Madison, NJ (May 28) – The American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) released its regional awards on Tuesday afternoon and included two student-athletes of the FDU-Florham Baseball team in their year's All-Region IV second team.
 
The 2024 ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Div. III All-Region teams and Regional Players of the Year are voted on by members of the American Baseball Coaches Association and the process is led by the ABCA NCAA Div. III All-America & Coach of the Year Committee.
 
Representing for the Devils is sophomore pitcher Chris Kaponis (Burlington Twp, NJ) and junior infielder Aaron Santos (Bridgewater, NJ) who both achieved All-Region IV second team honors.
 
Kaponis started nine of 10 games with 43.1 innings pitched on the mound for the Devils as their ace pitcher. He allowed the fewest amount of earned runs and allowed the lowest batting average to opposing teams among qualified pitchers in the MAC Freedom. He ranked fourth in the conference in lowest ERA with a 2.70 and ranked fifth in total strikeouts with 47 on the year. He notched an overall record of 3-4 on the season. Kaponis was also named to the All-MAC Freedom First Team.
 
Collecting his third award of the 2024 season, Santos started all 30 appearances for the Devils in the infield. He finished the season tied for the best batting average in the MAC Freedom with a .439 which also finished him third all-time in single season batting average in program history. He accumulated 50 hits, 30 RBI, 10 doubles, three triples, four home runs and 26 runs scored. In the field, he notched a .937 fielding percentage on the season with 34 put outs and 55 assists. Along with this honor, he was also named to the All-MAC Freedom First Team as well as to the D3Baseball.com All-Region IV second team.
 
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