor’s Cup
Dylan Lanigan, Archbishop Molloy — Senior; .370 batting average; selected to play in 2014 N.Y.C. Mayor’s Cup
Outfielders
Karl Klesin, Archbishop Molloy — Senior; .302 batting average; three home runs; 24 RBI (led team); named First Team All-Brooklyn/Queens CHSAA; will attend Queens College, Flushing
Chris Moussa, Holy Cross — Senior; team captain; team M.V.P.; .320 batting average; 16 hits; 15 runs scored; three outfield assists; selected to play in 2014 N.Y.C. Mayor’s Cup; named First Team All-Brooklyn/Queens CHSAA; will attend Culver Stockton College, Canton, Mo.
Quentin Holmes, Msgr. McClancy M.H.S., East Elmhurst — Freshman; .385 batting average; 17 stolen bases; four outfield assists
Tony Rivera, Bishop Ford H.S., Park Slope — Junior; .521 batting average; 15 RBI; three outfield assists; named Second Team All-Brooklyn/Queens CHSAA
Catchers
Matthew Walsh, St. Francis Prep, Fresh Meadows — Senior; team tri-captain; .364 batting average; 14 RBI; threw out 70 percent of attempted base stealers; named First Team All-Brooklyn/Queens CHSAA; will attend Queens College, Flushing
Lucas Burton, Christ the King R.H.S., Middle Village — Senior; .321 batting average; 13 RBI; named First Team All-Brooklyn/Queens CHSAA; 2012 Tablet All-Star Honorable Mention
Pitchers
Anthony Catinella, Archbishop Molloy — Senior; 7-1 record; 0.71 ERA; selected to play in 2014 N.Y.C. Mayor’s Cup; named First Team All-Brooklyn/Queens CHSAA; will attend Molloy College, Rockville Centre, L.I.
Scotty Hannon, Archbishop Molloy — Junior; 6-2 record; 1.48 ERA; averaged more than one strikeout per inning
Dylan Lawrence, St. Francis Prep — Senior; team tri-captain; 7-2 record; 0.49 ERA; four shutouts; threw a no-hitter; named First Team All-Brooklyn/Queens CHSAA; will attend Concordia College, Bronxville, N.Y.
Ricky Disrugilliers, Christ the King — Senior; 4-2 record; sub-1.00 ERA; named First Team All-Brooklyn/Queens CHSAA; 2013 Tablet All-Star
Rob Amato, Xaverian — Junior; 5-2 record; 0.94 ERA; 66 strikeouts in 60 innings; named First Team All-Brooklyn/Queens CHSAA
Anthony Sigismondi, Xaverian — Senior; team tri-captain; team M.V.P.; 10-3 record; 1.20 ERA; 52 strikeouts in 82 innings; selected to play in 2014 N.Y.C. Mayor’s Cup; named Second Team All-Brooklyn/Queens CHSAA; 2013 Tablet All-Star
Baseball Second Team
Infielders
Daniel DeBiase, Cathedral Prep and Seminary, Elmhurst — Junior; .455 batting average; 14 runs scored; eight RBI; 2013 Tablet All-Star
Corey Roberts, Bishop Loughlin M.H.S., Fort Greene — Senior; team captain; .421 batting average; 1.000 fielding percentage; 2013 Tablet All-Star
Rolando Alvarez, Nazareth R.H.S., East Flatbush — Sophomore; team tri-M.V.P.; .450 bating average; nine doubles (led team); 15 RBI (led team)
Edwin Caban, St. John’s Prep, Astoria — Senior; .330 batting average; 25 hits; 10 extra-base hits
Outfielders
Chris Amato, Xaverian — Senior; team tri-captain; .314 batting average; 14 stolen bases; 20 RBI; named Second Team All-Brooklyn/Queens CHSAA; selected to play in 2014 N.Y.C. Mayor’s Cup; won Xaverian’s Coach’s Award
A.J. Figueroa, St. Francis Prep — Senior; team tri-captain; .417 batting average; 18 stolen bases; 17 RBI; selected to play in 2014 N.Y.C. Mayor’s Cup; named Second Team All-Brooklyn/Queens CHSAA; will attend Belmont Abbey College, N.C.
