MANCHESTER, N.H. – Senior Kyle Maurice(Exeter, N.H.) of the Saint Anselm College baseball team was named to the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association All-East Region First Team on Thursday.
The accolades keep rolling in for Maurice who was named the Northeast-10 Conference Northeast Division Player of the Year and to the conference's All-Conference First Team before receiving D2CCA All-East Region First Team honors on Wednesday.
Maurice slashed .396/.730/.461 as senior. His .396 batting average led the Hawks and was third in the conference while his .730 slugging percentage was third in the NE10 and second highest in team annals. Maurice slugged 14 home runs in 2022 which leads the conference and is second most in a single season in program history. Maurice posted 63 hits, scored 45 runs, and drove in 48, all of which are top-10 in the NE10 currently.
Maurice registered a 16-game hitting streak this season, going 31-for-62 (.500) on the streak which started in game one of a doubleheader against Assumption on Mar. 27 and ended against Saint Michael's on Apr. 23 in game two of that doubleheader. Maurice slugged three home runs in game two of the Hawks doubleheader against American International on May 6, on his way to driving in eight runs in that contest. Maurice recorded a hit in 35 of 42 games played in 2022 and recorded multiple hits in 19 of those games.
Defensively, the senior committed just one error in 125 total chances which is good for a .992 fielding percentage. That percentage currently ranks 19th in the conference.
In two seasons of play for Saint Anselm, Maurice batted .355, recorded a slugging percentage of .701, and had an on-base percentage of.458. Maurice registered 89 hits in 251 at-bats while scoring 73 runs. He posted 15 doubles, 24 home runs, and 81 runs batted in. Maurice's 24 homers are second most in a career on the Hilltop. He posted a .990 fielding percentage with just three errors in 315 chances between the outfield and first base.
The senior helped the Hawks to their second consecutive NE10 postseason appearance, the first time the program has done that since the 2005 and 2006 seasons. Saint Anselm registered 22 wins in 2022 which is sixth most in a single season and the most since the 2012 season.