At the end of each regular season, the Atlantic 10 Conference names major award winners in baseball.
[1] In 2014, Saint Joseph's head coach Fritz Hamburg received the award for the first time.
After tying for 8th and missing the conference tournament in 2013, the Hawks went 35-16 (18-8 A-10) in 2014, setting a program wins record.
[2] Mike Stone of UMass and Fred Hill of Rutgers have each won the award three times, a conference record.
The Revolutionaries' (known as Colonials before the 2023 season) John Castleberry won it in 1989, Tom Walter in 1998, and Gregg Ritchie in 2013.
Three other schools have had two coaches earn the honor: Xavier (John Morrey in 1997 and Scott Googins in 2008), La Salle (Larry Conti in 1999 and Mike Lake in 2010), and Rhode Island (Frank Leoni in 2003 and 2004 and Jim Foster in 2011).
Two players have won the award twice: Fordham's Bobby Kingsbury in 2001 and 2002 and St. Bonaventure's Brian Pellegrini in 2006 and 2007.
During the summer, he played for the Nashua Silver Knights of the Futures Collegiate Baseball League.
[55][56] The Rookie of the Year award is annually presented to the conference's best freshman, as chosen by the league's coaches at the end of the season.