Freddy Gavitt, St. Edmund Prep, Sheepshead Bay — Senior; team captain; team M.V.P.; .315 batting average; named Second Team All-Brooklyn/Queens CHSAA; won St. Edmund’s Lou Esposito Award
Liam Slattery, Archbishop Molloy — Senior; .470 batting average; 16 runs scored, 10 stolen bases; will attend Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.; 2013 Tablet All-Star
Catchers
Dan Ciemniecki, Msgr. McClancy — Senior; .300 batting average; threw out 75 percent of attempted base stealers; will attend Domincan College, Orangeburg, N.Y.; 2013 Tablet All-Star
Aguston Quiles, Nazareth — Sophomore; team co-captain; team tri-M.V.P.; .514 batting average (led team); 11 RBI; 15 stolen bases
Pitchers
Brian Hughes, Msgr. McClancy — Senior; 5-3 record; 3.00 ERA; named Second Team All-Brooklyn/Queens CHSAA; 2013 Tablet All-Star
Jeff Manzi, Xaverian — Senior; 9-0 record; 2.27 ERA; 40 strikeouts in 52 innings; won Xaverian’s Cy Young Award
Edwin Mora, Bishop Loughlin — Sophomore; team M.V.P.; two wins; 1.15 ERA; two complete games; 24 strikeouts in 24 innings
John Michelli, St. Francis Prep — Junior; 4-2 record; 1.30 ERA; two shutouts; named Second Team All-Brooklyn/Queens CHSAA
James McCleary, Archbishop Molloy — Senior; 6-0 record; 2.48 ERA; will attend Mount St. Mary College, Newburgh, N.Y.
Willie Navarro, Nazareth — Sophomore; team co-captain; team tri-M.V.P.; seven wins (led team); 2.10 ERA; 60 strikeouts
Honorable Mention
Victor Rivera, Bishop Loughlin — Freshman; Catcher; won Bishop Loughlin’s Rookie of the Year Award
Ronnie Gibbs, Bishop Loughlin — Freshman; played first base, second base, shortstop and pitched for the team
Softball All-Stars
Just like for baseball, here are the 2014 selections for The Tablet’s Brooklyn/Queens GCHSAA Softball All-Stars.
Special thanks to the league’s coaches for submitting nominations.
Softball First Team
Infielders
Taylor Moss, Archbishop Molloy — Senior; team M.V.P.; .395 batting average; named Molloy Class of 2014 Outstanding Female Athlete; two-time city champion (2011, 2012); selected to play in 2014 N.Y.C. Mayor’s Cup; 2013 Tablet All-Star
Jen Fay, Nazareth — Senior; team tri-captain; team M.V.P.; .550 batting average; 22 hits; seven home runs; selected to play in 2014 N.Y.C. Mayor’s Cup; will attend Quinnipiac University, Hamden, Conn., on a basketball scholarship; 2012, 2013 Tablet All-Star
Bianca Marletta, Fontbonne Hall Academy, Bay Ridge — Sophomore; .472 batting average; six home runs; 27 RBI; 2013 Tablet All-Star Honorable Mention
Brianna Marrazzo, St. John’s Prep — Sophomore; .481 batting average; four home runs; 18 runs scored; won St. John’s Prep’s Defensive Player of the Year Award; 2013 Tablet All-Star
Alex Romano, St. John’s Prep — Sophomore; .482 batting average; 10 extra-base hits; 16 RBI; won St. John’s Prep’s Offensive Player of the Year Award; 2013 Tablet All-Star
Angelica Fox, St. Edmund Prep — Senior; team captain; .381 batting average; four-year St. Edmund Prep Coach’s Award winner; will attend SUNY Delhi; 2012, 2013 Tablet All-Star
Outfielders
Christina Heyer, Bishop Kearney H.S., Bensonhurst — Senior; .425 batting average; 20 RBI; six triples; selected to play in 2014 N.Y.C. Mayor’s Cup; will attend Brooklyn College, Midwood, on a basketball scholarship; 2013 Tablet All-Star
Stephanie Samir, St. Edmund Prep — Junior; .462 batting average; won St. Edmund Prep’s Most Deserving Player Award
Briana Emanuele, St. Francis Prep — Senior; team captain; .393 batting average; 24 hits; eight RBI; 20 runs scored; won St. Francis Prep’s Most Versatile Player Award; will attend St. Thomas Aquinas College, Sparkill, N.Y.
