WAYNE, N.J. – Senior designated hitter Adam Derner (River Edge, N.J./River Dell Regional) earned a spot on the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) Mid-Atlantic All-Region First Team, while senior first baseman Jack Montanile (Weehawken, N.J./Hudson Catholic) and junior outfielder Ryan Gibbons (Glen Rock, N.J./Glen Rock) garnered second team honors as announced May 22.

A member of the 2012 All-NJCBA and D3baseball.com All-Region First Team and All-NJAC Second Team as well as a selection to the 2011 NJCBA Division II/III All-State Second Team, Derner is the conference leader in slugging percentage (.804, seventh nationally), RBI (62, first nationally), home runs (13, third in Division III), total bases (115, eighth nationally), RBI/game (1.48, second nationally) and homers/game (0.31, ninth in Division III), ranking second in walks (30, 27th in Division III) and on-base percentage (.527, 14th in Division III).  A two-time member of the D3baseball.com National Team of the Week (April 2, April 9) and the March 26 NJCBA and NJAC Player of the Week, Derner added a .413 batting average (third in league), 15 doubles (tied-fifth in NJAC), 40 runs scored (tied-seventh in conference), four sacrifice flies (tied-sixth in league) and 59 hits (tied-ninth in NJAC) this spring.  He also ranks in the conference stats in walks/game (0.71, fourth), doubles/game (0.36, fourth), runs/game (0.95, sixth) and hits/game (1.40, tied-eighth) while starting in all but one game this season.

A first-team New Jersey Collegiate Baseball Association (NJCBA) Division II/III all-state, D3baseball.com All-Region and all-New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) honoree this spring, Montanile made the move from the outfield to first base this spring, leading WP with three triples.  He ranked second with a .377 batting average, 61 hits, 41 runs scored and 48 RBI while adding 13 doubles, two home runs, a .531 slugging percentage, .432 on-base percentage and .976 fielding percentage.  A second-team all-NJAC selection in 2010, he ranks third in RBI (29th in Division III), RBI/game (1.20, 31st nationally) and hits/game (1.53), fourth in runs/game (1.03), tied for fifth in runs scored and triples, sixth in hits and average, tied for sixth in triples/game (0.08), and tied for eighth in doubles and doubles/game (0.33) in the league statistics, and he also rates 17th in Division III in toughest to strikeout.

A first-team NJCBA all-state and D3baseball.com All-Region second-team and second-team all-NJAC selection this spring, Gibbons started in 40 of 42 games in his first season as a Pioneer after transferring from Kean.  He led the NJAC in doubles (23, third in Division III) and doubles/game (0.55, fourth nationally) and ranks second in runs scored (52, 21st in Division III) and runs/game (1.24, 33rd in Division III), third in slugging percentage (.616), fourth in total bases (98, 43rd nationally), tied for fifth in walks (27), sixth in stolen bases (17) and steals/game (0.40), seventh in on-base percentage (.472), tied for seventh in home runs (four), eighth in batting average (.371), walks/game (0.64) and homers/game (0.10), tied-eighth in hits/game (1.40), tied for ninth in hits (59)  and tied for 10th in triples (two).

William Paterson finished 29-13 overall and 11-7 in league play, qualifying for the NJAC Tournament.

2012 ABCA Mid-Athlantic All-Region Team

First Team
POSITION  NAME    CLASS   SCHOOL
DH   Adam Derner  Senior  William Paterson
C   Brian Mauro   Junior   DeSales
1B   Chris Sweeney  Junior   Kings
2B   Esteban Meletiche  Senior  Keystone
3B   Matt Bittner   Junior   PSU-Behrend
SS   Dan Fiorito   Senior  Manhattanville
SS   Dave Zubia   Senior  Moravian
OF   Dave Jacob   Junior   Ramapo
OF   Kenny Durling  Junior   Misericorida
OF    Ethan Moser  Senior  DeSales
UTIL   Joe O'Connor  Sophomore  Kean
P   Ryan Zamorsky  Senior  Kean
P   Blain O'Brien  Senior  Keystone
P   Russ Gilliam   Junior   Neumann
P   Alex Eliopoulos  Senior  Johns Hopkins

 Second Team
DH   Kevin Bond   Senior  Montclair State
C   Mike Galeotafiore  Senior  TCNJ
C   Nick Turano   Senior  Rowan
1B   Jack Montailie  Senior  William Paterson
1B   Matt Hardy   Junior   Immaculata
1B   Jeff Lynch   Junior   Johns Hopkins
2B   Brendan Adams  Sophomore  FDU-Florham
2B   Derek Smith   Junior   Pitt-Bradford
SS   Ryan Normoyle  Senior  Washington
OF   Matt Joiner   Senior  FDU-Florham
OF   Ryan Gibbons  Junior   William Paterson
OF   Eric Bohem   Junior   Kings
OF   Nicholas Pasqualichio Senior  Marywood
P   Rob Rogers   Junior   Keystone
P   Brendon Close  Senior  Moravian
P   Sean Hill   Senior  Montclair State

Third Team
C   Eddie Jennings  Senior  Kean
C   Ryan Brown   Senior  Messiah
1B   Bill Hollingsworth  Senior Widener
2B   Kenny Ridge   Senior  DeSales
2B   Scott Kelly   Junior   TCNJ
3B   Christian Spurr  Junior   Ramapo
3B   Steve Nappe   Junior   Montclair State
SS   Steve Sanguiliano  Senior  Kean
SS   Kyle Neverman  Junior   Johns Hopkins
OF   Andrew Sterling  Senior  Dickinson
OF   Jeff Slanovec  Junior   Miserocordia
OF   Chris Ballester  Senior  Rutgers/Newark
OF   Dan Hrobos   Senior  Delaware Valley
OF   Mike Murphy  Junior   TCNJ
OF   Ben Mersky   Junior   Juniata
P   Sean White   Senior  Dickinson
P   Evan Robaczewski  Junior   Misericorida
P   Kevin Becker-Menditto Freshman  Alvernia
P   Shane Mattingly  Senior  Washington