PITMAN, NJ --- The College of New Jersey freshman designated hitter Ryan Goodall (Toms River, NJ/Toms River East) and Rowan University senior pitcher Drew Ryback (Mantua, NJ/Clearview Regional) have been named the New Jersey Athletic Conference Baseball Player of the Year and Pitcher of the Year respectively for the 2021 season.

Goodall accomplished the rare feat of not only being named Player of the Year, but the first-year player was also tabbed NJAC Rookie of the Year. Rowan righty Zach Listro (Swedesboro, NJ/Kingsway Regional) earned the NJAC Fireman of the Year honor, which is awarded to the conference’s top relief pitcher.

Their selections highlighted the 36-member 2021 NJAC Baseball all-conference team which was announced on May 5. All selections were made via a vote of the league’s 10 head coaches and were based on conference-only statistics.

Goodall blasted onto the scene this season, leading all NJAC players in conference-only batting average (.500), conference-only slugging percentage (.982), and conference-only on-base percentage (.588). He drove in 22 runs, good for third among all conference players and belted 28 hits including six home runs (2nd in the NJAC). He was on fire in the final regular season weekend, batting .722 with a 1.556 slugging percentage and four home runs as he helped lift TCNJ to a four-game final weekend sweep. Those four wins propelled the Lions to a bye into the quarterfinal round of the NJAC Tournament. Overall on the season, Goodall batted .483 (2nd in the NJAC) with a league-leading .948 slugging percentage.

Ryback went 4-0 on the mound for the Profs in conference play, and was a leader on a pitching staff that led Rowan to a 17-1 NJAC regular season record and the top seed in the conference tournament. The fifth-year senior lefty was second among NJAC pitchers with 33 conference-only strikeouts and fourth with a conference-only 2.48 ERA; for the entire season, he struck out a league-high 47. He earned wins over Kean, NJCU, Rutgers-Camden, and TCNJ. Ryback sports a 22-3 career record with a 2.98 ERA and 163 strikeouts heading into his final postseason at Rowan.

Listro garned the Fireman of the Year honor after posting five saves in eight appearances in NJAC play. He put together a 2.45 ERA in 14.2 innings of relief, struck out 11, and opposing batters hit just .185 off of him. Listro earned saves against Kean, Rutgers-Newark, TCNJ, Stockton, and Montclair State this season. The fifth-year senior is 6-1 for his career with all five saves coming this season, and has struck out 49 in 58.2 career innings pitched.

Rowan University head coach Mike Dickson was named the Jeff Albies NJAC Coach of the Year by his peers. Dickson led the 2021 Profs to a 19-3 overall record and a first-place regular season finish with a 17-1 mark in league play. Now in his seventh year at the helm of the Rowan program, Dickson has guided the Profs to an overall record of 170-77. He owns a 530-165 career coaching record including his nine seasons at the former Rowan College at Gloucester County (now Rowan College South Jersey).

 

2021 NJAC BASEBALL ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM
BILL DIOGUARDI PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Ryan Goodall, TCNJ
PITCHER OF THE YEAR:  Drew Ryback, Rowan
FIREMAN OF THE YEAR:  Zach Listro, Rowan
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR:  Ryan Goodall, TCNJ
JEFF ALBIES COACH OF THE YEAR:  Mike Dickson, Rowan
FIRST TEAM
Name	Year	Pos.	School	Hometown//High School
Eli Atiya	SO	P	Rowan	Cherry Hill, NJ/Cherry Hill West
Drew Ryback	SR	P	Rowan	Mantua, NJ/Clearview Regional
Dylan Habeeb	SR	C	William Paterson	Wayne, NJ/Wayne Hills
Peter Cosentino	JR	1B	Montclair State	Whitehouse Station, NJ/Hunterdon Central
Christian Pellone	FR	2B	Kean	Jackson, NJ/Jackson Memorial
Ryan McIsaac	SR	3B	Rowan	Millville, NJ/Millville
Nick Schooley%	SR	SS	Rowan	Marlton, NJ/Cherokee
Frankie Deane	SR	OF	William Paterson	Dumont, NJ/Dumont
Tim Huxen	SR	OF	Kean	Elizabeth, NJ/Ridge
Ryan Murphy	JR	OF	Rowan	Reading, PA/Wilson
Ryan Goodall	FR	DH	TCNJ	Toms River, NJ/Toms River East
Steve Yelin^	JR	UT	William Paterson	River Edge, NJ/River Dell Regional
SECOND TEAM
Name	Year	Pos.	School	Hometown/High School
Darmany Rivas	SO	P	William Paterson	Bloomfield, NJ/Bloomfield
Donald Zellman	SR	P	Rowan	Lacey Township, NJ/Lacey Township
Phil Marcantonio	JR	C	Kean	Freehold, NJ/Freehold Boro
Matt Yanick+	SR	1B	Rutgers-Camden	Palmyra, NJ/Palmyra
Alex Kokos*~	SR	2B	Rowan	Wayne, NJ/Wayne Valley
Chris Liriano	JR	3B	William Paterson	Bergenfield, NJ/Bergenfield
Danny Vazquez	SO	SS	Rutgers-Camden	Logan Township, NJ/Kingsway Regional
Justin Grippo	SR	OF	Ramapo	Mahwah, NJ/Mahwah
Ryan Mostrangeli	SR	OF	Rowan	Hamilton, NJ/Steinert
Michael Murphy	FR	OF	Montclair State	Cranford, NJ/Cranford
Sean Donaghue	SO	DH	Ramapo	Marlboro, NJ/Marlboro
R.J. Concepcion+	SR	UT	Rutgers-Camden	Audubon, NJ/Audubon
HONORABLE MENTION
Justin Diefenbach	JR	P	Kean	Barnegat, NJ/Barnegat
Rico Viani	SR	P	Stockton	Monroe Township, NJ/Monroe Township
Anthony Guarino	SR	C	Montclair State	Hackensack, NJ/St Mary’s (Rutherford)
Carson Weis	SR	1B	William Paterson	River Vale, NJ/Pascack Valley Regional
Brandon Rivera	SR	2B	NJCU	Aberdeen, NJ/Matawan Regional
Joe Norton&	SR	3B	Montclair State	Cranford, NJ/Cranford
Matt Ferrara+	SR	SS	William Paterson	Paramus, NJ/Paramus
Adrian Alarcon	JR	OF	William Paterson	Belleville, NJ/Belleville
Frank LoGiudice^+#	SR	OF	Kean	Linden, NJ/John P. Stevens
Andrew Ollwerther%	SR	OF	Montclair State	Whitehouse Station, NJ/Hunterdon Central
Leo Colon	SR	DH	NJCU	Carteret, NJ/St. Anthony (Jersey City)
Jason Moore	JR	UT	Montclair State	West Chester, PA/Unionville
Key: *  First Team All-Conference 2019 ^ Second Team All-Conference 2019 + First Team All-Conference 2018				~ Second Team All-Conference 2018 % Honorable Mention 2018 # First Team All-Conference 2017 & Honorable Mention 2017