Catchers
Nicole Quintana, St. Edmund Prep — Junior; team captain; .581 batting average; six home runs; won St. Edmund Prep’s Most Important Player Award; 2013 Tablet All-Star
Maria Serrantino, Fontbonne — Senior; .372 batting average; four home runs; 23 RBI; selected to play in 2014 N.Y.C. Mayor’s Cup; will attend the University of the Sciences, Philadelphia; 2012, 2013 Tablet All-Star
Kelly Licul, St. Francis Prep — Junior; team M.V.P.; .426 batting average; 23 hits; eight extra-base hits; nine RBI; 17 runs scored; threw out six attempted base stealers; .932 fielding percentage; 2013 Tablet All-Star
Pitchers
Nicolette Trapani, Fontbonne — Senior; 16-4 record; 1.59 ERA; 150 strikeouts in 140 innings pitched; was named M.V.P. of the 2014 N.Y.C. Mayor’s Cup; will attend the College of Staten Island; 2012, 2013 Tablet All-Star
Grace Sullivan, St. Saviour H.S., Park Slope — Sophomore; 0.87 ERA; 152 strikeouts in 79.1 innings; .320 batting average; 16 RBI (led team); seven stolen bases (led team)
Nicole Hubert, The Mary Louis Academy, Jamaica Estates — Senior; team M.V.P.; .580 batting average (led team); five home runs; 2012 Tablet All-Star
Kayla Maiolo, St. Edmund Prep — Sophomore; team co-M.V.P.; 1.02 ERA; 154 strikeouts in 89 innings; 2013 Tablet All-Star
Nicole Schweit, St. John’s Prep — Sophomore; team M.V.P.; 9-3 record; 112 strikeouts; .562 batting average; six home runs; 16 RBI; 2013 Tablet All-Star
Softball Second Team
Infielders
Arianna Dillon, Fontbonne — Junior; .472 batting average; two home runs; 22 RBI; 2012 Tablet All-Star
Natalie LaCognata, Fontbonne — Freshman; .400 batting average; three home runs; 17 RBI; .957 fielding percentage
Kellie O’Neill, St. Edmund Prep — Junior; team co-M.V.P.; .333 batting average; 16 stolen bases, one home run
Camille Sears, Archbishop Molloy — Sophomore; .441 batting average; 17 RBI
Alexandra Yule, Archbishop Molloy — Junior; won Molloy Coach’s Award; 2013 Tablet All-Star Honorable Mention
Brittany Patterson, Mary Louis — Junior; team co-captain; .320 batting average; won Mary Louis’ Rookie of the Year Award
Outfielders
Victoria Nilsen, St. Saviour — Sophomore; .464 batting average (led team); 13 hits; 10 RBI; .616 on-base percentage; .607 slugging percentage; .500 playoff batting average with five RBI and four runs scored
Emily O’Regan, St. Edmund Prep — Senior; .387 batting average; will attend Wagner College, Staten Island
Katie Mallon, St. Edmund Prep — Senior; .263 batting average; .416 on-base percentage; will attend SUNY Delhi
Cindy Rene, Bishop Loughlin — Sophomore; .400 on-base percentage
Catchers
Nicollette Conti, Bishop Kearney — Senior; .320 batting average; 12 RBI; threw out 15 attempted base stealers; selected to play in 2014 N.Y.C. Mayor’s Cup
Katherine Barbaro, Mary Louis — Senior; team co-captain; .327 batting average; will attend St. Thomas Aquinas College, Sparkill, N.Y.
Natalie Gil, St. Saviour — Junior; team co-captain; .286 batting average; one home run; .953 fielding percentage; threw out seven attempted base stealers
Pitchers
Emily Hiltunen, Bishop Kearney — Senior; 10 wins; .300 batting average; 12 RBI; selected to play in 2014 N.Y.C. Mayor’s Cup; 2013 Tablet All-Star
Monica Zhivanaj, St. Francis Prep — Sophomore; 2.31 ERA; 54 strikeouts; .293 batting average; five RBI; .985 fielding percentage; won St. Francis Prep’s True Grit Award
Alyssa Siess, St. Francis Prep — Sophomore; .469 batting average (led team); 13 runs scored; 23 hits; 16 RBI; .976 fielding percentage; won St. Francis Prep’s Rookie of the Year Award
Jen Bove, Bishop Ford — Senior; 3.25 ERA; 70 innings pitched; .365 batting average; one home run; 20 RBI
Kayse Brown, Bishop Loughlin — Senior; .450 on-base percentage
Honorable Mention
Victoria Brown, Archbishop Molloy — Sophomore; Catcher; .312 batting average; 12 RBI
Ashley Hellmers, St. Saviour — Senior; Infielder; team co-captain; .429 playoff batting average; six stolen bases; 2013 Tablet All-Star Honorable Mention
Erica Fonseca, St. Saviour — Freshman; Infielder; .318 batting average; .571 playoff batting average
Kristie MacBride, St. Edmund Prep — Sophomore; Infielder; .328 batting average; .391 on-base percentage
Alicea Hernandez, St. Edmund Prep — Sophomore; Infielder; .346 batting average; .407 on-base percentage
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