ONEONTA, N.Y. - Three members of the Oneonta baseball team picked up ABCA/Rawlings All-Region 3 honors this week. Senior Sean Liquori (Thiells, NY/North Rockland), junior Logan Hutter (Smithtown, NY/Smithtown West/Smithtown), and sophomore Joey Dwyer (Shoreham, NY/Shoreham Wading River) earned second-team recognition.
Liqouri and Hutter are coming off D3Baseball.com All-Region selections. Liquori was an essential utility player for the Red Dragons and batted in 38 games while making 37 starts. He was second on the team with a .363 batting average and 45 hits. He led Oneonta with 11 doubles and finished with 21 runs and 27 RBI. Liquori knocked in a season-high three triples when Oneonta played St. Norbert. He ended the season with 14 multi-hit games and had four games with three hits.
On the mound, Liquori proved to be Oneonta's top pitcher, appearing in ten games with nine starts. He finished the year at 4-2 with a 5.12 ERA and a 1.43 WHIP. He led the team by pitching 51.0 innings and striking out 48 batters while holding opponents to a .278 batting average. On Apr. 6, Liqouri pitched a complete game in the 6-1 win over Fredonia.Â
Hutter immediately jumped into the starting catcher role and proved to be one of Oneonta's top offensive weapons. He batted .325 with 40 hits and a team-high 37 RBI. Hutter finished second on the team in home runs (5) and led the way with three triples. He also had seven doubles and eight stolen bases. Hutter boasted a .978 fielding percentage with 203 putouts and caught 11 runners stealing bases.
Dwyer picks up all-region honors following an All-SUNYAC First Team selection. Playing a majority of the year at third base, Dwyer led the Red Dragons in batting average (.374), hits (55), runs (46), and home runs (6). His home run total was sixth most in the SUNYAC. Dwyer also had eight doubles and two triples with 85 total bases. Dwyer broke the Oneonta single-season stolen bases record to lead the conference and finish 11th in NCAA Division III at 37. He had eight games stealing three or more bases.