MELBOURNE, Fla. – The Sunshine State Conference presents its 2019 baseball postseason awards with University of Tampa outfielder Yorvis Torrealba earning Player of the Year honors. UT had six players named all-SSC while Eckerd College collected seven accolades including Pitcher of the Year and Coach of the Year. In total, 34 student-athletes are recognized on the All-SSC baseball teams. Voting for the All-SSC baseball awards is conducted among the league’s baseball coaches.

SSC Baseball All-Conference History: All-SSC Teams | Players & Coaches of the Year

Torrealba, a junior from Parkland, Fla., is named the 2019 SSC Player of the Year. The junior outfielder ranks at the top of the league in batting average (.417), slugging percentage (.697) and runs scored (55). The Parkland, Florida product is also Top-5 in hits (73), stolen bases (19), on-base percentage (.502), doubles (14), and home runs (11). Against SSC pitching, he led the league batting average, on-base percentage, and slugging with a .426/.539/.689 slash line. Torrealba is the seventh Spartan to win Player of the Year honors and the first since 2010¹.

Joining Torrealba as a first-team selection are teammates Tyler Beck and Keven Pimentel. UT also had a pair of second-teamers in Alec Aleywine and Mason Duke while Nick DeTringo was named honorable mention.

Dillon McCollough earns Pitcher of the Year following an 8-1 season on the hill for Eckerd. In 108.0 innings pitched, he struck out 137 batters and registered a WHIP of 0.99. The senior from Deltona, Florida recorded a 2.08 earned run average and .223 batting average against across his 15 appearances in 2019. McCollough made a start against all 10 SSC opponents in 2019, tossing eight or more innings in seven of those games. His league record is 5-1 comes on the back of a 2.46 ERA and 1.04 WHIP in those 10 appearances. He is the second Triton to be named SSC Pitcher of the Year².

Nova Southeastern University’s Duncan Pastore, an infielder/pitcher, is awarded Freshman of the Year. The Shark finished the regular season with 41 hits in 105 at-bats, as well as 13 runs batted in and 11 stolen bases. Pastore’s .357 batting average is second on his team and 10th in the league. The Tampa native also provided NSU with 37.0 innings on the mound across 12 appearances, in which he registered a 2.68 ERA, 1.08 WHIP, and 4-0 record. Pastore is the third NSU player to be named SSC Freshman of the Year³ and the first since 2011.

SSC baseball coaches award Coach of the Year to Josh Beauregard following Eckerd’s 30-17 overall record and 19-11 conference record in 2019. Beauregard guided his alma mater to its first SSC championship in 38 years⁴, first NCAA tournament appearance in 32 years, and first 30-win season in 20 years⁵. He is the third Triton skipper to honored by the league and the first since 1999⁶.

Repeat All-SSC selections are highlighted by two-time First Team selections Keven Pimentel of Tampa and Andy Marzheuser of Florida Tech. Pimentel repeats for a second consecutive year, while Marzheuser also collected First Team in 2017. McCollough, a three-time honoree, earns his First Team accolades in 2019 after Second Team honors in 2017 and 2018. Also moving up to the First Team from Second Team honors in 2018 are Andrew Rapoza of Barry University and Zach Howard of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Eckerd’s Mitch Calandra bookends his career with All-SSC honors after being named Freshman of the Year in 2016 and First Team in 2019. Second Team honoree Samuel Duran from Nova Southeastern and honorable mention selection Nick DeTringo from Tampa were both honored as First Team a year ago.

Player of the Year: Yorvis Torrealba, Tampa
Pitcher of the Year: Dillon McCollough, Eckerd
Freshman of the Year: Duncan Pastore, Nova Southeastern
Coach of the Year: Josh Beauregard, Eckerd

2019 All-SSC Baseball First Team
1B	Jacob Buser	Florida Tech	Sr.	Staten Island, New York
2B	Nick Conti^	Eckerd	Sr.	Orlando, Florida
3B	Zach Scott	Florida Southern	Jr.	Lakeland, Florida
SS	Derek Gibree	Saint Leo	Sr.	Largo, Florida
C	Mitch Calandra	Eckerd	Sr.	Floral Park, New York
DH	Kirk Sidwell	Embry-Riddle	Sr.	Windermere, Florida
OF	Yorvis Torrealba	Tampa	Jr.	Parkland, Florida
OF	Andrew Rapoza*	Barry	Jr.	New Bedford, Massachusetts
OF	Garrett Hiott	Eckerd	Sr.	Coconut Creek, Florida
OF	Zach Howard*	Embry-Riddle	Sr.	Land O’Lakes, Florida
UT	Chris Cabrera	Barry	Jr.	Miami, Florida
RP	Tyler Beck	Tampa	Sr.	South Bend, Indiana
SP	Dillon McCollough*^	Eckerd	Sr.	Deltona, Florida
SP	Keven Pimentel~	Tampa	Sr.	Huntington Station, New York
SP	Garrett Goodall	Embry-Riddle	So.	Nanaimo, British Columbia
SP	Andy Marzheuser#	Florida Tech	Jr.	Cincinnati, Ohio
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2019 All-SSC Baseball Second Team
1B	Alec Aleywine	Tampa	Jr.	Panama City, Florida
2B	Rodnie Bernard	Florida Tech	Jr.	Tampa, Florida
3B	Ian Acevedo	Nova Southeastern	Sr.	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
SS	Chase Achuff	Eckerd	Sr.	St. Petersburg, Florida
C	Luis Olivier	Embry-Riddle	Jr.	Altamonte Springs, Florida
DH	Andrew Labosky	Nova Southeastern	Jr.	Coral Springs, Florida
OF	Brandon Seltzer	Palm Beach Atlantic	Jr.	Staten Island, New York
OF	Shayne Fontana	Lynn	Sr.	Lebanon, New Jersey
OF	Samuel Duran~	Nova Southeastern	Sr.	Melbourne, Florida
OF	Bryan Diaz	Nova Southeastern	So.	Miami Lakes, Florida
UT	Duncan Pastore	Nova Southeastern	Fr.	Tampa, Florida
RP	Hugo Casilla	Barry	Sr.	Miami, Florida
SP	Jimmy Robbins	Rollins	So.	Orlando, Florida
SP	Mason Duke	Tampa	Sr.	Hoover, Alabama
SP	Mitchell Carroll	Palm Beach Atlantic	Sr.	Coral Springs, Florida
SP	McCabe Sargent	Saint Leo	So.	Lake City, Florida
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2019 All-SSC Baseball Honorable Menton
SS	Nick DeTringo~	Tampa	Sr.	Ruskin, Florida
SP	Devin Meyer	Nova Southeastern	Sr.	Coral Springs, Florida

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~ = 2018 All-SSC First Team
* = 2018 All-SSC Second Team
# = 2017 All-SSC First Team
^ = 2017 All-SSC Second Team
= 2016 Freshman of the Year