D3baseball.com All-New England Region Team

BEVERLY, Mass. – Endicott junior third baseman Mike Kochiss (Fairfield, Conn.) has claimed D3baseball.com All-New England Region first team honors, as announced by the organization earlier today.

Kochiss, who was named the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) Player of the Year earlier this season, hit .410/451/.590/1.041 (.avg/.obp/.slg/.ops) in 44 starts at third base to go along with 29 runs scored, 15 doubles, two triples, three home runs, 44 RBI, 12 walks, and four stolen bases.

Kochiss also compiled 19 multi-hit games and 12 multi-RBI contests, both team-highs, throughout his junior campaign and put together a 16-game hitting streak from April 8-24 (30 H, 11 R, 19 RBI, .566 AVG).

In addition to those numbers, Kochiss reached base in 18 consecutive games – three behind Matthew Paola's (Middlebury, Conn.) team-leading 21-straight mark – and batted .458 with runners in scoring position.

As a team, Endicott posted a 29-15 record in 2016, and surpassed the 500-win plateau as a program (515-372, .581). 

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