NORTON, MA- The Wheaton College baseball team had at least three players tabbed to a New England Intercollegiate Baseball Association (NEIBA) all-region team for the fifth consecutive season, as seniors Nick Pecora (Highland Park, NJ/Immaculata) and Josh Simmons (Cranston, RI/Cranston West) and sophomore Sean Munley (Trenton, NJ/The Hun School of Princeton) picked up regional honors for the first time in their careers.

The Lyons had three on the 16-player second team, with Munley and Pecora standing as the lone designated hitter and shortstop, respectively. Simmons was one of five second-team pitchers and the lone non-starter. Wheaton was represented well among New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) selections, claiming three of the six honorees, as the trio also earned all-league first-team accolades in late April.

Pecora turned in an all-around impressive spring, batting .375 with team highs of 49 runs and 21 doubles while driving in 29 runs, drawing 20 walks and fielding at a .940 clip in 41 starts at shortstop. He broke the program's single-season doubles record, tied for fourth in runs, ranked seventh in total bases (104) and tied for seventh in hits (66). Pecora leaves Wheaton tied for sixth in career triples (6), ranked seventh in batting average (.335), eighth in walks (55), tied for eighth in sac flies (8), ninth in hits (183) and total bases (249), and tied for ninth in doubles (36).

During his third season as Wheaton's closer and fourth as a relief pitcher, Simmons capped off his career with a 1.03 earned run average in 21 appearances this spring. He struck out 38 batters in just 26.1 innings while recording nine saves and limiting the opposition to a .192 batting average. Simmons, whose season save total ranked fifth in program annals and pitching appearances tied for sixth, finished his career tops in games pitched (81), second in saves (27) and sixth in ERA (2.64).

Munley posted another productive campaign from his DH spot, batting .391 with team-best totals of 53 RBI and 30 walks to go alongside 33 runs and 15 doubles while striking out just 15 times. His RBI were good for fourth best in a season at Wheaton, and he ranked sixth in walks and on-base percentage (.477), tied for seventh in doubles and sacrifice flies (4), and 10th in batting average. Munley is already tied for ninth in program history with 53 career walks and is approaching Wheaton's top 10 in RBI.

The Lyons completed their fifth straight 30-win season with a 30-12 mark, going 9-3 in league play while securing at least a share of their 10th regular season conference championship in the NEWMAC's 11-year history. Wheaton is currently ranked 24th in the D3baseball.com national poll and is seventh in the NEIBA regional rankings.