Ronai Earns CoSIDA Academic All-District Honors
Links: CoSIDA Academic All-District Release
NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. – Boasting a 3.76 grade-point-average as a sports medicine major and enjoying a breakout offensive season, sophomore designated hitter Matthew Ronai (Orange, Conn.) of the Merrimack College baseball program was named one of 13 College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-District selections as announced by the organization on Thursday.
Ronai entered his second year with the Navy and Gold after an All-Rookie campaign as a freshman and has enjoyed an even better season as a sophomore. He currently is Merrimack's leading hitter with a .373 average, which is the third best in the NE10. He is tied for fourth in the league with 57 hits over 153 at-bats.
After not hitting a home run as a rookie, the Orange native has struck four round-trippers on the season, to go along with a career-high 11 doubles and one triple. His 32 RBI ranks second on the Warriors, while he leads the offense with 82 total bases and a .536 slugging percentage. His slash line displays as .373/.407/.536, to go along with a personal-best .943 OPS.
Earlier this season, Ronai embarked on a 23-game hitting streak, which marked the longest for the program since at least the 2001 season. He boasts 19 multi-hit games, four three-hit efforts and one four-hit performance.
Ronai and the rest of the Warriors begin a three-game series at No. 4 Southern New Hampshire on Thursday night at 7 p.m. from Penmen Field in Manchester, N.H.
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