Monmouth University Teams, Ryan Terry Receive Honors

The Monmouth University baseball and women's track and field teams each received the Northeast Conference's Sportsmanship Award for their respective sports on Wednesday.

Both teams were also championship squads this spring, as the women's track team won its third straight NEC title and fourth in five years by scoring 185 points at the NEC Championships. That mark is second all-time behind the 201 points that the Hawks put up last season. 

The baseball team won the regular-season NEC title and finished 36-19, one win shy of the school single-season record for wins. The 25 wins in the NEC set a Hawks record.

“We are very proud of our student-athletes and coaches for these sportsmanship awards,” Monmouth University Vice President and Director of Athletics, Marilyn McNeil said in a statement. “Every day we recognize that competition is about respecting one’s opponents, officials and teammates.  It is obvious that the Monmouth representatives display these imperatives on and off the field of play.”

The accolades also keep coming for Monmouth senior infielder Ryan Terry, who is the Hawks' all-time hits leader. On Wednesday, he was named a third-team Louisville Slugger/TPX All-American, becoming just the fifth player in Monmouth history to be selected as an All-American and the first in nine years.

Terry had already been named the Northeast Conference Player of the year and New Jersey Collegiate Baseball Association (NJCBA) Player of the Year.

This season he led the NEC in hits (84), runs scored (53), doubles (19) and total bases (128) while finishing second in the conference in batting average (.382) and 43 RBIs and third with seven homers. He also finished the season with a Monmouth-record 274 career hits and 66 doubles.