4/29/08 - Enman Honored by Conference

STANDISH, ME – The Great Northeast Athletic Conference has released its weekly award honors for the April 21st-April 27th reporting period. Senior shortstop Luke Enman (Milan, NH/Berlin HS) has been named the GNAC Baseball Player of the Week and sophomore Andrew Keirstead (Westbrook, ME) has been named the Pitcher of the Week.

Enman, the 2008 GNAC Player of the Year, receives the award for the third time this season after hitting .563 (9-16) with a .875 slugging percentage in leading the Monks to a 4-0 record in the GNAC tournament, including a 7-1 road win over regular season champion Suffolk University. Enman was named to the GNAC All-Tournament Team for his play during the tourney and leads the conference so far this season in batting average (.424, 53-125), slugging percentage (.784) and on-base percentage (.522).

4/29/08 - Keirstead Honored by Conference

STANDISH, ME – The Great Northeast Athletic Conference has released its weekly award honors for the April 21st-April 27th reporting period. Senior shortstop Luke Enman (Milan, NH/Berlin HS) has been named the GNAC Baseball Player of the Week and sophomore Andrew Keirstead (Westbrook, ME) has been named the Pitcher of the Week.

Keirstead made three appearances in the GNAC tournament, including a complete game victory over Suffolk University in the quarterfinals on April 24th. The southpaw threw an inning in relief against Albertus Magnus in the preliminary round on April 22nd and also earned his second save of the year when he pitched the final 1.1 innings of the championship game to nail down the victory for the Monks. For his efforts he was named as the GNAC Tournament Most Valuable Player. For the week, Keirstead allowed 12 hits, 3 earned runs and 3 walks in 11.1 innings and posted a 2.38 ERA with a win and a save. The sophomore leads St. Joe’s with five wins this season against just one loss.