Dan Bertolini (Webster '07) has been named the head baseball coach at Mercyhurst North East. The school, a branch campus of Mercyhurst College, is a member of the National Junior Collegiate Athletic Association. The Saints compete in Division II Region III and are members of the Western New York Athletic Conference.
The 23-year-old Bertolini played professionally for the Frontier League's Midwest Sliders last summer after graduating from Mercyhurst College. He appeared in 24 games for the Sliders and compiled a .186 batting average with one home run and five RBI. Bertolini retired from the team early last month to take the Mercyhurst North East head coaching position.
The Poland, Ohio, native enjoyed a successful four-year collegiate playing career. Bertolini set a school record at Mercyhurst with 202 games played. He batted .319 as a senior and finished second on the Lakers with 52 hits. Defensively, Bertolini led the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference with 136 assists. The Mercyhurst shortstop was named second-team all-conference in 2008 and he was selected to the ABCA Division II North Central Region All-Gold Glove team.
Bertolini played in the New York Collegiate Baseball League for the Webster Yankees during the summer of 2007. He topped the Yankees with 106 assists over 37 games played. Bertolini drove in 16 runs and finished third on the club with six stolen bases on nine attempts.
At 23, Bertolini is believed to be one of the youngest junior college head baseball coaches in the nation.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
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do the Bennington Bombers still exist? Not much news from them after a promising summer...
I'll have more information on the 2009 line-up of Eastern Division teams once the winter meetings take place in Syracuse.
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