June 29, 2010

Complete VaSID All-State Release (PDF)

FARMVILLE, Va. -- Former Longwood University baseball standout Phil Cerreto/Midlothian was named to the 2010 VaSID University Division All-State Second-Team as chosen by the Virginia College Sports Information Directors (VaSID). A third baseman, he hit a team-best .414 with 10 home runs, a school-record 24 doubles, and 60 RBI as a senior with the Lancers during 2010. Cerreto started all 48 games for Longwood this year with a .715 slugging percentage and a .477 on-base percentage, adding 42 runs, one triple, 27 walks (eight intentional), seven sacrifice flies, one sacrifice hit, and six of seven stolen bases. He led the Lancers with 23 multi-hit games and 16 multi-RBI games, as well as in batting average, home runs, doubles, RBI, total bases (133), slugging percentage, on-base percentage, sacrifice flies, games, starts, and his total plate appearances (223). Phil was selected by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 40th round of the 2010 Major League Baseball Draft June 9.

George Mason senior shortstop Ryan Soares and Virginia Tech head coach Pete Hughes captured top honors on the All-State Baseball team chosen by the Virginia College Sports Information Directors (VaSID). Soares was selected as the Player of the Year, while Hughes won the Coach of the Year award. Additionally, Virginia sophomore Danny Hultzen was chosen as Pitcher of the Year for the second consecutive season and VMI freshman Corey Spangenberg was voted Rookie of the Year.

Longwood completed its recent 2010 campaign with a final record of 28-20, marking its 29th overall 20-win campaign and 22nd season with at least 25 wins in the program's 33-year history. Veteran 32nd-year head coach Charles Buddy Bolding now has an outstanding overall record of 872-477-4 since taking over during the fall of 1978, including 29 winning seasons as mentor of the tradition-rich program.