Hempstead, NY - Hofstra University junior pitcher John Rooney added to his postseason awards collection as he has been named a Second Team All-American by Baseball America it was announced today. He was also named the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) Pitcher of the Year and was a First Team All-ECAC selection. 

Last week Rooney was named a semifinalist for the Golden Spikes Award and for the National Pitcher of the Year Award as well as garnering Colonial Athletic Association Pitcher of the Year and First Team All-CAA accolades.  
 
Rooney was 8-2 with a 1.23 ERA and 108 strikeouts in 95 innings over 13 starts in 2018. He threw three complete games and two solo shutouts, while holding opposing batters to a .166 average. He leads the CAA and ranks second in the nation in ERA. In addition, he rewrote the Hofstra record book as his ERA, strikeout total and innings pitched are each single season records, and his 271 career strikeouts are the most in program history.

During the 2018 season, Rooney had a stretch of 49 1/3 innings in which he did not allow an earned run and only allowed one run total during that time. He had three games with 10 or more strikeouts, including a career-best 13 against Norfolk State. He threw at least six innings in all 13 starts and went eight or more innings in five. He combined with Seamus Brazill to throw a no-hitter against Mount St. Mary's on March 10. 

Rooney is the first Hofstra player to earn Baseball America All-America honors and is the first Pride pitcher to earn the ECAC Pitcher of the Year Award.