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Princeton University Athletics
Tigers Dominate All-Ivy Team
May 19, 2000 | Baseball
May 19, 2000
PRINCETON, N.J. - A lineup of six Princeton players ~ three unanimous ~ headlined the 2000 first team All-Ivy list, while Dartmouth took all the major awards. The Tigers six honorees are the most ever by any Princeton baseball club. The Big Green are the first team to sweep the major awards. Harvard, which took Player and Pitcher of the Year accolades last year, shared Rookie of the Year honors with Princeton.
The Big Green led off the 2000 awards with 3B Brian Nickerson, Dartmouth's first ever Player of the Year. The 1997 Ivy League Rookie of the Year also earned unanimous first team honors for the second time in his career. Nickerson had an overall batting average of .372, while hitting .403 in League action. In Ivy games, he led the League in runs scored (25), RBIs (27), total bases (57) and home runs (8). RHP Conor Brooks, who led the League overall in strikeouts (91) for the second year in a row, was announced as Pitcher of the Year. The Green were last awarded this honor in 1987 when current Atlanta Braves hurler Mike Remlinger brought home the honor to the Upper Valley. Brooks finished the year with a mark of 8-2 in 12 appearances and a 2.05 ERA ~ the best numbers of his career. He also was the Green's second unanimous first-teamer. Reliever RHP Jon Miller and OF James Little also were first-team performers for the Green. Miller tossed 28 innings en route to six saves and a 1.93 ERA ~ including 28 strikeouts and only seven walks. Little earned his second straight first team All-Ivy nod. He tied for first in the League with 61 hits and first with five triples.
The Tigers were led by three unanimous selections RHP Chris Young, 1B Andrew Hanson and U Jon Watterson. Young was the League's leading pitcher with a 1.13 ERA overall and 1.05 in Ivy games. Young, a two-time unanimous first-team performer, posted a perfect record of 5-0 in seven appearances, while striking out 51 batters in 43 innings. Hanson, who hit for the cycle late in the season, was the Tigers' second-leading batter with an average of .371. He was Little in the League with 61 hits overall. Watterson hit .342 in 36 games for Princeton. Rookie reliever RHP David Boehle, SS Pat Boran, and OF Max Krance also were chosen for the first-team list. Boehle picked up a club record nine saves for the Tigers with a 1.92 ERA and 3-2 record. Boran led all shortstops with his .342 batting average. Krance ~ the 1998 Ivy Rookie of the Year ~ led Princeton and tied for first in the League with a .376 average.
Others selected to the first team included Harvard's C Brian Lentz. The first-year sophomore hit .283, while registering 207 putouts. Two of Brown's performers earned their second first team honors ~ 2B Jeff Lawler and OF Todd Iarussi. Lawler led all second basemen with a .976 fielding percentage. Iarussi led the League in doubles (20) and total bases (103), while batting .351. RBI-leader DH Pete Aswad of Columbia rounded out the League's first team honorees. Aswad led the Ivies overall in RBIs (57) and home runs (11).
Dartmouth DH Mike Mileusnic completed the tri-fecta for the Green after being named Ivy League Rookie of the Year. He finished his freshman campaign tied Krance for a League-leading .376 batting average, while batting .406 in League play.
Second team DH Matt Buckmiller of Columbia was formally announced the winner of the League's Charles H. Blair Bat honor. The award is presented to the League's top hitter in Ivy action. Buckmiller supported a .415 average in 18 contests.