It takes hours of deliberation every year, but the baseball coaches in the Greater Middlesex Conference came together late Tuesday night – especially after a couple of their coaches won big state tournament games during the day – to choose their 2022 All-Conference and All-Division teams.
It was a particularly long day for East Brunswick;s Chris Kenney and Woodbridge’s Mike Monaco, whose teams won extra-inning games in the state playoffs Tuesday. The Barrons knocked off North 2, Group 4 defending champion Ridge, 5-4 in eleven innings, while the Bears avenged their 12-inning, 1-0 GMC Tournament semifinal loss to North Brunswick – and a regular season walk-off defeat, too – with a 4-2, eight-inning victory over the Raiders. Both now move on to sectional title games Friday.
Scroll down for a list of all the 2022 honorees:
ALL CONFERENCE:
- Tyler Mendez, Colonia
- Dustin McGuinness, East Brunsiwck
- Brody Marzano, JP Stevens
- Bobby Ulmer, Middlesex
- Harrison Lollin, Monroe
- Zack Konstantinovsky, North Brunswick
- Omar Carreras, North Brunswick
- Justin Herbstman, Old Bridge
- Joey Tuttoilmondo, South Brunswick
- Luke Bickunas, South Plainfield
- Julius Rosado, South River
- Casey Cumiskey, Spotswood
- Mark Gialluisi, St. Joseph-Metuchen
- Josiah Brown, St. Joseph-Metuchen
- Josh Vazquez, Woodbridge
- Brett Lukachyk, Woodbridge
- Eddy Nunez, Woodbridge
Coach of the Year: Mark Blevins, North Brunswick
ALL-RED DIVISION:
- Ryan Basham, Dustin McGuinness, Mike Marchese – East Brunswick
- Jaxon Appelman – Edison
- Brody Marzano – JP Stevens
- Harrison Lollin, Nick Sellari – Monroe
- Frank Papeo, Justin Herbstman – Old Bridge
- Pete Cortez, Joey Tuttoilmondo, Ethan Fantel – South Brunswick
- Luke Bickunas, Ty Ducoff – South Plainfield
- Robbie Carvelli, Josiah Brown, Mark Gialluisi – St. Joseph-Metuchen
Coach of the Year: Dave Marzano, JP Stevens
Sportsmanship Award: Edison
ALL-WHITE DIVISION:
- Tyler Mendez – Colonia
- Isaiah Cherry – JFK
- Antonio Perillo – Metuchen
- Bobby Ulmer, Alfonso Esposito, Stephen Young – Middlesex
- Zack Konstantinovsky, Omar Carreras, Yomar Carreras – North Brunswick
- Rocco Bellamy – Piscataway
- Mike Colonnello – Sayreville
- Casey Cumiskey, Ryan Poulsen – Spotswood
- Josh Vazquez, Brett Lukachyk, Ty Kobylakiewicz, Eddy Nunez – Woodbridge
Coach of the Year: Mark Blevins, North Brunswick
Sportsmanship Award: Sayreville
ALL-BLUE DIVISION:
- Ryan DellaFave, Scott Pede, Joe Moye, Ryan Jamison – East Brunswick Tech
- Justin Santana, James Rodriguez – Carteret
- Kiefer Gomez – New Brunswick
- Julius Rosado, Joseph Lepore, Nick Lehotzky, Ryan Kurtz, Andrew Steffaro – South River
- Tyler Kadi, Ricky DelRio, Artis Ray, Chris Fogarile, Zach Diaz – St. Thomas Aquinas
Coach of the Year: Tom D’Agostino, St. Thomas Aquinas
Sportsmanship Award: New Brunswick
ALL-GOLD DIVISION:
- Nasir Tippet, Danny Watts, Damian Evans – Dunellen
- Ewan Haley-Lock – Highland Park
- Anthony Gonzalez, Nelson Concepcion, Josh Acevedo – Perth Amboy Tech
- Jacob Lyerly – Piscataway Tech
- Gabriel Albarron, Anthony Vella, Ben Hernandez, Steven Evanski, Matt Stempinski – South Amboy
- Josh Francis, Josh Thiero, Ben Wang – Timothy Christian
- Shiv Tickoo – Wardlaw-Hartridge
Coach of the Year: Dan Poulsen, South Amboy
Sportsmanship Award: Wardlaw-Hartridge