Just as it swept the Ivy League Championship series Brown swept the Ivy Player and Pitcher of the Year Awards, and added five first-team and two second team All-Ivy selections.
Brown senior catcher Devin Thomas was a unanimous Player of the Year selection, while Brown junior pitcher Jeff Dietz took Pitcher of the Year honors. In addition Dietz was named second team All-Ivy at first base.
Penn freshman pitcher Todd Roth claimed Rookie of the Year honors for a sterling 6-2 league record with a league-leading 1.98 ERA and seven complete games.
Thomas, Dietz, and Roth were all first team All-Ivy selections, with Roth a first time pick. This is Dietz's second first team selection, compiling a sparkling 7-3 record with a 3.12 ERA in twelve appearances while hitting .353 for the Bears. For Thomas this is his second first team honor, a unanimous one as well, with a league-leading 15 home runs and 61 RBIs while batting .382.
Dietz and Thomas were joined on the first team by Brown teammates Bryan Tews, Matt Nuzzo, and Ryan Murphy. This is sophomore shortstop Matt Nuzzo's initial first team selection, and he earned it with a .370 batting average with 60 hits and 11 doubles. Junior outfielder Ryan Murphy was an initial pick as well, batting .393 with a .482 on base percentage. This is senior Bryan Tews second straight first team selection, hitting .311 with 33 runs and 28 RBIs.
Todd Roth was joined by fellow freshmen Justin Milo of Cornell and Nick Santomauro of Dartmouth. Milo, a designated hitter, batted .426 with a .754 slugging average in only 61 at bats, splitting time with the hockey team. Santomauro batted .395 with 22 runs scored and 23 RBIs.
Yale sophomore Ryan Lavarnway, a unanimous utility pick, set single-season Yale records for hits (70), home runs (14), doubles (17) and RBIs (55). With a .467 batting average, he finished with the second-highest average in Ivy League history, and the highest in the League since 1977.
Lavarnway was joined by teammate Marc Sawyer, a senior first baseman and the 2006 Ivy Player of the Year. This is Sawyer's third time as a first team All-Ivy pick, and he batted .394 with 61 hits and 40 runs to get there.
Harvard senior outfielder Matt Vance is the remaining unanimous first team selection, his second time on the first team. Vance batted .341 with nine doubles and 30 RBIs. Rounding out the selections are initial first teamers Princeton senior third baseman Sal Iacono, and Cornell senior reliever Blake Hamilton. Iacono hit .413 with 62 hits and 12 doubles, while Hamilton had three saves and a 3-1 record in 16 appearances. Iacono claimed the Blair Bat with a .453 average in 20 Ivy games.
The second team had two more Brown representatives while Cornell came on strong with three players. Harvard, Penn, and Princeton contributed two each while Dartmouth and Columbia had single second teamers.
2007 All-Ivy Baseball
* - Unanimous Selection
Player of the Year: Devin Thomas, Brown*
Pitcher of the Year: Jeff Dietz, Brown
Rookie of the Year: Todd Roth, Penn
Blair Bat Winner: Sal Iacono, Princeton
First Team
P - Jeff Dietz, Brown, (Jr., Altamonte Springs, Fla.)
P - Todd Roth, Penn, (Fr., Lanoka Harbor, N.J.)
RP - Blake Hamilton, Cornell, (Sr., San Antonio, Texas)
C - *Devin Thomas, Brown, (Sr., Gainesville, Fla.)
1B - Marc Sawyer, Yale, (Sr., Largo, Fla.)
2B - Bryan Tews, Brown, (Sr., Park Ridge, Ill.)
3B - Sal Iacono, Princeton, (Sr., Staten Island, N.Y.)
SS - Matt Nuzzo, Brown (Soph., Everett, Mass.)
OF - Ryan Murphy, Brown, (Jr., Mantoloking, N.J.)
OF - Nick Santomauro, Dartmouth, (Fr., North Caldwell, N.J.)
OF - *Matt Vance, Harvard (Jr., Solana Beach, Calif.)
UT - *Ryan Lavarnway, Yale, (Soph., Woodland Hills, Calif.)
DH - *Justin Milo, Cornell, (Fr., Eden Prairie, Minn.)
Second Team
P - John Baumann, Columbia, (Jr., Westport, Conn.)
P - Max Perlman, Harvard, (Fr., Longwood, Fla.)
RP - Rob Hallberg, Brown, (Jr., River Edge, N.J.)
C - Andrew Casey Harvard, (Sr., Virginia Beach, Va,)
1B - Jeff Dietz, Brown, (Jr., Altamonte Springs, Fla.)
2B - Jimmy Heinz Cornell, (Jr,, Winnetka, Ill.)
3B - Nathan Ford, Cornell, (Soph., Palo Alto, Calif.)
SS - Scott Hardinger Cornell, (Soph., Lynden, Wash.); Dan DeGeorge, Princeton, (Soph., Flemington, N.J.)
OF - Damon Wright, Dartmouth, (Jr., Dallas, Texas)
OF - Joey Boaen, Penn, (Sr., Savannah, Ga.)
OF - Jarron Smith, Penn, (Jr., Carrollton, Texas)
DH - Adrian Turnham, Princeton, (Soph., Houston, Texas)
Honorable Mention
SP - Jim Birmingham, Penn, (Fr,, Pine Hill, N.J.)
RP - Clay Bartlett, Columbia, (Fr., Washington, D.C.); Kyle Zeis, Dartmouth, (Jr., Solana Beach, Calif.)
C - Jack Murphy, Princeton, (Fr., Lakeland, Fla.)
1B - Ron Williams, Columbia, (Soph., Fairfield, Conn.); Kyle Armeny, Penn, (Jr., Florham Park, N.J.)
2B - Brendan Byrne, Harvard, (Sr., Milton, Mass.); Aaron Prince, Princeton, (Sr., Cincinnati, Ohio)
3B - Steffan Wilson, Harvard, (Jr., State College, Pa.)
SS - Jeff Stoeckel, Harvard, (Jr., Vero Beach, Fla.)
OF -Andrew Ward, Columbia, (Sr., Limington, Maine); Domenic DiRicco, Cornell, (Soph., Portola Valley, Calif.); Tom Stack-Babich, Harvard, (Jr., Scituate, Mass.); Spencer Lucian, Princeton, (Jr., Portola Valley, Calif.); Josh Cox, Yale, (Jr., Gainesville. Fla.)
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