Cheshire's Matt Burns Honored by Pawtucket Red Sox

Cheshire’s Matt Burns of the Southern Connecticut State University baseball team was honored, along with teammate Rocco Cundari, for his selection to the All-ECAC team Monday night by the Pawtucket Red Sox at McCoy Stadium in Rhode Island.

Read more from the press release below:

Following a pre-game barbeque down the first base line, the all-stars gathered on the field prior to the first pitch to be recognized. The student-athletes had their accolades and name read aloud by the public announcer, before being greeted at the pitcher’s mound by Commissioner Dr. Kevin McGinniss, a SCSU alum, and PawSox pitcher Matt Barnes.

Barnes, a native of Bethel, Conn., is a former pitcher for ECAC Member, University of Connecticut. Commissioner McGinniss wrapped up the pre-game festivities by throwing out the first ball.

This spring, the conference honored 559 student-athletes from 201 institutions on its spring all-star teams. All 559 all-stars, ranging from all three collegiate divisions, represented an ECAC member institution and were elected first team all-conference in his/her respective league or nominated by his/her institution. The team is then voted upon by the head coaches or selected representatives from each institution from the appropriate division.

Other All-ECAC honorees who could not attend on Monday wereNick Baviello (Orange, Conn.) of the baseball team and Sarah Koerner (Coventry, R.I.) of the softball team.