KEENE, N.H. - Brett DeLoach (Blackshear, GA/Georgia) and Taylor Williams (Camas, WA/Washington St.) have been selected to the New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL) Second-Team by the NECBL and its coaches, it was announced earlier today.
DeLoach was chosen as a designated hitter to the NECBL Second-Team after posting a .305 batting average (40-for-131) with 20 runs scored, six doubles, one triple and 32 runs batted in.
The right-handed hitter from Georgia was also instrumental to the Swamp Bats run to the NECBL Title compiling numbers worthy of Most Valuable Players honors, if the award was given out.
In the postseason, DeLoach hit .400 (12-for-30) with 11 runs scored, two doubles, one triple, six round-trippers and 15 RBI’s. He led all players in the playoffs in homers and runs batted in launching at least one home run in his last three games played and two in the NECBL Championship contest.
Williams was dominant throughout the regular season at the top of Keene’s rotation as the right-handed pitcher led the league in wins with a 6-1 overall record. During the regular season, Williams sported a 2.18 earned run average (ERA) on 41.1 innings pitched. The right-hander from Washington State University struck out 41 batters while walking 16 and giving up 27 hits.
In the postseason, Williams went 1-0 in his only start with a 2.57 ERA in an 8-5 win over the Holyoke Blue Sox that forced a decisive game three in the Western Division Championship Series. Williams went seven innings with four punchouts, three hits and two walks in his only outing.
