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BEVERLY, Mass. — Endicott student-athletes Caleb Shpur (East Canaan, Conn.) and Gabe Van Emon (Lexington, Mass.) have earned All-America honors from the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA)/Rawlings and D3baseball.com.
Van Emon headlined the duo with ABCA and D3baseball.com All-America First Team honors.
He is the first starting pitcher in program history to be named to an All-America First Team.
Meanwhile, Shpur received ABCA and D3baseball.com All-America Fourth Team accolades.
GABE VAN EMON | SR. | LHP
In 15 appearances this season (13 starts), the hard-throwing lefty is 10-1 overall with one save over 83 2/3 innings pitched.
Van Emon currently sports a 1.51 earned run average (ERA) to go along with 105 strikeouts (11.29 K/9) and a .191 batting average against.
Van Emon ranks 30th or better in the following categories among his NCAA Division III peers: ERA (7th), hits allowed per nine innings (30th, 6.24), strikeouts (9th), victories (7th), walks plus hits per innings pitched (WHIP, 14th, 0.97).
Prior to postseason play, Van Emon led the country for the majority of the season with a sub-one ERA.
Van Emon is now a two-time All-American.
CALEB SHPUR | SR. | OF
In 50 games played this season, Shpur has compiled a .377/.459/.627 slash line to go along with 62 runs scored, 80 hits — including 15 doubles, four triples, and 10 homers, 56 RBI, 32 walks, and 44 stolen bases.
His hits, total bases (133), sacrifice flies (7), and stolen bases totals are all single-season records.
Nationally, Shpur ranks in the top-50 in the following categories among his Division III peers: hits (12th), runs (17th), RBI (41st), sac flies (12th), stolen bases (4th), stolen bases per game (11th, 0.88), and total bases (13th).
Shpur also leads the team in multi-hit games (2 — 14 | 3 — 6 | 4 — 1 | 5+ — 2) and multi-RBI contests (2 — 13 | 3 — 2 | 5+ — 2). He enters this weekend's College World Series on a seven-game hitting streak (16 season-long) and a seven-game on-base streak (18 season-long).
Shpur is now a four-time All-American (includes preseason in total).
WHAT'S NEXT
No. 4/8 Endicott (45-7) plays No. 10/12 Baldwin Wallace (36-10) in the opening round of the College World Series on Friday, June 2 at 2:15 PM (EST).
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