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Princeton University Athletics
Baseball Earns Several All-State Honors From NJCBA
May 11, 2004 | Baseball
May 11, 2004
Princeton, N.J. - The Princeton baseball team took two of the five major awards annually handed out by the New Jersey Collegiate Baseball Association. Freshman Gavin Fabian was named the rookie of the year while junior Brian Kappel was named the relief pitcher of the year.
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Fabian had stellar freshman campaign in which he went 4-2 with a 3.10 ERA. He started 10 games and pitched 69.2 innings, the most of anyone else on the Tiger staff. Perhaps his most impressive stat is that in those 69.2 innings, Fabian only walked four batters.
Kappel began the season in a new role as Princeton closer and excelled all season long. He made a team-high 22 appearances and posted a 3-2 record with eight saves. In 35.1 innings pitched, he struck out 42 batters and allowed just 11 earned runs. Last weekend, he earned the save in Game 1 of the Ivy League Championship Series and the win in Game 2.
In addition to the two major awards, eight Tigers were named to all-state teams. and two to the all-rookie team. Junior Ross Ohlendorf, Kappel, junior B.J. Szymanski and junior Will Venable were all named first all-state. Fabian, senior Steve Young, junior Adam Balkan and sophomore Andrew Salini were named second team all-state. In addition, Fabian and freshman Sal Iacono were named to the all-rookie team. Princeton returns to action at the NCAA tournament the first weekend in June. The Tigers will learn of the location and opponent when the NCAA annouces the field on Memorial Day.