Rachiele earns D3baseball.com First Team All-Region Honors
2023 D3baseball.com All-Region Release
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) senior outfielder Austin Rachiele (Pittsfield, MA) has been selected to the 2023 D3baseball.com Region 2 First Team. Earlier this month Rachile was voted the 2023 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) Player of the Year.
Rachiele's memorable 2023 season saw him lead the conference in batting (.453), home runs (14), hits (63-which tied the MCLA program record), triples (4), total bases (127-which set a new program record), as well as on base percentage (.550) and slugging percentage (.914). He also scored 53 runs (new program record), had 40 RBI, and drew 28 walks while stealing 17 bases.
UMASS Dartmouth's DJ Perron was voted as the D3baseball.com Region 2 Player of the Year with Salve Regina's Sean Mulligan earning Rookie of the Year and Endicott's Gabe Van Emon taking the Pitcher of the Year honors. Endicott's Bryan Haley was selected as the Coach of the Year.
D3baseball.com Region 2 in comprised of 30 Division III institutions from the MASCAC, Little East Conference, Commonwealth Coast Conference, New England Collegiate Conference and the University Athletic Association.