Chevalier Named to All-New England Baseball Team

KEENE, N.H., 5/21/07 - Keene State College's James Chevalier (Amherst, New Hampshire) has been named to the 2007 Division III All-New England Intercollegiate Baseball Association (NEIBA) team.  Chevalier also joins teammates Beau Darak (Londonderry, New Hampshire) and Mike Cook (Dover, Massachusetts) on the New England Regional All-Tournament team.
 

Chevalier, a sophomore second baseman, was a second-team selection to the NEIBA squad.  He led the Owls in hitting (.365), scored 33 runs, belted three home runs, and had 23 RBIs.  Chevalier was a key performer for KSC in the NCAA Regional baseball tournament. In addition to hitting a home run and driving in four runs at the plate, he also picked up a pitching win in relief against Curry College.
 

A freshman first baseman, Darak batted .350 in the tournament with a home run and five RBIs.  He also had a two-run double in the championship round against Eastern Connecticut State University.
 

Cook came out of the bullpen to notch two saves against top-seed Wheaton College (WC) in the tournament.  He tossed two innings of one-hit ball in the Owls' 6-3 win over the Lyons on Thursday and came back to pitch another strong two-inning stint of one-hit ball with three strikeouts against WC on Saturday night.  
 

Keene State (32-15) made its first-ever NCAA tournament appearance this season.