South Windsor Ballplayer Earns First-Team All-LEC Honors At ECSU

WILLIMANTIC, CT — At 39-3, the baseball team at Eastern Connecticut State University has the best record of any Division III school in the nation, and is ranked No. 1 in Region II. A big part of the team's success has been junior shortstop Zach Donahue of South Windsor, who is one of six Warriors named to the All-Little East Conference first team.

In his first season at Eastern after two years at the University of Connecticut, Donahue stepped in for last year's first-team All-LEC shortstop, Owen Marica, and batted .331 with 44 runs and a team-leading 102 assists. As the team's leadoff hitter, the switch-hitter appeared in all 42 games, starting 33 at shortstop and seven at third base. During the season, he reached safely in 21 straight games, four behind John Mesagno's team-high mark of 25.

The 2019 graduate of South Windsor High School was a 3-time All-CCC selection, and earned All-State honors during his senior year as team captain. He batted .440 with 35 hits in his senior season with the Bobcats, and was selected to the Connecticut Senior All-Star Game. In his high school career, he batted .344 with 72 hits, two home runs and 36 stolen bases.

Warrior teammate Luke Broadhurst of Stafford won his second straight conference Player of the Year award, while fourth-year head coach Brian Hamm repeated as LEC Coach of the Year.

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