WATERVILLE, Maine – The SUNY Cobleskill baseball team claimed the Player of the Year, Pitcher of the Year, and Coach of the Year awards when the North Atlantic Conference unveiled its end-of-the-season honors on Thursday.

David Flora was tabbed for Player of the Year honors while Devin Lewis was named the Pitcher of the Year. First-year Head Coach Austin Straub earned the Coach of the Year accolade.

Husson University’s Hunter Curtis earned the Rookie of the Year award, and Austin Stebbins from Thomas College was named the Senior Scholar Athlete in baseball.

Flora was Cobleskill’s top overall hitter, posting a team high .403 batting average with 48 hits, including 19 extra-base hits, and 40 runs batted in with 37 runs scored. Versus NAC opponents, Flora’s batting average climbed to .429 (24-for-56) with seven doubles and four home runs. In conference games, he was second in the NAC with 20 runs batted in. Flora completed his stat line with a .768 slugging percentage in conference games with a .492 on-base percentage.

Lewis logged a 3-0 record against NAC rivals while charting a 1.08 earned run average. He fanned 28 batters while allowing just three earned runs on 17 hits over 25 complete innings on the mound. Lewis posted a .185 opponent batting average versus NAC hitter. Overall, Lewis posted a 4-1 record and 2.96 ERA over 48-and-two-thirds innings on the hill, and finished the season with 53 strikeouts and a .216 opponent batting average.

Curtis paced Husson University at the plate in 2023 with a .353 batting average (41-for-116) with a team-leading 11 doubles and 26 RBI. He charted 10 multi-hit games during his freshman collegiate campaign, and seven multiple-RBI performances. Against conference opponents, Curtis saw his average soar to .578 (26-for-45), including nine doubles, with 17 RBI and 18 runs scored.

Stebbins adds the NAC’s Senior Scholar Athlete award in baseball to his already impressive collegiate resume. A four-year member of the Thomas baseball team and a team captain, he has played in more than 60 games and has started over 50 during his career.  He is a four-year member of the Student Athletic Advisory Committee (SAAC) and he has served as treasurer and secretary for the SAAC.  Stebbins is a member of Alpha Chi and has maintained a 3.96 grade points average in Thomas’ 3 + 1 program (program for completing an undergraduate program and Master’s degree in four years). He is a four-time selection to the NAC All-Academic Team, earning Thomas College President's List distinction (3.80-4.00 GPA) in every semester as an undergraduate student.  Stebbins serves as one of the baseball team’s Academic Captains, which was put into place in the spring of 2023, and monitors a team of six players to ensure that they are meeting academic expectations and reports weekly on his team’s progress. 

Straub, who was named the Fighting Tigers’ interim head coach for 2022-23 on August 24, 2022, guided SUNY Cobleskill to the top overall seed in the 2023 NAC Baseball Tournament and a runner-up tournament finish. The Fighting Tigers posted a 22-15 overall record in 2023, setting a new program single-season wins record, to go with a 13-2 conference record that marks the most NAC wins for Cobleskill since it joined the conference.

In addition to the top conference awards, 22 student-athletes were named to the All-Conference teams, and nine were named to the NAC Baseball Sportsmanship Team. The Sportsmanship Team is reserved for those who distinguish themselves through demonstrated acts of sportsmanship and ethical behavior. The honorees have positively affected the sport’s culture and game environment by clearly demonstrating sportsmanship and integrity beyond playing rules and etiquette.

The full list of baseball honorees is below:

Player of the Year – David Flora, SUNY Cobleskill
Pitcher of the Year – Devin Lewis, SUNY Cobleskill
Rookie of the Year – Hunter Curtis, Husson University
Senior Scholar Athlete – Austin Stebbins, Thomas College
Coach of the Year – Austin Straub, SUNY Cobleskill

East All-Conference
P – Matt Wallingford, Husson University
P – Connor Abood, Husson University
C – Aaron Young, Thomas
1B – Timothy Burns, UMaine-Presque Isle
2B – Nate Coombs, UMaine-Farmington
SS – TJ Santaw, Northern Vermont-Lyndon
3B – Tony Meza, Thomas College
UTL – Dale Ostermann, Northern Vermont-Lyndon
OF – Hunter Curtis, Husson University
OF – Hunter LaBossier, UMaine-Farmington
OF –Nick Hutson, Thomas College

West All-Conference
P – Devin Lewis, SUNY Cobleskill
P – Jack Montanye, SUNY Poly
C – Logan Hutter, SUNY Cobleskill
1B – Jack Lees, Cazenovia College
2B – Ty Reed, SUNY Canton
SS – David Flora, SUNY Cobleskill
3B – Frank Leger, SUNY Cobleskill
UTL – Don Vento, SUNY Poly
OF – Zach Ducorsky, SUNY Cobleskill
OF – Matthew Snyder, SUNY Cobleskill
OF – Cameron Ciampaglia, Cazenovia College
OF – Zach Rainville, Cazenovia College
 
Sportsmanship Team
SUNY Canton – Hunter LaValley
Cazenovia – Jacob Detlefsen
SUNY Cobleskill – Joseph Dougherty
UMaine-Farmington – Danny Terhune
Husson – Ty Knowlton
Northern Vermont-Lyndon – Chuck Gratton
SUNY Poly – Zackary Morrison
UMaine-Presque Isle – Payton Jones
Thomas College – Jackson Ladd